"I am unfeared," proclaimed Larry King last night. "I am brave and forceful." The broadcasting legend bestowed those words of praise (one of which is possibly not a word) on himself because he had boldly chosen to sit for an interview on The Daily Show, despite all his advisers’ advisement. He was allegedly there to promote King’s new memoir, but his conversation with Jon Stewart soon became a surreal, awkward, hilarious back-and-forth on…the morality of gambling, I think? "You could be a jockey," King informed Stewart at one point. He also defended himself against suspicions that he is a degenerate craps-shooter. As always, it remained unclear whether King was in on the joke. The whole thing led up to what Stewart called "one of my favorite answersof all time." You’ll just have to watch the clip, below, to find out if it’s one of yours, too.
I thought it was a great/funny interview. I love how Jon called him out on him calling horse-racing “not gambling”.
By the way, that picture comment at the end was the funniest thing I’ve ever heard.
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“Surreal, awkward, and hilarious” sums it up pretty well. I had no idea Larry King could be so much fun, and I hope he comes on the show more often.
While watching this last night I kept expecting Larry King to get up and leave the interview. It was fun to watch overall except for the unsureness of how serious he was about being offended by Jon.
Jon’s best line for me was when he commented on the picture of Larry and his kid on the back cover…something like “Are you sucking the lifeforce out of that kid?”.