Video: Seinfeld rips into Larry King
posted at 7:42 pm on November 2, 2007 by Bryan
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We all need a cleanser of some sort after that awfulness from The View, so here it is. CNN dinosaur host Larry King famously never preps for interviews. This time it shows more than usual.
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Lol, I was tempted to send this to you guys earlier, but wasn’t sure if you would find it as entertaining as I did. I half expected Kramer to come sliding in and say “Hey buddy!” and then rant against King… “Throw him out hes a dinosaur! He’s a dinooooo! He’s a dinooooo!”
RightWinged on November 2, 2007 at 7:44 PM
“Can someone get a resumé for me!?”
Does he ever get out of character?
Keljeck on November 2, 2007 at 7:46 PM
I liked it. Larry is well past the sell-by date.
CrimsonFisted on November 2, 2007 at 7:50 PM
That. Was. AWESOME!
Mistahtibbs on November 2, 2007 at 7:51 PM
Yannow…Jerry looks exceptionally good for a 53 yo man.
Very nice.
The Ugly American on November 2, 2007 at 7:53 PM
Ha Ha! Larry’s phoning it in - he rocks.
Dork B. on November 2, 2007 at 7:58 PM
The character he played was called Jerry Seinfeld, so no. The only difference is that onscreen he would have been affronted in a much funnier, more incredulous way.
aengus on November 2, 2007 at 7:58 PM
Jerry is the master of his domain.
TheSitRep on November 2, 2007 at 7:59 PM
Ha! It’s about time someone calls him out on his ignorance about who he is interviewing. Not prepared? I heard he has never even been on a computer. His look (glasses and suspenders) can only carry him so far and I think they have carried him to far already. IMAO Larry King is a joke. No, I don’t care for him to much.
abinitioadinfinitum on November 2, 2007 at 8:00 PM
I think CNN just found the replacement host.
Zorro on November 2, 2007 at 8:01 PM
king looked kinda pissed at the end.
lorien1973 on November 2, 2007 at 8:03 PM
It’s time to send Larry off to the nearest Del Webb community. He probably never saw an episode of Seinfeld. I think it’s pretty accurate to say that he really doesn’t know who Seinfeld is, or where he put his glasses yesterday.
JeffB. on November 2, 2007 at 8:05 PM
no soup for larry.
palefaced on November 2, 2007 at 8:10 PM
Hey guys…
OT, but I heard something that sounds like Tancredo is pulling out… is that right?
linlithgow on November 2, 2007 at 8:12 PM
That was awesome.
I think Kevin Nealon used to do Larry King on SNL. This was almost as if King was doing Nealon’s Mr. Short Term Memory Loss. “Have we met?”
Senility on parade.
Wingo on November 2, 2007 at 8:21 PM
They should get together for one special episode where a senile host in a bow tie interviews a fire hydrant.
pedestrian on November 2, 2007 at 8:34 PM
There’s got to be a left wing group that will protest the inhumane treatment of Dinosaurs
Drtuddle on November 2, 2007 at 8:37 PM
Someones gonna say it so……
That’s gold Jerry…gold
sweeper on November 2, 2007 at 8:37 PM
I can’t believe I had to use Think Progress for this (but HotAir’s video no longer works), but I thought I’d remind everyone about when Larry King confessed having never used the internet:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/15/larry-king-internet/
Stands to reason he’s clueless about how big Seinfeld was (and is).
Exit Question: What does the clueless dinosaur do in his spare time that causes him to be this obvlivious to the world around him? I’m guessing he’s soaking in a giant pickle jar.
RightWinged on November 2, 2007 at 8:39 PM
And he still seemed pretty polite, too. That was a good laugh.
robblefarian on November 2, 2007 at 8:45 PM
“Look at you…you’re wearing suspenders and a belt. How can I trust a man who can’t even trust his own pants?”
Coronagold on November 2, 2007 at 9:03 PM
Seinfeld, gone but still the funniest show ever!
Gatordoug on November 2, 2007 at 9:15 PM
Pwnt!
AlexB on November 2, 2007 at 9:17 PM
Larry King is an idiot.
madmonkphotog on November 2, 2007 at 9:19 PM
Okay, Tom’s not pulling out… just won’t return to the House.
