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.
