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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: Hasta la vista, baby.
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WHITNEY HOUSTON: And I...
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R. JACKSON: When Whitney did "I Will Always Love You," the Dolly Parton classic, it was another one of those iconic times.
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HOUSTON: ... always love you.
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COOPER (voice-over): The early '90s -- the stock market soars and the Internet roars.
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JOHNNY CARSON: I bid you a very heartfelt good night.
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COOPER: Johnny's off, but "Seinfeld" is on.
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JERRY SEINFELD: But are you still master of your domain?
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I can still (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
COOPER: Grunge explodes while glam metal implodes. Tattoos and piercings are all the rage and the cool guy with the sax takes center stage.
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COOPER (on camera): What is it about him that whether people like him or hate him, they watch him?
KING: Bill Clinton changes the room. You can be hanging around a room and Bill Clinton walks in the room, it changes.
Las Vegas, Nevada, hello.
VIRGINIA CASSIDY BLYTHE: I want to say hello to my son, Bill Clinton.
BILL CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Hi, mother.
COOPER (voice-over): Fast friends with presidents, Larry grabbed exclusive interviews at their most vulnerable times. In '92, when then President George Bush, Sr. was criticized for being out of touch with the American people.
KING: Oh, so you do drive?
GEORGE H.W. BUSH: Yes.
KING: You drive-drive?
GEORGE H.W. BUSH: I've got a car in Washington, but I don't drive it very much. I'll drive around the circle in the -- in the Oval Office.
KING: Still a Texas driver's license?
GEORGE H.W. BUSH: Still.
You want to see it?
I'm legal, see?
Where's your car?
Let's go for a drive. KING: We'll be back.
Don't go away.
GEORGE H.W. BUSH: He'll ask a question then you actually think, hey, he'd like to know what I think about this. You get your say without kind of yelling and feisty -- a feisty interviewer kind of hitting you before you even speak.
BARBARA BUSH: But he is man that does not accept no. He's very persistent.
KING: I know you're not going to be specific, but I can ask if he was asked.
GEORGE H.W. BUSH: You can ask, but I don't have to answer whether he was asked.
PEROT: It's brains and witch time now.
COOPER: That same year, Larry rocked the nation and the vote when he introduced viewers to a billionaire Texan with big ears and bigger ideas.
PEROT: Create an electronic town hall.
I say OK, child, what do we, you know, you want a dump?
We're going to dump two ways, baby.
And I will not run as either a Democrat or a Republican.
Throw your old tax law out. It's like an old inner tube -- it's full of patches.
COOPER (on camera): Did you know he was going to announce on your show?
KING: No, I didn't.
A friend of mine in New Orleans tipped me off and said, you know, ask Ross Perot if he's going to run for president.
Finally, with a minute left, I said to him one more time, are you giving any thought of running of president?
And he -- I'll tell you what...
H. ROSS PEROT: You register me in 50 states and if you're not willing to organize and do that, then this is...
KING: Wait a minute. Are you...
PEROT: ... all just talk.
KING: Wait a minute. Hold, hold it, hold it, hold it. PEROT: I'm there waiting.
So many people have asked me to do it and I finally decided I had an obligation to do it. Larry basically wanted to know what are you really thinking?
TOM BROKAW: He knew were to go, Ross Perot did.
(MIMICS ROSS PEROT): Larry, I'll get my head under the hood there and I'll just fix it you know? I'll just take care of it.
He was a huge force in American politics as a result of that.
COOPER: What followed was the LARRY KING event that made cable TV history -- one of CNN's highest rated shows ever -- 16.3 million viewers tuned in to hear about a complicated trade issue.
KING: Right before we started, Perot was sitting with me and Gore went up to one of the cameras, leaned against the camera like this and then came and sat down.
And I said, "What was that?"
And he said, "I said a prayer. That's how important this is."
This was the first time in history that a sitting vice president ever debated an ordinary citizen.
GORE: Go ahead.
PEROT: I would like to finish a sentence.
GORE: All right.
PEROT: May I finish?
GORE: All right, go ahead.
PEROT: And this...
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GORE: By the way, I do want to respond.
PEROT: Let's have an unnatural event and try not to interrupt me.
KING: And it changed it. That night changed it. It broke the all time phone record.
PEROT: Oh I didn't -- I never knew it. It couldn't have been a Super Bowl game night, that's for sure.
COOPER: In the '90s, Larry also made history with leading ladies. The King went one on one with screen siren Sharon Stone.
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KING: But this is the first time we are together.
SHARON STONE, ACTRESS: Yes.
KING: Right? It was always...
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KING: Want to do that again?
STONE: Yes.
KING: Go ahead. I don't care. They pay me for this. This is a good job.
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KING: My ex-wife, she said, you know, you're slimming down. You stopped smoking. Maybe you need a new look.
PHYLLIS DILLER, ACTRESS: His stroke of genius are the suspenders. I would give him an A for style.
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JOAN RIVERS, ENTERTAINER: On the red carpet with the suspenders and the glasses and the pants up to here, oh, worst dressed, hall of fame.
KING: So, I tried them one night. And I wore them. All I had to hear was, three people called and said, you looked terrific. That was enough.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG, ACTRESS: And, when you're sitting there with him, you only see him from here up, half of a man.
DOLLY PARTON, ACTRESS/MUSICIAN: He's got his own style. He's the king.
PEROT: I have to admit that I wear suspenders. But you never knew it.
CAROL BURNETT, ACTRESS: Suspenders.
KING: But I like them. They hold your pants up better.
DON RICKLES, COMEDIAN: Some of the outfits, and those shirts and the suspenders can put you away. You know, we ought to put him in a firehouse with a bottle of beer and forget about him.
