Larry's gone full circle back to the graveyard shift on CNN.
James Wolcott Vanity Fair in "Larry King: America's Grief Counselor": No matter how tightly his suspenders are fastened, he can’t remain in the pilot’s seat forever. Eventually he must surrender the controls to a younger man or woman, someone who doesn’t remember vaudeville. And what will become of us? How will we get through the grieving process without Larry King there to help talk us through it, and keep talking until we can’t take any more and just want to get on with our lives? Elisabeth Kübler-Ross may have given us the five stages of grief, but she left out the sixth: the Larry stage. Once he’s gone, we’ll truly be bereft.
"Once he’s gone, we’ll truly be bereft."
ReplyDeleteAnd by "we", I assume Wolcott means the five people (including him apparently) that still watch Larry on a regular basis.
Larry King = as regular as prunes
That Vanity Fair story is terrific.
ReplyDeleteThe sad thing is, LK doesn't like doing these shows---his expert producers are doing it.
CNN will put in a reality show...it'll be the best of "I-Report." Mark my words.
ReplyDeleteI can format it now:
I-Report on the headlines of the past 6 hours (blood-gutts, fire, brimstone, floods, hail the size of ___)
Best of the past 18 hours....news from yesterday.
"Best of the bloopers, on I-Report ---dog tricks; pony tricks; idiotic people tricks.
Then, on the weekend, they'll actually do something intelligence, they'll re-run the best CNN International stories. We might actually learn where in the world Kazakhstan and Mongolia is.
I'd replace LKL with a sex show...
ReplyDeleteMarty, it'd be a great time slot for Sue Johanson's sex show, wouldn't it?
ReplyDeleteShe's every bit as old and wrinkly, but a hell of a lot more fun to watch & listen to!
Larry will outlive us all, and then will broadcast from the grave.
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