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55-477: Janis may refer to: Film and music [ edit ] Janis (film) , a 1974 film about Janis Joplin Janis (1975 album) , a compilation and the soundtrack album for the film Janis (1993 album) , a Joplin career overview collection "Janis", a track recorded by Focus on their 1971 album Focus II Fictional characters [ edit ] Janis Gold , in

110-425: A commune , when they in fact were followers of guru Mel Lyman . When Cavett asked about the "commune" where they lived, Frechette denied that it was a commune and said that "The community is for one purpose, and that's to serve Mel Lyman, who's the leader and founder of that community." At that point, Halprin finally tried to speak, but Cavett went to commercial. When the show returned, the next guest, Dr. Aaron Stern,

165-516: A 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Janis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Janis&oldid=1173840597 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

220-623: A Beverly Hills psychiatrist and director of the MPAA 's code and rating administration , was brought out, and Frechette and Halprin were not interviewed further. Around halfway through Cavett's Orson Welles interview, Welles reversed the roles and began asking Cavett questions about his life and career. This impromptu interview was well received by the audience and, among other things, humorously acknowledged Cavett's talk-show competitors such as Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin . Director John Cassavetes and actors Peter Falk and Ben Gazzara appeared on

275-593: A dearth of captions, with all the talking done during Joplin's lifetime, made it tedious. He said he felt uncomfortable that not only do viewers never see a connection between her deteriorating physical appearance and her death, but also that no one who worked on the film communicated to viewers that she is dead. This film remains a major source of footage for basic and premium cable TV documentaries about Joplin—projects that do include narration and sound bite interviews with those who knew Joplin. When documentaries include film clips of Joplin at her 1970 high school reunion,

330-474: A debate about the Vietnam War, Cavett had two veterans debating on the show. The anti-war side was led by a young John Kerry and the pro-war side by John E. O'Neill , later the founder of Swift Boat Veterans for Truth . It was later revealed through then-President Richard Nixon 's secret White House tapes that Nixon wanted to "get rid" of Cavett because of this debate. Director Ingmar Bergman appeared for

385-730: A defense witness at the Chicago Seven trial, several of Collins' comments were censored at the direction of the ABC legal department. Collins wrote a protest letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), claiming a violation of her free-speech rights and the network license granted to ABC by the FCC. Her protest was denied, with the FCC ruling that a television network could, at its discretion, delete or edit remarks on its programs. Elton Rule , president of ABC Television, noted that in

440-512: A host who could attract guests that otherwise might not do interviews, at the expense of some of the excitement that might ensue from the multiple-guest format. In January 1973, despite a vociferous letter campaign, ratings forced the show to be cut back to occasional status, airing one week a month under the umbrella title ABC's Wide World of Entertainment . Jack Paar , whom ABC had tried to recruit as Cavett's successor, insisted that both he and Cavett would be given at least one week per month as

495-474: A near-fatal stroke in 1965. During an interview with Christine Jorgensen , the first widely known trans woman to have sex reassignment surgery (in this case a complete male-to-female vaginoplasty ), Jorgensen walked off the show when she felt offended after Cavett asked her about the status of her romantic life with her wife; because Jorgensen was the only scheduled guest, Cavett spent the rest of that show talking about how he had not meant to offend her. As

550-465: A result of continuing coverage of the Robert F. Kennedy assassination that took place earlier that morning, Cavett's show did not begin until 11 am, and was interrupted at 11:20 for 30 minutes of further updates on the unfolding tragedy. At 11:50, Cavett's show returned for its final 10 minutes. The assassination was the only topic discussed during the 30 minutes of the show. On the following two mornings,

605-529: A sign of respect for Cavett. By the end of 1974, Cavett's show was airing only twice per month. The PBS series featured single guests in a half-hour format and was produced by Christopher Porterfield , a former roommate of Cavett's at Yale University who had coauthored the book Cavett that was published in August 1974. The show remained on the PBS lineup until affiliates voted it off the schedule in 1982. On all three of

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660-465: A similar situation that may have prevented her from appearing on the show, did not allow her to perform at Woodstock. He considered the Dick Cavett Show too important for her career for her to risk missing the taping. Mitchell wrote the song " Woodstock " based on descriptions by Graham Nash and from the images she saw on television, as she could not be there in person. The most famous version of

