Muhammad Ali "I Was a Little Too Good For My Time" | The Dick Cavett Show
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2020
- Muhammad Ali discusses his early retirement and the possibility of fighting Joe Frazier.
Date aired - 5/25/70 - Muhammad Ali
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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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I ran into Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas in 1985. I was speechless and a friend that was with me asked him to sign my fight ticket. I hated to bother him. He was so nice and funny and very gracious. He is still the Greatest boxer of all time!
Man.. I'm so jealous..
Sugar Ray Robinson...
@@Grobb243 Correct!
@@Grobb243 P4P yes Heavyweight no.
good friend
Damn, he was so good looking and brilliant. Oh, and the best heavyweight boxer ever.
He wasn’t too good for his time...
He was too good for any time!
Well said
Amen to that .................
I 3rd that. 🙂
@@Junkman2008 And, I'll 4th that
Good at boxing but still a COWARD!
that one guy clapping was hilarious.
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Listen.
Lol it was probably Boudini
made me cringe so hard
@@charlest9968 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Rest in peace champ
He wasn't lying. He'd easily be champ today!! He was one of a kind. He talked a lot but he could back up everything he said and wasn't afraid to stand up for what he believed in. He was a real original.
Absolutely true!!
He was a liar, racist and a drug cheat, lucky to have Angelo Dundee and the Nation of Islam fix things for him.
@@jamessmythe1891 And who are you loser in your basement?
@@jamessmythe1891 You Seems Netanyahu Stepson.
@@jamessmythe1891 sorry, would you care to explain?
Idk what it is about watching these that takes me back to a time I never experienced in the first place, except I feel like I have
As a famous man once said, all past is prologue.
Nicely stated Chuck Jones
bonnie nadine newman i always see things like this and I feel so connected, but I was born in 89 lol.. but I feel a strange nostalgia when seeing this, I think of old TV dinners and flooded jeans and people always outside and family units actually being a family. I miss something I never had.
bonnie nadine newman maybe one day I’ll find out the truth, if so I’d like to revisit my memories of my life in that time.
Imagination is amazing isnt it
You can Tell Ali had so much on his mind here
Three fucking years they stole from him, because he wouldn't kill for them. Imagine what he could've done with that time.
*smacks lips*
yeah, Ali the draft dodger was a good boxer but an even better show boat.
@@jimanders6666 ha you wish you was the man of integrity, strength, and loved by millions. Lmao the hate is real 😂
@@ShugerCookieNStacccckkedd you can't spell "total narcissist" without A L I !!!!!!!!!!!
@@jimanders6666 🙄🙄ughh yeah ok...
I am not from his time, but Im watching him today. Never fail to give me goosebumps.
He is one of my few celebrity heroes. He held his ground over not going to war in Vietnam in spite of the way he was talked to and them taking away his world champion title. He came and won it back. He had the courage of his convictions and integrity rare to find these days.
Dick was a very clever interviewer, he knew all about Ali’s criminal past, no wonder Ali is looking nervous, can hardly speak. Liked the way Dick exposed him, Ali was a bike stealer got punched on the left eye when caught.
Muhammad Ali didnt take Dick Cavett seriously because he never took him seriously in their interviews Dick was always trying to get a laugh out of the crowd with Ali present and he wouldn't fall for the bait. Alot of these people still hated him for his stance against the Army and being an activist but he stuck by his guns and never pulled the trigger. Although I never agreed with how he treated Joe Frazier I definitely respect and admire the man and loved what he did for my people (African Americans) and for others in general...God bless his soul...sleep in eternal peace
@winstoneism That's the kind of person Ali was...just because he stayed at a man's house or hung out with didn't negate the fact that he would put yo ass in check!!! That went for everyone including his camp Howard Cosell and others who tried to get witty with him...he didn't play around with no one when the topic was serious...folks were used to seeing him clown and acted funny but were shocked at how real he could become and he remained that way til his dying day
@winstoneism look up "Muhammad Ali having a bad day " Newsfeed...you will see what I mean about what I said sir...
@Richard Milliken Imagine if Ali and Frazier had met in 1967 or 68..I believe Ali would have destroyed him...Frazier's camp had thought about fighting Ali soon but changed their minds when Ali gave Cleveland Williams a sound and devastating beating
@Richard Milliken I would loved to have seen the lost years...he would have quite possibly retired undefeated had he met Frazier Norton Foreman and a few more earlier he could have done it...but we wouldn't have the iconic fights
@Richard Milliken what I mean is he would have beaten everyone mentioned and considered another day at the job...had he not been punished for his stance on the war
Michael Parkinson said he was the greatest person he ever met, the man that had the most presence , and the most intelligent man.
