The previously taped episode of Larry King Live where Katie Couric interviewed Larry King airs tomorrow night at 9pm ET. Highlights from the show follow…

Surprise question from Stephen Colbert:

COURIC: We have some celebrity questions tonight. One is from Stephen Colbert of “The Colbert Report.”

KING: I was on his show.

COURIC: And as you might expect, it is a question of sweeping scope. Let’s listen.

(VIDEO CLIP)

Stephen asks: “Larry, you have conducted thousands of interviews over the years, tell us about them?”

(LAUGHTER)

COURIC: In an hour.

KING: That is Colbert. I was on his show, I had a lot of fun with him. You know, the secret on that show is to go with him.

COURIC: Right.

KING: You know, people go on and think, well, I have got to be this, I have got to be that. Back to be yourself. You go with him. That throws him. If you — he is an act. You know, Colbert is…

COURIC: Right. I did his show too, and I tried to go with him as well.

KING: He is a pretend — he is a pretend host. That is what he is. You pretend guest. Go with that flow. A lot of people, they don’t know.

COURIC: I know, when you see people who don’t, it is always awkward, right?

KING: It is embarrassing. And these politicians, I don’t know how they sit there with this — why do you favor rape?

Surprise call from Nancy Reagan:

NANCY REAGAN, FORMER FIRST LADY: Hi, Larry. Congratulations.

KING: It is Nancy Reagan.

COURIC: Absolutely.

N. REAGAN: You are right.

KING: Oh, I’m thrilled that you would be in on this show, Katie hosting it. And this being my week, you are one of my favorite people. Nancy has become a great friend of ours in California. Shawn and I and the kids. And we enjoy having her over. And she is truly great lady.

N. REAGAN: Oh, that is nice. Now listen, it is time for everybody to be saying nice things about you. And what a thrill for you this must be, Larry.

KING: Yes. It is. It is a pinch myself kind of thrill, you know? Fifty years is a long time.

COURIC: And, Nancy, I know that you have been interviewed several times by Larry over the years. I know he, as we just saw, interviewed President Reagan twice as well. What do you think makes him such a pleasure to talk to?

N. REAGAN: Well, I suppose because — I once said to Larry, I think we were having dinner at your house, Larry, how can you go from one subject to another and so — seemingly so effortlessly? I mean, I just don’t know how you do it.

And he said, I’m curious. I’m just curious. And I suppose that is right. He is curious.

KING: You know, I was that way, Nancy, as a child. I wanted to know why the bus driver wanted to drive the bus.

COURIC: You were interviewing at that early age.

KING: Yes. I was the kind of person you didn’t want to sit next to on an airplane.

(LAUGHTER)

KING: I drove you crazy. It is just — I just wonder about, what is it like? What does it mean to be this?

COURIC: Nancy, I know you have mixed feelings sometimes about being interviewed. And what is it about Larry that makes you feel so at ease?

N. REAGAN: Oh, I — it is just Larry. You just feel at ease with Larry. He is a very easy interviewer for me, and I’m sure for everybody.

COURIC: So nice to hear from you, Nancy. Thanks so much for calling in.

N. REAGAN: It is good to hear your voice, Katie.

Surprise call from Jay Leno:

COURIC: Well, there is one comedian who loves you. And he is on the phone right now.

Caller, are you there?

JAY LENO, HOST, “THE TONIGHT SHOW”: I am here!

COURIC: I think you need to say a few more things.

LENO: All right. I did a joke about Larry the other night. I said, Larry is celebrating his 50th year in broadcasting. Plus he had to wait 25 years for TV to be invented.

(LAUGHTER)

KING: Jay Leno!

LENO: Hello, Larry!

KING: Hello, Jay!

LENO: How are you?

KING: It has been ages since you have done this show?

LENO: Well, it has been ages since I have done anything. I just kind of do my show. But we will get together. Congratulations.

KING: Thank you, Jay. I’m really thrilled. And I like the way you announced my 50 years the other night. That was really thrilling.

LENO: What can I say…

KING: What you said was, he announced my first phone call, which was Alexander Graham Bell.

