Sammy Davis Jr. on Frank Sinatra | The Dick Cavett Show

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Sammy Davis Jr. discusses the whereabouts of his good friend Frank Sinatra and the subpoena rumours.
Date aired - 6/14/1972 - Sammy Davis Jr.
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Dick Cavett has been nominated for eleven Emmy awards (the most recent in 2012 for the HBO special, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again), and won three. Spanning five decades, Dick Cavett’s television career has defined excellence in the interview format. He started at ABC in 1968, and also enjoyed success on PBS, USA, and CNBC.

His most recent television successes were the September 2014 PBS special, Dick Cavett’s Watergate, followed April 2015 by Dick Cavett’s Vietnam. He has appeared in movies, tv specials, tv commercials, and several Broadway plays. He starred in an off-Broadway production ofHellman v. McCarthy in 2014 and reprised the role at Theatre 40 in LA February 2015.

Cavett has published four books beginning with Cavett (1974) and Eye on Cavett (1983), co-authored with Christopher Porterfield. His two recent books -- Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets (2010) and Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic moments, and Assorted Hijinks(October 2014) are both collections of his online opinion column, written for The New York Times since 2007. Additionally, he has written for The New Yorker, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, and elsewhere.
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@FM-ig3th 2 жыл бұрын

The world is much worse off without guys like Sammy and Frank in it.

@333get-at-me Жыл бұрын

@USA92 3 ай бұрын

Creepy and about you really.

@Jayreas-jd1sg 27 күн бұрын

The world's worse off since we are living in 2024 a space era

@jamesanthony5681 3 жыл бұрын

Sammy was sitting ringside at an Ali fight in the mid 1970's and being interviewed by Howard Cosell, when Cosell asked the question, " Sammy, you're a great friend of Ali, but how do you see this fight?" "With my one good eye," replied Davis

@steeple001 4 жыл бұрын

When friends backed up their friends. Stand up guys.

@wolfchrt 4 жыл бұрын

I like how you guys think there's no such thing as friends anymore. lol.

@D3xTRb0y 4 жыл бұрын

Their*

@veritasetlibertas7889 4 жыл бұрын

@Sydney Austin Facebook "friends"

@karuspitts4050 3 жыл бұрын

Stand-up guy Sammy was

@emansnas 3 жыл бұрын

@@D3xTRb0y NO "there's" is correct - contraction of there is. Maybe you're too possessive

@poolside123canadian7 4 жыл бұрын

If Mr. Rogers was the epitome of the nicest person on earth, Sammy was the epitome of the coolest.

@syourke3 4 жыл бұрын

Even when he kissed Nixon?

@SammyDfan1 4 жыл бұрын

@@syourke3, hugged.

@marilyn6979 4 жыл бұрын

@@syourke3 when he kissed archie bunker:)

@jordanbrown1381 3 жыл бұрын

I love his version of Mr. Bojangles

@jakemac1396 3 жыл бұрын

He was a satan worshiper.

@fruitcake4t 3 жыл бұрын

smokin & drinkin coffee, man those 60's/70's TV chat shows were cool!

@mikekaatman3194 3 жыл бұрын

Sure coffee..that was in the mug...just coffee...

@chinor6416 3 жыл бұрын

He's got that coke like confidence here

@almatt21 3 жыл бұрын

And killed him at only 62, so sad

@VNExperience 3 жыл бұрын

@Michael Armstrong what are you yapping about? That's like saying all liberals are disgusting? There are different types of conservatives, they're not all Trumpists, fiscal conservatives, Reaganians, militia members, Republican party members or cultural conservatives. Just like not all liberals aren't 2nd wave feminists, progressives, Democrats or pro-choice. What do you mean by that and what makes all conservatives disgusting?

@sw1743 2 жыл бұрын

@@almatt21 he was 64

@RichardMorrisonBaritone 4 жыл бұрын

Sammy Davis - oozing class and cool. A true legend of the entertainment business. I love him, man.

