Stephen King - "I was warped as a child" | The Dick Cavett Show

[@KaiLuckey]

Stephen King is one of the few people that look better when they're 70 years old

[@UserX860]

Yes really

[@doctorthirteen5727]

He's (ironically) healthier now. His accident caused him to stop drugs and drinking. It comes through in his writing. The Tommyknockers, a confused mess, and several other books were written on cocaine after all.

[@DanielCh9393]

The other one I can think of is Roger Waters.

[@frydsaman6857]

@@doctorthirteen5727 accident?

[@doctorthirteen5727]

@@frydsaman6857 Yes he was hit by a drunk driver while walking remember?

[@JayDonagh]

Damn Stephen was really rockin' that sleezy 70s record producer look

[@dagnabbit6187]

Well such a character appeared in the first release in the stand . The guy was a one hit wonder but there were plenty of these Producer looking characters in one of the scenes . Early 80 duds, women , and all the coke you wanted

[@Ohms_vs_Draaggs]

Hey that’s my look

[@TheeDeadCreator]

@@Ohms_vs_Draaggs juju on tha beat so its not nice uh

[@rodneyadderton1077]

Hilarious.

[@hschenck3394]

He looks like the boss from the incredibles

[@izukumidoriya2629]

I thought the same thing

[@shopo6847]

Lmao

[@Pattern51lover]

Pretty sure he’s the model they based him on

[@HupCapNinja]

Schenck Films they based him off of him

[@liberalbias4462]

Im not happy bob not happy.

[@wuh-huw9950]

Other three guys: “It’s really just imaginative storytelling” Stephen King: “I was warped as a child...”

[@karenryan6654]

Warped is an understatement

[@franzbeckenbauer2374]

What does warped mean?

[@mikeol510]

@@franzbeckenbauer2374 messed up

[@MrParkerman6]

Distorted.

[@dominicbrogsdale3348]

@@franzbeckenbauer2374 its been a week you check goggle yet!! ( not being a smart alec) its one of worst mind sets you can be!!!

[@setolucifer9480]

Steven King looks like he could be the Zodiac Killer.

[@davisdesigns1153]

He is the zodiac killer 👀

[@michaelbanaszak7775]

I think Hunter S. Thompson was the Zodiac Killer, lol...

[@cindyo6298]

Great twist

[@12227UserName]

@@mastershadowreaper I think he was just messing around. I doubt Thompson would have been capable of pulling off a string of organized random murders. He seemed to be too impulsive. There are accusations that he was involved in a massive child sex ring though.

[@mastershadowreaper]

@@12227UserName really no surprise, seems like all celebrities back then and now are affiliated with those in one way or another. Shits disgusting

[@cor4neb]

Steven King's glasses look bulletproof

[@bobo-kj6od]

😭😭😭

[@lifeisactuallyveryboring.7771]

@tomasz Excelsior!

[@somerandomguy5977]

Glasses were made of glass back then now they're acrylic

[@lifeisactuallyveryboring.7771]

@@somerandomguy5977 Really?

[@jocelynjohnston8257]

He has pretty severe strabismus.

[@hydratedgoodfella4191]

I love how stephen is just getting roasted in the comment section lmfaooooo

[@Teabone3]

LOL

[@DontreadPimpBoy]

I thought this was the modest pelican for a second. Damn

[@plaguex1]

It's all in love lol

[@MisfitOutfit]

A real pelicant.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

He has a life unlike them.

[@chrish1657]

"You can't do horror without a story, scares don't exist in a vacuum." Welcome to 21st century horror films.

[@deathbeforedecaf7755]

That's why modern horror sucks ass, usually

[@ianmcnab8751]

Tons of directors didn’t get the memo 👎🏻

[@Blackhawk211]

Tell that to HP Lovecraft

[@kemojoaquin]

But HP scared the reader by alluding to some primordial narrative that existed, but could not be grasped or comprehended by man.

[@speedrob]

He's never seen Alien.

[@sophiadavenport3959]

Steven King looks like a character in the guess who board game.

[@fatalis7147]

What a mean thing to say!

[@TheCarlScharnberg]

Hahahaha! Oh, my god. Spot on, Patricia.