As a boxer he was beyond compare, but as a human being he was immense, a colossus , a man of principle and integrity , very rare commodities , people don't put principles and ethics before money and the trappings of wealth, but he did!
Ali said if a black marries a white or vice versa they should be killed... Yep Ali had the intelligence only a warped British man would admire
Thats not insulting anyone since when has the truth been described as insulting?
Perhaps People like you have that mindset but The truth must be told!
Parkinson may have *said* tthat, but it didn't stop him infecting Ali with his horrible, debilitating disease, did it?
@@nodiggity9472 lol
So much wisdom just flows from this man when he speaks. You hang on to his every word, because you don't want to miss anything. He mentions the importance of education for youth even though he missed it himself and showing empathy while being in the ring towards an opponent no matter how hard it is or being judged for it. A gentleman through and through.
He's not cocky he is confident
The World will never see another Muhammed Ali, never…..
Ali. The greatest ever. Serious soul.not to be mocked or disrespected in any way shape or form. Physical talent. Moral authority. Supreme courage.
Muhammad seems very subdued here, he definitely had a quiet side to him, which I can relate to lol. The greatest ❤
He looks like a criminal who got causing in the act and knows it!
I love this man. Rest In Heaven, Never Forgotten💙💙💙
The true champ, a real human being with so much class.
I could listen to Muhammad Ali talk all day, such wisdom, from a self proclaimed uneducated man....
I appreciate this interview 🥊 💜👊🏾
Ali is a legend and even tho we appreciate what he did for black community and all people, i think we will never understand what he really went through while he was struggling with Wietnam lay off and injustice. Ali was one of the most entertaining athletes ever and really loved joking but look at him now. He's clearly depressed and sad. And even tho he says he doesn't think they wasted his talent i think he actually thinks they are wasting his talent, I mean who wouldn't? He was getting better and better each fight and was about to hit his prime and they took that away from him. But I don't think it's important cuz now he is bigger than any boxer or boxing itself and I'm sure he would do it all over again. He was a man of action, a man of peace, a man of charisma.
Rest in great, great power champ. You earned that. You'll always be the greatest.
Superb comment Emir - u are a real analyst of this human and his humanity. Yes he was unhappy - the whole world was against him - me and you would be crying.
But he never thought of revenge. He was a true man of peace. Thats real strength outside boxing.
This man makes me realise i am a wimp.
Love you Mohammad, rest in peace ❤
Cowards like Clay don't rest in peace.
He was toooo gud mentally , spiritually and obviously in d best physical form . Just d best
He was a good man one of the GREATEST!!!
love these old footages, please uploade part 3 of the interiew with William Holden
To whoever was clapping thinking he’d start a ovation 👏 🥂
A part of me almost cried watching this. But he never cracked and he cameback and stole the show
Must be dumb to think the Media won’t dig up his criminal past.
One of my idols.
I just loved Muhammed. He was a truly amazing individual. I was very young and remember interviews that he had done to this very day. He captured the life and times of the American people during the worst racial divde in American history. He was a hero for so many. His memory will go on forever. RIP my friend.
You could only imagine his take on the current BLM movement....state of America.
Would love to have had that interview.
Even better if the interview was with Howard Cosell. Those guys were great together. I use to laugh my ass off when these to were together and didn't see color. In the 60s and early 70s they were just amazing. These two guys were a perfect example of tolarance and respect for one another without skin color and it's division being played out on the evening network news. I grew up in this time period and hated the division of black and white issues. I would find myself wishing that it would stop. I as a kid had many black friends and lost them over the state of the nation at that time. Parents took their positions and their children went out and just made things worst by adding salt to the wound. They were spreading ignorance, bigotry, hatred and intolerance that just fed the further division of Black and White today in America. Muhammed and Howard were two beautiful people.
@@bigdawg1758 Definitely understand what you are saying BD. If only the salted ones realized the amounts of energy they use towards investing in hate/ aggression.
Takes very little to be civil in comparison.
