Late Show - Regis Philbin on the Marquee

I've watched Regis Philbin countless times on TV and always enjoyed him. That said, I was trying to think of a write up to memorialize him here and haven't come up with anything. He was just a funny, likable TV presence.

This clip is cute because Regis was always trying to get to hang out with Letterman and be friends. It's nice to know it worked at least once.



"Remember Jack Paar took a hike?"

Regis and Letterman

This interview has largely gone unnoticed and it's a trend that needs to be reversed. Recently Regis Philbin subbed for Piers Morgan on Piers' show and had has his guest - David Letterman. Hosts as guests is always interesting and even more so when it's Dave, who is quite camera shy when not on his own show.

As interviews go, they don't get much better than this. Regis is a master. He keeps it funny, smooth and conversational but still gets amazing insights into Letterman's life. They cover his quintuple bypass, 9/11, parenthood, politics and how he got into show business.

This is the only place you'll see names such as Johnny Carson, Jack Paar and Jack Benny dropped casually into conversation like they were Bob and Stan from the Bowling League.

It's about 40 minutes long but make the time, it's lots of fun.











"Please don't roll any tape. I'm coming across the table if you roll another tape. There's gonna be bloodshed right here. I can take you."

"You didn't seem certain when you said, 'I'm sure you have.' Like, 'How could this guy make friends?' That's what I picked up out of that. Am I being too sensitive? Because, here's how it sounded: 'Yeah, I'm sure you have.'"

Regis Retires; Drinking with Betty White

Earlier in the day, Regis Philbin announced he was leaving his show. So Dave calls him to check in:

And later Dave interviews Betty White. Always interesting to hear about the early days of television, etc.

There's always something interesting happening at the Late Show but it's hard to blog about it because the uploaded videos available don't begin to cover them all. Then, when a video is created, it's edited to almost nothing (as seen above). Hopefully two videos almost adds up to one good one.