715-653: A single guest. Among those receiving such special treatment (some more than once) were Groucho Marx , Laurence Olivier , Judy Garland , Katharine Hepburn (without an audience), Bette Davis , Orson Welles , Noël Coward (who appeared on the same show with Alfred Lunt , Lynn Fontanne , Tammy Grimes and Brian Bedford ), John Lennon and Yoko Ono , Janis Joplin , Ray Charles , Alfred Hitchcock , Fred Astaire , Woody Allen , Gloria Swanson , Jerry Lewis , Lucille Ball , Zero Mostel ("on some shows I've had just one guest, but tonight I have Zero"), Bob Hope and David Bowie . These shows helped showcase Cavett's skills as

770-526: A social psychologist who pioneered the groupthink theory Jaroslav Janiš , Czech auto racing driver Linzie Janis , an American television journalist Sidney Janis , (1896–1989), American art dealer, collector, and writer Vivi Janiss (1911–1988), American actress Other uses [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Janis All pages with titles containing Janis Janus (disambiguation) Jani (disambiguation) Janice (disambiguation) United States v. Janis ,

825-605: Is devoted to Joplin's 1969 European tour, including an interview with Joplin during her stay in Stockholm and the ecstatic reaction of a clean-cut female fan in Frankfurt when she sees Joplin through the window of her tour bus before the concert starts. (The American fan, who reveals on camera that she is the wife of a U.S. Army officer stationed in Germany, is later seen with several German youths dancing on stage with Joplin.) Laura Joplin,

880-556: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Janis (film) The film consists entirely of archival footage of Joplin. It includes rehearsals, her June 25, 1970 appearance on The Dick Cavett Show , footage from her Woodstock performance in 1969 (dancing with her band's saxophone player during an instrumental break), and another television segment videotaped in black & white in April 1967 before she became famous. Much screen time

935-559: Is included in the film, took place in August 1970 at the Goodhue Hotel in Port Arthur. The hotel was demolished in 1990. Though 1974 is listed as the year of the film's release to cinemas and its copyright year, a Washington Post review indicates that DC-area moviegoers had their first chance to see it in March 1975. Post critic Tom Zito opined that the film's total lack of narration and

990-697: The 1974 documentary Janis is the source. Color film of an eloquent interview with Joplin in London in 1969 (outdoors with the sounds of car engines) also originates from Janis . That interview was done very shortly before or after concerts she gave at Albert Hall . If film of any of the concerts themselves exists, it has stayed in a vault since 1969. Universal Films distributed Janis in the United States, but only released it in one theatre in San Francisco for fourteen weeks. F. R. Crawley stated that Universal shelved

1045-508: The ABC, PBS, USA and CNBC networks hosted by comedian, comedy writer and author Dick Cavett between 1968 and 1995 in New York. The first daytime show featured Gore Vidal , Muhammad Ali and Angela Lansbury . ABC pressured Cavett to get prominent celebrities on the show, although subsequent shows without them got higher ratings and more critical acclaim. A well-received summer replacement prime-time series that aired three times per week led to

1100-476: The Drum " a cappella . Jefferson Airplane (with Crosby) then launched into " Somebody to Love ". The credits rolled as the musicians, without Mitchell, engaged in an instrumental jam as the audience danced. Jimi Hendrix was scheduled to join the others, but was unable to appear at the afternoon taping that occurred only a few hours after he had performed at the late-running festival. Mitchell's manager, apparently fearing

1155-832: The TV series 24 Janis Day, in the comic strip Arlo and Janis Janis Hawk, in the TV series FlashForward Janis Ian, in the film Mean Girls Janis (ジャニス, "Janisu"), in Inuyasha: Secret of the Divine Jewel People [ edit ] Janis (given name) Jānis , a Latvian masculine given name Byron Janis (born 1928), American concert pianist (no relation to Conrad Janis) Conrad Janis (1928–2022), American actor and jazz musician (no relation to Byron Janis) Dorothy Janis (1912 –2010), American silent film actress Elsie Janis (1889–1956), American musical theatre and vaudeville performer Irving Janis ,

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1210-484: The US (the actual line is "In order to survive we steal, cheat, lie, forge, fuck, hide and deal". Another line with the forbidden word was "Up against the wall, Up against the wall, motherfucker ".). Mitchell sang " Chelsea Morning ", "Willy" and "For Free". Grace Slick purposefully called Cavett "Jim" and briefly talked about her school days at Finch College . Stephen Stills performed "4 + 20". Joni Mitchell sang " The Fiddle and

