King said that his two most difficult interviews were Demond Wilson and Robert Mitchum. Wilson did not want to be there, and Mitchum gave one word answers, said King in a 1990 interview. Interviewee Rod McKuen offered to send a copy of his latest album to any listener who proved the bought the book by sending him the inside cover flap; he ended up receiving 289,000 flaps. The show had attempted to book Ted Turner, when he did appear on the show he recruited King to come to CNN and do a show that would become Larry King Live.