@andreavanda4722 3 жыл бұрын

Sammy Davis was a satanist so he's not cool! You can check out this interview with Eddie Murphy talking about Sammy Davis, Jr. telling Eddie that he's a satanist. On this link, if you scroll down, is also a picture of Sammy with satanist Michael Aquino and Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan. fellowshipoftheminds.com/hollyweirdo-sammy-davis-jr-was-a-satanist

@barryw169 3 жыл бұрын

Give me a fucken break.

@barryw169 3 жыл бұрын

@@andreavanda4722 👍 Exactly

@tellmamatellmamaall156 3 жыл бұрын

andrea vanda, Lol Get a life!

@Punicia 3 жыл бұрын

@@andreavanda4722 shut up.

@hastyone9048 3 жыл бұрын

Back when gentlemen were gentlemen and cool as anyone could be.

@chateaupig826 3 жыл бұрын

Real

@friedrice69 3 жыл бұрын

Yup

@veritasetlibertas7889 3 жыл бұрын

You got it.. All the so-called feminist bullshit has put both men and women on the defensive.

@andresflores1500 3 жыл бұрын

@@veritasetlibertas7889 Not real men.

@joegaragozzo1640 3 жыл бұрын

Men were cool! A dying breed now that I 'm in my very late forties . I see and hear dudes in their prime, wining about their feelings??? Uh? Feeling? Are you kidding me?

@brainflash1 4 жыл бұрын

This clip is criminally short.

@jamesfeldman4234 4 жыл бұрын

I believe that you can see complete Dick Cavett interviews on Amazon Prime in 2020, likely including Sammy. Crime solved!

@123468483 3 жыл бұрын

well now that it was.... Iguess it is now could history clip .....

@bakratos23230 4 жыл бұрын

I need more Sammy Davis Jr clips.

@scottbrandts610 3 жыл бұрын

Sammy... The slickest, coolest cat who ever lived. Period.

@suzannerossiter1682 3 жыл бұрын

Scott Brandts Sammy had more talent than all the rat pack put together in my opinion.

@emiliodaddio8517 2 ай бұрын

Sammy was more talented than Sinatra? Seriously? Sammy’s a legend but I think even he would laugh at the idea.

@jeffhreid 3 жыл бұрын

Sammy was a stand up guy. Did a lot of charity work. Super talented and seemed like a solid friend from this segment.

@Mozart1220 8 ай бұрын

Read up on what happened at some of his parties. Just saying.

@Ltduketfd 3 жыл бұрын

Damn Sammy Davis Jr was a true friend and one cool gentlemen...Boy how men have changed.

@bk_c7704 3 жыл бұрын

They were allowed to be men (pre-feminist era)

@ProgWhale 2 жыл бұрын

@@bk_c7704 yeah, now men have to uhhh, exist equally with women and not be afraid to express themselves how they want? How is this bad?

@georgecayas3853 4 жыл бұрын

This gentleman is possibly the coolest person ever! Love him! Honestly

@mikehunt5134 3 жыл бұрын

I love you friend!

@wadewheelingtonii7690 3 жыл бұрын

I have 2 of Sammy Davis Jr's. cigarette cases and outfit. I cherish these items to this day.

@Archer335 4 жыл бұрын

Sammy was one cool cat, man. 😁

@jamesanthony5681 3 жыл бұрын

And solid, man!

@sofiareis1869 6 ай бұрын

True friendship these two❤

@TrevorHoneyball 4 жыл бұрын

We need some longer Sammy clips....

@debbieforhim7800 4 жыл бұрын

I so miss these people!

@alphamale1228 4 жыл бұрын

IF SAMMY WAS ALIVE DURING ALL THE BULLSHIT IN THE WORLD NOW, HE'D SING CANDYMAN AND ALL THE HATE WOULD STOP.

