Tag: Larry King

Watch: Larry King Attends Notre Dame Game With Regis Philbin

The broadcasting world was shaken Saturday with the news that Larry King died at the age of 87.

The broadcasting world was shaken Saturday with the news that Larry King died at the age of 87. Anybody who was somebody appeared on his CNN talk show. One of those somebodies was Notre Dame alumnus Regis Philbin, who passed away in July. When the Irish battled Stanford at Notre Dame Stadium in 2002, Philbin invited King to the game, and the two appeared on WNDU-TV’s pregame show:

The Cardinal were a bad team in 2002, so it should be no surprise that the Irish crushed them that afternoon, 31-7, in the first of a rivalry-long seven consecutive wins in the battle for the Legends Trophy. Notre Dame’s two-headed rushing monster of Ryan Grant and Rashon Powers-Neal combined for 211 yards and two touchdowns on 31 carries. On defense, Courtney Watson and Shane Walton returned interceptions for touchdowns from 34 and 18 yards out, respectively. To say the least, King was in South Bend on a good day.

Shrek fans know that King and Philbin worked together on those films. They were the respective voices of Doris and Mabel, the ugly stepsisters. But whatever they did together, they were broadcasting legends who happened to be legends. Let’s be happy that they didn’t have to be separated from each other for very long.

Fans everywhere are mourning the loss of legendary news anchor Larry King

King was 87 years old.

Legendary news broadcaster Larry King passed away on Saturday at 87 years old. His cause of death has not yet been announced.

King spent 63 years in media across different platforms from radio to television and even digital media. He became a household name for a lot of people. He was a legitimately well-liked and, most importantly, trusted source of news for people.

Most notably he spent 25 years hosting CNN’s “Larry King Live” where he hosted some of the most candid interviews you’ll see with some of the biggest stars of our time.

He interviewed well over 60,000 subjects throughout his illustrious career and promised to never retire — even after his run on cable news ended in 2010. He moved from CNN to Hulu’s Ora TV to continue his work.

King’s death was announced via his Twitter account on Saturday morning.

When the news broke, fans everywhere mourned the loss of King and all of the contributions he’s made to journalism over the years through the work he’s done.

People took time to reflect on the loss and they also looked back on some of his finest work.

They also remembered some of his most fun moments and best interviews.

Rest in peace to Larry King.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BGHXXFAXp0&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=USATODAYSports

FTW Explains: What is this ‘Larry, I’m on Ducktales’ thing?

Let us catch you up on the spectacular Danny Pudi meme.

Welcome to For The Win Explains, our little feature where we get you caught up on things going on in the world. Today, we tackle the internet meme “Larry, I’m on Ducktales.”

OK, so who’s involved in this whole thing?

The two main characters to know are Larry King, he of the many interviews and softball questions, and Danny Pudi, a comedian and actor who’s been on shows like Community, Mythic Quest, and — importantly here — a reboot of Ducktales, the animated series.

They rebooted Ducktales? 

Yep. In 2017. It’s decent!

OK, cool. So, what’s this everyone is talking about?

Pudi went on Larry King’s new show for an interview and during the interview King asked him what was a luxury that he couldn’t live without. Pudi thought for a moment and then said, “Coffee.”

I love coffee.

I do, too! It was a good answer.

So what’s the problem?

Larry King did not think it was a good answer.

Oh.

Larry King insisted that coffee is not a luxury, and in one of his rare instances in getting tough as an interviewer, insisted that Pudi think of another luxury. Pudi, sort of flabbergasted, thought long and hard and then said “Uh, socks?” As in he loves a good pair of socks.

Another nice thing.

Absolutely.

I’m guessing King didn’t like that answer either.

You guessed right. King was frankly disgusted by this answer, and demanded Pudi come up with a better luxury that he couldn’t live without. Pudi, out of ideas, then asked King to tell him a luxury that fits him. King smiled a chilly smile then said “a private plane.”

A private plane?

Yes. And that set up Pudi’s spectacular line, and the meme you’re seeing everywhere: “Larry. I’m on Ducktales.”

Oh that’s good.

Exactly. Pudi, with just a quick, perfect, self-deprecating sentence, shows King how he’s living in a totally alternate reality from even the very successful people he’s having on his show. It’s the perfect answer for any of us who’ve ever had a very wealthy friend make some ridiculous suggestion, like that we should all get away to Aspen for a weekend. Like, I’d love to go to Aspen, but Larry? I’m on Ducktales. 

I’m glad I understand this now.

I’m glad you do, too.

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