As it was widely reported, oldest living mummy, Larry King will depart his CNN talk show this fall.  CNN network president, Joe Klein declined to confirm a replacement although he did comment that the network will maintain the interview format.  There's been a blizzard of speculation on who his replacement might be and King himself has suggested that Ryan Seacrest would make a great successor - really, WTF?  Rumors of other replacements include Katie Couric, America's Got Talent judge, Piers Morgan and Joy Behar who already has a popular talk show on CNN.  

Now Larry King wasn't known to be the most hard-nosed interviewer since he was widely criticized for always asking soft questions and knowing little to nothing about his subjects. Personally, I will be glad to see the suspenders depart broadcast for bagels.  You heard right, Larry will become a key developer in a new franchise called the Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co -- yeah, it just rolls off the tongue, right?  Well, Larry, we think it's the perfect move, and we wish you the best of luck in your new venture!  

Now onto business, if CNN is looking for another lame talk show host asking the same formulaic crap then any of the above aforementioned people will do, but if you want a fresh, ground-breaking show, here are Celebrity Beehive's nominees for Larry's replacement:  

Dave Chappelle: I don't care if he ever was or still is crazy.  He has the perfect combination of comedy and political satire.  He could have a conversation with driftwood and that shit would be funny.   

Betty White:  Ah, Betty is the last surviving Golden Girl.  Let's face it, anything with Betty White is bound to be better. She'd make the show cooler just by showing up. That's our new slogan, "Betty is Better."

Duchess Fergie: If CNN were fiscally responsible, they would jump all over this because she is a hot, flaming mess!  Fergie's not done a damn thing since the bribery scandal months ago. With her sense of entitlement and being dirt-ass broke, she'd do it for peanuts just to get swag and freebies again.

Prince Poppycock: He is America's Got Talent's self-proclaimed rock superstar.  The kid's got IT, whatever IT is, but we love the name, the costumes, make-up...all of IT!  Just take a look at his profile picture!  It's magic don't you think?

Sookie Stackhouse:  Being a telepath, she can read everyone's mind as she interviews them.  "You're lying Governor Spitzer, you're thinking about my boobs, and yes, I am dating a vampire and the sex is amazing!"  "No, I don't think you can pay for it!"

Snoop Dogg:  Snoop would reach an under-served urban market.   He'd make everyone relax by smoking them out and giving them gin and juice. Snoop would have nightly sections called "Wuz DOPE?"  Imagine the interview between Snoop and Octomom?  He wouldn't be afraid to ask the hard questions: "Girl, why you got so many kids?" Fo-shizzle - that would be dope!

Thoughts??  Who would you like to see replace Larry King? 

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