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Larry King used to brag a lot that he did zero preparation for his interviews…as if that was a good thing. It usually turns out to be a great way to make sure that you only ask the obvious, predictable questions that your guests have answered everywhere else and for which they have stock replies. Or sometimes, you just look clumsy, as in this brief exchange the other night with Jerry Seinfeld…
Larry King indeed does not like to prepare and prefers to ask questions from a public perspective. I’ve worked with him and to me this approach actually works well. I use it myself. I have a laundry list of reasons why this approach is superior to being too prepared. The problem with the concept, though, shows here in this vid. If you are somehow totally unaware of something that everyone else knows, then it creates odd moments.
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Seinfeld the show was funny, the individual always seems to come across as an arrogant anally retentive narcissistic nut bar!
Harry Shearer does some hilarious parodies of Larry King. Here he is getting a call from OJ (RealPlayer audio):
http://play.rbn.com/foo.ram?url=livecon/kcrw/g2demand/ls/ls050807le_Show.rm&start=30:10&proto=rtsp
Good to finally learn why Dvorak is the Larry King of nerddom.
>>Lighten up, Seinfeld is joking.
True … but he’s joking like a jerk.
The original blog entry makes a good point. Larry King does seem like an idiot the way he asked that.
Larry King is the King of Softball Interviewing. He asks obvious, easy-to-answer questions. He throws a question out there just to get the guest talking. He was just trying to get Seinfeld talking and asking the question on behalf of the viewers that didn’t know about the show.
Yes, there are people in the world that never watched Seinfeld. I can’t fathom it myself as a HUGE fan of the show, but I was surprised at his level of arrogance. He then tried to make it look like he was joking, but my opinion of Jerry Seinfeld has changed forever.
Tom is right on point when he notes that the way Larry asked the question implies he knew the answer. The discussion from there, had Seinfeld not reacted so ignorantly, would likely have been about the choice to go out on top. Nothing wrong with that discussion. Maybe it’s lightweight, maybe it’s all been said before but watching Larry King interview is all about the cult of personality. Who can ask Jerry a question he hasn’t been asked before anyway? Bottom line: Jerry behaved like a jerk. I used to stay up late to watch him on the Tonight Show when he was making a name for himself and I was one of the biggest boosters of his show before it took off but I don’t recognize him now. He seems to enjoy throwing his weight around, now. It’s funny if you say so. Right Jerry? Sorry Jerry. A bully is a bully and a jerk is a jerk no matter how famous he or she is.
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Seinfeld definitely comes accross as an arrogant creep. I’m not so sure the question wasn’t a serious one, though, judging by the captioning at the bottom of the screen that said “Seinfeld canceled?”
Either way, Seinfeld’s reaction was ungracious and unfunny. (even if Larry King is out to lunch)
Interesting!
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