Hang on there; the comparison to Carson is I think way off. If Johnny had been a great magician and a third rate late night talk show for 25 years, then the analogy to King would be close. But Larry god bless him did not just have a few bad years at the end, his entire CNN period was a shit show. I am willing to take Tom’s word that he had a great radio show at one time, especially because I know Letterman always had great respect for that radio show. But the show we saw at 6:00 every night for so long (well, I cut out for the last five years or so as I couldn’t take it anymore) was an insult to the idea of journalism.
On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 at 12:13 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > I have mixed feelings and largely agree with Tom. He has such a long > career he has a lot of great moments and a lot of flops, too. Like Carson, > he hung around too long. Carson's problem at the end was boredom. King's > was senility and it was much harsher. > King liked to go into interviews unprepared and he said learning about > something as he went along also helped the audience learn. But it led to > too many softball questions and missed opportunities. > He sold his credibility to dubious businesses. > Still, he had a great sense of humor and that enhanced may interviews. > > https://youtu.be/h2Sj3vT7g3Y > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 9:52 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I just can’t be nice about him. He was a bad interviewer with no >> scruples. I didn’t wish him dead; I feel for his family; but he was a >> two-faced ass who gave journalists and long form interviews a bad name. >> >> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 7:17 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 9:52 AM Phineas Gage <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> “Larry King, the suspendered impresario of cable television whose >>>> popular CNN interview program — with its guest-friendly questions and >>>> conversational banter — was a premier safe haven for the famous and >>>> infamous to spill their secrets, hype their projects and soften their >>>> image, died Jan. 23 at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 87.” >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/larry-king-tv-host-who-gave-boldface-names-a-cozy-forum-dies-at-87/2021/01/23/a1178fc2-4eaa-11eb-bda4-615aaefd0555_story.html >>>> >>> >>> One of the problems with eulogizing someone who had a ridiculously long >>> career is that what set him apart from the pack in his early years is >>> forgotten in favor of what he did later in life when he got rich and lazy. >>> I used to listen to King late at night on Mutual radio in the early 80s and >>> he was as good a talk radio host as there was. He was engaging and knew how >>> to ask his guests sharp questions without causing a conflict. It was only >>> in the mid-90s on CNN that it became clear that he no longer had it but >>> instead of making him hang it up he was continually given a show for the >>> next 25 years and that's what now forms his legacy. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiETAyW7Eb%3DTiijb9M2kZ8YGCuevhHGjdkbXSwiq5Asr7A%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiETAyW7Eb%3DTiijb9M2kZ8YGCuevhHGjdkbXSwiq5Asr7A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B3X-q%2BC%2BAex05f0OZkd4k6gGhCUX8feXcQZPHhgZt73Q%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B3X-q%2BC%2BAex05f0OZkd4k6gGhCUX8feXcQZPHhgZt73Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yxzmCw6S2yi3L62U_BRMjGS5_%3Dt-1VB2%2BJxU7VQfPutng%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yxzmCw6S2yi3L62U_BRMjGS5_%3Dt-1VB2%2BJxU7VQfPutng%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLoTtEQiTyN7kRS_gW-sTraPJaNS3DquZ_0sNbx4Q61%2BQ%40mail.gmail.com.
