Larry King Admits He’s Never Used The Internet: ‘Do You Punch Little Buttons and Things?’
Larry King Admits He’s Never Used The Internet: ‘Do You Punch Little Buttons and Things?’
Last night CNN’s Larry King confessed to Roseanne Barr that he’s never used the Internet. King expressed doubt that the Internet was a viable political medium because “there’s 80 billion things on it.” When Barr said she liked the Internet, King acknowledged that “I’ve never done it, never gone searching.”
Barr said King would love the internet if he tried it. King replied, “I wouldn’t love it. What do you punch little buttons and things?” Barr even offered to show King how to use the Internet. King declined. Watch it:
Transcript:
LARRY KING: On your blog you write, “Bush is going to declare war on China next, I swear.”
ROSEANNE BARR: I was so scared because I woke up and there was the Drudge, you know. I always read the Drudge Report and it said on there that the Chinese were like, you know, spying on our subs or doing something with our subs and I was like, “Oh no, he’s going to think that’s an act of war and then we’re going to go over there next.” I mean we’re everywhere. We’re everywhere.
KING: The Internet as a political medium viable?
BARR: Yes, it’s like the only one left, absolutely, and that’s not just me saying it. That’s everybody saying it.
KING: But there’s 80 billion things on it.
BARR: Yes, but if you know where to look, you know, it all can come together. When you’re looking for the particular information that you’re looking for after you do the big search, this is what I found out by going on there, it just takes your mind and then you live in there forever. You can never come out.
KING: I’ve never done it, never gone searching.
BARR: Oh, my God! It just opens up the whole universe. It’s so awesome. You would love it.
KING: No, I wouldn’t.
BARR: Anything you want to know.
KING: The wife loves it. I wouldn’t love it. What do you punch little buttons and things?
BARR: You just click on this thing. The thing is you got to be able to read, so you have to have strong glasses when you’ve over 50 and then you just scroll down and click. It’s not that hard. I can show you how to do it.
KING: No, thanks.
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my computor had a Larry King moment on the previous thread………
November 15th, 2006 at 5:44 pmDamn, it must suck to be so old and useless.
November 15th, 2006 at 5:45 pmThat guy’s a dinosaur. He’s so old he farts dust!
November 15th, 2006 at 5:46 pmNo wonder he never seems to know anything.
November 15th, 2006 at 5:48 pmThe internet is just a fad… ;)
November 15th, 2006 at 5:51 pmAnd this anecdote is relevant and/or interesting becaaaaussssse….????
Hi Jane…I read Wayne’s blog re: Citi Field….Tell him to relax! I don’t love it either, but it’ll always be Shea to us!
I hope you are not planning on joining him in his vow never to step foot in the new stadium ever!
November 15th, 2006 at 5:54 pmIf Larry used the internet, maybe he could come up with better questions for his guests than asking them what their favorite food or color is.
I used to think it was an act, but if he admits to never using the internet than it’s no wonder that he seems so uninformed… he really is.
How sad.
November 15th, 2006 at 5:54 pmThe wife loves it. I wouldn’t love it. What do you punch little buttons and things?
::sigh::
Yes, Mr. King, you push little buttons and things.
You should join “the wife”, GWH Bush, GW Bush, get on “the internets”, and do a search on “the google”. You’d be amazed at how many things can travel through a series of tubes. Even very neat little things called “news” can go in there.
It’s fun. You’d like it. Really.
November 15th, 2006 at 5:55 pmAt his age anything is possible. But being in the business that he is, raises a basic question, is he out of touch?
November 15th, 2006 at 6:00 pmMaybe Larry King should retire?
But Larry King must sell well . Lawrence Welk did once too.
Larry would not like the internets because he would find out that people think he’s and old ignorant fool!!
November 15th, 2006 at 6:02 pmOkay - I get it. I now get why people from other countries think most of us are idiots.
CNN is broadcast around the world. Larry is one of our spokesmen, like it or not.
Sheesh!
November 15th, 2006 at 6:02 pmGolly gee, Britney, LOOK! It’s ROSEANNE!
November 15th, 2006 at 6:03 pmHey, maybe you can have a comeback someday, Larry might not be around 20 years from now, but hey, that Tony Snow feller might be…………….
Al Jazeera TV English launch (its better than FOX)
I think that it is brilliant! Finaly a news agency that can oppose the propeganda machine of CNN. I love news, from all points of view. I make my own opinions. I am glad finally that I can look at some without some western bias.
Posted by Concrete
This channel only been going for a few hours and it’s already the best news channel we can receive in the UK. Yes, I’m white British, but I like many want to see the real news.
Posted by BexTech
given how skeptical we have become about news supplied by our own governments and many of our media providers it is refreshing to have news from a different angle. My advice to them, which I’m sure they havealready anticipated is that when presenting hi-profile news, present a lo-profile target.
Posted by becop
I wish Al Jazeera English good luck, we need another point of view without it being Tabloid like Sky News, BBC News 24, CNNi and not forgetting the Fox News Channel. I wish the Internet premium stream was less than ?11.99, more like ?5.00 and I would be happy to pay that. Americans really need to see it, so their stop believing the Fox News Channel “Fair and Balanced” of the world “America”. It would be good if it could get on Freeview, but I will be wishing along time for that.
Posted by gazzaeuro
Fantastic news.At long last a relief from the biased garbage from the so called top news channel. Well done Al Jazeera and all the best for the future.
ZeeZee.
