George Romero's 1980 appearance on The Dick Cavett Show

[JDP]

Cheers for that link. - - - Updated - - - That Dick Cavett Show was great. Growing up in Ireland, we wouldn't have had a clue who Cavett was. But, I discovered him about 10 years ago on YouTube, while looking for interviews with Marlon Brando. He somehow managed to get a lot of "reclusive" people on his show. Perhaps it was his laconic style of interview that persuaded them? Or maybe they just ponied up the shillings in a big way. But, it was great stuff. And they weren't puff pieces or plugging opportunities either, although a bit of that went on. There's loads up on YouTube, so if you have an interest in film from the 60's, 70's and 80's, you should check them out. Yes, I enjoy it very much too. Fortunately, I have the Decades Network on my cable, these guys show ALL (minus one; see further below why) episodes of Cavett's show. He often had "unusual" guests that you would just not see in other talk shows, like Romero or Jimi Hendrix. Even Salvador Dali appeared on his show! (as expected from Dali's highly eccentric character, that was one of the oddest episodes of that show I have ever seen. Sometimes you can clearly read a "what the f... ?!?!" in Cavett's facial expressions as a result of Dali's often incoherent "answers" and actions.) There is only one episode of Cavett's show that not even the Decades Network is showing: the one where one of his guests ACTUALLY DIED ON STAGE! No one besides Cavett, the show's crew, the other guests and the live studio audience have seen that episode. For obvious reasons, it has never aired anywhere. It is the "Holy Grail" of that show's episodes. All fans are searching for it, but they never can find a copy anywhere.

[MinionZombie]

Interesting to see how talk shows were done across the pond way back then. The smoking, the collars, the strangely bumbling introductions, hehe. An interesting little time capsule. Thanks for sharing. There is only one episode of Cavett's show that not even the Decades Network is showing: the one where one of his guests ACTUALLY DIED ON STAGE! No one besides Cavett, the show's crew, the other guests and the live studio audience have seen that episode. For obvious reasons, it has never aired anywhere. It is the "Holy Grail" of that show's episodes. All fans are searching for it, but they never can find a copy anywhere. Flippin' heck! Who was the guest?

[JDP]

Interesting to see how talk shows were done across the pond way back then. The smoking, the collars, the strangely bumbling introductions, hehe. An interesting little time capsule. Thanks for sharing. Flippin' heck! Who was the guest? Ironically, it was the nutty health-guru Jerome Rodale, who minutes earlier had boasted on the show that he would live to be 100!: http://mentalfloss.com/article/90612...-cavetts-stage

[Moon Knight]

Wow! What a time capsule! A fascinating era for sure compared to today's PC world. Gonna come back and finish this. Thanks!