The Dick Cavett Show

The subject of this article: is not mentioned in the Forrest Gump novel canon (including Gump & Co.) exists in the Forrest Gump film canon exists in real life (see Wikipedia article: The Dick Cavett Show)

Forrest Gump is featured on The Dick Cavett Show in New York City along with John Lennon in the Forrest Gump film. He has just returned from a trip to China to partake in ping-pong diplomacy; while describing this experience to Dick Cavett he accidentally inspires John Lennon's song "Imagine".