@jamesanthony5681 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Sammy would get his friend Linc from The Mod Squad, and the 2 of them - because they were the coolest - would send out this huge vibe that would encircle the globe and get people to hug, shake hands and chill. Know what I'm sayin'?

@malcolmcook7007 2 ай бұрын

Mr. Davis. A Man of Class and Style and admired! You're the greatest Mr. Davis!

@ai8510 3 ай бұрын

Honesty goes a long way....Rest In Peace to these great legends.

@2Oldcoots 2 жыл бұрын

"I honor his friendship and what he did for me as a performer, and as a person too because he put my head straight in a lot of areas-he really did". Thanks Sammy for standing up for a true friend, and showing Mr. Sinatra as he really was long before virtue signaling came into full practice as it is now.

@briang.7206 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite afternoon talk show David's cool laid back style with his guests.

@NxDoyle 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for the context.

@brandondenver4331 4 жыл бұрын

Pure class.

@37Dionysos 3 жыл бұрын

"And Archie, I can honestly say, having spent these marvelous moments with you---you ain't better than anybody." SDJ on "All In The Family"

@uprebel5150 3 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest moments in all of television history.

@arame29 2 жыл бұрын

Archie they put a kissing clause in my contract.

@nyterpfan Жыл бұрын

LMAO!! (Sammy really got in some "zingers" on Archie--but they sailed right over his head LOL!!)

@winonamassingill7895 2 ай бұрын

One of the fun things that I’ve ever seen was all in the family Sammy Davis Jr visits the home. As Sammy Davis Jr was about to walk out the door 🚪 he bent down and kissed Archie on his head. I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ it was written in the script but it was sooo funny. 😂😂😂😂👏👏👏

@bobbylee2853 2 ай бұрын

Sammy made a second appearance in an episode of Archie Bunker’s Place.😊

@jomama5186 9 ай бұрын

Amazing footage.

@ExMachina70 3 жыл бұрын

You just don’t get honest moments on TV anymore.

@angelcitygirl 3 жыл бұрын

I still remember the story about Sammy and Kim Novak falling in love and people threatening his life because of the color differences. Crazy!

@ABSTRACTAL 3 ай бұрын

The "Rat pack" were like the intellectual version of the Beatles, one of a kind! All Legends!

@dejiko 3 жыл бұрын

So much class emanating from these fine gentlemen.

@dejiko 2 жыл бұрын

@Thomas Stewart Howdy!

@jadezee6316 4 жыл бұрын

Sinatra played a huge part in getting sammy back together after the accident cost him his eye,....and Sinatra would be on him to quit the cocaine......which is what Sammy is talking abot here....as far as Sinatra running...there were times he laid low until the smoked cleared...once when that guy was hit over the heah by jilly....and was near death....and when he and joe D...broke into the wrong room....trying to catch...Monroe.....doing something......are two incidents that come to mind

@THECLARENCES 7 ай бұрын

Little known fact: Comedian Freddy Lewis modeled his interview style on Dick Cavett. xoxo The Clarences

@nickbonvino 3 ай бұрын

Those two guys loved and respected each other!! Great talents that we may never see again

@emilioalexisconcha3285 3 жыл бұрын

At his funeral told the presents when Sammie didn't know what to do ask people around just to do the opposite they tell him, then everybody wanted to pick the microphone again just to tell their anecdotes on him, everybody laughs that was the best way to honor the life of the coolest guy in Hollywood

@johnmorrison8618 4 жыл бұрын

The most sober Sammy ever was on this show also happens the time he's defending Sinatra fleeing from a court subpoena. Simpler time

@jomama5186 9 ай бұрын

I sure was blessed in a time where actors are comedians were among the best

@artheriford 3 жыл бұрын

Has there ever been a more cool, hip cat than Sammy Davis? He wasn't about to rat Frank out, or anyone else.

@michaelbruchas6663 4 жыл бұрын

Bill Holden, too!

@bellerophonchallen8861 3 жыл бұрын

Flipping heck, I could sleep under that tie.

