In a Larry King Mood Vol. 1

Remember Larry King's columns in USA Today? I really enjoyed his short, multiple observations. The truth be told, I get into a Larry King mood myself from time to time. This is one of those times. I said all along that David Letterman is the natural heir to Johnny Carson. Now we know Johnny thought so too & had been writing some of his jokes. Dave's tribute to Johnny was also the most heart felt tribute of them all. Total class. Monk on USA! You gotta to love a detective that is a cross between Columbo and Felix Unger on steroids. Ty Pennington of "Extreme Makeover - Home Edition" ran a renovation of a home from his hospital bed after having an apendectomy. Now, that's reality television. It's also the act of a very compassionate man. He is right when he says has the best job in the world. "24" is back. I have the first seven hours recorded. I have watched none. I hate cliff hangers. So I will wait till the end of the season to watch it all in one sitting. My continuing obsession with Food Network! "Iron Chef America": Bobby Flay & Mario Batali rock! "Good Eats", Alton Brown is the Mr. Wizard of Food TV. He's the most creative & funniest food guru there is. Emeril is still the "Elvis" of the network. Kudos for having the Manhattan Transfer and Jane Monheit as guests this season. Neet new set too. I love making his "Sunday Pork Roast with Mushroom Gravy, kicked up bacon cheese mashed potatos and nutty green beans". New host Giada De Laurentiis is not harmful to the eyes at all. How about her and Rachel Ray vs Alton Brown & Jamie Oliver on Iron Chef America. That would turn into the best food fight since The Three Stooges. McDonald's to pay $8.5 mil. in fat lawsuit Who gets that money? I eat at McDonald's, will I see any of it? Same with the tobacco company lawsuits. I smoke, where's my share of the billions? It all seems a bit suspect to me. Canseco implicates Clemens, Sosa Excuse me, but I don't recall steroids having been illegal in Baseball until now. So what's the point? I talk for a living. If I could take a steroid that gave me the voice of James Earl Jones or Patrick Stewart I might consider it. Why do we allow prescription drug ads on TV? They all have disclaimers on how the side effects can cause everything from heartburn to death. I thought the medical profession was against self diagnosis. And to think, Marajuana is still illegal. Sorry to see the demise of "Star Trek Enterprise". Outside of the awful theme song, it's a pretty good show. By the way, all this Superman back story on Smallville is fun, but it's killing the 'hiding behind glasses' concept for Clark Kent later in life, since he has now met Lois Lane, Perry White and Lex Luthor. I never saw The Persuaders, now on BBC America with Roger Moore & Tony Curtis in it's network run. It's a pretty fun show. Why does Tony Curtis constantly wear gloves though? Red Green is the funniest thing to come out of Canada since Bob & Doug MacKenzie on SCTV. I finally saw Spider-Man 2. Even as the world's biggest Superman fan, I agree with Roger Ebert. It's the best super hero movie of all time. For me it even survived all the hype. Why didn't anyone see Kevin Spacey's Bobby Darin biopic "Beyond The Sea"? He was great in it & we have far to few great new musicals coming out. I would have loved to see Spacey in one of his concerts doing Darin's tunes. I leave you for now with this question: If there is a "must have $5000 toy" would it be Plasma HDTV or a Segway? Chris Foxx (aka Ross Bagdasarian)