never think of discussing with everybody. >> now, did you guys ever do anything but propaganda? >> larry: police believe that o.j. simpson is in that car. ♪ got a date with an angel ♪ and i'm on my way to heaven >> it looks like a construction site. no big deal. ♪ everybody going to dance tonight ♪ ♪ everybody going to feel all right ♪ >> larry: we'll also go live to haiti showing you specifically what your donations mean to this country in ruin. >> larry: good evening. and welcome to the last "larry king live." hard to say that. i knew this day was coming. these words are not easy to say. bill maher is the host of "realtime with bill ma rer." that's larry king. go right to it. bill maher. ryan seacrest is a radio host, producer. they'll be with us throughout the show. that is sendoff party going on right now in beverly hills. we'll be checking in there during the hour and heading there as soon as the show is over. thank you both for coming. i'm very -- i mean it. i'm very grateful, bill. >> larry, you're 25 years. you're an icon. everyone's waiting for the words and the words are these are hard words to say. bill maher. >> larry: how did you take that? you took it emotionally, didn't you? >> just so happy to be here. i remember when i took your confession earlier this year. when you announced that this -- >> larry: you were on the show the night i announced? >> can i say something to everybody. i'll appoint myself as a referee right at the beginning. this is not larry's funeral. you know? larry's going to be hopefully in our living rooms for a lot of years to come. maybe not every night. >> larry: doing other things. i'll be around. >> if that's not the case, i'll be disappointed with cnn. this is the end of the show, not the end of a man. >> that's the tone to set. that is the tone to set. >> larry: not a funeral. >> not at all. i hope we're working together. doing something. >> larry: breaking news. >> we're in talks. >> larry: i love that term. >> or in ten years, be a morning deejay team. i can see that. larry and the bean. you would have to be the bean. >> as always. >> larry: 25 years ago i started this show. 25 1/2 years ago. what were you doing? >> i had just moved here. i was on a little show i think everyone in america remembers called "sarah." >> yes. very popular. >> 13 episodes. that was the dream at the time. we started out as comedians and then johnny carson and want add sitcom and i was. it was years later before i was old enough to be on your show. >> larry: you used to come on the radio show in washington whenever you work washington you would come on. >> also, washington boulevard. you remember? >> larry: that's right. culver city. >> washington boulevard. >> larry: ryan, i understand that you have -- we have some surprises tonight. there are surprises tonight. i know nothing about ian cryian apparently has the first surprise. >> i have the blue cards here. >> larry: blue cards. >> the rundown right here. >> giving you some of his money. >> a little bit of money. first of all, thank you for having me sit here, as well. >> larry: pleasure being your friend. >> you're a tremendous guy with a great heart. >> says right here. >> joining us from sacramento, governor schwarzenegger with a special announcement, larry, for you. if we could bring up the governor now. i believe he's with us. there he is. >> hello, larry. first of all, i just want to say thank you very much for doing your show out of los angeles. out of california. we need the jobs. we need the money so this was really terrific. and of course, we're big fans of yours and so my announcement is that the day's officially in california larry king day. >> larry: well. >> so congratulations. the 25 years of great, great entertainment, great interviews and a great, great friendship. thank you very much. >> larry: thank you, governor. i appreciate it. say hello to the wife and keep this in mind. i'll be back. >> i definitely will. thank you very much. i'll be back. >> larry: that's nice. you want to say something, bill? >> a side note to that. the proclamation in california that larry king, larry king day stuck in the legislature for two years. that's what we have out here. two thirds majority was needed for both houses. >> larry: and the vote just passed. >> just passed, larry. >> larry: ryan, never told the story on the air. i don't know if we have time. i met ryan seacrest as the airport in paris. >> what you made me do. >> larry: i didn't know who he was. my wife is -- he's coming over. >> wanted to know. >> larry: he says, he says -- >> please. >> larry: he says, i'm a big fan of yours. nice meeting you. no, really, thanks. shawn says that's ryan seacrest of "american idol." i said, okay. nice to meet you. and he said to me, now, sweltering airport. the air conditioning wasn't working. lines are backed up. he says, anything i can do for you. i said, yeah, carry my bags. >> so i'm carrying his louis viutton bags. looks like we were on