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Totally True Story: Larry King Got in a Car Accident With John F. Kennedy (VIDEO)
by Oliver Miller, posted Dec 2nd 2010 5:19AM
Now that Larry King is retiring as a talk show host, he's mulling over his prospects. He's even considering a new job -- as a stand-up comic. Seriously. "I'm funny," he said in a recent interview. "I'm going to do stand up."But sometimes, if you're going to prepare for the future, you need to look back into the past. On 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' (weeknights, 12AM ET on ABC), King told a story which took place more than five decades ago -- when he was a 23-year-old.
At the time, Larry was a radio D.J. who had just moved to Miami. King had never been to glamorous Palm Beach, so he drove there one Sunday morning -- but then got distracted by the scenery. He took his attention off the road, and promptly rammed into a convertible driven by ... Senator John F. Kennedy.
Luckily, King was only going 10 miles an hour and didn't cause much damage. Still, Kennedy was annoyed; the fender-bender took place at an otherwise empty intersection. The young Senator got out of his car, and according to Larry, he said this: "How could you hit me? There's two cars on the road, it's 10:30 Sunday morning ... How could you hit me?" But Larry got out of trouble ... by promising to vote for JFK when he ran for president. Well-played.
It's a totally true story -- and it got lots of laughter from Jimmy Kimmel and the audience. Maybe this stand-up comic thing could work after all. After all, you're never too old to start a second career.
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