KING: I'm a brace freak.
COOPER: From megastars, to Muppets, everyone has an opinion of Larry's iconic look. KERMIT THE FROG, MUPPET: And I saw him, and I wanted suspenders. Well, actually, I wanted shoulders first. And then I wanted suspenders.
KING: The most fun I think I had was with Kermit the Frog and his gang. You totally believe you are talking to a frog. You totally accept him as a frog.
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KING: Who fell in love first?
KERMIT THE FROG: Larry -- I will let you take that one.
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KERMIT THE FROG: I don't even understand why a frog and a pig would get together. I will have to talk to Sanjay Gupta about that.
COOPER: Frogs, film stars, first ladies, Larry kept asking questions in the '90s.
But, when we come back, a famed car chase takes Larry and the world on an unforgettable wild ride.
(on camera): Could you believe that this was happening?
KING: It was surreal.
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KING: Now police radio is saying that Simpson has a gun at his head.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is a Bronco. We believe O.J. Simpson is in it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And all the overpasses that we have seen have been lined with cars and pedestrians.
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COOPER (voice-over): It was the watercooler event of the '90s.
KING: They were in airports watching this. They were watching it in bars. All we're doing is along for the ride.
COOPER: Not a Bruckheimer action flick, but a blockbuster just the same. And the night, well, it belonged to Larry.
WENDY WALKER, SENIOR EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, LARRY KING LIVE: All of a sudden, in one of the monitors, I saw this white Bronco. So, I called Atlanta. I said, what is this car?
KING: They buzzed into my ear and said, O.J.'s on the road in a Bronco, being followed by police.
So, we go right to that.
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KING: OK, I'm going to have to interrupt this call. I understand we're going to go to a live picture in Los Angeles.
Police believe that -- that O.J. Simpson is in that car.
This is Interstate 5, one of the many famed California freeways. We don't know if they're going north or south.
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KING: I don't know L.A. I live here now. They bring me a map.
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KING: They veered off 91 on to 710 North.
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KING: And, for three hours, following the roads on a map.
WALKER: We had so much adrenaline going in the control room. And we just couldn't stop.
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KING: Police radio is saying that Simpson, the passenger in the car, has a gun at his head...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, no.
KING: ... which has explained why they haven't been stopping and why they haven't moved up alongside.
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KING: This is really winging it. But -- and that was the most high-life drama.
COOPER (on camera): And do you like that?
KING: Oh, come on. It's the high of all highs.
COOPER (voice-over): The O.J. drama began on LARRY KING LIVE and, six months later, was still going hot and heavy in a Los Angeles courtroom.
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O.J. SIMPSON, DEFENDANT: Absolutely, 100 percent not guilty.
JOHNNIE COCHRAN, ATTORNEY FOR O.J. SIMPSON: If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.
MARCIA CLARK, PROSECUTOR: Mr. Bailey has been caught in a lie.
JUDGE LANCE ITO, LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT: It became necessary for me to excuse one of the jurors in this case.
CLARK: Can you demonstrate for us how loud it was?
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CLARK: After he took her youth, her freedom, and self-respect, Orenthal James Simpson took her very life.
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KING: You were totally shocked?
DENISE BROWN, SISTER OF NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON: I was totally shocked at the extent of all the abuse, yes. After I read her notes, I was completely shocked.
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BROWN: That's the one thing that Larry has been able to let me do, is let people know who Nicole was, let me get the word, the issue of domestic violence, out to the public.
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CLARK: We ask you to find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree.
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ROBERT SHAPIRO, FORMER ATTORNEY FOR O.J. SIMPSON: First week of the trial, and my phone rings.
And Judge Ito growls down and says, "Is that a cell phone?"
"Yes, Your Honor. It's my phone."
And I look at it. And I said to the judge, "But, Judge, it's just Larry King."
COOPER: The King landed a backstage pass to what was dubbed the trial of the century.
(on camera): You actually went to the trial for a day.
KING: I went through the wrong door. I'm in the courtroom. The cameras are on, because Ito is coming back in. As I walk in, he walks behind me.
O.J. says, "Hey, Larry."
COOPER (voice-over): After four months of grueling testimony, the jury returned a verdict in just three short hours.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Orenthal James Simpson, not guilty of the crime of murder.
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COOPER: Outside the courtroom, cheers and jeers.
O.J. Simpson was found not guilty. A few hours later, Larry got a surprising viewer call.
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KING: With us on the phone now is O.J. Simpson.
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WALKER: We gave O.J.'s people the number of the control room. We never really thought it would happen.
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SIMPSON: Fortunately for me, the jury listened to what the witnesses said, and not Marcia Clark's or Darden's or anyone else's rendition of what they said.
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WALKER: It was just such a shock that we were -- it was the first time we had heard from him.
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KING: Would you describe yourself as relieved? Angry? What?
SIMPSON: A little bit of everything.
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COOPER: There would be no shortage of shocking moments in the '90s.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: At 9:04 a.m. this morning, the Federal Building was almost completely destroyed by what we believe was a car bomb.
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WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The bombing at Centennial Olympic Park this morning was an evil act of terror.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Reeve struck a rail head-first when he was thrown from his horse.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Reeve apparently has no movement or spontaneous respiration.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He was the guy. He was Superman.
KING: He didn't blame the horse. He blamed himself. And he became a fighter.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The body of Kurt Cobain was found in a room above the garage.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It does appear self-inflicted. There is a suicide note.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What may be the real reason Lisa Marie Presley is divorcing Michael Jackson.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The only shocking thing about it is that we have never known why she married him.
COOPER: In the '90s, Larry was the place for star sightings. In '94, he landed "A Streetcar Named Desire" actor Marlon Brando.
