October 20, 1971, Woody Allen. At this point he was writing Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask, had just finished Bananas, and had only been in analysis for thirteen years.
He appeared a total of seven times on the Dick Cavett Show; the clip in Annie Hall (“In the event of war, I’m a hostage”) is not from any of these appearances, but was staged for the movie – as explained by Dick in the short introduction.
The interview is one hour plus a few minutes for questions from the audience.
Woody: “The thing is, I can only write comedy. When I try to write something serious, it doesn’t come out serious.”Read More »