holiday together. you said to me on the flight back, have you been a guest on the show? i said, no. i carried your bags. oh, yeah. come on the show the next week. i did and then in the second commercial break, he said, i want you to guest host the show sometime. i did for many, many years and i thank you for that. >> larry: yes. he was very good. you, too. >> yeah. >> you, too. he'll be here in a minute. bono, the edge, the whole group. >> larry: just getting started on the last show. this is completely rehearsed. don't go away. as a manager, my team counts on me to stay focused. so i take one a day men's 50+ advantage. it's the only complete multivitamin with ginkgo to support memory and concentration. plus it supports heart health. [ bat cracks ] that's a hit. one a day men's. >> larry: before we meet some of my favorite people with us, in new york, we welcome you back to "larry king live," we have another surprise from ryan. remember, i don't know what's coming. >> you don't know what's coming, correct? >> larry: right. >> like any other show. >> that's true. he doesn't want to know, does he? >> larry: correct. >> let's go to the highest office in the land. right now. the president has something for you. a special message. >> larry: you're kidding. >> i'm not. take a look. >> i want to join all of you in congratulating, larry king on a truly amazing career. larry, for 25 years, you have hosted a conversation between newsmakers, celebrities and the american people. from presidents and generals to kermit the frog and joe from tacoma. you say that all you do is ask questions but for generations of americans, the answers to those questions have surprised us, they have informed us and they have opened our eyes to the world beyond our living rooms. so thank you, larry, and best of luck. >> larry: you ever introduce the president before? >> i have not, no. >> john boehner is calling in. he's calling obama socialist for the remarks. >> larry: regis philbin, the co-host of "regis and kelly lee." donald trump hosts "the apprentice" and suze orman, soon to be appearing on ask to pra's all-stars. we welcome them back to "larry king live" for one last time. hey, regis, thanks so much for doing this. you've been one of my favorite guests. >> well, same goes for me. my feelings about you, larry. you know, what i really love about you is the fact so many people don't know that you sing and you also sing all of those great old songs that you only learned years and years ago growing up in new york city with no tv. only radio. only disk jockeys, only great songs and great singers in those days and i really have enjoyed -- one day we were on a -- trump listen to this. one day we were on a plane coming back from notre dame, larry an i. i hear larry singing a dear old song and so we began doing it. but i got one for you tonight, larry. okay? >> larry: go. >> totally unrehearsed. >> larry: all right. ♪ so long for a while that's all the king for a while ♪ yours. larry, don't let me down now. >> larry: i don't know the second. >> no! the song. >> larry: yeah. frank sinatra. >> that. so long to your hit parade and the guest that you loved to be played. larry doesn't remember it. we're dying, trump. we're dying here. >> larry: okay. you got me, regis. i lose. >> i didn't mean to get you. i wanted to show everybody that you know all of those songs. >> larry: i lost the $500 question. i'm off the show. donald trump, thank you for humbling yourself and appearing with us again tonight. >> we all appreciate it. >> i tell you what, it is my honor. you're an amazing guy. we'll miss you. i assume you'll be back bigger than ever. look at him. he looks great. >> looks great. why is he leaving? >> what is going on? >> we don't like this. >> you shouldn't be leaving anything, larry. but we -- >> larry: donald -- >> the group here, i will tell you, we have a great group of people in new york and we all love you an you're a special guy and nobody ever did it better. >> larry: thank you, thank you, donald. thank you for the wonderful words you gave to "the new york times" this week, too. very, very appreciative. suze orman! >> mr. king. don't go! don't go! >> larry: you going to handle my finances now, huh? >> yeah. after this is all over, you and me, baby. i'm going to take care of you big time. >> larry: suze, what are you doing with oprah? >> well, what we are doing is dr. oz, dr. phil, myself are going to be oprah's all-stars and get questions from the whole world and we're going to answer them and we're going to do it oprah style. >> larry: what do you make of that, sfwhil oprah's all-stars. >> i think oprah's going to sue. you know? oprah didn't like anybody doing her style. >> larry: what do you make of that, ryan? you are good at hits. >> i think she's got a lot of work ahead of her. that's tough to launch a network, isn't it? i would imagine. >> larry: i would guess. what do you think, regis? do you think you could start -- the regis