A Walk With Larry

Yesterday’s Reliable Source points to Larry King’s latest gig: Tour guide.

King, although now a resident of L.A., was asked by Talking Streets to do their D.C. guide because of his two decades in the capital (and, we presume, his sexy suspenders). After all the company explains the best way to see a city is by “having an ultra-savvy resident show you around–a guide who can reveal what a place is really like, and how it got that way.” King’s cell-phone walking tour is titled “The Washington Mall: Symbols of America.”

“As it happens, my job…on TV…is all about getting famous figures to reveal themselves. And that’s kind of what this tour is about. All around us are these grand structures–and they have a kind of silent dignity, right? Well… we’re going to get the marble talking,” King’s introduction says.

Other TS offerings include Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler in Boston and Seinfeld’s Jerry Stiller for NY’s Lower East Side. While some are free, King’s tour is $5.95.

When told that initial reactions to the tour were positive, King told the Reliable Souce he was flattered: “Maybe I could come out to guide people. I’d need a little uniform — tell them I want a Washington Nationals uniform and we’ll do the tour live.”

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