John Cleese on the Dick Cavett Show, 1979, part 1 of 6

First off, sorry about the poor video quality. This came from an old Betamax tape, recorded at the slow speed and not stored in the best condition over the years...

In this segment, John discusses his recent experiences on Broadway and how "Monty Python" got its title.

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Comedy

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• Cleese
• Dick
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• Monty
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• Brian

[BoxcarFred]

6' 4" is a giant in show business. It's amazing how many damn midgets there are in Hollywood. They just surround them with other short actors so we won't notice. John Cleese, Chevy Chase, and Conan O'Brien are giants compared to most of them.

[sondano]

There are no civilized people like Dick Cavett on American TV anymore. Now everything is about showing outrage and/or making stupid sex jokes.

[Ballsinawad]

@BoxcarFred my dad gave me his hypothesis, according to him, short people have an "ideal" composure and so they're quite wanted in hollywood

[Sheepy007]

compared to the vid quality, the audio is surprisingly good

[kontrapunkti]

@sondano

So so true!

[twooffour]

4:13 Willem Dafoe ;)

[MrS98VAC]

John Cleese was so SEXY here !!

[MetrazolElectricity]

studio's too dark.... indicating the decline of dick. poor guy, i always liked him. Monty Python's the shit though

[shanebrennan0123]

@BoxcarFred I think Cleese is 6'5. I'm 6'4 and I met him once, he was a bit taller than me.

[dunnudoit]

@nag73 I still think betamax can beat vhs. Its not too late.

[thatblokestevieH]

Dick is terrible!!! So embarrassing, how did he keep that job for so long!

[seppsters]

dick cavett is a joke.