Regis Philbin dead at 88
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kcbob79clone
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I thought he was 70 like 25 years ago.
That’s the first thing I said to my wife when she told me he died.
kcbob79clone
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Which is interesting because Hugh Downs just passed too and at one point held that title.
Those skits were phenomenal. This one came to mind for me. Far and away my favorite.
kcbob79clone
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That's when I heard the stat. During the obit for Hugh Downs it was mentioned only Regis had more time on TV.
Price is Right must have had a fair amount of reruns because it's an hour show and Barker was on it for an eternity.
Obviously he was most rememberes
Letterman was the must watch TV. Today's late night, not so much. Loved his Top Ten countdowns.
Going back to Regis. Who wants to be a millionaire was also must watch TV. That and Live was his prime. He was on one of FS1s opening shows when the network kicked off. I only remember watching one episode but he had a blindfold on and was feeling up one of the other co-hosts leg. That was an instant flip back to ESPN after seeing that and the show was cancelled like a week later. I hate that it was my last memory of Regis on TV. Regardless, he was an icon, RIP.
Letterman was the must watch TV. Today's late night, not so much. Loved his Top Ten countdowns.
Going back to Regis. Who wants to be a millionaire was also must watch TV. That and Live was his prime. He was on one of FS1s opening shows when the network kicked off. I only remember watching one episode but he had a blindfold on and was feeling up one of the other co-hosts leg. That was an instant flip back to ESPN after seeing that and the show was cancelled like a week later. I hate that it was my last memory of Regis on TV. Regardless, he was an icon, RIP.
Bob Barker was on the price is right for 35 years that equates to 9100 hours plus a few for the prime time shows. He had a few other years on a few different shows so he probably sits at around 11000 total hours. Philbins TV career started in 1961 and he retired in 2011with over 15000 hours. really not even close. Bob barkers TV career was very long and may very well now be the longest of a living person but regis' career is on another level.
Edit... OK, just did a search, I didn't realize how long barker was host of Truth or Consequence so he is probably a lot close in total tv time then I thought.
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