१७ डिसेंबर, २०१०

Larry King, Bill Clinton, and the "zipper club."

A little embarrassment on Larry King's last show:
The guests [included] former president Bill Clinton, fit and felicitous as piped in from Arkansas. The encounter was hampered by annoying pauses and delays caused by a slothful satellite - and by a fleeting bit of embarrassment involving the term "zipper club."

King said that he and Clinton were both members of that fanciful aggregation, an unfortunate reference considering that, earlier, [Ryan] Seacrest had clumsily asked King whether the fly on his trousers had a zipper or buttons. A bit belatedly, King explained that the "zipper club" is for men who've had open-heart surgery. "I'm glad you clarified that," Clinton said, with a forgiving smile.
AND: Here's the whole darn show. The Bill Clinton stuff starts at 26:00.

२९ टिप्पण्या:

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

They were having a heart to heart talk. Of course the great value of keeping ones chest zipped up is similar to the value of a man keeping his pants zipped up when with a woman not his wife.

AllenS म्हणाले...

According to Bill Clinton, the phrase "zipper club" has two meanings. Just like the word "is". Heh!

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

Hebrew Proverb 4:23 says to ,"guard your heart for out of it come all of the issues of life". The issues caused by Monica Lewinski getting Clinton's zipper down remain always with him.

Unknown म्हणाले...

Willie can't afford any more zipper malfunctions - of either type.

The rule of Lemnity म्हणाले...

Although King is being treated coldly by CNN, which is shoving him aside for a younger host despite King's status as a television icon, he expressed no bitterness in his closing remarks..

Remember when Larry thought Seinfeld had been "cancelled"?

ha ha..

AllenS म्हणाले...

I've never watched one Larry King episode.

AllenS म्हणाले...

Is anybody else experiencing a major slow motion when trying to make a comment?

Rob म्हणाले...

For the first time in eons, I watched Larry King last night--a crapfest that was relieved only by the hilarious zipper club moment. It's a pity Anna Nicole Smith couldn't have been there to take her rightful place among those wishing King well.

King is a poor advertisement for a life of debauchery. No one can blame CNN for cancelling him, though putting him down might have been more merciful.

gadfly म्हणाले...

Larry King Alive, as Rush calls his show, got canceled in the ratings war. His viewership is down 44% from a year ago and he is getting creamed by Hannity and Rachel Maddow(!)in his time slot.

Trooper York म्हणाले...

You have to love when Larry King goes to the movies.

NSFW.

Titus म्हणाले...

No Blake Edwards obit Helen?

Titus म्हणाले...

Piers Morgan is going to be "slightly dangerous" in his new show. At least that's what the ad says.

How interesting.

ricpic म्हणाले...

With Larry King retiring where will all those public thieves and knaves - who have just caught some damaging exposure - go for a puff ball interview?

Hoosier Daddy म्हणाले...

Larry King has had like 8 wives? How is this guy not on food stamps?

David म्हणाले...

After the show, they all went out and had dinner and drinks at the Slipper Inn.

David म्हणाले...

More than once a week, my wife will softly and kindly say "zipper."

Then she laughs.

I think I know what she means.

FormerTucsonan म्हणाले...

King is a poor advertisement for a life of debauchery. No one can blame CNN for cancelling him, though putting him down might have been more merciful.

Yep, live on TV. Just get Woody Harrelson coked up and give him a bolt gun.

FormerTucsonan म्हणाले...

His viewership is down 44% from a year ago and he is getting creamed by Hannity and Rachel Maddow(!)in his time slot.

Wow! He, cream, and Maddow; three words I never would have expected to see in the same sentence!

Phil 314 म्हणाले...

The passing of an error

former law student म्हणाले...

Years ago, an crusty old salesman told me the surgeon had opened him up, "from the apple to the banana."

AmPowerBlog म्हणाले...

I watched it last night. It definitely felt like the 1990s, but there was a time when I liked the show and watched it regularly. Times change.

MamaM म्हणाले...

...the surgeon had opened him up, "from the apple to the banana."

Thurber refers to the cut as Guggle to Zatch.

"I'll slit you from your guggle to your zatch," the Duke replied, ""and feed you to the Todal....it's made of lip and it gleeps."

DaveW म्हणाले...

Huh. I'm in the zipper club. Who knew?

DaveW म्हणाले...

Professor I just ordered a Kindle off your Amazon search link. I hope you get credit for that.

Gift for the wife, she's dropped a ton of hints about it, but says "no" if I ask her if she wants one at Christmas and birthdays. So...now she'll have one.

traditionalguy म्हणाले...

R.I.P. Larry King. He was a good communicator that threw in some good questions and let his guests talk.

A.W. म्हणाले...

larry king accidentally suggested he ever had sex?

yike. now i won't be able to have sex for like a month. thank you for that mental image.

rcocean म्हणाले...

Wimmen's just can't get enough Larry King.

It points out the difference in the sexes. Women will marry 80 year old - walking mummy - Larry King. He's on TV and has $$$. But would any young man run after Terry Gross because she's on the radio and has some Dinero?

I mean, any man except Bill Clinton, who'd chase anything for a Lewinski. I bet Terry Gross gave Billy Jeff a boner.

The Dude म्हणाले...

Ah, I had a better surgeon - my heart was accessed through my ribcage, leaving my sternum intact, in a procedure called "keyhole" surgery.

The post-op pain, though great, was not nearly as bad as I hear chest cracking is.

William म्हणाले...

Larry was never the attraction, but he had a fair number of interesting or newsworthy guests. He gave them all a chance to expound their message or give their side of the story. He asked the appropriate questions, but never in a confrontational play. Whatever the chaos in his personal life, his on air persona was pleasant and good humored. He now joins Joe Franklin in that valhalla of the greats.