They Forced Larry King off the Air for This?

Larry King signed off his long running talk show tonight with a lot of dignity and grace.


The most historic part of the broadcast was the assemblage of all three of the current network news anchors; Katie Couric, Brian Williams, and Diane Sawyer who met at CNN's New York studios to honor Larry. Why Barbara Walters joined them I will never know. Sure she anchored the news for a brief time in the seventies but they didn't go out and dig up Peter Jennings, who probably still has more life in him that Barbrara does. I can't help it the woman irritates me.


Former president Bill Clinton also showed up and even had the good humor to make a reference to his own trouble with zippers when Larry, Bill Maher and Ryan Seacrest began discussing Larry's penchant for zippered jeans as compared to button-flies.

To his credit Bill Maher only interrupted the proceedings for a split second to call the former president out on his support of Obama's wretched tax cut compromise. I was proud of him.

CNN won't admit it but they are really pushing him out in an attempt to get someone who is a little less old school, someone hip enough to interview Lady Gaga. (apparently Larry had an interview with her recently in which he appeared out of his element....did no one stop to consider that about 95% of the general public might have trouble keeping up with her?)


And who are they replacing Larry with? Piers Morgan. Oh yeah, he's hip. That ought to bring in the ratings. The guy is all personality, if you consider smug, arrogant and rude personality traits. Apparently he has journalistic credentials in Great Britain. I don't care! I have only seen  him on America's Got Talent and Celebrity Apprentice.  (Oh and by the way....America may have talent but most of the contestants on that show don't...that includes you Susan Boyle.....you are  no better than most singers that could be found  in any church choir.....the fact you needed an extreme makeover does not qualify you for a recording contract....) 

Trace Adkins detested Piers on Celebrity Apprentice and that's all the lack of endorsement I need. Any man who can write an eloquent anthem like Honky Tonk Bodonkadonk must be trusted. A man who crafted such a masterpiece obviously has his hand on the pulse of the nation.