If you were Larry King...

Redlass · #1 02-28-2002, 09:51 PM

OK, first a disclaimer, I'm plagiarizing from another site--but since no one there is discussing this and I know ya'll are a talkative group, I'm going to borrow what I think is an interesting discussion (and OK, OK, I'll put it into my own words):

If you were Larry King Live and had say over who would be on the show, who would you invite? What audience would you target?

**soxfan**[$] · #2 03-01-2002, 12:38 PM

Hmmm ... are we limited to people who are still alive?

Ailsa
who can think of a lot of people if that's not the case

#3 03-01-2002, 01:08 PM

Would they be compelled to accept, as in Congress?

I'd have an open invitation for each of the officers of Enron to come on the air, say their peace, and then have them field calls. Then I'd sic Ross Perot on them.

Can I violate witness gag orders?

Andrea Yates' husband would be on there, no doubt about it. Same with O.J. Simpson so I could kick him off the show.

Can I violate the Laws of Time?

Spencer Tracy, River Phoenix, and a few more Hollywood drug-and-alcohol deaths. Ask 'em if it was worth it. Also, I'd ask Spencer Tracy if he had it to do all over again, if he'd hook up with Hepburn and stick with her.

And then, Jesus. Gotta have Jesus. Not only could he chat, but he'd cater.

Redlass · #4 03-01-2002, 02:13 PM

Hey, why limit ourselves. We'll say the show just hired a really good medium.

If that's the case, I think I'd invite Clarence Darrow and Empress Maud.

I'd ask the former whether and how he would take on the defense of either the Enron executives or Clinton in Monicagate.

The latter I'd have all sorts of questions for: If she could do it again, would she trust Stephen? Does she feel she won the civil war since it got her son on the throne? Was it worth it to England considering how much harm was done by the war? What does she think of Elizabeth I? If she could do it again, would she still mint coins with her picture during her few days on the throne? Would she kill Stephen?

**soxfan**[$] · #5 03-01-2002, 09:28 PM

I'd invite William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Francis Bacon, so the trio could hash out once and for all who the heck wrote what.

I'd also want to have J.R.R. Tolkien on, so I could ask him what he thought of LOTR.

Ailsa

kurt_messick · #6 03-02-2002, 08:16 PM

Of the living, I'd like to interview Margaret Thatcher and John Major in the same show, and have them clarify to each other just what the other was thinking back in the change-over.

I'd like to interview Stephen Hawking, and discuss mathematics and the meaning of life.

I'd love to interview Peter O'Toole, Katherine Hepburn, Ian McKellan, and Sidney Poitier. Fascinating people.

Actually, I'd love to do a show where I go through and interview the faculty of my seminary, and then expand out in wider circles of theological, biblical studies, and spiritual themes.

Among those no longer available for the studio, I'd like to interview almost all the major religious figures (Jesus, Mohammad, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, ... well, you get the drift).

I'd like to interview John Henry Newman (a gold star to those of you who know who he is, as he is not well known any more).

I'd like to interview John Marshall, John Quincy Adams, Benjamin Disraeli, Ghandi, and Malcolm X, for their philosophy and their political insights.

I'd like to interview Richard Burton, William Gillette, and Marilyn Monroe.

I'd like to interview Ida B. Wells (the Rosa Parks of the 19th century).

poseidon · #7 03-04-2002, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Redlass
OK, first a disclaimer, I'm plagiarizing from another site--but since no one there is discussing this and I know ya'll are a talkative group, I'm going to borrow what I think is an interesting discussion (and OK, OK, I'll put it into my own words):

If you were Larry King Live and had say over who would be on the show, who would you invite? What audience would you target?

How about all his ex-wives and why would they divorced him? I'd go for the Jerry Springer crowd.

poseidon · #8 03-04-2002, 04:26 PM

Then I'd want the Framers of the US Constitution. I'd want them to tell me frankly what they meant exactly by the First, Second and Tenth Amendments.

Of course, that would probably be pre-empted by a repeat episode of why there are so many ex-wives and why they divorced him, because of the media's fear that their bias and stupidity would be sunk... oh yeah wait there is no media bias.

CurtisEdmonds · #9 03-04-2002, 08:43 PM

Ted Williams, Buck O'Neill, and Yogi Berra.