[@stephenhumphriesArtist]

He has tiny eyes.

[@garbeal2397]

He looks like Jeffrey dahmer

[@lukeskywalker6809]

Except his name is STEPHEN King.

[@amaladnan5522]

Man, talk show was really something back then. Audience doesn't need to clap every half a second

[@UpsonPrattJr.]

When people actually talk about something interesting, you tend to listen more than just mindlessly clap at nothing.

[@bluevictory1010]

@@UpsonPrattJr. That's exactly the point. All talk shows today are full of BS and the people clap for absolutely nothing.

[@NaticzkaKaminskaHenryDolphin]

@@bluevictory1010 Yes, amen! Absolutely agree with all of you! Modern talk shows are crap.

[@hussykhera9989]

Why does King look like someone from Whoville from the movie The Grinch?

[@exclamationpointman3852]

LOL

[@meaganmelton5332]

It’s his upper lip!

[@hussykhera9989]

@@meaganmelton5332 Haha holy shit you're right

[@billdobberpuhl9507]

I thought the same thing

[@Levi-mq3jh]

Meagan Melton and his nose too

[@richardforde5832]

Stephen King looks like he has a moustache even when he doesn't

[@juanh6334]

He's got that creepy Ned Flanders vibe

[@themrmister9905]

He looks like a who from whoville

[@carlgoogle2869]

Wtf does that mean? Lol

[@MrParkerman6]

He DOES have a mustache here, dumbass. Just not a very full one.

[@moizesbrando]

He needs one to mind that gap...

[@SC-ew2fc]

Stephen King looks like a drowned version of his current self.

[@MrPolaroidManReturns]

Booze

[@MrPolaroidManReturns]

@@dryherbvoter ??? Wait...did you just blame alcoholism on marijuana being criminalized? Or did you read this in his autobiography? People have been suffering with alcohol addiction since the beginning of civilization, man. Lack of marijuana certainly isn't the cause, nor am I under the impression that Stephen King lacked access to any drug he desired.

[@JamesTheAxeThrower]

Kyle Trimper that guy is dumb as fuck lmao he thinks marijuana became illegal in the 1970’s it happened in 1937 😂😂😂

[@gallowsgradient]

@@dryherbvoter Everything about that statement is stupid and wrong.

[@dryherbvoter]

Vote.

[@Mike10131994]

Lmao top 7 comments I see are "Stephen King looks like..."

[@chkolatte]

this says alot about society ...smh

[@0912sooli]

Well you cant blame us.Modern people know him as super skinny old dude so...

[@nonexistenceisbliss9528]

That's because the vast majority of people are sheep with no amount of independent thought whatsoever.

[@windmillwilly]

@Drinking Water Why do you act like this

[@nguzoloveinlofi3832]

Stephen King looking like alcoholic Clark Kent...

[@Twistedhippy]

😂😂😂😂

[@kungpaopizza2126]

Nguzo LoveInLoFi He looks like a Weird straight Elton John from planet Tronicon

[@UserX860]

LOL

[@samporter7018]

😂😂

[@Monchi2006]

@@kungpaopizza2126 Can't wait to tell someone they look like a straight Elton John🤣😭😂

[@mitchellfreedlund485]

He’s on a strict diet of cocaine powdered donuts.

[@wandsimowapo5989]

mitchell freedlund 😂

[@johnkuipers7829]

Stupid comment.

[@Salamander676]

More like a perfected comment since this is a rendition of someone else’s comment

[@Nothin_g-k5t]

Stolen comment.

[@DairangerSentai7]

Is that original? That's great content lmao

[@tysonasaurus6392]

He looks like he's a character from Flushed Away

[@Lafingflower]

Righttttttttt..... LMFAO in alll love & respect...

[@alvinbratz2423]

You did him too dirty

[@thegingerbreadman5149]

90% of comments are roasting him. I love him, but they are all true.

[@Kerorofan1990]

Stephen King: The first man coke somehow made fatter.

[@dcpettis9573]

😂😂😂

[@regretthebroken]

EC Tron Harrow’s Supreme.

[@nicklinza1751]

Kerorofan Joey Diaz

[@j_758]

what about Artie Lange???