Be blessed Big Dawg☝️
@@chrisr7597 Thank you for your kind words. Still to this day and the past 4 years the division of the black and white race has once more raised its ugly head. Not at the same level as the 60s Civil Rights Movment but it does remind me of that period. Once more things such as the organization of Black Lives Matter creates a new level of descent and debacle. What for? Why can't we move past such division by means of respect and tolerance? Dr King would never approve of such measures. How soon do we forget the work of Dr. King? It seems everthing that Dr King taught us no longer applies. Looting a vandalism are not the way to respect Dr. Kings legacy and it's impact on society as a whole. I'm in my 60s now and I feel that old familiar feeling of sadness and despair. Once more skin color supersedes respect and caring for human beings as a whole. Like once said " to be or not to be that is the question "
@@bigdawg1758 Amazing Dawg that you mention Dr. King as this is fresh off the press today. He is definitely referenced.
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I can forgive some of the 4 letter words as I understand the passion and urgency of truth.
Stay strong Big D👍
Blessings.🙏
Ali the G.O.A.T !!! Love him.
I think its impossible to find any form of media showing a man that looks prettier or more handsome than Muhammad Ali in this interview. I mean hes perfect, its unreal.
Amazing Man👍🏿
Thank you 🤗
much respect & love Champ! the true GOAT, Muhammad Ali. ✌🏿💜
Lobe the way he greets
I’m currently creating videos on this great man. This is useful information. Thank you 👍
Inside and outside of the ring he was and always will be The G.O.A.T. ❤
these shows where so much better than today's shows
Just effortlessly cool
Got the skills to back it up !!!!
That's why he's the greatest. He would hold back in the ring on guys he was beating too much. He even held back on foreman when he went down. Theirs a interview on it
“I understood for the first time that I didn't understand what I thought I understood”― Seiji Ozawa
The last sentence of this clip is the GOAT.
He was definitely in a real serious mood for this one. It was his first time with Dick Cavett I think he was checking him out to see what he really like. Or he was just angry as they were trying to destroy him during this time.
So subdued!
He was worried Dick had found out about his past, pre-boxing days !
Ali tha greatest,, tha goat,, tha man,,, tha greatest that have yet to do it,,, much 💚💚💚
I like how Ali comes out to what is basically the theme from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out! :D
Mind blown when I heard it. I thought this theme originally was from Punch-Out.
you are still good Mr. ever since and until now. None could match this version of you.
Greatest fraud in boxing history, drugs and fight fixing took him to the top.
@@timsmith2279 lol. Maybe you are the greatest fraud in UA-cam history ?
Dick Cavett interviewed many rich and famous elite people over the years. Muhammad Ali was loved by ordinary people he had a connection with everyday people. I admired what he did for disability rights in his later years. He was a man of peace. I don't really like boxing as a sport but I see why Muhammad Ali was much loved beyond anything to do with boxing. I wonder if Dick Cavett ever interviewed ordinary everyday type people too? Muhammad Ali was rich and famous he had a privileged life in some ways but he wasn't from a privileged background. Living with Parkinson's disease is tough even though he could afford medical care and help in his later years.
Ali was an American wonder.
Still the greatest
I saw the YT clip of Ali on Jerry Lewis Show & his poem. A guest on the saw thought Ali lost to Doug Jones & Ali asked what did the judges think?
Stoic. Maybe even a little sad. But not mad.
But always awesome.
Today’s society couldn’t deal with a young Muhammad Ali. Or the media/social media couldn’t. Very few today are able to recover from words they wish they hadn’t said. Or in Ali’s time his words about race changed as the times changed. All within a very short time period.
Never BITTER. Even after the greatest sports title was stolen from him by the government just as his prime was beginning.
He stayed true to his convictions. Too bad Parkinson’s ended boxing. His will power and athletic ability would have allowed for him to keep his title a few more years (yes even with a young Holmes).
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He was STILL Unmarked when he retired!!, He never DID have gnarled up fingers, and, UNTIL the day he died, he only ever had, 1 single hair line cut, just above, his left eye, from running into a wall!!, On his beloved push bike!!, Which another kid stole, Which is thee reason!!, he began boxing!!, Because I met him, just after he retired, and he was the most polite, quiet, timid, and beautifully mannered man, I've ever met!!, He was!!!, the ppls champion, and we'll Never see his likes ever again sadly 😔, rest in peace Champion.