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MARLON BRANDO, ACTOR: Stella!
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COOPER: Over the years, the film legend had become something of a recluse.
WALKER: One day, we got -- out of the blue, we get a call. He's decided to write his own book. They're making him do one interview. And he's chosen Larry King. KING: The phone rings. I pick it up. I'm a little nervous.
"Hello?"
And this voice says: "Larry King, It's Marlon."
I said, "Marlon who?" I swear to God. I said...
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KING: And he goes, "Marlon Brando."
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KING: So, he says: "I'm going to send a car for you. It will be downstairs in about 20 minutes."
So, I go downstairs. And who pulls up but Brando in the car, driving a white Chevy, like a Chevy Nova. I get in the car. And we start to drive, doing songs.
Like, he would do the first line of the song, and I had to do the second.
COOPER: The duo took their show on the road.
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L. KING (singing): I can't get...
BRANDO (singing): Still, I can't get no place...
BRANDO AND L. KING (singing): ... with you.
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KING (singing): I have flown...
BRANDO AND L. KING (singing): ... around the world in a plane...
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BRANDO AND L. KING (singing): ... in Spain.
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COOPER: Before the show was over, the songbirds were in a lip- lock. The kiss became a king classic.
BRANDO: Goodbye. Goodbye.
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KING: I kiss my brother on the cheek and I have had friends hug me, but he's the only man to ever kiss me on the lips. And I can't stop thinking about him. (LAUGHTER)
TOM BROKAW, NBC NEWS: Well before the movie "Brokeback Mountain" came out, he got kissed by Marlon Brando. And he's always been a trendsetter.
COOPER: From trends to tragedy.
When we come back: the shocking murder that sent a shiver down the nation's spine...
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The body of the former Little Miss Colorado was found in the basement.
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COOPER: ... and kept viewers tuned into Larry for another explosive debate.
KING: That's a crystal moment in my broadcast life.
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COOPER (voice-over): The dawn of a new millennium. "Seinfeld" signed off. "The Sopranos" signed on. Millions wanted to be millionaires. And a Catholic schoolgirl broke all the rules.
RANDY JACKSON, "AMERICAN IDOL" JUDGE: "Baby, Hit Me One More Time," I think even I could have had a hit with that song. That's how great of a song it was.
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LEONARDO DICAPRIO, ACTOR: I'm the king of the world!
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COOPER: A titanic blockbuster ruled the box office. And near, far, wherever you are, no one could escape Celine.
CELINE DION, SINGER: I didn't want to be part of another movie. I didn't want to do it. And I'm glad we recorded the song. And, when -- we did a demo, actually. I never recorded the song again. The song that you hear, the record, the actual record, is the demo. It's the recording of the demo.
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KATE WINSLET, ACTRESS: Jack, this is where we first met.
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COOPER: "Titanic" was not the only love story in 1997. Larry King married again, though, according to his bride, their first meeting was a little awkward.
SHAWN KING, WIFE OF LARRY KING: So, he walked across the street and looked up at me, had his hands in his pockets. And he looked up and went, "Mmm," literally grunted. And I just that thought that -- how bizarre.
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COOPER: On September 5, 1997, Shawn Southwick became the new Mrs. King. But the wedding was nearly called off.
S. KING: He went in for a checkup. And the doctor said: "You can't leave this hospital. If you leave, you could die."
COOPER: Just before an emergency angioplasty, vows were quickly improvised.
ASHER DAN, FRIEND OF LARRY KING: Only Larry King would get married at 5:00 in the morning in a hospital bed.
SID YOUNG, FRIEND OF LARRY KING: Yes. Yes. There were eight of us there.
DAN: And they wanted to fly him out. Did they fly him out?
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SID YOUNG, FRIEND OF LARRY KING: Yes.
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DAN: They fly him out.
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YOUNG: Right after that.
COOPER (on camera): The joke -- people tell the joke that, you know, you like to ask questions. Your favorite question is, will you marry me?
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KING: I don't mind that. You know, hey, it goes with the territory.
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NORM MACDONALD, ACTOR: And how long have you been married?
KING: Seven months.
MACDONALD: Seven months, which is a record.
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COOPER (voice-over): Fatherhood came in 1999, with the birth of a son, Chance. One year later, Cannon arrived.
KING: They totally own me. If anything ever happened to them, I would die. I -- I can't believe how much I love them.
Hey, who's there?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Cargo.
KING: Cargo who?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Car go vroom, vroom, vroom.
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KING: Sometimes, I'm walking to school with them, I walk them to school, and I look at their side views and their profiles. And I can't believe it. I can't believe that I had something to do with creating this.
CHANCE KING, SON OF LARRY KING: He is a really good dad. And I really like him because he -- he's, like, really patient.
L. KING (singing): The infield, the outfield, the catchers and pitchers abound.
CANNON KING, SON OF LARRY KING: This is him on LARRY KING LIVE.
COOPER: In 1998, a scandal at the White House.
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W. CLINTON: I did not have...
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W. CLINTON: Indeed, I did have a relationship with Ms. Lewinsky that was not appropriate.
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MONICA LEWINSKY, FORMER WHITE HOUSE INTERN: People still don't fully know me as a person. And people are still getting to know me, because there was an entire year spent with the media sort of creating Monica Lewinsky. And that -- that wasn't me.
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KING: Smart, bubbly, infectious laughter, nice personality. I wouldn't picture Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky having dinner.
COOPER (on camera): Apparently, neither did he.
(LAUGHTER)
COOPER (voice-over): Scandal, tragedy, unsolved murder, sometimes all in one story, case in point, a 6-year-old beauty queen found dead in her Colorado home, her name, JonBenet Ramsey.
KING: And another thing that made her story was those pictures we had of her. There were pictures of her in contests.