[@toxicpickle5339]

Kerorofan you haven’t heard of Joey Diaz then

[@ryanmurphy8787]

I have never seen this before! I am 25 years old! I have never witnessed a room of real genuine emotionally intelligent men together in a room before! Wow! It's been a quarter of a century. It almost looks surreal. eerie. Like a memory of a lost hope.

[@lisamckennon3025]

Or a Stephen King novel....?

[@jocelynjohnston8257]

Your generation has Jimmy Fallon. I'm sorry.

[@jswerve386]

King was high as shit during this time of his life.

[@mr.joshua204]

It pays to get high and make shit up. Marilyn Manson, eminem, manor from tool, billy corgan, and in this case, king

[@vhex]

He did his best work.

[@dustinfoster1917]

Bill Brown supposedly a lot of coke, cocaine, Xanax, Valium, NyQuil, dextromethorphan (cough medicine) marijuana, and a lotta booze. Most of his early novels were written on coke and booze binges.

[@AmateurBarbarian]

Me

[@Micheal93k]

He looks like Steven King.

[@sarabergstrom2260]

Micheal93k I am so glad that we have Stephen King

[@davidmedina2186]

LOL

[@cindym9963]

The resemblance is uncanny....

[@dr.2335]

HAHAHAHAHA thanks

[@cindym9963]

@@dr.2335 no kidding eh lol his comment killed me :( im commenting from Heaven

[@mattwilliam4803]

-- Stephen King looks like Dan Ackroyd hangin' out in a seedy hotel room.

[@carlgoogle2869]

Lol

[@UnwrittenSpade]

Matt W. Best one yet

[@RoostyNY]

He looks like a mix of Bill Hader, Dan Aykroyd and a who from whoville

[@ecb1979]

I seriously just spat out my drink 🤣

[@celtictillidie67]

🤣

[@adamhitze2180]

Holy shot thats a really accurate 3 way madh up. Well done!

[@missinginbc]

...with a bloody hatchet.

[@edgeofsevnteen]

Lmao BAHAHAHA nailed it!!

[@WomanNextDoor]

Who else is ignoring the video and reading the "Stephen King looks like.." comments instead?

[@RawKetchup]

What video?

[@lisamckennon3025]

Uh, that's be me...

[@wjfox2006]

Mark Chapman.

[@mbrando4403]

clicked for King, stayed for GEORGE A. ROMERO! these old interviews are so intellectual. thanks

[@voluntaryismistheanswer]

Romero was the best

[@Abrahamhamham]

Dick Cavett's portfolio is a goldmine.

[@gjscott4123]

"Stephen King looks like a serial killer"? Stephen King looks like he *ate* the serial killer.

[@heshamhany8470]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@thelittlemrs]

Wtf hahahaha

[@ivoryscott1162]

Something one of brothers would say 😩😆🤣😂

[@independence7589]

Really funny 😄

[@Teichralle]

Stephen King looks like a cereal killer.

[@classicalmusic1175]

King looks like John Lennon's murderer. Also, the year here is 1980, the same year Lennon was murdered. Hmmm.

[@MrFacundo7]

Stephen King is much taller than Chapman

[@burningmisery]

Wow. Never thought about that.

[@chonasimpson6487]

From a distance he looks like a heavy Dan Ackroyd. The hair and body type.

[@Bill-jc1fy]

Stephen King looks creepier than his books.

[@samantarizzi248]

Bill ahahhaahhaah🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@carbatore]

Bill top comment!!!😂😂😂👍

[@a.p.6301]

So weird to see people smoking during interviews lol

[@yuslaven89]

Golden times

[@DaveB2868]

As a long life non smoker I actually think it has something, that easy going relaxed attitude back then ☺

[@lita2ala201]

Kalevi Urpilainen Ok Karen!

[@PartiallyAgonized]

Back then it wasn't a true interview unless 8 people went home with enough lung cancer to die 3 deaths each

[@AM-gc4yd]

Just talco cigarettes

[@DanielCh9393]

Stephen King looks like he's about to write "Eat" instead of "It".

