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Old 11-03-2007, 02:12 PM  
MikeSmoke
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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks View Post
I think Larry King knows a fair amount about his guests.
Actually, he's been quoted a number of times as saying he doesn't do research, he doesn't read his guests' books - he thinks that going into an interview with the same information about the guest as his viewers (that is, usually, none) will allow him to ask the same questions his viewers would ask, and that way his show would be more relevant to his viewers.

Which of course, is another way to say that he's just lazy --- and leaves himself open to be embarassed like he was with Seinfeld.
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