That single hair like cut above his left eye which Dick spotted was caused by a punch when Ali got caught trying to steal a bike.
Not a nice man, Ali shared platform and agreed with KKK who wanted to kill any black seen with a white girl.
The other face of muhammas Ali. 👍
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I do 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 the other Dick Cavett interviews
He was banned in 1967 and this is 1970 so 3 prime years gone, you tend to be quieter. Underneath, he was still GOAT
What year was this ? Ali says he’s retired in the beginning
Well, Ali can't beat a Wall!!😄
Dick Cavett was ridiculous.. he couldn't argue the dark side of human nature right.. I'd love to go back and talk to that fool.
I saw Ali wave to the referee to stop the second quarry fight, hit him a few times then the ref stopped it.
It's interesting to watch Mohamed when he was just a very young man.
The disdain the champ has for this guy is truly remarkable to watch; with the amount of poise and respect he has for a man you can tell he truly detests should be a class in etiquette
Richard earned his first name
Doesnt look like he wants to be there, and he fought again and lost his faculties, which was such a shame, went to his museum in Louisville it was brilliant
Yep, Ali looks nervous as if Dick knows all his dirty secrets !
That cut above the eye - that’s when he got hit trying to steal bike. He was a street criminal before boxing.
@@jamessmythe1891 You post the same BS on every video about Ali. Seek therapy.
He does not even laugh with those people true warrior
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 Art Carney or Jackie Gleason?
How about when he interviews other members of the Honeymooners cast?
Id like to hear him explain the same thing now
Nobody stays at their peak forever. You will soon find out
4:00 that clap was a massive fail 😂😂
so awkward
Yep he was blessed to have Liston taking dive for the mob
Ali was either feeling ill or just in a bad mood for this interview, his mind and speech were still quick at this point in his life. After the last Frazier fight is when you could start to notice the difference and fighting Shavers was a big mistake even though he won.
Indeed. Watch his interview on the Mike Douglas Show with Sly Stone and you will understand why he is so serious.
Ali looked nervous subdued he has fear in his voice and his eyes.
Funny how he changed his mind about no more boxing for him. Liar and a drug cheat.
@@jamessmythe1891 LOL!! What in the world have YOU been smoking?
@@jamessmythe1891 nope, not either.
@@jamessmythe1891 you saw what you wanted to see in Ali…. fear
what year was this?
It is literally posted in the description.
@@ShainAndrews sorry big man
3:00-3:08 wow
The only TV "personality" who could properly interview Ali was Howard Cossell. Hands down.
Johnny Toobad actually some time you should watch his Irish interview by Cathal O' Shannon.
Why was Ali so subdued, almost rude? I'm used to seeing him on British TV where he was more animated and less guarded. Cavett was respectful; he had done nothing to offend him.
he came across this way purposely in a few interviews in this during his exile from boxing. As you could see he would naturally lighten up occasionally, but Ali wasnt in the mindset to be playful and when asked by a few off the hosts, Cavett included, he would always say he used his tv time in those years to shine a light on the problems in america rather than go on and act like everything was rosy.
@@AlbertLynd Thank you for that. I remember him discussing his social concerns. I just feel for Cavett a bit. He obviously respects Ali. And if you accept an invitation, it's only polite...to be polite!!! You can still be very serious and discuss your concerns. No matter, either way - Ali was a great man!!
Deborah Robertson I think the way Cavett didn’t take the slight stubbornness of Ali to heart showed that he knew and understood the situation Ali was placed in, a tremendous amount of stress was on him at this time, I’m certain he was his normal self with Cavett and the others backstage, one host of another show actually asked him why the difference between the two personas during filming, very interesting to watch. But yeah I couldn’t agree more, he was great man, I’m only 25 and consider him my idol. Goes to show the power of the man.
Excuse the long replies I could talk for hours about Ali 😂
@@AlbertLynd Not at all!! He was stunning. I remember watching him in the early 1970s on the Parkinson shows on BBC. Have you seen them? British audiences adored him. He had abundant charisma, humanity, and a delicious humour. Nobody questioned his greatness from the start. He was also beautiful!! You could never tell whether he would take exception to a question and get all fired up, or whether he'd laugh. He'd tease us all with that element of danger. Even when he hectored, you could sense that he was a young man searching for the truth. Great Britain fell in love with him, I think. He's a great idol to choose. All the best!