1265-500: The arts, theater, acting, painting, whatever…[The Electric Church] is a belief that I have. We do use electric guitars. Everything is electrified nowadays. So, therefore the belief comes through electricity to people. That's why we play so loud. Because it doesn't actually hit through the eardrums like most groups do nowadays. They say 'Well, we're going to play loud too, because they're playing loud.' And they've got this real shrill sound that's really hard. We plan for our sound to go inside

1320-400: The behavior was mere showmanship and a calculated publicity stunt . The incident was reported on the news before it aired that night, increasing viewership. In Greenwood, Mississippi , the hometown of Cavett's wife Carrie Nye , the guests at a country club dance abandoned the dance floor to watch the show on the TV in the lounge. In Atlanta , then-ABC affiliate WQXI-TV (now WXIA ) led with

1375-515: The early 1970s to focus on Hollywood celebrities also helped to minimize guest overlap. The late-night show's 45-minute midpoint would always be signaled by the musical piece "Glitter and Be Gay" from Leonard Bernstein 's Candide . The Candide snippet became Cavett's theme song and was used as the introduction to his later PBS series, and was played by the house band on his various talk show appearances. Typically each show had several guests, but occasionally Cavett would devote an entire show to

1430-421: The early ABC shows the bandleader was Bobby Rosengarden and the announcer was Fred Foy of The Lone Ranger fame. The morning show was produced by Woody Fraser. Tony Converse was the producer of the 1969 ABC prime-time show and the original producer of the ABC late-night show, succeeded by John Gilroy. Cavett's writer was Dave Lloyd . The Dick Cavett Show was also the name of a short-lived radio show. In

1485-764: The film in order to focus on larger films such as Jaws . The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Documentary Film in 1974, and was the winner of the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Documentary at the 26th Canadian Film Awards in 1975. The Dick Cavett Show The Dick Cavett Show is the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks, including: Cavett normally taped his programs in New York City , though occasionally he would venture elsewhere, including Los Angeles, New Orleans and London. The Dick Cavett Show refers to television programs on

1540-499: The first broadcast of his 90-minute morning show, Cavett had as his first guest engineer, designer and futurist Buckminster Fuller . The two discussed how politicians would eventually become obsolete through technological advances, and the wide-ranging discussion included a comment from Fuller that a woman is a baby factory and that a man's role is to simply press the right button. Later on in the program, Cavett chatted with actress Patricia Neal , who discussed her long rehabilitation from

1595-417: The first time on a US talk show, one of the few television interviews he ever granted. Actor/singer Danny Kaye appeared for the entire show with film clips, performing and promoting UNICEF . Moments before the episode with Gore Vidal , Norman Mailer and Janet Flanner , Mailer, annoyed with Vidal's less-than-stellar review of Prisoner of Sex , headbutted Vidal and traded insults with him backstage. As

1650-493: The interview, Cavett asked Coward, "What is the word for when one has terrific, prolific qualities?" to which Coward answered in a deadpan manner, "Talent", drawing a great amount of laughter. Actors Mark Frechette and Daria Halprin appeared together with movie producer Mel Brooks and movie critic Rex Reed . The interview went poorly from the outset, with Frechette giving abrupt, non-conversational answers and Halprin staying silent. Cavett apparently believed that they lived in

1705-477: The memorable late-night talk show that ran from December 29, 1969, to January 1, 1975, opposite NBC 's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . Cavett took the time slot over from The Joey Bishop Show . In addition to his usual monologue, Cavett opened each show reading selected questions written by audience members, to which he would respond with witty rejoinders. ("What makes New York so crummy these days?" "Tourists.") While Cavett and Carson shared many of

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1760-585: The mirror one morning, and I figured, why waste five and a half dollars?" In an interview with Jimi Hendrix, Cavett spoke about Hendrix's performance of the " Star Spangled Banner " at Woodstock, and called the style "unorthodox". Jimi commented that the song was "not unorthodox" and that what he played was beautiful. The audience clapped, and Dick blushed. Hendrix performed "Izabella" & " Machine Gun " with his band, Billy Cox , Mitch Mitchell and Juma Sultan . During an interview with singer Judy Collins in which Cavett and Collins discussed her experiences as