@kup4ever 2 жыл бұрын

1:38 Sammy breaks down media tactics perfectly, and in the great information age, it's sad to say it is even more relevant now, because now days, they don't even read the article. Just the headline.

@s.k.6616 2 ай бұрын

Sammy is just great!

@kennethrichmond9527 3 жыл бұрын

Way to go Sammy

@spitflamez 3 ай бұрын

Makes you like Frank S. even more… good stuff! 👍🏾

@judewebb5694 Жыл бұрын

Marlon Brando looks gorgeous when he was younger. I never knew that about George Harrison, seemed a good man. Still appreciate the older crooners, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby were a couple of my dad's favourites. Great... On this day! I laughed when you reminded me that I used to smuggle my radio as a kid in bed and we actually had the old candlewick bedspreads, I'd forgotten about all that. In my teens we used to have a CB radio & meet up (eyeballs 😁), kids today now have virtual social meetings instead 🙄 Looks like you're picking up a tan on your face Neil, it suits you x

@NoahSpurrier 2 жыл бұрын

This is good.

@lennoxchandler2671 2 ай бұрын

He spoke well..eloquent..

@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 8 ай бұрын

Richard Alva Cavett 19 de noviembre de 1936 86 años (87)

@robinrahmani4705 3 ай бұрын

Sammy was the real deal. Suave, cool, collective, bad ass, pleasant. A true showman. He was wonderful.

@paulvon2378 3 жыл бұрын

Great style.

@paulvon2378 7 ай бұрын

Sammy was a legend. Pure class

@dmlevitt 3 жыл бұрын

always was a cool cat.

@arleneliberti2949 3 ай бұрын

SAMMY DAVIS JR WAS A CLASS ACT . VERY TALENTED MAN AND THE RAT PACK WAS THE COOLEST EVER . 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@michaelstratton6701 3 жыл бұрын

Love the classy Hollywood

@franksnyder1357 3 жыл бұрын

American classics.

@alanfontaine586 4 жыл бұрын

This mans autobiography,will make you tired.did this brother party or what

@michaelbulls5872 3 жыл бұрын

Care to tell a juicy detail? :D

@lawrencecarr4973 3 жыл бұрын

I have to go and check the book out

@iTube22100 4 жыл бұрын

What are they talking about ? What boat and Sinatra's subpoena for what ?

@henrimatisse7481 3 ай бұрын

Jacques Cousteau walked by me just a few feet away, decades ago, and I was starstruck. I remember his appearance clearly, in black including the cap. Not looking at me of course. That day the Calypso was moored in the harbor for some event and I just learned that Arthur Guinness, the founder of Guinness brewery, sharing Cousteau's passion for the ocean, lent the explorer his 40-year-old former car ferry for 1 franc a yr and it was named the Calypso

@leyenda6149 3 жыл бұрын

My only thing is I imagine it could frustrate a celebrity when they get on q show & the host asks them about their famous friends. I imagine celebrities would much rather have questions asked about themselves.

@mark6302 4 жыл бұрын

Smoking on TV, amazing :0

@anthonyangeli256 4 жыл бұрын

People smoked. anywhere & everywhere bro. I know.....I was one of those people

@cstrutherskgs 3 жыл бұрын

@unarmed blackman and we wonder why the mortality rate was so much higher

@mrdeveraux5891 3 жыл бұрын

Stand up cat.

@paulway9926 2 ай бұрын

What proper men they were.

@seaglasstheatre 4 жыл бұрын

Frank never had the makings of a varsity athlete.

@bhallett27 4 жыл бұрын

Small hands

@arame29 2 жыл бұрын

@Matt Cornetta Ava Gardner said there's 10lbs. of Frank and 110 lbs. of c--k

@TheStockwell Жыл бұрын

I guess you've never seen him holding his own when dancing alongside Gene Kelly. 🥃🐧

@HomeAtLast501 4 жыл бұрын

Huge tie and lapel for a slight build.