network. >> why not? i've been doing it for a long time and, you know, i'm about ready to take over my own network. you and i, larry! we do it together. >> larry: the regis/larry network. >> love it. want to be a guest? >> larry: who would we have as hosts? trump does the first show. >> okay. >> real estate. golf courses. >> but i love what oprah is doing and another special one. she's a tremendous woman and i think very successful and suze, i think you will do very well. >> i hope so. i'm going to keep my fingers crossed. >> the questions asked ad lib in they took questions from me this week for you. >> yeah. we won't know the questions. we are just going to go for it. >> you'll never come up with mine, baby. it's tough. >> larry, you never stumped me, did you? >> larry: no, i never was able to -- no one could stump suze orman. she opens the refrigerator and does 20 minutes. >> always the great tan. >> everyone on the panel has a great tan. >> always has the great tan. we want time to tan like that. >> i live in new york. what to do? >> come live in new york. you'll get a tan like us. >> larry: we'll be back with more surprises. bill will now tell us when's coming up. >> i won't tell you, larry. i'll just tease it. someone is going to grill you. that's right, the tables will be turned here on your last show. >> good tease. >> larry: good tease. [ female announcer ] it's red lobster's ultimate surf and turf event. with three seafood-and-steak combinations, all under $20! like succulent lobster and wood-grilled sirloin, or new chardonnay shrimp and sirloin. ends soon at red lobster. >> larry: the surprises keep coming. again, i had no idea who was on or what bill maher do you have for us now? >> well, it's not saturday night but live from new york it's "larry king live." >> thanks, bill, you know, i have done about 7,000 interviews in the 25 years at cnn. and i've saved my best guest for lastful i'm talking to me. larry, what's been my favorite interview? >> larry: that's -- it's hard to pick one out. >> yeah. >> larry: you have done so many over the years, hard to pick one out. every time i'm asked that, it's hard to pick one out. i like what you're wearing tonight. >> thank you. you know, i just picked it out. first thing there in the closet. it was great. larry, when's the most interesting thing about me? >> larry: most interesting thing about you is that you're a little wacko. my sons were saying in the car tonight no one is normal. if you met a normal person, he or she would be abnormal. so i would say that you're very special, lar. >> thank you. >> larry: an honor being inside of you. >> it is, yes. it is an honor. now, what question have i asked more than any over the years? >> larry: why? >> that's great. >> larry: that's been -- not abbott and costello. the best question of all, lar is the question why. >> i love that. >> larry: because it's a great question because it can't be answered in one word. and it forces the person to think. >> why? >> also good if you're not paying attention. right? >> larry: as ryan said, it is also good if you're not paying attention at the time. >> just say why. >> larry: say you're being bugged and someone's talking in your headset and you say, why? >> sure, sure. i know the feeling. >> larry: yeah. it's a minimalist. as you quoted. >> i always say, larry. >> larry: what now, larry? >> now, besides holding up my pants, why do i wear suspenders? can the suspender industry survive the end of "larry king live"? >> larry: i will not stop wearing them! so you've heard it first. no matter what i do in life, other things, the suspenders will remain. so, larry, you can keep wearing them. >> thank you. i'm glad. i'm happy about that. now, now -- >> larry: listen, i have had weird things in my life but this is way up on the list. i want to call him fred. yes, lar? >> call me whatever you want. was interviewing the cast of "saturday night live" one of the most thrilling moments of my career? >> larry: yes, it was. one, i was -- i was so impressed being in that studio because i like -- this set is historic. it's going to the smithsonian. that set is historic. when i sat there on that stage talking to them, you weren't one of them. why weren't you there? >> why? >> larry: why? >> i was interviewing. why? why? now, now, now -- >> larry: why? >> now, larry, what's the question nobody's ever asked me that i want to answer right now? >> larry: boy, that's a tough one. >> button fly or zipper? >> larry: yours -- is yours zipper unflied? that's a ryan seacrest question. when's a bill maher question? >> i don't think that's what he said. >> button fly or zipper? >> larry: button fly or zipper. >> that's a question. >> you weren't asking if you do the show with your package out. >> not at all. very specific. >> minimalist thing, i always said, larry's the ultimate minimalist. we are losing the greatest minimalist in this era and missing that. larry is -- >> larry: thank you. >> larry