CBS has posted the August 6 episode of The Late Show with Craig Ferguson. The Rock Bottom Remainders played their last gig on the show, and Ferguson interviewed King.
Ferguson expressed confusion about the cover of the Wind Through the Keyhole. He also noted that on the jacket cover, King seems like an "angry lookin' man." They also discussed writing. Ferguson said King is a "genre of his own." I like that! King says he read a lot of Poe and Lovecraft, but was impacted most by California writers like Richard Matheson and Ray Bradbury.
King emphasizes he is a regular guy -- his wife is not scared of him. His job is to drag the trash. . . write a book. Funny -- you sorta gotta see it.
King says that print interviews like to ask when he was like as a kid, with the real question being what happened to him as a kid that messed him up so bad.
Funny, King notes that he does not know how popular he'll be after he dies, but then says, "I'm not sure I'll care! I don't think I'll be hanging around libraries as a ghost 'reeeeed my booook'."
They also discuss things that scare us all. . . like clowns! "That clown figure is the same in a lot of cultures, societies. Children have the same reaction to them everywhere."
The show is great. CBS online is a little. . . commercial intensive. I can't complain, I am watching their show for free! Check it out.
The episode is at www.cbs.com
Enjoyed that! For others who want to skip ahead, the interview segment begins at 14:52 and goes into the 3rd segment. The Rock Bottom Remainders play at 34:24.
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