Had a chance to interview Larry King last week. He's doing a book tour, and so took questions for fifteen minutes from me at CNN, followed no doubt by fifteen minutes with another reporter from some other part of the country, and so on. Still, I found myself liking the guy, despite his hunger for fame and fortune. He's a good listener, and takes questions seriously, and he's funny. Here's my favorite Q&A:
When asked what people get wrong about him, the famous interviewer for a moment was stumped.
“They think I must be a pretty cool guy, but I’m not,” he said. “Food falls on me. I’m not hip. I couldn’t tell you one song on the Billboard 500. I like young people and they usually like me, but sometimes they think I’m with it. I’m not with it, I’m around it. I’m just about ready to accept the fax machine.”