COOPER (on camera): And something about that fascinated the public.
KING: The public. It added to it. And it fascinated the television producers, who said, we have something here. I was saying, if we didn't have that film and those pictures of her, that smiling picture, that would not have been a story.
COOPER (voice-over): Suspects in the court of public opinion, but never charged with the crime, John and Patsy Ramsey faced their accusers as Larry looked on.
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STEVE THOMAS, FORMER BOULDER POLICE DETECTIVE: After it became a homicide, Patsy, you waited four months before you came and talked to the Boulder Police Department and answered questions.
PATSY RAMSEY, MOTHER OF JOHN BOLTON: No, Steve, I did not.
THOMAS: Well, tell me when. I was there every day. Tell me how many hours...
P. RAMSEY: Were you in our home that day? Were you in our home the day JonBenet was missing?
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JOHN RAMSEY, FATHER OF JONBENET RAMSEY: Let's read some press release, Steve.
(CROSSTALK)
KING: Rather than talk over each other...
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J. RAMSEY: I mean, how would you feel if someone accused your wife of murdering your child on national television? It was pretty bizarre.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are just getting word that the French government has informed all of us that Princess Diana has died.
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COOPER: August 31, 1997, Princess Diana dies in an automobile accident in Paris.
BROKAW: I saw a man who was a real British working-class guy, with a cockney accent. And his daughter was all dressed up. And he was tear-stained, this guy with tattoos and a short haircut holding his daughter by his hand. And he was obviously in great grief. I went over to talk to him. And he said, "She was our princess."
KING: She also is a tragic figure, unhappy in marriage, kind of a marriage she should have never entered into. I liked a lot about some of the roles she had to play, that of helping people around the world, didn't like that royal aspect at all.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The plane believed to be carrying John F. Kennedy Jr., which he may have been piloting himself, has now gone missing. And an intensive search is under way.
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COOPER: July 16, 1999, Camelot loses its crown prince. JFK Jr.'s plane is lost in the fog. We knew him first as a little boy, saluting his father's flag-draped casket.
BROKAW: Called a couple of people there and discreetly said, "Did John show up last night?"
And they said, "No, I guess he didn't."
I said, "Did anybody say anything?"
And they said, "No."
And then it all began to unfold.
COOPER (on camera): A bright future ahead of him?
KING: I think he would have been anything. I think he could have been -- he said he wasn't interested in politics. But, if he got interested in politics...
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JOHN F. KENNEDY, JR., SON OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY: Thank you.
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KING: ... he would have been anything.
COOPER: When we return: a Republican member of the Kennedy clan becomes the unlikely Governator of California.
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GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (R), CALIFORNIA: I, Arnold Schwarzenegger...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... do solemnly swear...
SCHWARZENEGGER: ... do solemnly swear...
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COOPER: We will get back to "Larry King: 50 Years of Pop Culture," in just a moment, but, first, a look at the headlines.
The Republican candidates wrapped up their presidential debate tonight. The stage at the Reagan Library was packed with opinions, but the candidates seemed to agree on one subject, Hillary Clinton, and why they feel she and her husband shouldn't return to the White House.
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MITT ROMNEY (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The only thing I can think of that would be as bad as that would be to have the gang of three running the war on terror: Pelosi, Reid and Hillary Clinton.
JAMES GILMORE (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Where you have been is where you're going to go.
And Hillary Clinton tried to socialize medicine in this country, a very bad idea. You need to keep that in the private sector.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: It would mean that the appointment of Supreme Court justices and other judges would be -- take a very sharp turn to the left.
RUDOLPH GIULIANI (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: It would mean that we were back on defense against terrorism.
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COOPER: We will have complete coverage and analysis of the debate coming up on a special edition of "360" in about 35 minutes from now, at 11:00 p.m. Eastern.
Another political story developing tonight: Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama is now getting Secret Service protection. A law enforcement source tells CNN, the government is not aware of any specific, credible threats against him, but the campaign has received hate mail, calls, and other threatening materials.
Senate sources say Senator Dick Durbin is the one reported who reported concerns about Obama's safety to the Senate majority leader, who then alerted Homeland Security.
The only other candidate under Secret Service protection is Senator and former first lady Hillary Clinton.
The Obama story is just one of the items in our "Raw Politics" segment tonight. We will, of course, have complete coverage of the Republican presidential debate coming up next on "360" -- now, back to Larry king.
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RUDOLPH GIULIANI (R), FORMER MAYOR OF NEW YORK: When I first found out about it, I was -- I was just finishing a breakfast at the Peninsula Hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
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DAN RATHER, CBS NEWS: I was at home, just about to leave for work. The radio read a bulletin. Something had happened at the World Trade Center.
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LIZA MINNELLI, ACTRESS: And I turned on the television, and I thought, OK, the world's gone mad.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Which way to go?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stay right where you are.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stay where you are, ma'am.
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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, LARRY KING LIVE)
JIM CARREY, ACTOR: I wanted to be there so badly to -- to get involved.
(END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: September 11, 2001, the world changed in the blink of an eye.
(on camera): Nine-eleven, the impact the coverage had?
KING: Oh, my gosh. That was the worst. That was the hardest to cover, the worst to do. And we all went to work, and everyone worked every night, and worked so hard.
COOPER: You had more than 700 guests.
KING: God forbid there's ever a story like that again.
COOPER (voice-over): War followed. The Taliban was defeated, and Baghdad fell.
KING: I thought, when the statue of Saddam came down, Bush lands on the aircraft carrier, "Mission Accomplished," it looked like a walk in the park.
COOPER: In 2003, pop and politics collided when an Austrian-born actor named Arnold muscled his way into California.
