I was always telling everyone, I want to be a broadcaster. They'd say, What, are you crazy? What, you're going to be Arthur Godfrey?

On August 30 2010 King served as the host of Chabad's 30th annual "To Life" telethon in Los Angeles. King credits his success on local television to the assistance of comedian Jackie Gleason whose national television variety show was being filmed in Miami Beach during this period. He also had cameos in Ghostbusters and Bee Movie.

Larry King (born November 19 1933) is an American television and radio host whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and ten Cable ACE Awards. From 1985 to 2010 he hosted the nightly interview television program Larry King Live on CNN. He began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and 1960s and became prominent as an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978.