Posted by ZeeZee
November 15th, 2006 at 6:04 pmHe reminds me of my ex-boss who said technology never makes things easier it only complicates things. I asked him if he had fed and watered his horse after the ride to work.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:05 pmLEARNING… BAAAAAD!!!
AAGGNNNNN!
November 15th, 2006 at 6:06 pm[…] More from Think Progress […]
November 15th, 2006 at 6:07 pmlol jesus christ. this does explain a lot for me, however, about larry kings unparalleled ability to not know what the hell anyone is talking about.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:10 pmRoseanne was wonderful–she got him good too, when she said people over 60 should just get out of the way (Larry must be over 100, no?), and about how there should be a limit on how rich you can get before you’re forced to give something back–i love her. : >
and she’s one of the few people who even talks about the working poor at all. Edwards, her, and i can’t even think of anyone else–it’s tragic.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:20 pmLarry, you are missing out on a lot of porn…
November 15th, 2006 at 6:22 pmHow will Larry find a new young wife if he’s not trolling for porn?
November 15th, 2006 at 6:26 pmAmerica’s Least Wanted
Who’s Larry King, and what’s CNN?
November 15th, 2006 at 6:34 pmDo they have nice commercials?
Actually, Larry should stay off the internet, we are at the bandwidth limit, and one more user will crash the whole thing.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:34 pmThe important thing for Larry to remember is that the internet is not a bunch of trucks. It’s like a series of tubes.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:46 pmNot to worry, once he finds out the abundant amounts of young females available on the net, Larry will start “surfing” for another, younger wife!
November 15th, 2006 at 6:47 pmas Homer Simpson said, “the Interweb? Is that thing still around?”
November 15th, 2006 at 6:48 pmand “Marge, did you know that you can get the Interweb on the computer now?”
I saw Larry King’s program last night, so was aware of his comments. I’ve had two laptops, and there are times I’m sorry I ever got hooked on the internet! It’s not fun when a virus or worm hits, or the hardware itself gives out. I guess I have a love-hate relationship with computers, and maybe Mr. King isn’t missing much. Anyway, his wife uses the internet–as do his children (no doubt), including the two young ones.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:48 pmLarry King’s an idiot.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:49 pmBill Maher, thankfully, agrees.
Wow…who is dumber? Rosanne or Larry? They both looked like idiots with comments like that.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:50 pmLarry King………..he looks like he just jumped off an autopsy table.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:52 pmHe probably wouldn’t be able to use a keyboard anyway……..ever notice the suspenders?……..they are less about holding up his drawers and more about holding his shoulders down.
DieNowForPeace
He may be useless, but don’t blame it all on him being old.
My mother just turned 90 and she uses the internet all the time.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:55 pmThis is too similar to Ted Stevens talking about “tubes” to be mere coincidence. I guess, in the words of the song, the revolution has already passed them by.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:55 pmDiane,
You won’t have as many problems with viri and Trojans if you stop surfing porn and wares sites. : )
Also, when an e-mail says “Click here”. Don’t click there, instead click “Delete”
Another good thing you can do to protect yourself is to uninstall all IM programs. They are just gateways for viri.
And get yourself a Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) router.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:55 pmI bet if old frogface knew how easily he could use the internet to find wife #9, his old crusty ass would have a myspace account in 2 seconds!!
November 15th, 2006 at 6:56 pmthat’s why people die. if people didn’t die you’d go to Wall-Mart and couldn’t find a place to park because of all the chariots, wagons, and horses. It’s hard enough now with all the trailer trash and their pickup trucks.
November 15th, 2006 at 6:58 pmLarry: Be sure to tune in tomorrow when the lovely ANGIE DICKINSEN will be my guest for a record 23,456th time!
November 15th, 2006 at 6:58 pmCome on King, get with the program!
November 15th, 2006 at 6:58 pmYeah! So…..?
November 15th, 2006 at 7:00 pmAge has nothing to do with it. My mother is 87 and she loves the Internet. Larry King doesn’t use the Internet not because he is 73, but because he is an idiot.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:02 pmHoly Luddites batman, Larry King is a dinosaur.
Is he reluctant to use microwave ovens too?
-GSD
November 15th, 2006 at 7:02 pmIn defense of ol’ Larry, let’s point out how successful his career has been up to this point without a DSL connection and Google. The Internet is fantastic, sure, but there’s much to be said for stepping back from the keyboard and finding answers on your own.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:02 pmthey are less about holding up his drawers and more about holding his shoulders down.
Comment by stoshu dombrowski
Oh my god, that’s funny…
November 15th, 2006 at 7:03 pmIs he reluctant to use microwave ovens too?
-GSD
Wouldn’t you? Doesn’t he have a bionic heart?
November 15th, 2006 at 7:05 pm“That guy’s a dinosaur. He’s so old he farts dust!”
You know what farts dust? The phrase “He’s so old he farts dust!”
November 15th, 2006 at 7:07 pmIt’s almost as old as it is unoriginal.
Remember when Bush 41 was mocked for not knowing about store scanners. Double standard, anyone?
November 15th, 2006 at 7:09 pmwho even talks about the working poor at all. Edwards, her, and i can’t even think of anyone else–it’s tragic.
