but i think if i had read it, i would have had a lot more possibly had more perspective on the things that pained me so. larry: aside from a lot of toilet hume. and you love toilet hume. let s admit it. you like toilet humor. it s okay. i like it. i don t like like it. larry: i say you like it. do you not like it? larry: yeah, sure, it s funny. toilet humor is funny. there is also some very sweet stories in the book. so you let the sweet side out of you. so you are saying you are sweet? i m not saying anything! that s for the reader to decide. larry: ah-ha! but you do write of sweet things. well, you know, just like the salty parts, it s subjective. but yeah, i wrote very honestly
i got what it takes, i got what i need, got what a show needs i will show them all, little old me, i m what the world needs larry: my guest is sarah silverman. her very revealing, very intimate, very funny book is the bedwetter. she goes into great detail about suffering from depression as a kid, at one point you say taking 16 xanax a day as a 14-year-old. you know, it was the 80s. and i think it was maybe a time where you didn t question doctors. and it was totally crazy. i mean, the woman who prescribed this and kept upping my prescription should be in prison, i think, you know. i remember she kept upping it and upping it until i was taking four xanax four times a day. i was 14. larry: how depressed were
to say about their message? we re keeping them honest tonight. also the latest on the volcano in iceland. a trickle of travelers finally heading home. but one of the biggest dangers from the volcano is that it could set off another one nearby. a 360 dispatch tonight from iceland. those stories and a lot more at the top of the hour. larry: you talk about a lot of things in the bedwetter, little about jimmy kimmel. why? no reason. i wrote the book is essays, personal essays, stories that i think are interesting, stories from my life. and, you know, there is big chunks of important parts of my life that aren t in there because it s just it just it s not a chronological tell-all. it s just like this was a great story, this is a great story that happened to me. you know, i mean, i m very close with my stepmother is a huge part of my life since i was 7, janice silverman.
good evening. great pleasure to welcome craig robinson to larry king live. michelle obama s older brother, men s basketball coach of the oregon state beavers, author of the new book a game of character. a family journey from chicago s south side to the ivy league and beyond. craig was introduced to the world in a sense on the night of august 25th, 2008. that s when he got the chance to introduce his sister michelle at the democratic national convention. here is a little of that. please join me in welcoming an impassioned public servant, a loving daughter, wife, and mother, my little sister and our nation s next first lady, michelle obama! larry: what was that like for you, craig? spectacular, larry.
my family. he connected well with me. he was one of these guys, one of these harvard law school guys that didn t lead with saying i m from harvard law school. i really liked him right away. and i don t think my parents didn t like him. i think that, you know, we just hadn t seen any long-term relationships. so we just they just figured it might not work out. larry: your late father fraser a remarkable man. and anyone who reads this book will understand that. do you think michelle compared guys to him? oh, i would have to say absolutely yes. you know, in the book i talk about my wedding, my marriage the wedding to my second wife kelly. and my sister gave a very warm father s day speech. and she talked about how she really looked up to my father. and i m absolutely positive that