Too bad - he’s raised awareness of the problems of illegal immigration.
linlithgow on November 2, 2007 at 9:26 PM
Jerry, not funny, the Seinfeld characters funny on the show, by themselves, not funny
Kini on November 2, 2007 at 9:28 PM
Normally, if someone utters the words, “Do you know who I am?” this is probably a code for ‘Don’t you know how important I am?’. In this case, however, I think it is an honest question - King has no idea!
Resolute on November 2, 2007 at 9:31 PM
Damn. That’s why Seinfeld was number one and went out on a high note. What great poise and quick wittedness.
That movie Comedians he did was terrible though.
Dusty on November 2, 2007 at 9:39 PM
Was that the documentary? The thing I remember most was the irony of Jerry Seinfeld. On stage he has a reputation for being a “clean” comic that doesn’t have to rely on foul language to get a laugh. In real life it’s “f-bomb this, and f-bomb that.” I didn’t think he had it in him.
That being said, You’re the best, Jerry! The best!
Mallard T. Drake on November 2, 2007 at 9:53 PM
Who picks out Larry’s clothes? Yikes!
Hening on November 2, 2007 at 10:02 PM
He should have looked at King, then aside and said, “Newman!”
jed58 on November 2, 2007 at 10:24 PM
Larry King vrs.Jerry Seinfeld:
Absolutely Fabulous,LOL.
canopfor on November 2, 2007 at 10:24 PM
I didn’t take that line as a Mike Wallace “do you know who I am (I could squash you like a bug/you’ll never work in this town again!)?” line. I took it more as “Larry, don’t they even tell you who the guests are? For God’s sake, Larry, it’s me, Jerry Seinfeld…”
Larry isn’t just senile, he’s actually quite stupid in the first place. Why on earth is he on tv?
Jaibones on November 2, 2007 at 10:30 PM
Jerry makes $60 million a year off of reruns/residuals and Larry King has the audacity (sinility) to ask if his show was cancelled.
Talk about projectionism.
omnipotent on November 2, 2007 at 10:52 PM
w00t jerry
bigbeas on November 2, 2007 at 11:45 PM
I think Jerry just pointed out to CNN that we are not all stuck on Groundhog day and that society has a memory and doesn’t have to be reintroduced to the world each day by CNN or it’s simulants.
BL@KBIRD on November 3, 2007 at 12:08 AM
That friggin fossil Larry King needs to get off the air and go back to smokin Camels and give the chair to someone else.
I am still pissed over how he treated Joel Osteen and his wife a week or so ago. What scum Larry is like the channel he works for.
johnnyU on November 3, 2007 at 12:22 AM
Someone please tell Larry king that Light Bright just isn’t cool anymore. It is past time for him to upgrade to Etch-a-sketch.
Good for you Jerry. Stupid questions deserve stupid answers, or in this case, being treated like an idiot.
El Guapo on November 3, 2007 at 12:43 AM
All,
You guys realize that was all a joke, correct?
Larry King obviously knew the answer to the question he was asking and Jerry Seinfeld used it as an opportunity to make a joke. He was kidding with the ‘do you know who I am?’ thing, mock outrage.
Pretty funny, I thought.
Jason on November 3, 2007 at 2:03 AM
He’s 53?!?! Maybe 53 isn’t as old as I thought it was. Hmmmm.
tikvah on November 3, 2007 at 3:02 AM
Both of these guys were on Conan tonight (Larry just for a bit early on, Jerry as a guest…. no mention of this exchange from either)
RightWinged on November 3, 2007 at 3:19 AM
Got to love the Drake.
soundingboard on November 3, 2007 at 3:33 AM
In Larry’s defence, didn’t he spend most of the ’90s going through a handful of messy divorces.
He just didn’t have time to watch a show about nothing.
soundingboard on November 3, 2007 at 3:36 AM
Next, up Charro.
Former Secretary of State, -or Coochie-Coo, -or something.
I think Larry’s suspenders are too loose.
Around the neocortex.
(And he didn’t look too happy with been p3wned, either.)
profitsbeard on November 3, 2007 at 3:38 AM
Stupid is as stupid asks.
Jerry should buy CNN and replace Suspender Man.
Trivia from “One against 100″ -
Who had the most wives (cute theme - 3 “kings”)?