@jamesanthony5681 3 жыл бұрын

Back in the day when wide ties, wide lapels and flared pants were in men's fashions

@davidmartrano1549 4 жыл бұрын

Talk about the Rat Pack. Who was the most talented, Sammy? Enough said?

@imanguhathakurta662 4 жыл бұрын

@kajestro m. tap dancing too.

@3myway 4 жыл бұрын

Your nuts

@baldilocks1914 3 жыл бұрын

@@3myway you’re 🤦🏻‍♂️

@hypolyxa7207 3 жыл бұрын

They were all talented in each their own way which made them such a great group.

@baldilocks1914 3 жыл бұрын

@@hypolyxa7207 undeniable, but who had more all over talent I’d have to agree was Sammy

@navillus15 4 ай бұрын

This is two days before the Watergate break in. No particular significance except that Cavett took a prominent interest in that story.

@briang.7206 3 жыл бұрын

Frank made jokes and called Sammy Boy but Frank stood up for Sammy and was his friend.

@juanmonge8 3 жыл бұрын

Frank’s name for him was: Smokey the bear.

@alanwilson8407 Жыл бұрын

Always excuses for celebs racist comments toward their African friends.

@waynemuldrow4066 2 жыл бұрын

I miss it kind of when you can still smoke anywhere..

@georgealexander141 4 жыл бұрын

Was Davis talking about the Cal-Neva controversy?

@vincentestone5764 3 жыл бұрын

Good Question.

@ellegroup7289 2 жыл бұрын

Check out the podcast “You Must Remember This.” This season is called Sammy and Dino. Very interesting. In this clip Sammy is referring to Frank Sinatra hiding out after he almost killed a man by throwing a phone at him and breaking his skull.

@rockinyouallnight 7 ай бұрын

Sinatra wasn't hiding. He was drinking Inner Sunset Grape Manischewitz at Lewis's Bistro & Delicatessen in San Francisco.

@Whowhatwherewhen5 3 ай бұрын

Sammy love him baby. A buck twenty with the gold and glass eye, a buck twenty. All mam !

@johnnytoobad7785 4 жыл бұрын

Frank was always running somewhere..typically after a "broad". Mr Sinatra had a "financial interest" in the Cal-Neva Lodge. I read (in his bio) that some of his 'goombas' were on the movie set of "Some Came Running". See Frank run...Run Frank run...:)

@jadezee6316 4 жыл бұрын

cal neva was mob owned even though sam giancana was forbidden to ever go there.....which he always did.usua lly with his girlfrirnd...the same one who was sleeping with president kennedy.....maybe Sinatra....was given some part of the place...who knows....as far as chasing women...ava gardner was the only woman. ...he ever chased after...because once he cut someone out of his life......he usually never spoke to them again

@IanThaddiam 4 жыл бұрын

@@jadezee6316 Phyllis McGuire. That's the dame Giancana was dating.

@wiseguymaybe 4 жыл бұрын

@@jadezee6316 Having Johnny Fontane never talk to you again, that just breaks me up.😢😂😢

@alanwilson8407 Жыл бұрын

Good on you. Anyone who wants to know who Frank REALLY was, read Kitty Kelly's book on his LIFE. Awful man. And he is still the greatest singer I've ever heard!

@ssodeksonify 3 жыл бұрын

Groovy baby groovy baby...

@baronvonnembles 2 ай бұрын

This is so 1960's and early 1970's cool it's painful. Sammy's clothes, puffing on the the cig, talking in muted and reverential tones about Sinatra. Perfect.

@janiceleighton7348 3 жыл бұрын

Yes he did know

@rayejohn79rj11 3 жыл бұрын

The days when you can smoke on stage

@peace__777 4 жыл бұрын

What's this about Sinatra "running"? Can someome explain this to me, please? Confused.

@alphamale1228 4 жыл бұрын

I believe this was In reference to Frank testifying what he knew about certain mobsters.