Comment by amberglow — November 15, 2006 @ 6:20 pm
from this mornings FAST thread:
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) are teaming up for a holiday-themed campaign with Wake-Up Wal-Mart criticizing Wal-Mart’s “wages and benefits, as well as recently enacted attendance and salary policies, in a move timed to potentially disrupt the company’s holiday sales.â€
November 15th, 2006 at 7:10 pm.
scary when roseanne barr is more in touch with reality than larry king
November 15th, 2006 at 7:11 pmWell that explains a lot. People want to get this guys opinion? I’m sure he and Al Gore get along great.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:13 pmheh heh…
(Nelson from The Simpson’s Laugh)
November 15th, 2006 at 7:13 pmActually Larry, it’s tubes and stuff you suck on.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:18 pmLarry, if you had not used the internet, you should. But you did I am sure. Why did you say that to Rosanne? What was the reason? We are not impressed. Nor shocked. Go home and retire.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:18 pmWow! From the tone of these comments, this group neither appreciates diversity in our culture nor values the senior population. The Internet is an awesome link to the knowledge gathered during the entire span of humankind; however, choosing not to use it does not necessarily indicate someone is uninformed or a Luddite. Have books, conversation, experience, and introspective thought become so disdained that they are now all rendered useless? Has the only avenue of “reputable” knowledge now become the Internet?
Give Larry King a break. He is the last of a dying breed, a man who was there to witness the events he discusses, not one who merely reads about them on the Web.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:20 pmHe will pay for that comment. He is a loser.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:22 pmThe problem is Larry King doesn’t find the answers on his own. The point is that he is out of touch. There is a wealth of information on the Internet and these things called libraries and Larry doesn’t use either.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:25 pmWhat a terribly sad conversation.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:25 pmGee! I have never used Larry King. But then I like to actually know stuff. You know important stuff like truthful news, history etc. The internet is the place to find it if you have a good education to begin with.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:27 pmWho watches Larry King anymore? What’s Roseanne Barr (Arnold) been up to that’s making headlines?
November 15th, 2006 at 7:29 pmLarry King is a LOSER!
November 15th, 2006 at 7:30 pm“No Thanks” C’mon, learn something you old fart!
We can see that his facts come from some PA that can actually research the topics Larry discusses.
It boggles my mind that someone like Larry who needs to be cognizant of current events can be ignorant on the internet. I’m sure he has a staff who does his research for him. He probably reads Time and Newsweek and thinks he’s got a pulse on what’s going on. How archaic. I wouldn’t promote that statement of ignorance as some kind of positive, Larry.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:31 pm[…] Think Progress has the video. I’ve written before about peoples fear and lack of knowledge regarding (simple) technology but this really takes the cake. Larry King is a “respected journalist†(I use the term lightly) and has a daily television program and he has never used the internet. Nor does he think it is a viable political medium. […]
November 15th, 2006 at 7:31 pmThe wife loves it. I wouldn’t love it.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:31 pmSounds like a generation gap. Or two.
Hey Larry, a Google search on: comes up with 740,000 hits. You should put on your glasses, punch a couple buttons and check it out!
November 15th, 2006 at 7:34 pmLarry’s audience continues to dwindle along with his primitive IQ
November 15th, 2006 at 7:34 pmApparently Rosanne is making some sort of comeback. I think shes a good person, but her material doesn’t float my boat.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:34 pmHey Larry, loan me fifty dollars! Oh!
November 15th, 2006 at 7:35 pmLarry is an ignorant old goat.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:36 pmIt’s not his fault. I don’t think that CNN has internet access. It’s not like he’s the only dummy there.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:36 pmKing: “My god, it’s full of liberals.”
November 15th, 2006 at 7:38 pmKing’s had some pretty interesting guests though.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:38 pmComment should have read:
Hey Larry, a Google search on “Larry King is an Idiot” comes up with 740,000 hits. You should put on your glasses, punch a couple buttons and check it out.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:40 pmWhy all the vitriol? Sop he doesn’t use the internet, who cares? The guy has scores of people working for him who are scouring the planet for information. Why the heck would he be doing research on his own? Guys who run such shows are not like the rest of us, in case you didn’t know that. It’s like when everyone got upset at GHWB for the supermarket scanner comments. Hello? There’s a reason Bush never saw a scanner. The guy pays people more than you or I make to go shopping FOR him. Why the HECK would he be standing in a check out line? To bond with the masses? Yeah, right. People with different jobs lead different lives from US. Get over it.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:43 pmWOW Larry not in the Blogosphere. Why not he can get all the terrorist propaganda he needs available on the internet.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:46 pm[…] Larry King says he’s never used the internet. […]
November 15th, 2006 at 7:47 pmThis is why we think of old people as stupid. Comments like that from Larry King. Just more comments along the line of “Harry Potter is filled with evil withcraft and satanic worship and should be censored!… no, I’ve never seen it. I don’t need to watch it to know what it has in it!”
November 15th, 2006 at 7:47 pmHave you all forgotten… his best friend Al Gore invented the Internet!
November 15th, 2006 at 7:48 pm[…] Video here (Flash format). […]
November 15th, 2006 at 7:49 pmWho cares? This is an issue that needs to be addressed on this board. Stupid!
November 15th, 2006 at 7:50 pmI watched that interview live and am not sure which is more idiotic:
1) Larry King knows he would hate the internet, even though he has no idea what it is.
or
2) Rosanne Barr gets gets her news from (and is scared by) DrudgeReport.
or
3) That she said there is some sort of alien or entity that is constantly talking to her in her head and telling her what to say and do.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:50 pmThe thing that concerns me more than Larry not using the internet, is why in the hell would anyone want to have a conversation regarding politics with this woman? Of all people?
