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Sanjana Varghese
Dec 23, 2020
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A hilarious exchange between Larry King and actor Danny Pudi has gone viral this week.
Danny Pudi – an actor best known for his work as Abed Nadir on Community – was interviewed by Larry King, the CNN show host and media personality, in February.
Pudi appeared on King’s YouTube channel to discuss his new show Ducktales as part of the press tour. Pudi was asked a series of more personal questions – basically for interesting answers – as part of the interview.
The end of this tiktok is maybe the hardest I've ever laughed https://t.co/XhDowMP7lT— Kristin Chirico (@Kristin Chirico) 1608656516
It’s gone viral this week because their exchange is bewildering – and really funny.
It started when someone posted a video from TikTok of the exchange, with Larry King asking Danny Pudi for an example of a luxury he can’t live without – and Pudi replying coffee, really good coffee.
King points out that you can get good coffee anywhere, so it’s not a luxury.
The exchange continues with King pressing Pudi – the distaste obvious on King’s face – and Pudi then saying he would be really into some good socks, and King just doesn’t like that answer either.
Eventually, Pudi asks King what he thinks he should be saying instead – and King replies, “a private plane.”
“Larry, I’m on Ducktales, and Mythic Quest,” Pudi replies. “There’s no private planes for me.”
It’s gone viral because “Larry, I’m on Ducktales” is basically catchphrase gold, and because so many people have their own favourite awkward celebrity interviews to share.
larry i'm on ducktales should be treated with the reverence of you were at my wedding denise and sir, this is a wendy's.— Timothy Simons (@Timothy Simons) 1608663802
“Larry, I’m on Ducktales” is the animation industry version of “Ma’am, this is a Wendy’s”. https://t.co/Xads4uQvwM— Jessie Velociraptor Juwono (@Jessie Velociraptor Juwono) 1608670631
@lolacoaster One a similar note: https://t.co/RHGvKO5y2t— Sam Zilberstein (@Sam Zilberstein) 1608660353
@lolacoaster "Larry, I'm on Ducktales" is the new "sir, this is a Denny's"— basia 🪐 (@basia 🪐) 1608657051
@lolacoaster I love his face when he’s thinking about how much he loves socks https://t.co/grz9Hl2Jr1— nicole 2.5/7 days final mix re:coded 🗝 (@nicole 2.5/7 days final mix re:coded 🗝) 1608660981
@lolacoaster this is my favorite tiktok trend of all time. here's mine. https://t.co/R4CGXBnQaX— phoebe ann (@phoebe ann) 1608666554
People also just thought the exchange was funny.
brb gonna get “larry i’m on ducktales” tattooed on my ass https://t.co/7jXZqGsn2u— 🖤𝓫𝓵𝓾𝓫𝓫𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝓲𝓽𝓬𝓱🖤 (@🖤𝓫𝓵𝓾𝓫𝓫𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝓲𝓽𝓬𝓱🖤) 1608663384
Ending every conversation with “Larry, I’m on Ducktales” https://t.co/x3dRG773BI— kim deal with it (@kim deal with it) 1608664408
@lolacoaster Nice socks are absolutely a luxury. I hate bad socks so I regularly pay $20 for nice wool socks and ju… https://t.co/GCGbv75PpG— Deramin (@Deramin) 1608668138
@lolacoaster Larry... Good Coffee and Nice Socks are definitely luxuries.— Colin Stevens (@Colin Stevens) 1608658819
@lolacoaster COFFE AND NICE SOCKS ARE TOTALLY VALID ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION! If I asked someone what was one luxur… https://t.co/2lcgTrv9QO— 🌸 Neevs 🌸 (@🌸 Neevs 🌸) 1608668691
Other people actually agreed with Pudi and pointed out that nice socks were in fact, a luxury.
Perhaps the only thing that Larry King can do to thank Pudi for the free publicity this week is to help him get that private plane.