Is it true that Larry King never prepared for interviews?

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Larry himself said that, and that his reasoning was that the average audience member knew little or nothing about a given show guest.  So he preferred to begin as they would begin, and learn about the guest during the course of the show.  Is that even humanly possible?

Stephen · Answer

He always was un-prepared!!

Anonymous · Answer

If you watched his interviews -- yes, they were mostly terrible. I always thought he was awful at his job.

Liz · Answer

Yes it seems good strategy, although some hosts will do a bit of research on their guest.

Petter · Answer

Why would it not be humanly possible?  If you chat with someone at a social gathering, say a dinner, christmas, a wedding, a party or what ever, do you really bring along prepared questions to ask people?  =)

Is it true that Larry King never prepared for interviews?

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