Daytime, primetime, then late-night talk and variety show. Often there was only one guest (GA Gov. Lester Maddox walked out angrily during one interview). Cavett was intelligent and witty, perhaps too much so for television.

This 16-minute featurette is bonus material on the 2006 DVD release, "The Dick Cavett Show: Comic Legends." In a recent interview with director Bob Weide, Cavett reminisces about the numerous comic legends who appeared on his 1970's ABC late-night talk-show. This interview is intercut with clips from said app…