November 15th, 2006 at 7:51 pmThe internet is better off without another old perv on here.
November 15th, 2006 at 7:54 pmI AM 85 YEARS OLD AND WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT THE INTERNET. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH. YOU CAN LEARN AT ANY AGE
November 15th, 2006 at 8:04 pmTalk about a stone knives and bear skins mentality.
Larry’s so out of touch he probably thinks people still communicate with telegraphs and smoke signals.
November 15th, 2006 at 8:07 pmLarry King Live! What a musnomer.
November 15th, 2006 at 8:08 pmYay, Dorothy Lott!
November 15th, 2006 at 8:08 pm[…] CNN’s Larry King, who admitted on the air that he’s never (as in NEVER) used the internet. “What do you punch little buttons and things?” he asked guest Roseanne Barr. […]
November 15th, 2006 at 8:09 pmI am convinced that Larry is a high functioning Idiot Savant.
November 15th, 2006 at 8:15 pmIt’s not just the net..Larry once thought on the air that Hawaiian Tropic was some kind of Alcoholic beverage. I’ll send him some,,you might want to add sugar, Larry.
November 15th, 2006 at 8:16 pmOMG! Rosanne is really Nancy Lieder! Planet X is going kill us all! Scream! Panic! Empty your bank account! Sell all of your belongings! Clean out the grocery stores! Run for the hills! AHHHHHHHHHHH!
November 15th, 2006 at 8:18 pmAnswer me this though folks - how much of Larry’s day does he waste on spam…?
Much more importantly, where does he get his braces (suspenders to those Stateside).
November 15th, 2006 at 8:18 pmIs Larry King admitting that he DOES NOT subscribe to Lexis-Nexis (which is CRUCIAL to any inquiring reporter)???
Is it also admitting that he did not follow the Dan Rather debacle, as it unfolded (because 99 % of the set-up was discovered via the Internet)?
Is he admitting that he is not able to follow ANY current events (that are not covered in depth by the mainstream media or cable outlets)?
Is he admitting that he does not avail himself of The Smoking Gun, or Snopes, or Wikipedia, or any of the popular blog sites (both Right and Left)?
Is he admitting that he does not have up to the second news postings by all media outlets (who first post to the Internet)?
Is he admitting that he does not have access to the Internet postings of Congress, the White House, and the Courts?
Is he admitting that he does not read foreign newspapers Online?
Larry King: HOW DO YOU “PREPARE” FOR YOUR SHOW?
November 15th, 2006 at 8:18 pmHe’s not that stupid - He’s used it. Now he’s a liar.
November 15th, 2006 at 8:27 pmLarry King: HOW DO YOU “PREPARE†FOR YOUR SHOW?
Comment by secant
Shot of vitamin B and 2 fresh prunes.
November 15th, 2006 at 8:29 pmLarry King is officially a moron
November 15th, 2006 at 8:29 pmKing: “That nutcase Al Gore invented it? Hey, where do I sign up?”
November 15th, 2006 at 8:30 pm[…] « DOC: …And So Goes The Nation […]
November 15th, 2006 at 8:32 pmIt’s official, Larry is a complete moron.
November 15th, 2006 at 8:33 pmIt’s official, Larry is a complete moron.
November 15th, 2006 at 8:33 pmI can’t believe this. I am so utterly steamed. “type little buttons” - its as if he has no idea how ignorant he sounds!!!!!!!
How can you think you are so above it all.
Get a life Larry.
November 15th, 2006 at 8:52 pmFor all of you ragging on Larry. He is old, rich, works an hour a day, and has a pretty decent trophy wife. I’d say he is doing pretty good without the internet.
Some other people of note who did alright without the internet: Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Martin Luther King, Plato, George Washington, Christopher Columbus…etc.
November 15th, 2006 at 8:56 pmGeez, did Larry then tell her to get off his damn lawn?
November 15th, 2006 at 9:00 pmTake his pulse and put him on ice. Larry King ‘live’. HA!
November 15th, 2006 at 9:02 pmI think he’s a cool dude - look forward to watching his show.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:07 pmGee, Larry King is a multi-millionaire known around the world, who interviews the top figures of our time, who has his own TV show, etc…
I’d give up the internet to have all that!
;)
November 15th, 2006 at 9:18 pmWow! My Grandfather is 93 years old and he surfs the net daily, keeps up with his email, travels, and has a younger girlfriend(she’s a young 92). His life is a lot better than it was without the net as he learns new stuff daily and leads an active enjoyable life. Hopefully LK will come around…
November 15th, 2006 at 9:19 pmAnd the media think Bush doesn’t have a clue about the Internet? Let’s see if CNN’s Jeanie Moos does a bit on Larry King’s ignorance.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:20 pmThis fool has little kids. At least his wife can teach them. And age is no excuse. He is an uncurious fool … kinda like a certain President. My dad is his age, and he is ripping his cassettes to PC and converting it to MP3s to load on his FauxPod.
Larry could use the net to help him do a better job at work; but, obviously, he doesn’t WANT to do a better job. Frakkin’ Coaster. He gives older employees a bad name. Now people will just think “Ya can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” But that isn’t true.
So, thanks for making seniors look bad, Larry.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:20 pmKing ought to stick to promoting boxing matches and do something with that god awful hairdo.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:21 pmAnd this is CNNs HIGHEST rated program. Says a lot about the kind of people that watch that tripe network.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:21 pmWait, is that Larry King or Don King?
