Talk Show hosts all write books. Jack Paar wrote three books, and the last two were rehashes of the first. Larry King has written several books. I’m not sure how many, but I do not believe he has repeated any of his stories. The only one who never wrote a book was Jack Eigen. I could have added Mike Murphy’s name to the list, but before he died, he authored a small book. He always alibied for not writing a book. He claimed he had too few stories to tell. Not true. Jeff Conaway, who had a history of drug use, invaded the KCMO studio when he was on something, but he said nothing about it. Then there was the time Mike Murphy broke his ankle; he had a faith healer come to the studio, who asked Mike if he could touch the ankle. I asked him what had happened since the last thing we heard was Mike screaming in pain. He said that was towards the end of the show and he was not paying any attention to the guest. When the faith healer touched Mike’s ankle it sent an electrical shock through his body. Again, he never wrote about this incident.
