Name: Stephen King Weighs Which Of His Characters Would Make The Worst Quarantine-Mate
Uploaded: 2020-05-06T18:47:32.000Z
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HEY EVERYBODY,   WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.

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HE IS THE AUTHOR BEHIND SO MANY OF THE STORIES WE LOVE:

"CARRIE," "IT," "MISERY," "THE SHINING," "THE SHAWSHANK

REDEMPTION," "THE OUTSIDER," AND "THE STAND," COMING SOON TO

PLEASE WELCOME TO "A LATE SHOW," STEPHEN KING!

STEPHEN KING, YOU-- YOUR ENTIRE CAREER HAS BEEN IMAGINING

HOW ARE YOU HANDLING THIS ONE IN REALITY?

>> WELL, I'M DOING IT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

I'M SITTING AT HOME MOST OF THE TIME, AND WHEN I GO OUT TO THE

AND WHEN I COME HOME, I WASH MY HANDS BECAUSE I CAN IMAGINE--

IMAGINATION IS A TERRIBLE THING SOMETIMES WHEN IT TURNS AGAINST

YOURSELF-- I CAN IMAGINE GERMS AS BIG AS WAGON WHEELS ON MY

HANDS AND CRAWLING UP MY ARMS AND INTO MY FACE.

>> Stephen: WELL, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE CURRENT HORROR STORY

THAT WE'RE IN AND ONE OF THE CENTRAL CHARACTERS, WHICH IS

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE-- THE THING ABOUT DRINKING BLEACH JUST

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TELLING ME FOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, THAT I SORT OF

I WROTE A BOOK CALLED "THE DEAD ZONE," AND THERE WAS A CHARACTER

IN THERE, A KIND OF TV COMEDIAN-TYPE GUY WHO APPEALED

TO THE COMMON PEOPLE AND TOLD EVERYBODY THAT HE WAS GOING TO

SOLVE THE POLLUTION PROBLEM, AND THE PROBLEM OF GARBAGE.

HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT IT ALL INTO OUTER SPACE!

AND THEN HE WOULD HAND OUT HOT DOGS AND HE'D SAY, "YOU'RE GOING

TO SAY 'HOT DOG' WHEN YOU ELECT GREG STILSON PRESIDENT."

AND REALLY, SHOOTING GARBAGE INTO OUTER SPACE COMPARES PRETTY

FAIRLIY TO INJECTING BLEACH INTO THE HUMAN BODY I THINK.

>> Stephen: YEAH, YEAH, I THINK IT'S ON-- I THINK IT'S ON

IF YOU HAD WRITTEN-- IF YOU HAD WRITTEN THE SCENARIO WE'RE IN

IS IT PLAYING OUT THE WAY YOU WOULD HAVE IMAGINED IT?

>> WELL, I WROTE A BOOK CALLED "THE STAND," IN 1975 OR '76, AND

I'M STILL APOLOGIZING FOR IT 40, 50 YEARS LATER.

PEOPLE WILL COME ALONG AND SAY THROUGH THEIR LITTLE MASKS, "I

FEEL LIKE I'M LIVING IN A STEPHEN KING STORY."

AND MY RESPONSE IS, "I'M SORRY FOR THAT."

BUT WHEN I WROTE IT BACK IN THE 70s, I JUST HAD THIS IDEA

AND I WENT TO A DOCTOR THAT I KNEW, AND I SAID, "COULD YOU

GIVE ME A SCENARIO FOR A PANDEMIC THAT WIPES OUT 99% OF

THE EARTH'S POPULATION?" AND HIS EYES LIT UP.

I MEAN, THEY LOVE THAT SORT THE APOCALYPTIC "WHAT IF" SCENARIO.

AND HE SAID, "WELL, THE FLU WOULD BE THE BEST THING.

BUT THE THING ABOUT THE FLU IS IT'S THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON

GIVING BECAUSE EVERY YEAR IT COMES BACK, BUT IT COMES BACK IN

A DIFFERENT FORM, SO THAT YOU NEED A DIFFERENT SHOT FOR IT.

AND MY FEAR, STEPHEN, ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS, IS THAT WE MAY GET

THINGS BACK TO NORMAL, AND THEN WANT VIRUS MUTATES, AND IT COMES

BACK, WHICH LEAVES TWO POSSIBILITIES-- ONE IS THAT IT

COMES BACK MUCH WEAKER AND IT'S NOT MUCH OF A PROBLEM.

BUT THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO-- WHICH OF COURSE IS WHERE MY MIND

GOES-- I'M SORRY, BUT IT DOES-- IS THAT IT COMES BACK MORE

>> Stephen: YOUR NEW BOOK IS CALLED "IF IT BLEEDS."

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, STEPHEN, I JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE A COPY OF IT

>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE ROLE OF A HORROR STORY RIGHT NOW WHEN

WE'RE LIVING IN A SORT OF DYSTOPIAN FUTURE?

>> WELL, I THINK THAT PEOPLE DO KIND OF GRAVITATE OWARD HORROR

STORIES WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH AND TIMES ARE SCARY.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO A HORROR STORY, LIKE "IF IT BLEEDS," OR

"GERALD'S GAME" OR ANY OF THE STUFF I'VE WRITTEN-- ALL OF

WHICH ARE AVAILABLE BY MAIL ORDER OR CURB SERVICE FROM YOUR

LOCAL BOOKSTORE-- CORRECT-- YOU READ IT, AND THE SITUATIONS ARE

EVEN MORE HORRIBLE THAN BEING UNDER HOUSE ARREST WITH NO

AND WHEN YOU FINISH, YOU CLOSE THE BOOK, AND YOU'VE HAD A PLACE

YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SAY, "THESE PROBLEMS MUCH WORSE THAN MY

PROBLEMS," AND THEN YOU CLOSE THE BOOK, AND YOU CAN GO TO BED

>> Stephen: WHO OF THE CHARACTERS YOU'VE WRITTEN WOULD

I WOULDN'T BE TO WANT QUARANTINED WITH ANNIE WILKES.

BECAUSE SHE WOULD THINK THAT WAS A COCKA DOODY BRAT, AND THEN SHE

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