would be good at speed dating. two minutes, he could know everything -- he elicits more information in that shorter amount of time. >> why he prefers the zipper on button fly. >> larry: ryan has given me gifts of jeans and learned zipper ice that's love when you get another man jeans. >> i got to have a zipper. when you got to go at my age, you got to go quick. >> i don't have these discussions with other men. >> larry: fred, thanks a lot, fred. fred, i really appreciate you doing that. that was hysterical. >> thank you. thank you. >> larry: we'll be back with america's best known news anchors, they're all here, next. oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. ♪ [ male announcer ] you know her. we know diamonds. together we'll make her holiday. that's why only zales is the diamond store. where you can get up to $1,000 off now through sunday. that's why only zales is the diamond store. has the biggest hotel deals we're offering the big deal guarantee. book a hotel with name your own price and if you can find a lower published price anywhere else we'll match it and pay you $25. book now and save up to 60% on hotels. only at priceline. >> larry: our guests, i found out about them right -- two minutes before the show. we're showing you the washington, d.c. control room with our staff there. look at that crack staff. that's the staff in washington and now we'll switch to the staff right here in los angeles. from's the control room. wendy walker and greg christianson and next to wendy is cannon king! there's sarah. and joining us now from new york, katie couric, the anchor of "the cbs evening news," diane sawyer anchor of "abc world news" and barbara walters of "the view" and brian williams, a shock to me, anchor of "nbc nightly news." i was just told they're on. diane, we'll start with you. you have been a guest on the show many times over the years and starting by thanks you for coming tonight. >> thank you so much and we are your proteges. larry, you said that you will never be without your suspenders doing the specials and we chipped together -- it was really extravagant on our part and want you to know you now have the official larry king special suspenders and on the back we've got your back. all of us stayed up all night to stitch our names in for you. >> larry: wow. >> these are coming your way. these are your spruced up suspenders for your specials. >> larry: i will wear them with honor and gratitude. i thank you all very much. >> great. >> larry: barbara, what's happening? barbara walters, i have been on "the view" many times, 20 times. i appreciate your being on this show, i think this is your 21st appearance. >> it is. forgive my voice. "the view" had a party last night and i think i -- >> congo line. >> too much cheer. you've been on 25 years and i have been on 21. there were four years you didn't want me. what did i do? >> larry: by the way, i believe looking at this group you were the first female anchor, were you snot. >> i was the first female co-anchor when i first came to abc from nbc. you see, if i hadn't left, i would have your job today. do you realize that? >> that hadn't occurred to me but perhaps we could discuss -- >> you have nothing to say? >> a delightful chardonnay later. i don't know. >> anyway -- >> larry: brian, you were a guest on this show many times you were the white house correspondent and been on withstand-up to cancer. very appreciative you're here tonight. >> you've been very, very kind to me. by the way, larry, what you have just done is what scores of network executives were never to do, you snatched air time away from barbara walters, by the way, in the middle of a sentence. but as long as it's on me, i'm going to take it. run with it over the goal line and tell you that this has -- this table and the one where you're sitting with bill maher which i agree is hard to say, this has been america's kind of confessional. and 25 years is a towering, towering achievement. you're a giant in our business. >> i take it back. all of us have done interviews. all of us have done world leaders and heads of state and not so heads of state. no one has done more than you. you've been able -- you were my biggest competition. i hate to see you go but little part of me says, oh terrific, now i can get them. nobody has done them as well. the week i was on, i guess, this fall, you had ahmadinejad on. and then jimmy carter was on the next night. i mean, and that's just routine for you. so -- >> larry: thank you, barbara. >> so missed, so missed. >> larry: before i ask katie, brian, you mentioned bill maher. what do you think of ryan seacrest? >> a sparkling, still emerging talent. you and i have the same opinion of that young man. it is an exciting evening. i mean, just in the green room here to see your next two guest starr jones and julian assange -- it's -- it's really -- there's a vibe, a crackle, an energy in the air that's hard to define. >> you are nuts! >> larry: brian, ta