The latest public figure to commit an anti-Philly fan hate crime is Larry King. On last night's show, during a discussion of the Michael Vick situation, Larry supposedly joked that Philadelphia sports fans "would boo a cure for cancer."
A clumsy joke, and not particularly funny, more a bad retelling of the "go to the airport and boo the landings" joke that's been variously attributed to Bob Uecker and Jay Johnstone. I'm just surprised Larry, these days, was doing a show on a topic other than "interviews with the elderly widows of recently deceased celebrities.
And now, an occasion-specific Larry King Game:
Because I killed all those dogs, nobody remembers that I have herpes. Philadelphia, Pennsylvana- hello! Posted by Stephen Silver at August 20, 2009 12:22 AM