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SCHWARZENEGGER: Hello. Good morning.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO")
SCHWARZENEGGER: I am going to run for governor of the state of California.
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)
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(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, LARRY KING LIVE)
SCHWARZENEGGER: Larry, this has been a really exciting thing so far. I mean, it's a great learning experience. Then, you -- it's a refreshing thing to do.
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BROKAW: He loves the notion of getting things done, pulling people together. When he sees a big crowd, he gets turned on by it.
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SCHWARZENEGGER: I, Arnold Schwarzenegger...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... do solemnly swear...
SCHWARZENEGGER: ... do solemnly swear...
(END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: As the curtain rose on a new millennium, Madonna and Britney made tongues wag. Ozzy Osbourne became reality's coolest dad.
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OZZY OSBOURNE, MUSICIAN: Rock 'n' roll!
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COOPER: And catchphrases from a spy spoof trilogy were everywhere.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "AUSTIN POWERS")
MIKE MYERS, ACTOR: Oh, behave.
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ROBERT WAGNER, ACTOR: Started a whole new fan base for me. Now I got kids that are 8 and 10 coming over to me, saying, "Behave, baby. Behave."
(LAUGHTER)
COOPER: OutKast was in. Enron was out. And magical movies conjured box office spells.
RICHARD ROEPER, FILM CRITIC: "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings," we're talking about, you know, some of the most successful franchises in movie history. And they're filled with special effects that probably would have made these movies impossible to make years ago.
COOPER: Larry King had some special effects of his own, in 2002, a memorable moment with Paul McCartney's soon-to-be-ex, Heather Mills.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, LARRY KING LIVE)
HEATHER MILLS MCCARTNEY, WIFE OF PAUL MCCARTNEY: ... which I will pop off, actually, if you don't mind.
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WALKER: I had no idea it was going to happen. Larry had no idea it was going to happen. And that's why it was such an amazing moment. If you see Larry, the first thing you thought of is, was what do I do? And he was very quick to take the leg.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, LARRY KING LIVE)
KING: Well, it feels like a leg.
MILLS MCCARTNEY: Yes.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KING: She was describing what it's like to have a leg. So, all I said, was:
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, LARRY KING LIVE)
KING: Pick -- pick your leg up again.
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KING: Can I see the leg? Now, she could have said no.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, LARRY KING LIVE)
KING: ... have any feeling there?
MILLS MCCARTNEY: Yes, yes, yes, full feeling, completely.
KING: Full feeling?
MILLS MCCARTNEY: Full feeling. If you touch it, it makes me feel like my toes are completely opening.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KING: I knew she was so expressive about it. And, obviously, it didn't bug her to have a wooden leg. She took it off.
COOPER: That same year, rumors of a meltdown, Mariah Carey.
MARIAH CAREY, MUSICIAN: I think, during that time, a lot of questions were unsettling.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, LARRY KING LIVE)
KING: Your illness, the blackout, all these stories, nervous breakdown -- what -- what happened?
CAREY: OK. Well, it was an emotional and physical collapse.
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CAREY: Basically, I came out of the studio feeling like, that was really cool. I just got interviewed by Larry King. I have been watching him my whole life. And, wow, this is amazing.
COOPER: And that's exactly what people said when Hollywood's oddest honeymooners stopped by for a visit.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, LARRY KING LIVE)
KING: This story is, like, bordering on the bizarre.
(LAUGHTER)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KING: Someone at the Beverly Wilshire, where David Gest used to stay, soon after the marriage, said to me, he got married? He was like, you're kidding?
Hi. I'm Larry King. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the Earth.
RICHARD ROEPER, FILM CRITIC: I see a movie, and Larry King makes that appearance as Larry King, interviewing a fictional character.
SAMUEL JACKSON, ACTOR: I'm always frank and earnest with women. In New York, I'm Frank. In Chicago, I'm Ernest.
(LAUGHTER)
ROEPER: There is always a certain kick out of that. Because you're like, OK, this is a movie that has a humor about itself.
KING: OK. Let's go to phone calls now on LARRY KING LIVE. White Plains, you're on the air with Glen Harris (ph).
MARIAH CAREY, SINGER: When Catherine Zeta-Jones goes...
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES, ACTOR: I love Larry.
CAREY: ... right after...
ZETA-JONES: I just wanted to reach over and choke him to death with those stupid suspenders.
CAREY: That's just one of my favorite moments in a movie ever.
COOPER: Indeed, with more than 20 credits to his name...
KING: Professional paranormal eliminators in New York are the cause of it all.
COOPER: ... Larry proved himself a cameo king throughout the years.
JOHN TRAVOLTA, ACTOR: Look at King, look at his face.
COOPER: He even got to do drag in an animated land far, far away.
KING: Hey, buddy, let me clue you in.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My dad was a woman.
JOAN RIVERS, TALK SHOW HOST: I think "Shrek" should not have been animated. I think it should have been live. And I think Larry and I finally would have gotten our due and got the best supporting actor and actress. Spielberg was a fool.
KING: They did a takeoff on the "American Idol." I won the DVD singing "Girls Just Want to Have Fun."
RYAN SEACREST, HOST, "AMERICAN IDOL": In 2002, a television show called "American Idol" signs on the air for the first time. Kelly Clarkson.
KING: I forecast its doom. I was so right on that show. It had a young host. He had no chance.
(LAUGHTER)
SEACREST: You are going home tonight.
RANDY JACKSON, JUDGE, "AMERICAN IDOL": I think people are really drawn to "American Idol" because it's one of the first times on TV that you've had a music show that's very specific that's about music. And I think it's the greatest talent show ever.
KING: We never had guys sitting there saying, you're terrible. I mean, that was unique.
