Did John Lennon Sell His Own Hair? | The Dick Cavett Show

I guess you all know that that John Lennon together with the three other fellows named McCartney and Harrison and Starr were responsible for becoming I guess the most written about most listened to most imitated musical group of the sixties and for about eight years they were leaders in the musical world and not only that but I probably affected what a decade of young people looked like and thought about and dreamed of and they achieved the absolute pinnacles of success they were even honoured by the Queen an honor which they eventually returned I believe I'm sure it doesn't come as a surprise to anyone that the Beatles are no longer together in recent months John Lennon and as well John has sort of surfaced in the underground press where he gave a long interview in Rolling Stone magazine which he talked with some a great deal of candor and some bitterness I suppose about the old days and his wife Yoko Ono is maybe one of the most controversial ladies since the duchess of windsor wally simpson kept the duke from becoming the king tonight they are however quite above ground and i'm very pleased to welcome them here will you welcome please John Ono Lennon and Yoko [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] how are you are you really yes no is that a little bit but it isn't as if we've never met because we we did meet once we didn't meet you know dingy hotel room so you're Jack Lemmon yes y'all ready staff or is it all there Yoko how are you good good okay is there anything that you want to know about me to start off with just to sort of get what you do for them to get them I actually this is my profession I know it yeah I practically do I hardly ever get out of here the chair collapses into abandoned I'm not long it's a it's a bed do you have my kind of show it all over the world you know they were they're not quite as good in England at repartee you know where is this well they're more inhibited that's all they know they don't have any way that would sort of freaked out a little yeah unless Jerry Rubin comes on oh yeah Reuben came over made and disrupted a show done by I can never think of the guy's name David dust for favorite drawers yes it was very exciting show us what actually happened they came in and broke up the studio broke up the studio and David ended up in the audience to show that he wasn't with the young people you know which shows where he is act really first of all David whatever you are red light you you know I had a terrible feeling that my hair was going to be longer than yours it's a funny thing because I met you the other day the recent pictures I'd seen in both of you yours is extremely long Yoko and yours John's very long and of course people going around saying I can't die which one is wait you know where this is last you know I cut mine and we both cut it right off down to about a quarter of an inch 69 or 70 I can't remember because I just suddenly realized it wasn't functional you know to have it when I had it down here you just have to keep washing and combing it yeah so then I chopped it all off and then then it just grew a bit and then I just let it grow to this thing woody what's your favorite length eoq or are you at it right now right depends you know we like to changed and just the one stick to one who wants the same old hair comb every day a different one every few months it's my did you save the hair oh yeah one time we cut it we gave it to some Michael Malik who was running a sort of black house in London which wasn't exactly a black panther thing but it was I think it was something to do with it and they were just having a community center in London and we sort of symbolically gave them they were gonna auction it offer to wherever you often hair often uh yeah some that big place in London I can remember so the beats yeah it had never happened though but it was so symbolic gesture really so you only don t do and that hair that hair today then is missing gone tomorrow city silliest - oh he's gonna do this this much time that's gone already yo could you have fun when you're over here and in this country oh yes because after wishes my second home time yeah she lived here for ten years people are surprised they often say she speaks very good English but you've been here a lot some people ask me well can you speak Japanese and then I get very offended you know speak Japanese get me out of this journey well funny thing happened on the way in tonight it never has to me normally that once in my life nothing happened that story you know whenever they talk do it and then they're not listening and then you start about that elephant oh yeah I suppose you get it too when people meet you you know like in a restaurant or anywhere when you're trying to order something you find that they're so struck by oh is it really you but they don't really hear you or do you know and so when I'm talking to them saying I'd like a steak medium and two elephants came the policeman bit my head off and a cup of tea please they said yes thank you because they don't listening probably half of them hunt listening now which is a good thing this was that's a terrible feeling to think that they're never listening at all it's it's so real you know I don't mind that have you ever had elephant actually brought to you by someone who was listening and bit the policeman's hand off quite often it's an old Anglo custom I believe anything what you like being over here I gather I have had some English guests on what do you think of yourself as English first of all let's establish that well sometimes I mean if we if like if you talking about being over here or being over there over here well I'm from over there you know yeah but I normally think in terms of I suppose I think in fleex and things like other people like musicians and all long hairs and or under 30 over 30 cetera et cetera and being married to a Hawaiian it makes you sort of more is not exactly well people think of us is especially in England not so much here we get a bit more respect in America as artists but in in a back home I think it's the case for all artists back home it's a bit like I'm the man that won the pools and lucky guy who had a spot of look and married the Hawaiian actress you know and which isn't truly [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you

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Keywords: Beatles History, Classic Television, Cultural Icons, Famous Guests, Hair Selling, Host, Legendary Musicians, Lennon, Pop Culture, Pop Music Icons, Rare Footage, Revolution, Rockstar Stories, TV Talk Show Hosts, Talk Show, Television Classics, The Dick Cavett Show, Timeless Interviews, Vintage Interviews, Vintage TV Show

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Length: 7min 48sec (468 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 31 2018