the show in character as comedian Alvy Singer, with Cavett interviewing. There is a scene in the 1994 film Forrest Gump, where Tom Hanks in the titular role, appears in the show together with John Lennon. The creation of this scene was achieved via the use of ground-breaking special visual effects. Both films wound up winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Dick Cavett Show plays a prominent role in the season finale of the first season of Bojack Horseman. In the show, a young Bojack is watching a cartoon version of Cavett interview Secretariat. Cavett asks Secretariat a question from a rambling letter sent by Bojack: "What do you do when you get sad? How do you not be sad?" Secretariat responds by saying, in part: "BoJack, when you get sad, you run straight ahead a-and you keep running forward, no matter what." In the second season of Bojack Horseman it is revealed that Bojack did not hear the Secretariat response because of a loud argument between Bojack's parents. See also List of late night network TV programs References Further reading Dick Cavett and Christopher Porterfield, Cavett (Bantam Books, August 1974) External links Dick Cavett's blog is published by the New York Times: "Talk Show: Dick Cavett Speaks Again". (1968–1972) (1975–1982) (1986) 1968 American television series debuts 1986 American television series endings 1970s American television series 1970s American late-night television series 1980s American television talk shows 1990s American television talk shows ABC late-night programming American Broadcasting Company original programming American late-night television shows CBS original programming CNBC original programming English-language television shows PBS original programming Television series by CBS Studios Television series by WNET Television shows filmed in New York (state) USA Network original programming