Welcome to Michael and us, I'm Will Sloane.

Here is always with.

Luke Savage, welcome back everyone.

We didn't mention this on the last episode, but I would be remiss if I didn't pay tribute to one of the fallen heroes, one of our personal inspirations for the Michael and Us podcast, a role model for both Luke and I.

Yes, I'm talking about the beloved broadcaster Larry King, who passed away last weekend at the age of 87.

I am curious, what has been your exposure to Larry King, if any?

I think I caught him on late night TV a few times during the two months that my dad had cable growing up because my dad moved and the previous owners didn't disconnect the cable and we got two months of it.

You probably also saw him in a lot of movies over the years where he would play like, he would play Larry King interviewing the lead character from the movie.

Yes. You'd be talking to Bullworth or he'd be talking to I don't know

Kevin Kossner in swing vote or whatever whatever movie it was.

I mean he's probably fulfilled that function on

conservatively three or four movies we've watched for this podcast. I felt a little

sad that Larry King died I have to say I mean I'm I'm sentimental about any old guy who dies. I'm

sentimental about anyone who seems like the end of an era even if it's like you know

kind of a hack broadcaster you know softball interview guy.

But the other reason I feel a bit sad is because there was something I think genuinely authentic about him.

He truly was a bozo in suspenders, he also barely pretended to care about most of the

interviews he did he wasn't fake ingratiating the way that somebody like

Anderson Cooper is you know he famously did no research before any interview at all and the

interviews would would seem like that right this is this is why he's your role model for the

pocket yeah yeah no research not not caring, falling asleep.

I'll just tell you two of my favorite King memories.

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