1815-405: The moon don't shine?" A long laugh by the audience ensued, after which Mailer asked Cavett if he had "come up with that line himself". Cavett replied, "I have to tell you a quote from Tolstoy ?" The headbutting and later on-air altercation was described by Mailer in his short book Of a Small and Modest Malignancy, Wicked and Bristling with Dots , including a description that does not jibe with

1870-432: The network's judgment, "her remarks ... were not within the bounds of fair comment." Blues guitarist Eric Clapton appeared on the show with a new group called Delaney & Bonnie & Friends , which was Clapton's first attempt to break from his lead role and operate as an anonymous sideman. This was also possibly the first time Clapton had appeared on American television with a Fender Stratocaster ; up to that time, he

1925-496: The only people here." Mailer moved his chair away from the other guests and Cavett joked that "perhaps you'd like two more chairs to contain your giant intellect?" Mailer replied "I'll take the two chairs if you'll all accept finger bowls ." As Cavett professed to not understand Mailer's "finger bowl" comment and made further jokes, Mailer stated "Why don't you look at your question sheet and ask your question?", to which Cavett responded "Why don't you fold it five ways and put it where

1980-475: The purpose of his music when he discussed his concept of the "Electric Church": [Music] is getting to be more spiritual than anything now. Pretty soon I believe that they are going to have to rely on music to get some kind of peace of mind or satisfaction—direction, actually—more so than politics, because politics is really on an ego scene…[Politics] is the art of words, which means nothing. So, therefore you have to rely on more of an earthier substance like music or

2035-455: The same day and shown on two nights. During the first part, he discussed the depiction of oral sex in movies and made a parenthetical utterance: "oral-genital sex...mouth on sex organs." A flap ensued when executives demanded that the censor cut the second phrase. An angry Cavett described the ongoing situation at the beginning of the second part, reusing the phrase. One of the guests, legal scholar Alexander Bickel , sided with Cavett. The result

2090-463: The same guests, Cavett was receptive to rock and roll artists to a degree unusual at the time, as well as to authors, politicians and other personalities outside the entertainment field. The wide variety of guests, combined with Cavett's literate and intelligent approach to comedy, appealed to a significant enough number of viewers to keep the show running for several years despite the competition from Carson's show. Carson's move to southern California in

2145-516: The show (including some 6,000 pieces of hate mail ) than any other he had done. Maddox later returned for another appearance, and this time Cavett walked off as a joke. Left alone on stage, Maddox cued the band and began singing "I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do" as Cavett reappeared in the wings to join in. The walk-off incident is mentioned at the beginning of the Randy Newman song " Rednecks ". Surrealist artist Salvador Dalí appeared on

2200-521: The show began at its regular time of 10:30 am, and was once again devoted exclusively to assassination coverage, and presented without commercial interruption. Because of conflicting network broadcasts, Cavett pre-taped a one-man, 60-minute episode with Groucho Marx. In the July 7, 1969, interview, rock star Jimi Hendrix modestly downplayed his abilities and displayed his sense of humor. Perhaps most importantly, he revealed some of his aesthetic ideals and

2255-419: The show began taping, a visibly belligerent Mailer, who admitted he had been drinking, goaded Vidal and Cavett into trading insults with him on air and continually referred to his "greater intellect". He openly taunted and mocked Vidal (who responded in kind), finally earning the ire of Flanner, who announced that she had become "very, very bored" with the discussion, telling Mailer and Vidal "You act as if you're

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2310-481: The show in the middle of a conversation about segregation . Cavett had made a reference to the "bigots" who had elected Maddox. Following an exchange about how insulting the remark might have been and Maddox's demand for an apology, Cavett finally apologized to those Georgians who had supported Maddox that might not be bigots. Not satisfied, Maddox left the studio. During the hastily called commercial break, Cavett tried to coax Maddox back to no avail. Cavett suspected that

2365-458: The show to promote the movie Husbands . All three guests were highly intoxicated, and "for thirty-five minutes they smoked, flopped around on the floor, and generally tormented Cavett, whose questions they'd planned to ignore." Dick Cavett pronounced it "one of the most interesting evenings of my life." Retiring Georgia governor Lester Maddox , appearing in a panel discussion with author Truman Capote and football great Jim Brown , walked off

