Decades Salutes Groucho Marx, Dick Cavett This Week

Groucho Marx and Dick Cavett on ‘The Dick Cavett Show’ in 1968.
(Image credit: Courtesy of Ron Baldwin via PBS)

Decades salutes Dick Cavett, Groucho Marx and their relationship with episodes of The Dick Cavett Show featuring the comedian starting Monday, January 2. The event goes through Friday, January 6 in the 9 p.m. ET slot. 

“These rare and intimate conversations offer a unique glimpse into the pair's friendship and showcase Groucho's quick wit and timeless humor,” said Decades. 

PBS premiered Groucho & Cavett December 27. 

On the episode airing January 2, Marx discusses his letters in the Library of Congress and nudity on the Broadway stage with Cavett. On January 3, Marx and Shelley Winters discuss their show Minnie’s Boys. January 4, Marx, author Truman Capote and zoologist Jim Fowler are on the show. The January 5 episode has Marx with Debbie Reynolds, Dan Rowan and Erin Fleming. On January 6, it’s Marx in a “cameo,” Decades said, with Ryan O’Neal, Hegemony Lewis and Dr. Thomas Noguchi appearing on Dick Cavett

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Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.