SIMON COWELL, JUDGE, "AMERICAN IDOL": You can't sing. You can't dance. So what do you want me to say?
COOPER: Coming up, a domestic idol behind bars. For her, not a good thing.
(on camera): Were you surprised that she went to jail?
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PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANHCOR: He defined an era.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He was the greatest president of the 20th Century.
ZAHN: He transformed a party and did so much to change...
WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States is now dead.
COOPER (voice-over): In Spain, 10 bombs turned Madrid's early morning commute into a death trap.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Beantown, baby! Beantown!
JAKE GYLLENHAAL, ACTOR: I wish i knew how to quit you.
ROEPER: There is something about "Brokeback" that just permeated the culture.
R. JACKSON: Justin Timberlake became the iconic one out of the whole boy band movement.
DONALD TRUMP, REAL ESTATE MAGNATE: "The Apprentice" hit the right nerve at the right time. You're fired.
You're fired.
You're fired.
PETER JENNINGS, ABC ANCHOR: I have learned in the last couple of days that I have lung cancer.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Anchor and journalist Peter Jennings has died tonight from lung cancer.
TONY BLAIR, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: We will not allow violence to change our societies or our values.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The execution of Saddam Hussein was carried out 10 minutes ago.
COOPER: '04 through '07, years dominated by natural disaster. A monster tsunami thrashed Southeast Asia, a killer quake devastated parts of Pakistan, and Katrina changed the Gulf Coast forever.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We get up all the way to the roof. And water came, it had just opened up, devoured it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Who was at your house with you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My wife.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And where is she now?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I can't find her body. She gone.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I would love to help.
WENDY WALKER, SR. EXEC. PRODUCER, LARRY KING LIVE: We put on a special on the weekend to try to just show everybody where they could contribute.
KING: Joining us now is an old and dear friend, Celine Dion.
WALKER: Celine came on. And when she started talking, nobody knew that was going to happen.
CELINE DION, SINGER: I'm sorry for crying so hard. Because I'm holding it for the last week. And I'm trying to tell my son that everything's going to be OK. But I see those mothers over there, they are like, (INAUDIBLE).
I can hold my emotion normally, I manage that pretty well. But sometimes you can't control things like that. And there was just a little too much.
COOPER: Disasters weren't limited to the natural. In 2004, Michael Jackson, perhaps the biggest star on the planet, was charged with seven counts of child molestation. (on camera): You've done a lot of Michael Jackson. Who's to blame for what has happened to Michael Jackson?
KING: When you come right down to it, he's an adult. He is. I don't think you can blame anyone else. You know, I knew him when he was 12 years old. When he was 12 years old, they were the Jackson 5 and they were on my show in Miami.
What happened to him?
COOPER (voice-over): After a star-studded trial, the former "King of Pop" was found not guilty. No prison time for Michael.
But Martha could not escape the big house.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We love you, Martha! You go, girl!
COOPER: After a highly-publicized stock scandal, Martha Stewart went from domestic diva to convicted felon.
JUDY WOODRUFF, CNN ANCHOR: Martha Stewart found guilty.
SEACREST: Did you think that that was the end for Martha Stewart?
KING: No. Because she has gumption. I known her for a long time. She has comeuppance. And she would never quit. I knew she would make a story out of prison.
Tonight, exclusive, Martha Stewart.
COOPER: And what a story it was. In 2005, Martha turned to Larry for her prison tell-all.
KING: You say you were treated well in prison?
MARTHA STEWART, FOUNDER, MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA: I was treated just like any other inmate.
COOPER: Martha was just one of a multitude of celebrity scandals and slip-ups. Tom jumped the couch. Janet's wardrobe malfunction. Britney shaved.
R. JACKSON: Any successful star that's an icon like her, is one hit away from being back.
COOPER: Lindsay misbehaved. Ashlee fumbled. And Star and Barbara crumbled.
STAR JONES, CO-HOST, "THE VIEW": And I will not be returning as co-host next year. I'm going to hold your hands right now, because as you might imagine, this might be a hard thing to do. OK?
KING: What a night that was. She's dismissed from the show. And she flew right in.
We're back with Star Jones.
Came on our show. I felt sorry for her.
COOPER (on camera): She surprised Barbara Walters by basically announcing she was going to leave the show.
KING: Yes, she did. And I think Barbara took it as a stab in the back.
Are you saying now that you were fired?
JONES: My contract was not renewed.
KING: That's fired, right?
JONES: Well...
It was one of the toughest interviews I've ever done. There was absolutely no other option considered on who I would sit down with. And the reason why is the reason that I share with everyone who sits across from Larry. You know that the truth will come out.
COOPER (voice-over): After nearly a decade of dish, Star Jones was off "The View." But that did not end the daytime drama.
BARBARA WALTERS, CO-HOST, "THE VIEW": It's the hot topics. And it's the chemistry of the people involved. And the chemistry continues with Rosie now and the rest of us.
Maybe we should introduce you or is that...
ROSIE O'DONNELL, CO-HOST, "THE VIEW": Oh, they know. OK. My name is Meredith Vieira.
COOPER: Rosie O'Donnell was the new star of "The View." Just a few months in the hot seat, Ro and The Donald took it to the mat.
O'DONNELL: And there he is, hair looping, going everywhere...
TRUMP: She's a bad person. She's an evil person.
O'DONNELL: This is man is like sort of one of those, you know, snake oil salesmen in "Little House on the Prairie."
TRUMP: Rosie is bad news. And I have absolutely no qualms about attacking her.
COOPER: But then, even more drama. And a surprising announcement.
O'DONNELL: Did you hear it's on CNN as breaking news?
COOPER: After just one year on "The View," Rosie says good-bye.