November 15th, 2006 at 9:26 pmI always thought that Larry King was a schmuck, but this admission removes all doubt in my mind that he is an absolute MORON.
No, I take that back — he is an absolute F**KING moron. My mind boggles at his statement about the Internet not being a viable political force.
An absolute MORON.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:27 pmJeez, Larry…my 95 year-old grandfather uses the Internet.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:28 pmOf course Larry King is out of touch.
And so is his target audience. So in effect, he’s TOTALLY in touch with them. They are clueless, and so is he. Its a perfect match.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:29 pmBah… Generation Landslide… It’s OK that he doesn’t use the net. He does what he does. I enjoy people from the last generation. He’ll be dead before you can blink your eyes and some - like myself - will be bemoaning that they don’t make ‘em like Larry King anymore. He won’t convince me to stop pushing the buttons and stuff, but it’s fine with me if he has no use for it.
That Bush probably doesn’t… that bothers me a lot.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:31 pmLets hope he doesn’t decide to come on and have a look at these comments.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:34 pmI had no idea the “Living Dead Larry” was such a complete imbecile. “So how do you use that “The Television”? Turn the knobs and things?”
November 15th, 2006 at 9:36 pmLarry King is not that unique. I know many administrators in public education who have no facility with the computers or the net. Their secretaries provide a filter.
Bet you one thing - W does not know how to use it either. Recall during the Katrina disaster his staff gave him a DVD of events in Louisiana. He couldn’t check out the web if he wanted to!!!
November 15th, 2006 at 9:37 pmShe should have told him about suspenders.com
November 15th, 2006 at 9:38 pmAlso, I bet that Rummy has no technical facility either. Much has been written about he stands at his desk (looks like a podium) for hours on end doing his “paperwork.” No computer in sight!
November 15th, 2006 at 9:41 pmWhat an ignorant Geezer! It’s time to retire old man.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:42 pmIs anyone dumber than Larry? He is so stupid.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:42 pmHow many other “journalists” don’t know how to use the internet? Kind of scary that these talking heads can’t get current. Yet they claim and say they report all the facts. Just goes to show that Americans are under informed on all issues since so many real on these so called “Celebs” to bring them all the facts when all they they do is just read a prompter. So their claim to fame is they can read while a camera is on them. Larry Kings great looks must be why he makes the massive dollars a year. NOT! He is a great con artist and a great negotiator apparently. Oh wait. He has an agent to negotiate for him. Apparently he makes 10’s of millions a year ONLY cause he can read. 8th graders everywhere, Keep reading and you will be able to make millions a year doing what Larry King does.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:48 pmYeah Larry did get pretty shredded here tonight, he’s a nice enough guy.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:48 pm7 years ago my Dad wouldn’t get within 5 feet of a computer.
Used them at work (grudgingly) and that was enough for him.
5 years ago he became a part-time professional chef (after retiring) and was forced to get a computer for the home and use it with his business.
4 years ago he bought a BMW 318 convertible from a dealership in Texas ON THE INTERNETS via eBay, and had it shipped to TN.
Larry needs to get a life.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:52 pm[…] First Larry King expressed surprise that Ken Mehlman is gay. Then he tells Roseanne he’s not hip to the Internet. I’m always surprised by prolific readers or researchers who profess abstinence from the Web. Beats a trek to the library. […]
November 15th, 2006 at 9:53 pmAnd like, who is that like, fat chick that’s like talking to Larry about, like, politics and junk?
November 15th, 2006 at 9:54 pmif larry went on the internet, he could save a lot of money on those little blue pills. someone should tell him.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:58 pmI’m no old fart myself (28), but some of you guys need to realize that the internet hasn’t been around forever and that people got along just fine without the internet before it existed, as hard as that may seem. i wouldn’t be so hard on Larry King. i imagine there may come a day in your 70 or 80s where a new technology emerges - you’ll be just as “retarded” as Larry for not really feeling like learning a completely new way of communicating with people.
November 15th, 2006 at 9:58 pmOh please…he is still on the air being paid and he is not in touch with the power of the internet…WOW…amazing that CNN doesn’t realize just how lame his admission was…Larry King has once again proved he is a very poor representative for CNN.
November 15th, 2006 at 10:05 pmThe really funny part was Roseanne (seriously) describing how she is receiving messages from extra-terrestrials.
November 15th, 2006 at 10:08 pmYup Phil we’re all gonna get real old some day.
November 15th, 2006 at 10:18 pmYou can thank Al Gore for your ability to make yourself look like a total tool in front of millions of people.
Comment by Spudge_Boy
Heh! Very funny.
November 15th, 2006 at 10:21 pmI think if someone showed larry king the website
http://www.oldfartsyoungtarts.com
they would never get him off the computer!
November 15th, 2006 at 10:25 pmIt isn’t that odd. I’ve never used the internet before. Ever. My kids tell me to get on it, but who has the time?
November 15th, 2006 at 10:29 pmManny, maybe I’m slowww, but please post a warning about links you post if they’re not safe for work.
This is priceless…forever classless Barr knows more about the internet than Larry King.
That’s rich.
November 15th, 2006 at 10:30 pmHAHAHAHA,
November 15th, 2006 at 10:35 pmTed Stevens has been redeemed. Larry King is now the individual with highest profile and lowest comprehension of technology.