@AEW86 4 жыл бұрын

They're talking about Frank Sinatra in Cannonball Run II.

@deputydawgatlantaga9935 3 жыл бұрын

Around ‘62, Sinatra invested heavily in Berkshire Downs, a Massachusetts race track. Attorney General RFK and his “House Select Committee on Crime” subpoenaed ‘ol Blue Eyes as a potential witness regarding “the relations between Organized Crime and ......... sports”.

@jamesmacaw3865 4 жыл бұрын

that's a kool Kat man

@onlythewise1 3 жыл бұрын

sammy a actor dancer and singer i saw him live in las vegas as the rat pack

@jamesanthony5681 3 жыл бұрын

What year was that, and what hotel?

@onlythewise1 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesanthony5681 las vegas might of been the alladen or i cant remember . many years ago

@samray397 3 жыл бұрын

Mr Peanut! Instead of SUBPOENA!

@bigmarty11288 2 жыл бұрын

He looks like Shock G.

@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 Жыл бұрын

Samuel George «Sammy» Davis Jr. (Harlem, 8 de diciembre de 1925-Beverly Hills, 16 de mayo de 1990)

@JohnMiller-oz7gv 3 жыл бұрын

Keep your eye on the sparrow, baby.

@vincentestone5764 3 жыл бұрын

SAMMY talkin REAL TALK. SINATRA IS HIS DUDE. He would run out on a subpoena, FRANK? FRANK is a G. !

@Gannooch 2 жыл бұрын

I have nothing against the other celebs that were on this show but is this channel ever going to show the Dick Cavett shows where he interviews Jackie Gleason or Art Carney? How about any Honeymooners actors that were part of the main cast? These are rare much like all of the other Dick Cavett interviews

@Misserbi 3 ай бұрын

If you owe money and the federal government gets involved it is important to note a no show court appearance is not running away. It means bail and penalties will ensue and the debt will still be negotiated. With credit debts interest can be reduced if the individual is unemployed or disabled. He has an option. He can return and pay or even file. But he is not running away. If he was planning that from the beginning then yes it is worth tracking him down but if he stuck it out as long as he could and stopped then he is asking for help and not lying to an official. Who uses that to judge character? You don't even know where the money was spent?

@SHARON.I Жыл бұрын

Frank Sinatra was a great human!

@moreme40 3 жыл бұрын

Did everyone smoke 24/7 back then ?

@dandennison1395 2 ай бұрын

Friendship has no color , 😮 how u like them apples ?

@lameduck3630 4 ай бұрын

Why didn't Bill speak?

@mariedewitt5033 Жыл бұрын

Always thought Sammy ran circles around Frank and every other entertainer

@caragray7010 4 жыл бұрын

Why are celebritys not made like these amazing old school stars, so cool, smoking, drinking, women, where is the whole interview.

@caragray7010 3 жыл бұрын

I suppose so, put all those star smoked and made the every day man or women want to too.

@philipmclaughlin9636 3 жыл бұрын

Back when smoking wasn't a big deal

@emerybayblues 4 жыл бұрын

Is the other man William Holden?

@anthonyangeli256 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's Bill H

@freeway9437 Ай бұрын

He would come 17 strong lol

@TrueNovice Жыл бұрын

Very impressive defense of Sinatra without Sammy saying actually saying anything substantive. So what happened?

@mookie449 2 ай бұрын

Mr. cigarette.

@makthnife 3 ай бұрын

Sammy nose lookin a little white there ya know (hehe Rat Pack-ish humor). It was the 70’s 😊

@jeffdekimpe1746 4 жыл бұрын

Opinions vary on who’s cool, man.

@kingstonban 3 жыл бұрын

He was definitely one of the coolest cats ever !!

@jamesanthony5681 3 жыл бұрын

There have been some cool ones. Miles Davis. Dean Martin. Frank Sinatra. Sammy Davis. James Dean. Marlon Brando. Ernest Borgnine. Steve Guttenberg.