Deborah Robertson You’d be hard pressed to find a tv interview that I haven’t seen, I think I’ve exhausted UA-cam’s supply! The second Parkinson interview is my favourite out of them all. He was firing on all cylinders. He really was as pretty as he says he was haha anyone would be foolish to argue with him on that front. I’ll be honest, I don’t think he cared much for the truth, he was hypocritical to a point a lot of the time. But to put your life and career on the line to attempt to better the lives of the oppressed, you can only admire the man for that.
the one guy clapping rofl
Says he'll never fight Frazier and then fought him three times.
This was during his ban
imagine if cameras where never invented
Why did he come out to the Punch Out Theme
That was the theme to the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports. For many years it was used for just about every major sports event on TV and radio that was sponsored by Gillette Razors.
Some interesting comments here, many seem to suggest that Ali didn't like/respect Dick Cavett, I disagree, I think you are seeing a conflicted Ali at the height of his Islam days trying to stick to his learned messages and yet it seems to me his natural propensity for fun and playful antics are willing themselves to come to the fore. I think he did like Cavett and it looks like there are a couple times when he is trying hard to conceal his smile/smirk in response to Dick's comments because it went against "his new purpose" according to his new overlords. Just my two cents, but what do I know?
Clearly you know nothing.
@@snakejuce Likely more than you princess!
@@MarkRaker Cope harder sweetheart.
@@snakejuce Ahhh, c'mon snake you can do better than that. A quick skim of your twitter tells me all I need to know about you and your motivations old son. It's a pity really, cos I tend to agree with you on a few things, especially in reference to the joos and the crackpot gender teaching in schools. So maybe take a bit of time in future before you reply in such shallow fashion to someone who obviously has a greater depth of understanding of this world than perhaps your teachings allow. Oh, and by the way, now I also know way more about you than you do me, so I'll add that to the list.......
@@MarkRaker "than your teachings allow" gotta love the arrogance and the presumptions about my potential intellectual acumen. What a time to be alive.
I would forget Jerry Lewis too. He was such a jerk.
Ignorant people in the audience laughed but Ali was “a lot to good for his time”.
One form of time travel..
Ali seems a little down here doesn’t he
Yep, when Dick touched on his dark secret about how he got the cut on his left eyebrow.
Too good for his time. I didn't like him a bit when he was alive, I see no reason to say I like him now that he is dead.
It's a shame, I know he feels like he did the right thing but he seems very depressed.
He knows he did wrong, Guilt written all over his face and his depressed voice.
The interview feels painful and stilted to me. Did they not like each other?
That ENTIRE AUDIENCE should have clapped when he encouraged youth to get an education. I heard one single clap. I’m sure that entire audience were white and didn’t want to encourage the education of black youth.
Audience were shocked when they realised Ali had a criminal past stealing bikes and was a compulsive lier.
Not Dick’s finest hour.
He thought the opposite, he was of the opposite mindset from all the fighters today, who only think about their own ego, money, drugs, have no morals or care about public education at all !
Did Dick really right those poems.
I saw Ali Do those poems and thought it was all him!!!
BTW
He Seems tired a uninterested here!!!
No ali wrote them dick just proposed a couple poems too him i believe. Ali was mad at the time because of his ban
Who would win in a verbal contest
Ali or frank
No one cares anymore.
Why is Ali so down energy wise here ?
Maybe he needed to eat something, I dunno he was human too. He had ups and downs like the rest of us
@@PrototypeScope I thought these things(ban etc) don't affect him. Thats what he said if I am not wrong !!!
@@PrototypeScope This is real Ali without drugs.
Ali seems weird doing this interview. Maybe he was diagnosed with the sickness
No this interview was wayy before he was diagnosed. Ali was just mad at the time for how the government was treating him and how malcom died.
@@ascendantking2178 May be he had skeletons in the cupboard someone was threatening to expose, he defiantly has fear in his eyes and voice. He was known to go around stealing bikes before he took up boxing, wonder what else about him has been covered up.
@@jamessmythe1891 stealing bikes? His bike was stolen man. Where does it say he was stealing bikes. Lol
@@ascendantking2178He got caught and punched above the left eye when trying to steal bike, before boxing he was well known to local police as a street criminal.
I clapped m
why is his voice so low
Ali is terrified that Dick knows all about his dodgy and criminal past.
Intsarahoit
never met hahahahah and never will