Ms. Barr appears to be the largest stooge on this stage. In telling larry how great the internet can be for finding accurate information, as long as you filter through the garbage she misstates the situation in which a chinese sub followed us ships, not the chinese spying on our subs as Ms. Barr claims. The drudge report correctly states the incident unfortunately Roseanne Barr reaches tens of thousands more with her inability to read past the headlines.
November 15th, 2006 at 10:40 pmYou know if you think about it Larry is really an anomaly. We won’t have these kinds of people in a decade or two. I cannot imagine not being on the Internet and I am 38. My kids are going to be super nano tech by the time they are my age.
This guy is a real study and if you take a minute to ponder what it really means it is actually interesting. I suppose there are a lot of people out there like Larry and I don’t have a problem with it. It’s a generational thing but it is pretty historic. The Internet is really changing the way we actually live and this guy is by no real fault of his own clueless as to what the Internet has done.
If you are my age or really any age and really are in the know, hooked up and plugged into the Internet it is amazing to try and think what it would be like not knowing or accessing this medium.
Don’t belittle Larry…. This is a human shift. The Internet really is a civilization advance and like other advances some people just don’t get it. Larry gets the idea of the TV. We get the idea that the TV and shows like his are really less relevant to today’s human…. Oh, and Thanks to Al Gore we have the Internet…:)
November 15th, 2006 at 10:49 pmI have not seen one single friend from the other side of the aisle.
November 15th, 2006 at 11:01 pmI’m not going to slam the old guy, just don’t care much for his show’s. Caught a couple and they were celeb’s and their live’s….I have other thing’s to watch and learn from, not interested in the life and times of celebreties, and realy don’t care if he doesn’t want to check out the internet…Hell if he’s like some old relic’s maybe we are lucky he’s not here, I see far to many on the highway in car’s that should have drivers now. …Blessings
November 15th, 2006 at 11:07 pmWho is this Larry King guy, I never do the TV……Frankly this sounds made up
It’s a joke for you dim bulbs out there and Democrats
November 15th, 2006 at 11:11 pmForTruth,
Zooey wants me to tell you she can’t post at the moment. She’s caught in a sort of spam filter or something.
November 15th, 2006 at 11:11 pmLarry, you might like to try and emulate George H.W. Bush as he now uses “the email” as he recently admitted on Fox News.
November 15th, 2006 at 11:15 pmHey Spunk Boy, Al Gore is a blowhard full of nothing but hot air. He needs to invent a way to plug the hole in the ozone by closing his piehole.
November 15th, 2006 at 11:16 pmTo each his own. If he manages to live his life never hunched over a box of blinking light, good for him.
November 15th, 2006 at 11:19 pmAsk him about his friend Sandy Koufax and the Carvel Ice Cream story. He may have to Google it to remember how he used to tell it.
November 15th, 2006 at 11:20 pmYou people are good ones to call anybody idiots. No damned wonder the world is in such a mess with fools like you so plentiful.
November 15th, 2006 at 11:25 pmLarry King on the internet. People fear what they don’t understand. That is why some people step on Spiders.
November 15th, 2006 at 11:26 pmWow, that is insane that he has like never used the web. WOW!!!
November 15th, 2006 at 11:28 pmThis is what makes Roseanne fun:
“Well, we were poor, but we didn’t know it because we were also stupid.”
(talking about her childhood in Salt Lake City)
November 15th, 2006 at 11:29 pmI wish Larry would interview Ted Stevens about the internet:
“Is it a bunch of buttons?…”
“No, it’s a series of tubes…”
November 15th, 2006 at 11:31 pmWhat a moron. No wonder his show is so terrible.
November 15th, 2006 at 11:37 pm[…] Hey Larry if you can read this your on the “internets” just push play […]
November 15th, 2006 at 11:39 pmi heard Larry KIng invented the internet
November 15th, 2006 at 11:44 pm“In the early 1970s, he (Larry King) was entangled in legal and financial troubles. He was arrested on December 20, 1971 and charged with grand larceny. The larceny charge was dropped, because the statute of limitations had run out. But King pled no contest to one of 14 charges of passing bad checks. As a result of these troubles, he was off the air for three years.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_King
November 15th, 2006 at 11:56 pmNo. It just means he has a life, that’s all, and a damn good one. Blogging away hours of one’s day is not what I would call using the best years of your life. Young and useful? Yeah, right. Btw, ever see Larry’s wife? Let’s put it this way, he has no need for netporn, that’s for sure. How’s your situation in that department? Don’t worry, you’ll be old soon, and you’ll at least have your..ahem..blogs? to keep you warm. Now, that’s living!
November 16th, 2006 at 12:04 amTo each his own. If he doesn’t enjoy spending his free time hunched over a box of blinking light, good for him.
November 16th, 2006 at 12:07 amIn other news…
J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ) finally phucking conceded today. I just love Arizona.
November 16th, 2006 at 12:11 amWell, at least he made Roseanne seem just a bit less idiotic by comparison.
November 16th, 2006 at 12:14 amMy father who is 88, loves and uses the internet, and publishes his thoughts and ideas on it. So not all older people are unwilling to adopt and adapt to new things.
November 16th, 2006 at 12:15 amLarry used to write a column for USA Today and he also had a radio show. Now he can barely keep up with washed up celebs. Won’t be long before he has another cardiac and they put him back in the home.
