A class act.
In this Nov 18, 2011 file photo, Regis Philbin appears on his farewell episode of ‘Live! with Regis and Kelly’ in New York. Philbin, the genial host who shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,’ has died on Friday, July 24, 2020. Photo: AP
"Even I have a little trepidation, ” he told The Associated Press in 2008, when asked how he does a show every day."You wake up in the morning and you say, ‘What did I do last night that I can talk about? What’s new in the paper? How are we gonna fill that 20 minutes?’” Philbin logged more than 15,000 hours on the air, earning him recognition in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most broadcast hours logged by a TV personality, a record previously held by Hugh Downs.He was host of the prime-time game show,"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, ” briefly television’s most popular show at the turn of the century. ABC aired the family friendly program as often as five times a week.
In the 2008 AP interview, Philbin said he saw"getting the best out of your guests” as"a specialty.... The time constraints mean you’ve got to get right to the point, you’ve got to make it pay off, go to commercial, start again. Play that clip. Say goodbye.” He gave his desktop a decisive rap.Regis Francis Xavier Philbin grew up in the New York borough of the Bronx, the son of Italian-Irish parents and named for the Roman Catholic boys high school his dad attended.
He and Bishop had bad blood: Bishop called Philbin an"ingrate” for walking off during a salary dispute and later badmouthing him.After three years of commuting to St. Louis each week for a local Saturday night show, Philbin became a star in local morning television - first in Los Angeles, then in New York. In 1985, he teamed with Kathie Lee Johnson, a year before she married former football star Frank Gifford, and the show went national in 1988.
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