SHORT TAKES : King’s Fantasy Interview? Jesus
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NEW YORK — Talk show host Larry King says his fantasy interview would be with Jesus Christ.
“I would ask him if he believed that he was born of virgin birth, because whatever the answer is changes or reinforces the world,” King said in an interview in People magazine’s Oct. 22 issue.
King, 56, said his toughest interviews were Demond Wilson, who starred in the TV series “Sanford and Son,” and actor Robert Mitchum.
“The worst was Wilson,” said King. “He didn’t want to be there, and he was brash and obnoxious. He wasn’t very nice.”
Mitchum “just gave me one-word answers,” King said. “In a half-hour I must have asked him 832 questions. I was down to asking him, ‘Well, do you think it’s going to rain tomorrow?’ ”
Nevertheless, King said, “I like Mitchum a lot.”
King will be host of a new variety show, “Sunday Night With Larry King,” beginning Oct. 28 on NBC.