November 16th, 2006 at 12:21 am[…] Larry King interviewing Roseanne Barr when he teels her that he has never used the internet. […]
November 16th, 2006 at 12:22 ammy aol’s not working
November 16th, 2006 at 12:25 amHe’s smart. How is the embracing the Internet useful for anything but embracing the Internet? Talk about singular existence. Someday almost everyone will be completely dependent on the Internet, and then he’ll be one of the few who isn’t.
November 16th, 2006 at 12:37 amWhat a frigging idiot.
November 16th, 2006 at 12:39 amThis for everyone who is ignorant about Larry King’s style, something he has talked about well before most of you were born.
He intentionally does not prepare for interviews, because he wants to ask questions that don’t ostracize a listener/viewer who hasn’t heard of his guest. He’s naturally curious, so he has no lack of questions. That’s why he does so well; people will watch his show even if they don’t know who the guest is beforehand.
Clearly, he is not as good as he was on the radio 20+ years ago. I remember listening to his interviews, specifically with authors unknown to me, because he was asking questions from my point of view, like “what’s your book about?” I would listen to those interviews much more than ones by arrogant hosts who assume the audience knows Guest A and wants to know what he/she meant by the “passage on page 138″, etc.
He is not globally ignorant; he has learned to phrase his questions from the point of view of a listener who is new to the topic.
November 16th, 2006 at 12:43 amAs a freelance writer, I did a story for a local paper back in 1999 on how
senior citizens are using the internet to search their family history or the practice of genealogy.
And they learned better than pooor ol’ Larry King will ever learn, especially about the subject of marriage.
Larry King shouldn’t be working for CNN if he doesn’t use the internet as top notch journalists like Olbermann does.
November 16th, 2006 at 1:12 amI am surprised he gave up his HORSE AND BUGGY too!
November 16th, 2006 at 1:29 amI did not see the program. If MR.King does not use the net and speaks to ROSEANNE about this topic —-HE IS REALLY AN IDIOT!!!!
November 16th, 2006 at 1:36 amLarry King, to me, has always been a celebrity fluffer, not a serious interviewer who gets into any exchange of dialogue or ideas (think Dennis Wholey, Charlie Rose, Keith Olbermann). I doubt if he’s had an original idea in eons. His whole purpose of being seems to attend the parties of those he fluffs, trolling for wife #9 while he airs out wife #8. Being seen. Who has time to learn the tubes of the internets when you’re so busy bowing to those that feed you in every sense of the word. No need. The probably hand him the script anyway. And gawd, he refers to his partner with such contempt, the nameless ‘the wife’. What an old fossil (and BTW I’m 63). they say one ages when one ceases to learn, yeah, Larry go lie down and be quiet.
November 16th, 2006 at 1:41 amFor those of you expressing surprise at Larry’s lack of tech prowess … Didn’t the background of his set being a world map constructed in Lite-Brite pegs tip you off?
November 16th, 2006 at 1:47 amWow, extra-terrestrials know how to use the Internets and Larry King doesn’t? Buy one of them little seats on one of them little space rockets for rich people who wish to zip around and over earth and with luck, E.T. will fly by and give you the lesson you refused from Rosanne!
I mean, E.T. can’t be a worse interview than the the eleventy-biliionth reminisce of Lorna about her momma Judy and sissie Liza.
November 16th, 2006 at 1:48 am“Diversity” is the politically correct way to be a racist in today’s society. Instead of MLK’s vision of a color blind society, we hail an effort only if it’s sufficiently mixed, but only with regard to race, sexual orientation, or generally deviant behavior. Why don’t we include a contingent from the vast population of stupid people in our “diverse” mix? The only kind of diversity that’s valuable is diversity of good ideas.
Oh yeah, and Larry has never been a paragon of brilliance; what do we expect?
November 16th, 2006 at 2:03 amLarry King - NeoCon’s Corporate Media Lapdog, last of dying boot licking breed
November 16th, 2006 at 2:05 amLarry knows how much of a hassle it is to have those internet “tubes” installed. Digging up the front yard and such!
November 16th, 2006 at 2:07 am[…] Here. […]
November 16th, 2006 at 2:11 amHe still has a good show. I’ll take him over that FAT DRUG ADDICT RUSH and GAY MATT DRUDGE (not that there’s anything WRONG with that)
November 16th, 2006 at 2:22 amLarry’s still COOL
November 16th, 2006 at 2:23 amI don’t watch Larry King. But judging from the previous 169 posters, perhaps he’s not missing all that much. There are quite a few crass, boorish and hurtful comments among them.
Larry King, like him or not, talks to and about people, not technology. I doubt that Internet access has done much to change human nature, at least so far.
The Internet is a wonderful, open medium for exchanging information. But sometimes I’m reminded of an old Yiddish saying: “99% of everything is drek.”
I spend most of my working hours on the Internet, doing support for some bleeding edge software, and working with projects for graduate environmental science and engineering education in developing countries. It’s a great way to work, in touch daily with people all over the world. Press one of those buttons, and I can have a video conference with someone in Japan or Malta. Access to information is unprecedented, and it’s going to get much better. (But that doesn’t mean that all information is of equal quality. Along with the good, there’s also much more bad.)
BTW, I’ll be 75 next month. But i’ve only been working with computers since 1968.
November 16th, 2006 at 2:24 amCould someone please do us all a favour and throttle that old fossile with those stupid suspenders?