[@dongato5417]

Haha best comment

[@abagegael]

lmfao

[@TheLokiBiz]

It's weird hearing Stephen King actually talk _positively_ about The Shining film hahaha

[@wolfzeru5745]

I think he has stated that he likes the movie as a standalone horror film, but he just doesnt like how it changed the story of his book so much

[@Asher_Te_Knight]

Stephen King was chunky at one point. I didn't know that.

[@dimwitsixtytwelve]

he was an alcoholic, I mean you don't knock back beers all day and not gain weight.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Dim Wit He was also snorting Tony Montana levels of coke which often speeds up metabolism, hypes users up to have freakish energy, so it might have counterbalanced all the alcohol.

[@Asher_Te_Knight]

just never seen him fat before, weird to me

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Asher Te Knight I have been used to Steve looking like the Cryptkeeper. Seeing him look different is scary.

[@dimwitsixtytwelve]

@DoctorWeeTodd maybe but from personal experience cocaine takes the edge off of booze, so much so that you knock beers back like water so you just end up drinking more without really feeling the effects. At least until the morning after lol. No more of that stuff for me!

[@ashraykotian1]

The screen distortions at 5:23 almost add a meta horror film layer to all this.

[@dadaismotienekasepta]

Idk why but i started laughing when i saw him talking with the distortion lol

[@andy42x]

Stephen King looks like he's wearing a t-shirt made of human hair and flesh.

[@TheHyena-ru8bz]

The Dick Cavett show always has deep intellectual conversations. Talk show host now are so fake, rehearsed, and have conversations with no substance. its like were living in 1984

[@Ari-lz6lb]

very true smh

[@richardsantanna5398]

@@matthewlawton9241 How on earth is Howard Stern a great interviewer? All he does is drool over every female guest that comes his way.

[@jujubean9063]

TV is also getting dumber by design. Note how dumb our general population is now. Dumbing down tv was an intentional move. Look at Disney these days, they used to have 15 year old actors who acted 15, and now they have 15 year old actors that act 10. On top of that, the storylines themselves have become nonsensical. Look at Superhero movies, absolutely no substance whatsoever. The list goes on and on. 330 million people in this country, you can't convince me that we don't have decent writers when they were producing gold 50 damn years ago. If you make TV dumb, eventually.... the population will follow suit.

[@DanNic88]

Dick Cavett is awful, one of the worst, un genuine interviewers I've had the misfortune to behold.

[@Angel_Salcedo]

Stephen king be lookin like clark kent and a hamster mixed

[@asinzuar]

Lmao

[@queenarthur1152]

💀

[@mattfirth987]

Stephen king looks like a dude you would interview in a jail about why he committed the murders

[@mattmoves5920]

I feel like I can cover Stephen King's eyes and nose with just one finger

[@classicartfoundation639]

😂😂😂😂😊😊😊😂😂😁😁😂

[@MaxMineur]

Amazing how soft spoken George Romero is. I could listen for hours to his insights.

[@mournblade1066]

Well to be fair, he worked for Fred Rogers (as in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood) for a number of years.

[@daves2822]

Steven king looks like Dan Ackroyd in costume during this show

[@jayandmarta5766]

You fucking nailed it , I was trying to figure out who he was reminding me of

[@jenuwinmoore9258]

A K That's more like it.

[@jenuwinmoore9258]

Dave S That's an insult to DA.

[@exclamationpointman3852]

LOL

[@baileyjordan9518]

literally every single comment is “stephen king looks like ______”

[@Crow-sj6sf]

That is not how the word literally is used.

[@Crow-sj6sf]

@burteriksson I agree haha

[@neilvetter662]

Austin powers

[@TheShape.]

he drives a white van.

[@carlgoogle2869]

Stephen King looks like Stephen King

[@YongyoonKim]

Stephen King lookin like a random guy from The Goofy Movie.

[@desmondk7962]

1stNovaTitan this is the funniest thing on KZbin hands down I’m still struggling to breathe from laughter as I type this

[@thirdwave--hardunderground9085]

The atmosphere of these older talks is sooo nice

[@UrDomb]

Interesting hearing King speak in a relatively positive way about Kubrick’s version of The Shining. In the years after this interview he went so far as to describe Kubrick as a “man who thinks too much and feels too little.” Wonder if he’s just hiding his dissatisfaction here or if subsequent viewings led him to this conclusion.

