On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 02:32:51 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>Jeßus wrote about Larry King:
>
>> I unfortunately have managed to see him quite a few times over the
>> years. I've always been puzzled why he seems to be regarded as some
>> kind of legendary interviewer... or something. I always thought his
>> interviews were rather insipid and pointless, really.
>
>I think perhaps he's highly regarded because so many celebrities would not
>give interviews to anybody else. And the reason they would insist on King
>doing the interview is that he would allow them to say whatever they wanted
>to say; he didn't ask them questions which would make them look bad. IOW he
>would steer the interview toward whatever message the celebrity wanted to
>impart to the public (and what more could you want from an interview?).

That could either be a good thing - or a bad thing - depending on the
celebrity concerned. I'd wager it's more the latter most times.