Larry King Admits He's Never Used the Internet (video and transcript)

[DeepModem Mom]

ThinkProgress.org: 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....

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/15/larry-king-internet/

[bidiboom]

1. My 86 y. old grandma does.

And she loves it!

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Go, Granny! Larry should be ashamed of himself. Welcome to DU, bidiboom!

[laundry_queen]

17. Mine too.

She even decided to take a couple of computer courses and got her own email and everything. She thinks it's just great. "And cheaper than phone calls too." LOL.

[MoonRiver]

3. And it shows...

:eyes:

[QuestionAll...]

11. lol. he's friggen ignorant then!

and depends on the sheets fed to him from the corpmasts or what his buddies opinions are on his regular meeting for breakfast.
o, and Reading The Papers....

surprise surprise.

[Hubert Flottz]

4. I wondered why Larry King acted so damned stupid!

It's not an act!

[DeeDeeNY]

5. He should learn to use the internets

Ted Stevens can teach him how it's all about the tubes!

[Arugula Latte]

15. And Dubya can teach him how to use The Google! nt

[Anakin Skywalker]

6. Damn! He's Just Like Bush?

Damn, Larry! Don't you even surf for naughty sites, man? Come on.

[Cocoa]

7. I love Roseanne

she's one of the few celebrities I'm interested in their interviews.

[Anakin Skywalker]

8. Lots of Hot Girls on the Internet, Larry! You know you want that!

[HaggardsMethDealer]

9. Reminds me of Norm MacDona;d's impersonation

Where he just says random, out of touch, meaningless things....

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/99/99clarryking1.phtml



Larry King's News & Views I

Larry King.....Norm MacDonald


Announcer: If you're not reading Larry King's News and Views in USA Today, then you're missing on the issues that matter.

Larry King: This is News and Views, here's my two cents, gang..

If you only see one film the rest of your life it should be "Mickey Blue Eyes".

When it comes to window blinds, vertical blinds are terrific, but so are horizontal blinds.

Has anybody ever died of a heart attack? I mean, really?

I don't care what anyone says, in my book, Ted Kaczynski is not the Unabomber.

Sudden thought: When did sugar diabetes become plain old diabetes?

Of all of the figures of the 20th Century one of the greatest has to be Robert Urich.

I have no tolerance, gang, for anyone who commits arson.

World Series prediction, it will be the Diamondbacks in 4.

The more I think about it, the more I appreciate the equator.

I don't ever remember seeing a Mormon, not once, not ever.

Is it just me, or is anyone else sick and tired of Nelson Mandela?

Here's the dirty truth, gang, Poland spring water does not come from Poland.

I interviewed Chile's imprisoned dictator General Pinochet last week, and take it from me, guys, this fella has a terrific laugh.

Does anybody remember baseball cards?

Between Hurricane Hugo and Hurricane Andrew, nothing beats Hurricane Hugo.

My wish for the new millennium is that we see a lot more of John Larroquette.

Family update, folks: Holding my baby son, Chance King makes me realize how much more I love him than my other children.

Announcer: This has been USA Today's News and Views with Larry King.

Larry King: Margarine has its place, but nothing beats the real deal... butter.


Thanks to Jordan Davidson of The SNL Message Board for this transcript.

[Jed Dilligan]

12. There was one on Mad TV too...

I remember that he rated the scariness of the various races (Blacks scariest, Asians least scary, Whites and Latinos in between) and said he felt the most beautiful part of the human body is the scrotum.

[walldude]

10. I call Bullshit...

Is he trying to tell me that he's never been on the internet before? No e-mail? I say he's a liar. Gee they even have a Lary King Live Internet Newsletter.
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/

So either he's lying or he has no say in what his flunkies put on the internet. Either way he looks like an asshole.

[Auggie]

13. Larry King = Empty Suit

[mike_c]

14. not possible, IMO....

Whether King has ever personally used the internet with his own hands is one thing, but he is at the top of a news organization and virtually everything that crosses his desk has passed through an internet portal in one form or another. He owes his profession to the internet at this point.

[jimshoes]

16. Wow Larry

that's almost like admitting you don't know how to boil water. Get with the program eh. It's your job, no?

[Imagevision]

18. R-i-g-h-t... and Foley was against predators...