O'DONNELL: They couldn't come to terms with my deal with ABC. So, next year I'm not going to be on "The View." And that's show biz. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She was found in her room lying unresponsive.
COOPER: In February 2007, celebrity scandal reached a fever pitch. Anna Nicole Smith, the 39-year-old former model and reality TV star, was found dead in her Florida hotel room.
BLITZER: Larry King is on the phone. He's joining us from Los Angeles.
WALKER: I called Larry at his house and immediately got him on Wolf Blitzer's show. He knew her better than anybody because she'd been on the show so many times.
KING: I first met her many years ago. I went through with all the marriage to the elderly gentlemen, the weight gains up, the weight gains down.
I'm going to miss her. She was a lot of fun. I knew her so many times and she'd been on the show so many times and I genuinely liked her. She could laugh at herself.
COOPER (on camera): Was she a tragic figure?
KING: I would call her a tragic figure. Well, you lose your son at your bedside with your brand-new daughter. And then, three men say they fathered the child. And then, you die. Bad fiction.
COOPER (voice-over): Tragic figures...
STEVE IRWIN, "THE CROCODILE HUNTER": You're a legend in my book. My -- absolute legend. You're at the top of the food chain, just like the crocodile.
COOPER: Fallen heroes. Breakups.
NICK NOLTE, ACTOR: It was controlling my life.
COOPER: Breakdowns.
KING: Never dated a con before. I'm only kidding.
STEWART: Would you stop it?
COOPER: Unbeatable comebacks.
BOB WOODRUFF, ABC ANCHOR: Every week, better than the last.
JIMMY CARTER, 39TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Not Apartheid.
COOPER: Riveting interviews.
KING: Why, Dolly, have you been so open to discuss your cosmetic procedures?
DOLLY PARTON, SINGER: Well, because people like you ask me. COOPER: Five decades in the making.
KING: Intimate scenes, are they harder to do?
JENNIFER ANISTON, ACTOR: God, get me out of here.
KING: (INAUDIBLE) it was funny.
COOPER: Coming up, will the man dubbed "the most remarkable host in talk" ever leave the chair?
KING: Who knew it would come to this? We'll be back with more moments and more phone calls. Don't go away.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stand by, Larry.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. You ready?
KING: Do a couple of reads here, right?
What was your last audience figures?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thirty-seven-point-five.
KING: And he's playing the fiddle.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know what that means. Here he goes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: "Reservoir Dogs" for CNN.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When you hear the name, "Larry King," you think...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Mischief-maker.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: America's host.
DION: Professional.
KERMIT THE FROG: Suspenders.
JUDGE JUDY SHEINDLIN: Suspenders.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Trouble.
JERRY LEWIS, ACTOR: Annoying.
ALAN ALDA, ACTOR: Dollar bills.
RIVERS: Divorce lawyer. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tremendous sense of humor.
CAREY: Funny guy.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Pop icon.
TED TURNER, FOUNDER, CNN: He's my pal.
WALTER CRONKITE, FORMER CBS ANCHOR: Well-informed.
JONES: The utmost of professionalism.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Established.
PARTON: The best.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Suspenders.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Blue lights on the wall.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Suspenders.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG, COMEDIAN: And the mike. Why is the mike there? I don't know.
COOPER: The man, the microphone, a milestone. For 50 years, he has been at the top of pop.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, he is pop culture. He's the pop of culture.
COOPER: With those iconic set lights, Larry has interviewed everybody, from Dolly to Dalai.
WALKER: He never gets nervous. He never worries about what he's going to ask. I'm the one that's in the background worrying all the time. And he will say to me, so what are you going to worry about now? All you do is worry.
KING: I don't need a script.
COOPER (on camera): And you still love it?
KING: I like some shows better than others. And I don't like doing every show I have to do. But once the red light goes on, I'm in.
COOPER: No matter who it is.
KING: That's right.
COOPER: Politics, entertainment?
KING: As long as there's variety. Don't give me politics every night, or sports every night, or crime every night. Give me a mix-up.
COOPER (voice-over): That mix-it-up mantra melds into his personal life, as well. Every morning like clockwork...
KING: You can read me like a clock. I have the same thing.
COOPER: It's corn muffins and conversation at Nate'n Al's in Beverly Hills.
SHAWN KING, LARRY'S WIFE: I used to call it "Larry's sandbox."
KING: Sports. Politics. Music. Today, we're talking about ESPN and CNN.
TOM BROKAW, FORMER NBC ANCHOR: Larry King is everyman. He grew up in the New York area. He lived a long time in Florida. He is very comfortable on the West Coast at Nate'n Al's.
KING: It's a comforting part of my day. Take the boys to school.
Oh, we're going to have a good time in the schoolyard today.
Then, it's downhill from there on.
BROKAW: You could drop him into the Midwest, though, into a farmer coffee shop. And he'd be asking all the right questions within about 15 seconds. He just is interested in what people have to say.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Never dull.
KING: Never dull.
COOPER (on camera): I was asking around to a couple of people who have been on your show about what it is that makes it work so well. And they said that you make guests comfortable to the point where they feel they can say anything.
KING: Paul Newman said something to me. He says, you know the secret. You'll be back tomorrow night. I want the guests to be good. I want them to be responsive. I want them to react. And I'm going to be tomorrow night. So if the guest commands the hour, so what? And by the way, you're always in control. The interviewer is always in control.
COOPER (voice-over): He has been dubbed the most remarkable talk show host on TV ever. But in the world of big gets, there are regrets. Yes, he's had a few.
(on camera): Who do you wish you had interviewed that you haven't interviewed?
KING: I would love to have interviewed the last pope. And we got a maybe once, which was a big thrill. Look, we got an e-mail from the Vatican. Maybe.
