Robert Mitchum Gives His wife the Finger

[7855waldo]

"And do they leave with them?" - A riot.

I feel pity for the people who watch TV today. There is zero chance they would see anything as good as this, which I remember fondly.

[bawoman]

Love how he says"They come to me with their troubles" with that sly smile on his face, lol.

And I dont think he was giving his wife the finger, he was just pushing his glasses on to his face.

Probably.

[twain103]

I look at Robert Mitchum's eyes,and glasses and I see John Lennon.

[Kelly14UK]

@twain103 High cheekbones and cynical watchful eyes. Yup.

[RayL1983]

I like Dick (I don't know what I mean by that).

[dangraphic]

Oh come on, I adjust my glasses in exactly the same way all the time, I'm not giving anyone the bird.... People read too much into things.

[sidrahsiddiqui]

the uploader is correct.

[LelandnSonya4eva]

Dick looks like Ted bundy??? Sooo fukkin true man!

[JimmyPage97]

He does't even pretend like he is doing that on purpose. LAME

[whopoder]

Not true!

[2323giggity]

 ROBERT MITCHUM WAS A GREAT ACTOR and one of the very first to smoke pot in hollywood, he even got arrested for it

[Smiilez03]

His glasses are so awesome

[cheeriosinabowl]

@Smiilez03

... yes, those glasses are cool, I agree. Back in the 70's (and 80's too), glasses with big lenses and horn rims were the rage.

[7beers]

@cheeriosinabowl 60's too.

[BlackFlameSupremacy]

In this episode, not very long into it, Dick mentions some kind of Hopalong Cassidy sequel or something after which Mitchum says that in it he had a heavy, deep bass baritone voice and a beard that cut off much of his face making him look like Mickey Mouse. The movie, as Dick says it, was "Cassidy's Third" from what I could make out. Did I hear that movie title correctly?

[archy2frank2]

Thank you Bored to Death

[charliemctruth]

Cunt...the twat who uploaded this I mean.

 Mitchum was REAL.

[davenielsen78]

@charliemctruth Oh, yeah, he's obviously a complete, total twat. Real swamp pussy.

[666Deity666]

he was married since he was 16 and you're saying he's not allowed to flip his wife the bird? It gets a rise out of people, it makes them laugh, but it doesn't mean he's serious about it. Come on, it's Robert Fucking Mitchum. If you think he or his wife gives 2 fucks about the bird then you are insane. Also, he started with his pointer finger, then switched. Not saying that he did flip her the bird, just saying that it wouldn't have mattered either way.

[Michaeldean88]

I push my glasses all the time with my middle finger too ya douche. You're a total tard.

[Blentastic]

......I MEAN WHAT!!!!!!!!!!

[TelecasterLPGTop]

Not the finger just the poster's imagination.

[rileyrivera]

oh robert.. your carrie is just like you... its in the genes lol...

[hoghash78]

Cavett looks like Ted Bundy.

[fizzylipstick]

I see your point about this but...I don't know Robert is pretty slick so I'm not sure. :)

[OrphanSeasun]

I always do that with my sunglasses when I'm driving past a cop car.

[ogdroadsong]

this guy Cavett is a great talk show host, we had Parkinson in the UK nowhere near as sharp he got absolutely nothing out of Mitchum.

[sedod66]

this is probably the most random video recommended for me after watching boxing videos.

[makjac46]

gotta give you no thumbs up as he never gave finger up.

[Easyandy100]

As a general rule, he was stoned.

[dickindell]

Wow.....So there was an era when interviewers were sincere, respectful and intelligent, and interviewees drank booze throughout the show. Meanwhile, 40 years later you could NEVER get a show like Dick Cavett's or Johnny Carson's on the air, but you can fill a whole evening with grisly murders, fast-action over-stimulating camera shots, and below-average people trying way too hard to be interesting for attention and money.

I could never respect anyone who works in the TV industry today.

[monte68x]

Did he borrow those glasses from Godard?

[troubledsole]

Nah, I have the same problem: it's simply that his middle finger was his dominant finger.

[rexorrama]

I need to get a pair of glasses.

[swampalex]

BULLLLLLLLLLSHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII­IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!!­!!

[emerockthree]

robert's glasses are sick! anyone know what type or where I could buy a pair?

[TheBrianhj]

this is retarded.

[Lolabelle59]

I think he was giving Cavett the finger! There's a wire service photo of him being given a star on Hollywood Blvd. or wherever they do that, and he's pointing to the star with his middle finger. He kind of flipped the bird to the Universe, overall. Love him!

[scorejames]

No way

[DukeOfData]

He did not "give her the finger" - he was simply adjusting his glasses.

[MarkR476]

a little bit of a stretch? Ya think?

[nobodady1]

nope

[mharrin5507]

Robert Mitchum never struck me as the type to do something passive-aggressive like surreptitiously flipping the bird; I think he'd be more inclined to just straight-up say something...though I think he had more class than to act on such a supposed urge. Sadly, they don't make them like Robert Mitchum anymore.

[TheBlueyedblond]

@mharrin5507 I would agree with you on that. He was not the typical Hollywood type. He was his own man and did not care what people thought or said about him.

[DaveTheBunny]

What a big league pimp.

[Lolabelle59]

Mitchum kinda flipped the bird at the whole world his whole life!

Check out Lee Server's bio, "Baby, I Don't Care".

[DrewBludd]

Bogus.

[Razersun]

Dude is not a bad piece of ass. Not bad at all.

[JubalCalif]

Hmm...the late great Bob Mitchum MUST have given his wife more than just the finger. After all, they had 3 kids! :-)

[4MaryAnna]

@JubalCalif Haha..You betcha! lol

[JubalCalif]

@4MaryAnna

Thanks for your droll comment !!!

:-)

[GordonMorrice]

Seeing this makes me realise how weak the male stars in our culture are. Mitchum was a major league pot smoker, boozer, loved to fuck, loved to lay shit down, loved... calipso music! He recorded and released two calipso albums in the early 60s! He was a fun guy. But when his son died...

[KenfromDublin]

He doesn't.

[unfortunatebeam]

haha i used to have a manager who would always point with his middle finger when he was explaining things to me. i sometimes wondered if he was giving me the finger

[IvoryTears1]

Thank-you, great minds think a like. ;-)

[IvoryTears1]

Robert had his issues. But I really don't think he was giving his wife the bird in this interview.

[Niiiiiiiiizette]

@IvoryTears1 I totally agree with you

[CaliCasey7]

@IvoryTears1

I agree.....

[PeterJohn411]

@IvoryTears1 I think he was actually giving Cavett, the columnist referred to, and perhaps the whole muckraking media the finger -- I do think he realized what he was doing, but the wife was not the target.

[7beers]

Not sure you're right on this.

[davenielsen78]

@7beers He is. People do that all the time.

[petroljunky]

What are those glasses?

[gsh73la]

@petroljunky What's the dumb question ?

[DeWittAlbright]

I love this interview. I used to be up on YouTube in its entirety. If you have the rest of it please put it up. I especially love - and I mean LMAO every time I hear it - love the "Kirk" story he tells about running amok in Ireland when out drinking with Richard Harris.