This Could Explain Why Larry King’s Ratings Aren’t What They Used to Be
Daniel Henninger, in an OpinionJournal.com piece about the decay of Washington’s media culture, recorded this exchange between Larry King and Jon Stewart of Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” about what Henninger called “the low ebb of the Democrats and Republicans”:
King: So, in a sense you’re happy over this.
Stewart: No.
King: This gives you fodder.
Mr. Stewart replied that if government “began to solve problems in a rational way rather than just a way that involved political dividends, we would be the happiest people in the world to turn our attention to idiots like, you know, media people, no offense.”
King: So, you don’t want it to be bad?
Stewart: Did you really just ask me if I want it to be bad?
King: Yes because you–
Stewart: What are you–I have kids. What do you think? I want things to corrode to the point where we’re all living in huts?
King: You don’t want Medicare to fail?
Stewart: Are you insane?
Good question.
Tom…I’ll let you in on a little secret…that not really Larry King…it’s a Max Headroom-like creation by Pixar and CNN that has a bug in the software.
King is off in some retirement home playing checkers and eating apple sauce from little plastic cups.
Comment by Porkopolis — March 3, 2006 @ 2:16 pm
That’s too funny. Max looks more alive than King, who’s playing checkers against his (5th?) wife.
Comment by TBlumer — March 3, 2006 @ 3:13 pm