Larry King on how he booked Frank Sinatra as a guest - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

jackie gleason never read fiction he only read facta me read biographies and he was absorbed with interesting calculative questions about his life death where do we go after it what is this I'm a Roman Catholic here's the course over he was interested in psychics he didn't believe in it but he was fascinated by it so we're at his house one night a few people and he the subject of conversation at dinner was before he got drunk got drunk late every night so you didn't want to be there late but early he was fun he's very bright what in your profession is impossible and we had a doctor they said which was impossible impossible in medicine and the doctor said this was 1963 the 63-64 they will never make blood in a lab they'll do lots of crazy things in life the world it'll be real cure diseases but they will never go into a laboratory and make blood that you can give to someone you give transfusions you can make plasma from blood you'll never make blood that's God that's impossible he goes rank up to me that's impossible I said well in addition to my television work I do a local radio show every night from 9:00 to 12:00 on WI OD radio the studio show guests and phone calls Frank Sinatra's opening at the Fontainebleau next week I'd say Frank Sinatra who was the number one star in the world of the stuff Frank Sinatra's Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley rolled into one in 1960 you couldn't get bigger he avoided the press Frank Sinatra do my radio show for three hours during the time he's in Miami and Jackie I could still see you got him as to what you got him what night is he dark I said they don't work Monday night see next Monday you got as okay Jackie I would have plugged it pal I said you got him you got him so go back and that night on the air that's the legend gentlemen don't forget next Monday night Frank Sinatra Wow the papers are writing up Frank's not to appear Larry King Frank now opens at the front of the station close me in on Friday and said listen we're preparing a big ad for the Miami Herald for Monday morning he's really got told me God he said well we've called a fundable a lot left messages and he hasn't returned any cold messages so we don't know that he's coming and the ads gonna cause just a little piece of money I don't know what to say we'll run the ad mm I gotta call Jackie I called Jackie fried he's out on the golf course gets in later yeah what pal I said well I just want to check his friend did I tell you telling me got man that's okay Frank okay Jackie I'm sorry now it's Monday night it's 5:00 to 9:00 the whole radio station stayed the people who work during the day did not go home secretaries anybody salesmen Christa to be in Frank Sinatra's presence was unbelievable you couldn't be bigger I'm standing it's 5:00 to 9:00 I go on at 5:00 after 9:00 right after the news till 12:00 suddenly this limo comes pulls him Frank gets out and it's PR guy gets out with a Jim was the last I don't think it was I said Jim comes up the stairs and I says who's Larry King I don't know you got I get paid not to get him here and I hate gonna and frank says who's Larry King we're all standing there I go sheepishly me okay let's go you know Frank let's go we're going to the studio again let's go back to my first day on the air honesty directness good evening my guest tonight is Frank Sinatra why are you here now a lot of guys would have said my guest tonight is the famous Frank Sinatra he's here at the Fontainebleau or my old friend Frank Sinatra none of that why are you here because the audience has got a wonder how I got them I don't know how I got them except for Eason told me isn't and he says Frank says well five six years ago I'm working been maxixe Town and Country Club in New York Saturday night closing night I got laryngitis we've got a packed house so I call up my friend Jack yes sir Jackie would you come over and do a now for me I can't sing Polly she came over did an hour I walked him out to his limo when he's leaving I leaned in I said Jackie I owe you one I check into town to sing here at the Fontainebleau I get a message to call Gleason I call him she answers the phone I said Jackie it's Frank and all he said was Frank this is the one and from that development he did a couple of radios and to television last television appearance he did was on Larry King Live and from that radio show at the end of the show he says hey kid you're pretty good I want to come see my show sure okay I'll leave - take it - there'll be a reservation for two tomorrow night first show dinner show so I know that any girl I environment I'm gonna score because I take it a girl see Frank Sinatra at his invitation hey but remember I'm poor I'm always I'm always full I was out of money all I had was like $20 I'm got enough read if I got a tip Kelly gave the car right I think okay the cars gonna cost me three that have cigarettes of tip 15 I go ugly front row front table oh my god Frank Sinatra's on stage in the middle of his show he always came out to cup of tea and converse with the audience and he says last night I did I don't do this folks but Jackie Gleason asked me to do this radio show I owed him a favor I don't know and tell you I had a great time kid interviewed me screaming I like to have you meet him you're gonna hear about Larry King stand-up well it was dessert time I'm eating cherries Jubilee that's the ice cream with cherries in syrup I stand up bang it hits me it falls all over me cherries Jubilee is over my face the thing the girl is sitting there looking Frank starts to laugh the entire audience cranks up and then we're driving home now I got I have no money sip and the girl says you want to come over and spend the night yeah oh I'm out of coffee can we stop at royal castle get some coffee I pulled into the lot what do I do I got no money I go in the Royal Castle I walk back out and I said they don't have change for a hundred she bought the car that was the Sinatra's story you

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Keywords: Television history, Interviews, Video interviews, Emmy TV Legends

Id: 3y-jBbkikEA

Length: 7min 54sec (474 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 17 2012

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[u/Demithus]

...on his 85th birthday.