(LAUGHTER)

LENO: And then the other joke I did, I said the two oldest people in the world met recently, two women. One was 113, one was 114. it broke the old — the old record of the two oldest people meeting Keith Richards was interviewed by Larry King. That was the other one.

(LAUGHTER)

COURIC: I hope you delivered it a little better than that, Jay.

LENO: Yes, yes. But…

KING: Oh, Katie hitting Jay.

COURIC: It is early out there, right, Jay?

LENO: That is correct. It is earlier. I got up extra early to call in on this.

COURIC: But this is the day when — this is actually a week — actually a month, a year, perhaps, at CNN where we are saying nice things about Larry. So…

KING: For one week they are saying nice things.

COURIC: Tell us, Jay, why you think…

(CROSSTALK)

LENO: I don’t even know you passed away. I feel terrible.

(LAUGHTER)

COURIC: Why do you think he is such a terrific interviewer?

LENO: Well, because he appears so lifelike. When you see him on TV, it is amazing.

(LAUGHTER)

LENO: You know, Larry is a good listener. Like you said, he is the perfect kind of guy for comics. Because most times — a lot of times when interviewers try to interview comedians, they will listen to the comedian and instead of just asking you a question, they will go, so, Jay, have you been to McDonald’s lately!

Trying to lead you into your McDonald’s joke (ph). And you go, oh, this is awful. Whereas with Larry, Larry just talks to you. You know, there are some people — it is like, whenever Jerry Seinfeld and I get on the phone, we always leave with more material because we go back and forward.

And when you talk to Larry, you go back and forward. You don’t really have a script. He isn’t — he doesn’t say, OK, ask him about this routine which will lead into the joke about his wife lying on the airplane. You just sort of have a discussion.

And then Larry is the kind of guy, he just — he gets comedians to write on the air. You just start thinking funny when you talk to him, because A, he listens, and he laughs at the joke. So as a comic that gives you the kind of thing to move to the next thing. And he is a good audience.

KING: I’m really happy for Jay Leno’s success because Jay Leno, you know what he is? A regular guy. What you see is what you get.

COURIC: And he is a nice guy too.

KING: He is a regular…

LENO: It is the Imodium (ph).

COURIC: We love you, Jay. And you need to come back on Larry’s show. I think he is getting a little…

(CROSSTALK)

LENO: … I just haven’t done anything in a while, so…

KING: Come on, Jay.

LENO: Just kind of keeping my head down.

COURIC: Doing your job.

LENO: Write joke, tell joke, get check.

COURIC: Well, you are doing a great job every night. And thanks for calling in, Jay, I’m happy to hear from you too.

(CROSSTALK)

LENO: … and congratulations, Larry.

KING: Thank you, Jay. I absolutely appreciate it.

LENO: You are the best, bye-bye, you guys.

KING: You are my man, thank you.

COURIC: Bye, Jay.

Surprise Question from Ellen DeGeneres:

COURIC: Ellen DeGeneres has a question about call-ins. She says, “When you’re at home and the phone rings, do you shout out, ‘Newark, New Jersey, you’re on the air!’?”

KING: I just did Ellen’s show, and she’s coming on, I think, our show next week. She’s a riot. She’s doing a show in bed now. She’s sprained her back or something. She fell down, so she’s got a special bed that she’s doing her show in. I like Ellen.

COURIC: What is the advantage of having viewers call in, in your estimation?

KING: It’s always been part of my shtick. I did it years ago on radio in Miami. I think it just adds to the flavor of the show. It just brings in a nice added dimension.

COURIC: You get impatient sometimes with callers.

KING: Oh, yes, well, of course, you have to understand something: When a caller comes on — no, serious — you can’t go on forever. You can’t make a speech, because you’re a part of the show. And when you come on, I have to judge you. Is this a good question? I’ve got the same job as the “Letters to the Editor” page editor in the newspaper. He doesn’t print every letter. And if a letter comes in that’s seven paragraphs and he likes two, he’s going to edit you. That’s what it is.