A. Henry VIII
B. Larry King
C. Michael Jackson
Look it up - I don’t want to spoil it for you.
fred5678 on November 3, 2007 at 3:56 AM
The odd part is that the caption reading “Seinfeld cancelled?” ran across the screen. What’s up with that? Surely King doesn’t take any part in deciding what caption to run. So does the production crew not know who Seinfeld is either?
radjah shelduck on November 3, 2007 at 5:53 AM
You have to wonder if Larry’s new young wife still considers him ’sponge worthy !
DoctorDentons on November 3, 2007 at 6:33 AM
Looks like Jerry punctured the bubble boys bubble.
Tantor on November 3, 2007 at 8:47 AM
What makes you think Larry King “obviously” knew the answer to his question? As Bryan notes above, Larry famously admits that he NEVER prepares for his interviews.
I’m not a big Seinfeld fan, but I liked him after this segment!
asc85 on November 3, 2007 at 9:59 AM
Put a golf ball in Larry’s blow hole.
Wade on November 3, 2007 at 10:15 AM
Let me fix that for ya:
Yeah, another tired “Larry King is old” joke, I went there. Slap it high!
RightWinged on November 3, 2007 at 10:27 AM
That’s all right. His wife Andrea Mitchell mixes up the words Vietnam and Iraq about half the time she speaks. Oh wait, she’s married to Greenspan. I have to keep my cast of “characters” straight. Sadly Seinfeld will be the Larry King of his era some day. It’s hard to stay hip.
pc on November 3, 2007 at 10:38 AM
Larry King is embarrassing…
eanax on November 3, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Softball interviews. He offers a “safe” forum for those to sell themselves of their projects or engage in some emergency PR.
eanax on November 3, 2007 at 10:47 AM
Larry King has never been known as someone who knows what he is talking about. He is at his best groveling before some B list hasbeen. I mean, how many times as he genuflected before Suzanne Somers. When Letterman interviews these selfabsorbed Hollywood types, he sounds and acts bored to death. He even says so after the guest leaves the show. But for King, I get the impression that he is genuinely thrilled to be in the presence of such greatness. About two years ago, He was interviewing Jennifer Beales (who has not been heard from since 1983 with Flashdance) and King was positively giddy. He thought he would get down and jiggy with his guest.
King was even sycophantic with Louis Farrakhan. Farrakhan began a sentence by saying: “Mr. King…” and then Farrakhan went on a rift about “The Jews” and how Judiasm really was “a gutter religion”. When Farrakhan finally needed to take a breather, all King would do is say: “Please, call me Larry”. King is like the kid in high school who is kind of nerdy and thinks if he hangs around the star of the football team, he will seem cool.
Larraby on November 3, 2007 at 10:47 AM
Always liked him. Wasn’t one of the big fans of the show, because the woman in it annoyed me, but he pretty much owned King right there.
MadisonConservative on November 3, 2007 at 10:50 AM
If Seinfeld had a name tag that read…
Hello My Name is Jerry Seinfeld
Larry King would still call him George Harrison.
saved on November 3, 2007 at 11:03 AM
He’s a tired old life-long LIBERAL. You’ll find him sleeping on a park bench wrapped in the New York Times…
landlines on November 3, 2007 at 11:17 AM
FWIW, this post is the top search result at Google for “seinfeld larry king” (other than one example news item under “News results for seinfeld larry king”).
insomni on November 3, 2007 at 1:29 PM
I’m not a Seinfeld fan by any stretch, but that was GREAT!
Insomniac on November 3, 2007 at 1:42 PM
After all those years, has Jerry ever found his missing half of his pair of socks that escaped from his dryer?
Hmmm….
King has to go. I’m afraid one of these interviews he’ll just drop dead.
“Larry! You suck! C’mon man, keep up with the info! You’re a dinosaur! You hear me? A dinoooooo!”
Larry gasps…clutches his chest…”Why you little….”
Kokonut on November 3, 2007 at 3:25 PM
There’s a news flash about King being swindled in an insurance flipping scheme.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/1102073king1.html
King is suing his insurance broker.
Methinks King is unable to handle his financial affairs (as well as being an on-air idiot), and needs to have a guardian appointed to protect him.
georgej on November 3, 2007 at 3:53 PM