COOPER: What about Jackie O.? You never talked to her.
KING: No, I would have loved to have talked to Jackie O. COOPER: Are there ever times that you can't come up with a question for somebody?
KING: NO. That has never happened. Sometimes it gets rough. The roughest was Rock Hudson's wife.
A great pleasure to welcome Phyllis Gates to LARRY KING LIVE tonight.
You married Rock Hudson? Yes, I did.
Did you love him?
GATES: I think I was in love in with him.
KING: When did you last speak to him? About 20 years ago.
Did you have any idea he was gay?
GATES: No.
KING: Did you see all his movies?
GATES: No. Why would I do that?
KING: Well, because he was once your husband. Four minutes after the hour, I'm out. She knew nothing about Rock Hudson.
COOPER (voice-over): More than 40,000 interviews. An infinite amount of what, where, when and...
KING: Why?
Why? Why?
Why do you have one name?
MADONNA, SINGER: As opposed to what?
KING: Two names, like Madonna...
MADONNA: Ciccone.
KING: ... Liebowitz (ph).
MADONNA: That's good. That's good. I like that.
COOPER (on camera): What is it that brings people to your table?
KING: There's a great line in "Fiddler on the Roof." When they come to Tevye, the father of the five daughters, Tevye is Jewish. The first daughter's in love with a Catholic. And all the townspeople in Russia can't believe this. Tevye, how could you allow this? How could you permit this? Tevye, your daughter's in love with a Catholic? And Tevye looks up and says, I like him.
COOPER: Thanks, Larry.
KING: Thanks, Anderson.
COOPER (voice-over): Fifty years and counting. People still like him. Larry King, 50 years of history in the making.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Congratulations, Larry, 50 years. You deserve all of the success that you have had.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're ready. Stand by. In three, two, one.
KING: Good evening. It's...
CAROL BURNETT, ACTOR: Here's to another 50.
BROKAW: I thought you'd been around for 100 years.
KING: Next, Bob Woodruff, the ABC News anchor.
DION: Happy 50th anniversary.
TRUMP: You're now 50 years in broadcasting.
DON RICKLES, COMEDIAN: I'm sorry I can't be there to blow out the cake because I know it's going to be a cheap one.
KING: It's his first, live, prime-time interview...
GEORGE H.W. BUSH, 41ST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Larry, congratulations.
LEWIS: You are something, Larry.
RIVERS: Happy anniversary.
KING: It's at the top of the hour on LARRY KING LIVE.
RIVERS: And at our age, healthy.
SHEINDLIN: Fifty years, Larry.
JON BON JOVI, SINGER: Like a fine wine, you keep getting better.
KERMIT: Fifty years is a long time. But we're still young, aren't we?
DOMINICK DUNNE, AUTHOR: Happy anniversary.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Pretty good.
ANDY GRIFFITH, ACTOR: Larry, it's Andy. And I want to wish you a happy anniversary.
JOHN WALSH, HOST, "AMERICA'S MOST WANTED": You have made a difference in so many people's lives. Including mine.
R. JACKSON: Happy 50th, baby.
ROSS PEROT, FMR. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I want to wish you a happy 50th anniversary, even though I think it's a lot longer than that.
TURNER: Happy 50th anniversary in broadcasting, pal.
WALTERS: Happy 50th...
MIKE WALLACE, HOST, "60 MINUTES": ... anniversary.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Larry, thank you.
KING: Thank you.
GOLDBERG: Happy anniversary-sary.
LIONEL RICHIE, SINGER: From me to you.
ROBERT WAGNER, ACTOR: Happy anniversary.
CRONKITE: And so, old boy, happy anniversary.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's great to be around a professional like you, man.
KING: Oh.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fifty years, everybody.
KING: Fifty years.
The king will return tomorrow. He bids all of his faithful followers, farewell.
KERMIT: It would be tough to say I'm more popular than Larry King. I would never say that. Of course, I certainly would never say that because this is his tribute show.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You are an icon in the business.
LEWIS: An acorn?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: An icon.
LEWIS: Oh.
PRISCILLA PRESLEY, WIFE OF ELVIS: I was promoting my book, "Elvis and Me" at the time. And I had really never done Larry before, as far as being a guest on his show or any other time, excuse me. For me, I'd never done Larry. That didn't sound right.
(LAUGHTER)
JONES: Oh lord, I thought I had the simple hair today so we didn't have to worry about it. TRUMP: Could you just move your head over? Could you move your head?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: OK. Like he says, Shawnie (ph), we're going to be late. And my mom goes, I'm coming.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And this is how he walks. This is how he walks.
BROKAW: And I think that when she -- the toilet's flushing here in the background.
WALTERS: Larry has never made our most fascinating list because he isn't fascinating. It has never even occurred to us to put :Larry on our fascinating list.
That's not true, Larry. You are fascinating. Maybe next year, darling.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Larry calls you one of his oldest and dearest friends. Would you agree with that statement?
RICKLES: Well, oldest, right. Dearest, I don't know about that. I'm not that crazy about him.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was hitting the ball. I come up, he pitches it. Dad couldn't even see the ball. It went 100 miles per hour. Like 200 miles per hour. Hit him in the eye. His glasses fell off.
KERMIT: Well, you see, I dressed like Larry tonight, just to honor him. It's what they call in Hollywood a...
In Hollywood, it's what they call an homage. Everybody else just calls it copying.
PARTON (singing): And I will always love you, and I'm sure I'm speaking for millions and millions of people out there.
I don't know him that well. I'm making up some of this (expletive deleted).
(LAUGHTER)
PARTON: I don't guess you care.
RIVERS: Well, truth is going to count in this one?
(LAUGHTER)
RIVERS: Not even sure who Larry it is.
