Target should be at least moderately ambulant.

But then again... YEAH!

King's popularity is sort of a circular thing (1) He's had giant ratings for many years ; (2) he so bumbles his questions that they go beyond "softball" to "incoherent" , so

big names (top stars, ex-presidents)go on the show readily (because of the ratings and the "incoherent softballs") and...there you go.

King no doubt gives comfort to many audience members who are older, shut-ins, etc. But to the snarky rest of us, he's there to be made fun of.

Which is rather mean, because he's indeed old and has indeed had heart bypass surgery (many of them), and what's the point? Other than feeling superior to him, which is likely a big part of it

He's also still fodder for "bullshit television scandals where none exist":

At a public place, I happened to see some screaming headline show talk show where the headline was something like: "Will Jerry Seinfeld forgive Larry King for insulting him on his show?"

They then ran the clip. King (addled as usual) mumbled something to Seinfeld about "and so your show was cancelled?" and Seinfeld took half-fake/half-real umbrage: "Cancelled? It was the Number One show in America when I took it off the air." Seinfeld kept working his "outrage" (for humor, but with a little ego, yeah, showing through -- how could King not know this?), while King just sort of muddled on, as if he hadn't even remembered what he had just asked Seinfeld and couldn't figure out why Seinfeld was acting offended.

Thus does Larry King abide. As long as the ratings are high and the big shots like Seinfeld and Presidents will go on the show without fear of getting "Mike Wallaced", King is ours to feel superior to and make fun of until, well, I guess, until no bypass can help him anymore.