Guests: Dizzy Gillespie, Evel Knievel, Averell Harriman
Dick Cavett welcomes guests musician Dizzy Gillespie, politician Averell Harriman and daredevil Evel Knievel.
Dizzy perfs: Summertime, and other
BARS & TONE. CS VO JULES BERMAN. SOME FILM TRANSFER. VS
OF UNSUCCESSFULL DAREDEVIL STUNTS. SLOW MOTION OF MEN
CRASHING OFF THEIR MOTORCYCLES. CR: 142 VS AS EVEL KNIEVEL
CRASHES IN WEMBLY, ENGLAND. VS OF KNIEVEL AND HIS SON
ROBBY. EVEL DISPLAYS HIS OIL PAINTINGS.
CI:
PERSONALITIES: KNIEVEL, EVEL.
PERSONALITIES: KNIEVEL, ROBBY.
OCCUPATIONS: STUNTMAN.
asst. shots people applying small shocks to their body w/ a device that looks like a short bullet shaped syringe; older man/cowboy rides horse (sort of makes it spin in circles then has it slowly walk along); overweight woman & man rollerblade toward camera; (Evil) Evel Knievel speaks about product (The Stimulator); vintage films footage of Knievel crashing on motorcycle stunts; NICE CU gas barbeque grill ignited/lit; CU burning grill
THE VERDICT IN FROM EVEL KNIEVEL'S LAWSUIT AGAINST A SPOKANE, WASHINGTON HOTEL.A JURY RULED THE HOTEL SHOULD PAY THE FORMER MOTORCYCLE DAREDEVIL 51-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGES FOR VIOLATING HIS PRIVACY.KNEIVEL CLAIMED THE HOTEL VIOLATED HIS PRIVACY FOR GIVING THE KEY TO HIS ROOM TO ANOTHER GUEST.KNIEVEL CLAIMED THE MAN ATTACKED HIM AFTER HE FOUND KNIEVEL IN BED WITH THE MAN'S EX-GIRLFRIEND.KNIEVEL'S ATTORNEY SAYS HE'S PLEASED WITH THE VERDICT.THE HOTEL'S ATTORNEY WON'T COMMENT ON THE JURY'S DECISION.
Vintage footage- Harry Houdini in various positions, with hangs chained together, tied up in a chair, locked in a box under water, bound in a straight jacket/ Evel Knievel tries to fly over canyon in rocket- dropped by parachute, Knievel falls off motorcycle after jump/ Jackson Pollock painting outside, CU of painting/ Jimi Hendrix performing/ men assemble rocket car- drives 403mph/ women throw lingerie, bras, etc. into garbage can (women's lib)
Pele, Evel Knievel, 1980 Miracle On Ice Olympic Hockey, Madam Marie Curie, Jonas Salk, Barnard Heart Transplant, Roger Maris, Giant Soap Bubble, Mandela & DeKlirk together, Statue OF Lenin comes down (Fall of Communism), Berlin Wall comes down; Mark McGwire home runs (NOT PD); Lance Armstrong; Barry Bonds (NOT PD); Hot Air Balloon around the world
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