The long view.Larry King Live Larry King Live is a nightly CNN interview program hosted by broadcaster and writer Larry King. The show premiered in 1985, and is CNN's most watched program, with over one million viewers nightly. Transcript May 27, 2005 LARRY KING Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an award-winning American writer, journalist and broadcaster. He currently hosts a nightly interview program on CNN called Larry King Live, one of the longest running talk shows on American air. : "From Houma, Louisiana The city of Houma (pronounced /homˈɑ/) is the parish seat of Terrebonne Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana and the hub of a metropolitan area of over 200,000 residents. ! Is the caller there?" CALLER: "Um ... yeah, hi, Larry." LARRY KING: "And do you have a question for Pope Benedict XVI  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. ?"
CALLER: "Oh. Is he on now?" LARRY KING: "Caller, what's your question for the new pope?" CALLER: "It was actually for the cast of Eight Simple Rules." LARRY KING: "That was the last segment. Do you have a question for the Pope, newly elected Cardinal Ratzinger?" CALLER: "Um ... sure. Sure, I guess. Um ... Your Holiness Your Holiness is the formal style by which the Coptic Pope and the Catholic Pope are addressed, and is properly the superlative style, taking precedence before all other styles; when rendered in the third person, "His Holiness" may be abbreviated to "HH", but this , I was wondering what you think you'll enjoy the most about being the Supreme Pontiff?" LARRY KING: "Good question, Your Holiness. Can I call you that? I'm just a Jew from New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Will that be a thing?" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "No, no, Larry. As you know, we of the Roman Catholic faith believe that your people have a special relationship with the Lord and--" LARRY KING: "Chosen, right? We're chosen. Let me ask you something: Is it scary? One minute you're a guy in the red thing with the cap dealie, the next, white smoke, the robes, boom! You're a pope. What was going through your head?" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Well, Larry, obviously one feels immensely humbled by the task that God has chosen for one." LARRY KING: "The power?" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "The responsibility. One prays to God, Larry, that He will give one the strength to be a wise Father of the Church." LARRY KING: "So there's lots of prayer involved here?" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "I beg your pardon?" LARRY KING: "Tomorrow night! Celebrities and obesity! Sanjay Gupta
Sanjay Gupta (Hindi: संजय गुप्ता), born 23 October 1969, is a second-generation Indian-American physician and a and Kirstie Alley Kirsten Louise Alley (born January 12, 1951) is an American Emmy Award winning actress best known for her role in the TV show Cheers, where she played Rebecca Howe from 1987-1993, winning an Emmy as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 1991. ! She's courageous, don't you think, Your Holiness?" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "I am not familiar with her." LARRY KING: "From Schaumburg, Illinois Schaumburg is a village in Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 75,386. As of 2005, the population slightly dropped to 72,690 according to the Census Bureau. ! You're on with the new pope!" CALLER: "Oh, hey, Larry. Hello, Your Holiness." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Hello, my child." CALLER: "I was just wondering, Your Holiness, and I mean no offense, but why are you on the Larry King show?" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Well, that's a wonderful question. I think it was something that I sensed, along with many of my advisers in the Vatican, that perhaps what I needed to do, as the newly elected leader of the Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. , was reach out to as many people as I can." LARRY KING: "Sort of a 'hello dere' tour. get that." CALLER: "But why Larry King? Why not O'Reilly? I think his ratings are, like, ten times what--" LARRY KING: "This weekend! The Gatlin Brothers and the Judd Sisters! Together! Pope, I'm going to say a few words to you, and I want your immediate response, okay? Don't think about it. Just say the first words
First Words is a Canadian hip hop group, consisting of Halifax beatmaker Jorun, DJ STV and emcees Sean One & Above. that pop into your head. Ready?" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Ready." LARRY KING: "Abortion." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Wrong." LARRY KING: "Divorce." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Wrong." LARRY KING: "Gay marriage." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Wrong." LARRY KING: "Euthanasia." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Wrong." LARRY KING: "Lesbian adoptions." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Wrong." LARRY KING: "Rap music rap music or hip-hop, genre originating in the mid-1970s among black and Hispanic performers in New York City, at first associated with an athletic style of dancing, known as breakdancing. ." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "I am unfamiliar with that kind of music." LARRY KING: "They don't play that every now and then in the Vatican?" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "There's no shortage of beautiful music played in the Vatican, Larry." LARRY KING: "Yeah, but ..." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Is rap music that music filled with rhymes and half rhymes of sexual braggadocio brag·ga·do·ci·o n. pl. brag·ga·do·ci·os 1. A braggart. 2. a. Empty or pretentious bragging. b. A swaggering, cocky manner. and threats of violence?" LARRY KING: "Exactly!" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Then it's wrong, too." LARRY KING: "Your Holiness, is there a sense that the Church needs to loosen up a bit? Maybe take some of the things in the 'wrong' column and maybe move 'em over to the 'use caution while operating' column?" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "No." LARRY KING: "No sense at all?" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "No." LARRY KING: "It's just that, as a guy from Brooklyn, I gotta say, maybe the Church should relax a bit." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Relax a bit?" LARRY KING: "Yeah. Maybe. Take the edge off some stuff." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "You think maybe we're too uptight?" LARRY KING: "I'm just saying that as a guy who looks at ratings for a living." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "You feel that we should adjust the Church's ancient and holy beliefs to better suit today's fashions?" LARRY KING: "Yeah." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "This from a guy who's been married, what, seven times?" LARRY KING: "Six." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Call me a liar for getting it wrong." LARRY KING: "Why do I feel that I'm about to get my knuckles rapped with a ruler?" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Because you are. Hands out, Mr. King." LARRY KING: "But I'm Jewish!" POPE BENEDICT XVI: "That's no excuse." LARRY KING: "Used to be." POPE BENEDICT XVI: "Hands out, Mr. King!" LARRY KING: "Tuesday! The whole hour with the Gilmore Girls Gilmore Girls is an American television drama/comedy created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. The series premiered on The WB on October 5, 2000 and ended on May 15, 2007, with its seventh season, which aired on The CW Television Network. ! Ow!" |
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