2420-501: The show with silent-screen star Lillian Gish and baseball legend Satchel Paige . Dalí brought an anteater on a leash with him when he came on stage, and he tossed it in Gish's lap, much to her consternation. Cavett asked Dalí why he had once arrived to give a lecture at the Sorbonne in an open limousine filled with heads of cauliflower. Dalí responded with a barely coherent discourse regarding

2475-402: The show. The episode is now often referred to as "The Woodstock Show", as many of the performers, and Cavett's audience, came directly from the concert for the taping the afternoon before the show aired. Stills pointed out the mud from the concert venue still on his pants. Jefferson Airplane's performance of " We Can Be Together " marked the first time the word "fuck" was uttered on television in

2530-512: The similarity of the cauliflower head to the "mathematical problem discovered by Michelangelo in the rhinoceros' horn." Cavett interrupted him by waving his hands in Dalí's face, exclaiming "Boogie boogie!" (imitating Groucho Marx in the film A Night at the Opera ). The audience broke up, and Dalí appeared at a loss. Actor Robert Mitchum , known for avoiding public appearances, gave a rare interview as

2585-511: The sole guest. Mitchum talked about his childhood, Hollywood, his disdain for politics and politicians and his 1948 arrest. The show featured film clips from Ryan's Daughter (1970) and The Night of the Hunter (1955). On June 7, 1971, publisher J. I. Rodale , founder of Rodale, Inc. , a health and wellness publishing conglomerate headquartered in Emmaus, Pennsylvania , died of a heart attack during

2640-520: The song is by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, who recorded it for their Déjà Vu album (1970). It appears in the film Woodstock during the closing credits. Mitchell recorded it for Ladies of the Canyon (1970). Groucho Marx remarked about the Musical theatre musical Hair , which had just opened and was notorious for its ground-breaking use of explicit nudity: "I was going to go, but I saw myself in

2695-421: The soul of the person…and see if they can awaken some sort of thing in their minds, because there are so many sleeping people. Hendrix then performed " Hear My Train A Comin' " with the house band and played the guitar with his teeth at the end of the song. On Tuesday, August 19, 1969, Jefferson Airplane , Joni Mitchell , David Crosby and Stephen Stills (of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ) all appeared on

2750-473: The star's younger sister who contributed to the hit off-Broadway play Love, Janis (which was based on Laura's book of the same name), is seen and heard talking to Janis in television news footage from the ten-year reunion of Thomas Jefferson High School's class of 1960. Janis had graduated with the 1960 class of this high school in Port Arthur, Texas . The reunion, at which she gave a long press conference that

2805-414: The story on its 11 p.m. newscast, but as it was a Friday night, when the station normally aired movies and delayed Cavett's Friday show to Sunday, Atlanta viewers had to wait until Sunday night to see the incident. Capote, after watching Maddox walk offstage, paused and quipped, "I've been to his restaurant and his chicken isn't that finger lickin' good ." Years later, Cavett said he got more comments about

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2860-486: The taping of a segment for the show. Cavett was speaking with journalist Pete Hamill when Rodale began to make a snoring noise. Cavett's reaction to this is contested: he claims that both he and Hamill realized immediately that something was wrong, while other accounts have him addressing the unconscious man with "Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?" The audience did not realize anything was seriously wrong until Cavett asked if there were any medical doctors present. The program

2915-439: The videotape and which was disputed by Cavett decades later in his New York Times online column. Cavett noted that Mailer said that he received more mail about this episode than for anything else in his career. Critic John Simon revealed on the air that during the most recent commercial break, fellow guest Mort Sahl had threatened to punch him in the mouth. Cavett did a two-part show on pornography; both parts were taped

2970-486: Was famous for only playing Gibson guitars. Cavett briefly interviewed the band but the shy Clapton did not have much to say. To honor Noël Coward on the occasion of his knighthood, Cavett interviewed Coward and his close friends, the Lunts. Tammy Grimes and Brian Bedford, who were appearing on Broadway in a revival of Coward's classic play Private Lives , performed a medley of Coward's most popular songs. At one point during

3025-425: Was never aired and a rerun was shown in its place. On the following night's program, Cavett discussed the previous night's event in depth. He has said that he is often approached by people wanting to discuss the incident, mistakenly convinced that they saw it on television. He would usually ask if the person was in the studio audience, which was the only way to witness it since the episode was never broadcast. During

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