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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

TV / Politics Larry King Is Interviewing George W. Bush...

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:12 PM

...as I type. I'm saddened to report it isn't nearly as nutball as yesterday's press conference. Not yet. According to the pre-show ad, Larry King is going to ask W. what he regrets. Can we stop asking him this question? He has not only failed to answer that question satisfactorily, he has failed to show he understands that question.

UPDATE: I forgot how much I hate Larry King. His show is an interviews show—that's all he does!—and the man does not know how to ask a decent question. It's as if his questions are designed to produce uninteresting answers. His questions are always, like, "So. Do you enjoy wearing those clothes you're wearing?"

UPDATE 2: After asking George and Laura what they think of Hillary Clinton (Bush: "...strong, capable woman") and whether they read either of Obama's books (nope), Larry paused weirdly and George said to Laura, while laughing with his shoulders, "I'm trying to figre out this line of questioning. My favorite color is blue and I like enchiladas." That sentence so perfectly sums up Larry King's show. That should be the new ad for Larry King—George W. Bush saying, "My favorite color is blue and I like enchiladas."

UPDATE 3: Bush says that "being called a racist" after Katrina was a low point, and once again he is repeating the line about pulling 30,000 people off roofs. And... the interview has just ended. Did I miss the question about what he regrets? Have my eyeballs ossified?

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My theory about King is that he is utterly benign because he wants to get ANYONE on the show - he can't play hardball because then people would refuse. It drives me crazy, too. And Bush might not be as erratic as in that press conference, but he still comes off totally clueless as to what being President really means. He feels NO responsibility for ANYTHING.

Posted by Patti on January 13, 2009 at 6:39 PM

Maybe King lands big celebrity interviews precisely because they know he's pitching softballs.

Posted by flamingbanjo on January 13, 2009 at 6:40 PM

I wonder if he likes carne asada steak, refried beans, green chili verde and smoked jalpeno chipotle? ASK THE FUCKING QUESTION, LARRY!

Posted by Mr. Travis Bickle on January 13, 2009 at 6:43 PM

Holy shit. Maybe I'm not getting the context, but that might be the most interesting thing he's ever said. It almost demonstrates a modicum of sentience.

Posted by Dude. on January 13, 2009 at 6:49 PM

Larry King simply reflects the paralyzingly mundane nature of "American Culture," why else would he be so popular and considered a "king-maker?"

Watching him and expecting an intelligent, challenging interview is a bit like buying shoes for a snake. What ex-fucking-zactly did you expect from this puffball thrower?

At least Baba Wawa makes 'em cry. C'mon Baba--get yer turn with the Dubbya!

Posted by Andy Niable on January 13, 2009 at 6:56 PM

That's the hardest Larry King's been owned since the great Jon Stewart interview of Aught-Four.

Posted by Alicia on January 13, 2009 at 6:56 PM

why would you put yourself through that? the embalmed interviewing the soulless & irrelevant. fuck them.

Posted by Max Solomon @ home on January 13, 2009 at 7:27 PM

Fortunately for humanity, soon the only way to see this worthless, smirking, willfully-ignorant little man will be in his new cage at the Crawford Zoo.

Posted by blackhook on January 13, 2009 at 7:45 PM

"My theory about King is that he is utterly benign because he wants to get ANYONE on the show - he can't play hardball because then people would refuse."

He wouldn't be anywhere if he asked good questions, either. No network or advertisers would touch him.

Posted by . on January 13, 2009 at 7:53 PM

I don't think it would be a completely tragic thing if we stopped talking about Bush a week early. I'm ready to start forgetting as hard as I can.

Posted by violet_dagrinder on January 13, 2009 at 8:50 PM

"Did I miss the question about what he regrets?" george and laura live in a bubble. he wouldn't know what to regret if he tried. don't you know that about them yet?

Posted by ellarosa on January 13, 2009 at 9:02 PM

I ripped the cable out of the wall just in case the damn thing came on by itself. It is worth the loss of tv.

Posted by Sad Comment on January 13, 2009 at 9:27 PM

Vitrification would be more likely than ossification as the fate of your taxed eyeballs.

Posted by kinaidos on January 13, 2009 at 10:14 PM

Thank God this tired, moribund, souless, tragically fatal shitcom has not been renewed.

But there are the W pardons to look forward to that will make Clinton's ashen by comparison.

Posted by Rhett Oracle on January 13, 2009 at 11:28 PM

You're totally right, 13. Plus "vitrify" is an awesome word.

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle on January 13, 2009 at 11:46 PM

Just looking at Larry puts me to sleep.

Posted by Vince on January 14, 2009 at 7:15 AM

Bush's comment about his favorite color and enchiladas is probably the wittiest thing he's ever said in his life.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on January 14, 2009 at 7:57 AM

I love Larry. When the camera catches him unaware he looks like a gremlin and sucks at his teeth.

He is legend.

Posted by itsmarkmitchell on January 14, 2009 at 8:03 AM

larry king aka dead man talking
wish Joy Behar was subbing for him everynight...

Posted by miaexile on January 14, 2009 at 8:16 AM

Damn, why couldn't Joy Beher have subbed for Larry for THIS interview. The questioning would have been a little more like.

"So, what the fuck with the last eight years? And, are you all packed?

Posted by monkey on January 14, 2009 at 8:44 AM

Wow. It's pretty bad when even W. makes you his bitch in an interview.

Posted by heywhatsit on January 14, 2009 at 9:56 AM