Saturday, June 13, 2009

"Dick Cavett Show, The" (series) by John Lennon and George Harrison – ****

First released: 1971

John Lennon and Yoko Ono appeared on three separate episodes of Cavett’s late night series. The first two times were actually an extended interview that was broken up into two parts. The second part appeared on tape while people like comedian Stan Freberg appeared live. The third appearance featured Shirley Maclaine and this time, the Lennons actually performed music live instead of just being interviewed. Though the Lennons’ performance is fairly good, it pales in comparison to their appearances on "The Mike Douglas Show" a few months later. All of these appearances were released as a DVD set in 2006. On another DVD set are George Harrison’s two appearances (on different occasions) on the same show.

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