November 16th, 2006 at 2:39 amLARRY KING IS INTERNET IDIOT…
“CNN’s Larry King confessed to Roseanne Barr that he’s never used the Internet. King expressed doubt that the Internet was a viable political medium because “there’s 80 billion things on it.” When Barr said she liked the Internet, King……
November 16th, 2006 at 2:48 amThey sounded like two retards yapping and drooling on eachother. King is a complete moron and Barr is a has-been gastro-pod.
November 16th, 2006 at 3:04 amLARRY REMAINS KING
November 16th, 2006 at 3:42 amre: 181 NeoFreudian slips
“I spend most of my working hours on the Internet, doing support for some bleeding edge software…”
Comment by BillD — November 16, 2006 @ 2:24 am
“Bleeding edge software” kinda rolls off the fingers like “bleeding heart liberal” doesn’t it?
“(But that doesn’t mean that all information is of equal quality. Along with the good, there’s also much more bad.)
Comment by BillD — November 16, 2006 @ 2:24 am
Well, considering corporate media is totally contrived, I’d say the internet still wins out in the “good vs bad” department.
November 16th, 2006 at 3:46 amBillD,
I kind of poked fun at Larry King’s expense, but I was watching while at the gym and my jaw about dropped on the floor when he said the “buttons” comment. That moment was funnier than all the sitcoms that night –I’m guessing.
To me, Larry King’s nighttime radio show back in the 1980’s was the best and he was a terrific host, those shows were great and were hours long. I had lots of homework in the late 80’s and when the Giants weren’t on, Larry was on the radio to give me something to listen to. People who only know his TV show probably don’t realize what an excellent radio broadcaster he was. The guy could talk about Hockey or what he had for dinner and I would find it interesting. To me, he is more interesting than most of his guests, although Roseanne talking about growing up Jewish in Salt Lake City was actually pretty darned interesting.
Flash back to 1995, it’s 6pm Pacific time and Larry says,
“Tonight on Larry King Live, Manuel Noriega and Catherine Deneuve…”
(Now picture that)
I kid, but still think Larry is great.
November 16th, 2006 at 3:59 amIt’s no crime if Larry King, or any person, chooses not to use the internet. It means he has a life!
November 16th, 2006 at 4:03 amThere’s no correlation between access to information and the quality of discourse.
If anything, internet use has lowered the quality of discourse.
If you think that by choosing to abstain from information on the internet Larry King is less informed, or that he should be taken less seriously as a news personality, than you think to highly of the internet.
They’re both drunk! Jesus, how about a breathalyzer before they get on the set!
November 16th, 2006 at 4:10 amThe only form of media dumbing people down in mass is that which is found on Network TV…Pro Wrestling, Survivor, American Idol, Fox News, and you guessed it, Larry King Live.
November 16th, 2006 at 4:24 amWhen Roseanne Barr makes Larry King look like the vegetable, Jack Kevorkian should be unleashed for one last mercy kill …
November 16th, 2006 at 4:42 amHow many interviews did King have again? Like 80 billion? And he still hasn’t found the wisdom to not judge what you do not know. “I wouldn’t love it”. If only more people thought about King live that way.
November 16th, 2006 at 4:46 amPunch little buttons and things??? Does that mean he never used a typewriter either?
November 16th, 2006 at 4:48 amI noticed the ratings for Softball Larry are going SOUTH. Maybe his 10th wife will dump the kike bastard! Please tell him for me to stick his jew cock up Ted Turner’s ASSHOLE. Thank you.
Austin
November 16th, 2006 at 5:15 amMaybe Larry knows it’s ADDICTIVE!
(Not that I would know anything about that.)
November 16th, 2006 at 5:35 amre:#195 Midterm election results provoke infighting among NeoCons
Settle down Austin. Larry isn’t the reason the Republicans lost the Midterms. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
November 16th, 2006 at 5:39 amLarry King is a doddering old J who lucked his way onto CNN from his gig as a doddering old J who had a syndicated all-night radio show a ‘la that goofy dead old Art Bell. No surprise he’s a moron. He always was.
November 16th, 2006 at 5:44 amDon’t worry Lurry, I ain never uset it either.
November 16th, 2006 at 5:59 amIn this day and age-no internet?He probably doesn’t know what a typewriter is.He’s a dinosaur.
November 16th, 2006 at 6:19 amCNN doesn’t have any viewship anyhow.Negative
ratings.King’s just a charity case.Never has been-
never will be.He’s good at marriage and divorce.
Not much at interviewing;with all those softball,
kissy questions.Typical liberal.Hope he didn’t have a heart attack when the Dems won on the 7th.
Hi Love the comments at the very beginning that Larry is a Dinosaur. That being true, 20% of people from Kansas don’t believe in him…haha
November 16th, 2006 at 6:57 amThese are the type of idiots in the media, who always seem to be able to end up broadcasting nationally and mediating to the masses. He should be fired just for that statement because it exemplifies what a ding bat this man is.
November 16th, 2006 at 7:00 amI suugest Larry contact the inventor of the internet - Al Gore - for a few lessons.
November 16th, 2006 at 7:11 amThe Internet allows access to all the free world’s knowledge from any keyboard. Anyone who negates that is a consummate imbecile.
Larry is the King of pablum. His employer is America’s jestor.
November 16th, 2006 at 7:25 amBetween Roseanne Barr and Larry King, theres probably enough electrical brain power to jump start a AAA battery
November 16th, 2006 at 7:33 amStubberrrrnnn………man with some fears that someone can prove he is wrong. Perhaps he doesnt need the internet……… but I do feel sorry for him.
November 16th, 2006 at 7:42 am