CNN Reality Show: So You Think You Can Be Larry King?

Harder than it looks.

June 30, 2010 at 3:36PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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AP Photo (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

You've heard Larry King is hanging up his suspenders. Or, if you're sick of that unoriginal phrase, he's putting the Viagra bottle up on the shelf. But who will replace him?

Good luck, but they will screw this up. They'll come up with someone who has TV experience and a nice mug. Larry worked because he was a radio guy, and he looked like a radio guy. He was a schmoozer and a yapper, and he knew how to keep a radio show going: questions! Keep asking the questions! Didn't matter if the interview was winding down and there was nothing left in the tank: ask the guy what his favorite kind of pie is! Maybe it's apple and then you can talk about that until the break.

Get an old talk- radio host, Mr. Klein. Worked once, didn't it?

In related news, does anyone care that Larry's quitting? I think he's more famous for Being, not for Being Watched.

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