Buried in this fawning New York Times piece about Larry King (where CNN does its best to downplay the idea that the 73-year-old newscaster—a former four-pack-a-day smoker with a history of heart trouble, cardiac bypass, and who most recently had surgery to flush a blocked artery—probably won't live much longer) is King's announcement of his preferred replacement: none other than American Idol empathy-bot Ryan Seacrest. King had this to say about America's favorite frosted flake: