Bill Russell: NBA Icon and Game-Changer | Insights from His ABC Coverage | The Dick Cavett Show

Discover the profound impact of NBA legend Bill Russell on the game and his insightful commentary featured on ABC. Explore how Russell revolutionized basketball and dominated the court, including intriguing discussions about his rivalry with Wilt Chamberlain.
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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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[@tylerfoss3346]

The greatest basketball player of all time. Certainly a contender for greatest athlete of all time.
Rest in peace, Bill Russell.

[@vec875]

Thank you for airing this interview. Bill, Ali, Jim Brown were more than athletes.

[@Temeraire101]

Dick quickly sits down when he sees the difference in height, bless him! Take it in good humour.

[@TerryTutor-cv3hh]

Bill is very funny on this show....RIP Mr. Russell....

[@jeshkam]

He was excellent in Miami Vice.

[@AndrewHeller-jn7dx]

Who is "Nancy"-?

[@snappycattimesten]

Poor Bill can’t get comfortable in the child seat.
Being a giant is a hard life. He maintained his dignity and positive personality. RIP Mr Russell.