[@sookmajoaby]

The fact Kubrick was considered Aspergers, he's probably spot on in his statement

[@pbrsteve5974]

the film was still being released internationally for the next few months at this time. he probably didn't want any bad review from the author coming out just yet. even if he didn't like it he wouldn't want it to suffer at the box office

[@WolfsH0ok]

He was just annoyed that Kubrick put stuff relating to Apollo mission in the movie

[@moldyvoldy1231]

I love that they're talking about how they've taken liberty with things that scared them as children into their work and all my childhood fears have arisen from the writing of Stephen King.

[@lukeskywalker6809]

One year later Stephen King started writing IT.

[@boodro2122]

Nice fun fact!

[@HubbaBuddah]

Huh?

[@lukeskywalker6809]

@Nintariz He started writing it on September 9, 1981 and finished it on December 28, 1985. It got published in 1986.

[@scottr291]

Nintariz cocaine makes you ramble, why do you think it and the stand are thicker than the dictionary, the white lightning was doing most of the writing there

[@lukeskywalker6809]

@Nintariz That's not insane at all. Under the Dome took him 40 years to write. It is a very complex novel and King was working on other books simultaneously like The Running Man, The Gunslinger, Christine, Pet Sematary, The Talisman among others. I think King put It aside because he may have run out of ideas how to go on or finish the story, but that's only speculation on my part. Bottom line is, such complex and long novels as It take a lot of time to write, in this case even years. There's nothing insane about it, especially if you consider how many other works Stephen King published during that period of time.

[@ktmerfeld9612]

The first book that scared me so badly I put it away was The Shining. After Dr. Sleep was released, I had met enough monsters in my life to make it through and straight into the seamless continuation of Danny's journey. Thank you to all these mad scientists for bringing their creations to us and take us away from the real monsters we face daily 🙏🏻

[@SaintMartins]

Filmed on October 1980. Which proves my theory that when we move into a new decade, it takes a year or 2 before the new fashion trends & hair styles are invented. They still look like they're in the 1970's.

[@adamhoughton7600]

I wonder what your theory is on shirt collars?

[@MusicbyWordPlay]

I think you are putting the cart before the horse there. What you are saying implies that styles were based off of the decade, when in reality it's the other way around. Fashion trends come and go, we simply discuss them in terms of decades. It's a construct at the end of the day.

[@r3dl0g1c]

I think that's true too

[@metatronatra]

We only notice trends in retrospect... It's not like the bell struck midnight on January 1st 1980 and everyone ditched bell-bottoms and big lapels for pastel blazers and tiny ties... 75-85 is as much a decade as 70-80 etc. and it's strange to try to summarise a ten year period like that instead of the usual way because we aren't used to it. It's funny to think people aren't aware of the zeitgeist and gestalt of their decade until after it's over

[@Ekphrasys]

As a matter of fact the 80’s began in 1982/83.. especially in Europe and in Italy ... the new fashion replaced this shabby one around ‘82/‘83...

[@daylight744]

Stephen King looks like he could be the protagonist in a Stephen King novel

[@hiramnoone]

Flash forward thirty years and he looks and acts like an SK nightmare.

[@peterzebot1795]

I quit smoking 20 years ago but for some reason I feel like lighting up now.

[@MrAdamJoel]

peter zebot seriously. Back before second-hand smoke was invented

[@ShaneDanger42069]

Me too

[@Io-Io-Io]

Don't. REALLY not worth it.

[@classicartfoundation639]

Lol I know what you mean

[@pepsiman7711]

peter zebot been 3 weeks bros, but i get ya im aggressively lighting my lighter watching this.

[@Rascoundrel1]

"Stephen King and others..." Really? George Romero, Ira Levin and Peter Straub qualify as a lot more than "others".

[@kemolowlow]

You can hear Stephen King's coked out nose.

[@MsRichycon]

I hear that Lol bloated coke head

[@doctorthirteen5727]

Cocaine was responsible for "The Tommyknockers", he claims not to remember writing it.

[@skoto8219]

A friend of mine quoted King as saying he would go on these coke binges where he would just write non-stop and then when he woke up the next day (or whenever he would wake up) he would just focus on editing what he'd written. This always stuck in my head but I've never been able to find a source for this and she can't remember where she read it.

[@kemolowlow]

@@skoto8219 PRobably true...he admitted to not remembering that he directed Maximum Overdrive.

[@lukeskywalker6809]

@@doctorthirteen5727 He says that about Cujo. During The Tommyknockers one time he wrote late at night with tampons in his nose to stop the bleeding.

[@MemoryException]

Smoking and talking horror: the 70s were kind of cool!

[@UpsonPrattJr.]

Lot cooler than now.

[@prezidenttrump5171]

@@UpsonPrattJr. Nope, you're just a depressed loser who should do what he knows he should do.

[@835g]

God bless you tube, I would never even known this was out there.

[@owenhunt]

It wasn't. This is Deep fake.

[@exclamationpointman3852]

Yes. Sometimes it is good.

[@exclamationpointman3852]

@Tamara Jane Greenwood especially to those on their way to Hell.

[@stormcorrosion176]

john giants john Gods bless, agreed

[@ciarandevaney385]

Smoking is just so cool

[@JoslinL]

He looks like he’s Alvin’s 4th Brother

[@sunnybibra3590]

Stephen King in the thumbnail looks like a character in a live action Dr. Seuss movie

[@rumpunch8268]

😂😂😂

[@wayne5579]

😂👍

[@DanielThureskog]

I was thinking more along the lines of a Disney Pixar character.

[@StevenLantz]

I love King's reference to being fearful of going mad from seeing something so horrific. You can tell the Lovecraft influence in him, as that was a major part of most HPL stories.

[@kkibela]

Its shocking how much being well spoken and truly confident will Completely take the scary out of the way someone looks

[@padawansound6423]

"If you don't have a few warps in your record, you can't get along". I love that, so true.

[@timewatch5]

Wow I read that title wrong..

[@Bloki1997]

lmao

[@apt7prod]

Pffffffffffff

[@lakshkishore]

Hahahahhahahahaa

[@corncobjohnsonreal]

My uncle warped me when I was a child. It's an awful thing to admit, I was alone at his house, he took me into his bedroom, and he warped me

[@posysdogovych2065]

Dick Cavett is on top of my "Celebrities who I think are dead but totally aren't" list.

[@anthonyf4039]

Stephen King looks like a sketch artist's drawing of Stephen King in this clip.

[@mr.nobody9697]

If Stephen King had not been a novelist he'd would've been, well... you know.

[@mr.nobody9697]

@Mondo A Hes definitely still a perv lol

[@rk3340]

A director?

[@luankhalil7099]

@@rk3340 he directed a horrible movie, so no.

[@robertwright7937]

@@luankhalil7099 An actor? He was in Creepshow 2. Love those anthology movies.😱

[@exclamationpointman3852]

LOL

[@maricarlabarreto]

I wish talk shows would be like this again. Just people talking. No audience, no fake laughs

[@yylevans]

Podcasts

[@ScreenSigma]

Steven king looks like cindy lou’s dad from the grinch

[@thewheekly8]

Freddie Mercury, omg your right! Also I love your name! 😂

[@aaronsaunders6974]

What a gem of an interview. King, Romero, & straub in the same place

[@springheeledjack165]

Stephen looks like Edmund Kemper's younger coke dealing brother.

[@julissa6715]

I feel like I’m watching an intellectual conversation/podcast between people. I feel productive.

[@diecar128]

Who else to listen to discussing horror lit than the goats themselves

[@kingoftheseamusic]

When did the guy who shot John Lennon take over Stephen King?

[@jerrysetlerr770]

Those were the days when people talked about this simple stuff.

[@d2thezdeezee113]

Am I the only one that thinks a group of foreign horror authors are about to come out and challenge each group to mortal combat? This interview has an anchor man vibe......BEFORE ANCHOR MAN! Mind blown!

[@oliviapete]

The whole comment section isnt holding back on the roasts at all😂

[@chipwilliams5854]

"Where could we see your umm, warped... um..." "Well, if you turn to page 4,573 of It, you'll notice a particular uhh, orgy uhhh, of sorts"

[@chikowashere]

This is how good Dick Cavett is, Stephen King just said that interviewers usually ask him what scares him. He completely forgot that he was getting interviewed. He thought that he was just talking to a regular person, that's how good Cavett is.

[@matthewpennington7935]

If king had a mustache he'd resemble Ed Kemper for sure

[@bluevol1976]

This discussion was fascinating! We don’t have this on TV nowadays. Dick Cavett’s show was brilliant.

[@MadOrange644]

His look makes more sense when he’s older.

[@bobo-kj6od]

Very tactful way of putting it 👍

[@caseybennett1385]

There’s a good reason Stephen is the only horror artist most will recognize in this antiquated clip.

[@EveEve5]

I feel as if I'm living in a Stephen king novel named the Corona virus. The outcome, maybe reality will be stranger than fiction.

[@TheSalute3397]

He looks like he’s a Who from the live action Grinch movie

[@AmateurBarbarian]

You can hear Stephen King breathing like a wolverine into the microphone whenever he’s not speaking. But in all seriousness, it’s like the Mount Rushmore of horror writing on this panel.

[@normanmccollum6082]

George A. Romero... an absolute inspiration. Love the zombie genre and without him it would not exist. Any fan of Walking Dead reading this KZbin comment, look upon George Romero and thank him. 1968's Night of the Living Dead is where it began, then I think 1979's Dawn of the Dead, then Day of the Dead in the '80s. ALL of it lead towards zombies as we know them! GEORGE A. ROMERO! Bless him, he's sadly passed on recently, and I was saddened to hear it... but his legacy lives on even if most fans of his concepts may well be unaware of it.

[@NextLevelEntertainment]

He looks exactly like the person that would fantasize and write the things he did in his books ... Echhh

[@abagegael]

EXACTLY

[@pinecone9619]

Seeing the screen bounce around like that without corrupted audio is hilarious

[@susanfernandez7475]

no matter what he looks like, he's been a brilliant horror writer and I've been reading his books since I was 17!!!

[@lisamckennon3025]

Me too!! I remember reading Salem's Lot and thinking, "I've been waiting for a book like this since I was in first grade!"

[@paulagwhyte1720]

Since I was about 10!!

[@levelofsnipes7378]

Stephen King looks like something out of a Stephen King book the same way Tim Burton looks like something out of a Tim Burton movie

[@TheLokiBiz]

Woah, George A Romero looked _way_ different as a young man - I guess I'm mostly used to seeing him in interviews and such from his later years, as I didn't even recognize him. King, on the hand, is pretty unmistakable at any age lol.

[@nikopalmer6471]

The Pity Party so true.

[@madaemon]

Regarding Dracula, Romero says, "All of the scenes have been included at some point in every film, but not all in one." *Francis Ford Coppola, watching the live broadcast at home: "Oh, they're not going to invite me because I don't make horror? JUST YOU WAIT, ROMERO!"*

[@dwarfplanets533]

He looks so much better and happier now

[@honban]

all of these guys make me feel better about my body and my face.

[@tims7686]

Even dick cavett?

[@hankworden3850]

You look awful

[@mrconspiracyunsolved2737]

This looks like a mafia interview

[@jocelynjohnston8257]

Haha!! It does.

[@michaelmcdonnell5998]

The shirt collar outside the jacket was such a seventies look! I used to rock it as a teenager!

[@dankthrone6668]

Stephen King looks like a stunt double for Elwood Blues, padded shirt and everything

[@EugeneRichardPlanetCheese]

We shouldn’t pity Stephen king, he’s a phenomenal person and spirit.

[@mstoutsenberger]

Steven King looks like the Who father from the Grinch.

[@Cognitoman]

Mike Stoutsenberger lol he does

[@walkerdeserttracer6767]

Finally someone said it

[@JustBrxnsxn]

Known for writing lightning type rhymes

[@BillyJBailey]

Right after this interview, a Gypsy whispered “thinner” in Stephen King’s ear.

[@kvogel9245]

40 years later and he's still warped.

[@shannongraham3055]

And worth $400 million

[@michaelcullen5308]

The best thing about this is they hardly let Dick Cavett make any of his usual juvenile interruptions.