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Regis Philbin on 'Fox & Friends'

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    Former TV host recalls his past

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-- -- -- -- Roger and it's paying homage to Regis and this that to see you I did that I did the -- -- -- for a -- -- -- little illicitly to an analyst at.

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It's a great to hear you guys had a great team -- he has this woman regardless and they stuck to my sincere and have a dead.

It's really that's agencies have you found -- in the yeah where there's another little -- guys are terrified that your honor that.

And I'm gonna go to work huge I have -- -- takes effect the world make some money we're -- 23 minutes for the day.

Let me looking forward to this interview -- very scary you know single -- You won't get a little bit of the the -- within his regime can't -- anymore.

-- the ones -- drop off.

That's a pretty good job for fox okay put the right that he absolutely has a -- now he runs a news channel.

The things about the your program.

-- when you -- and we're talk about broken in a moment.

Is -- I'd like the way you would.

Not address that news today you know some big would happen.

I always wanted to see how regions with -- -- really that's that's interesting well how that I -- was that different than anyone just.

You talked about it rather than just sing a few lines it was your perspective -- every -- perspectives which needless to say it.

That's a friendship that incentive did you start up from the beginning with yelling at people doll not -- moment -- that again I really.

They -- caught me.

Well maybe that's yeah.

-- -- -- -- You look at Dana Carvey doing you know redistribution thing about you feel money saints you're every -- Really you when you popped on television it was Regis Philbin when you left television is Regis -- you're here the same way in the Green room as we -- as you are on the count of grand that -- didn't show the great.

-- -- -- -- -- Just just thirty seconds -- I got to the -- I thought -- -- -- don't know what are called teasing I don't know I don't let people know you're coming down what was the fox and.

With the friends here at this -- the -- you need to do the math but.

You know that this lady won the Miss America title -- did did Mike show you ads on title seven.

How idiots are just a few.

More than twenty yeah we're gonna show that a little bit all that right it doesn't make fun of how I've looked back then and on good you'll notice about it publicly yet -- -- Spelling my hair and then we're gonna show Brian's picture right which is also -- here that's right -- -- -- -- and we have talked to you to everyone knows who you are now nineteen.

It's in mid -- you go nationalize agrees Phillies alleging he's an icon but telling about the transition from the military Regis Philbin.

To the talk show mostly in all I -- that very slowly being able to tell people what I wanted to do.

And I thought television was the because what what can I do and TV.

You know when TV came out like in the fifties and people will be cat watching in their yards suited up for just a -- that would that's major bill Rankin and there I am doing the radio.

In that San Diego KS -- 1240 on your dial.

And you tell a story where in that car you actually had a tight -- in the passenger -- exactly right.

It was about six guys have done women may be for guys who would go out every day every hour and every -- would be.

You know.

-- -- report has so if you saw a story that of fascinated you would you want that type of up -- typewriter it was the microphone at 12 o'clock 11 o'clock whatever time it was on the -- And you just funny story that real news people heard an exit -- so hilarious we want him to do -- well that's what broke into television.

The the loosening -- tight end tickets and imagine I see you drifting but yeah.

And so anyway.

I doubt that it's every hour on the hour in San Diego in Italy fifty sadness and nothing's going god grant town at that time -- -- peaceful.

Beautiful little city.

So I would go to the police station and I would check the files that the cops have to put up -- what they had done that night.

And there was a funny story there about -- A the bank to piggyback that had been broken into that at the contents stolen.

Stuff that's of the cup brother compliment to -- from there.

And did they gave -- a very somber.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- Discussion and it was very -- -- your career to send a tonight that piggy back at how way to California well but.

In the other thing is -- -- would just to finish earlier story because in the anatomy when -- touch off an -- element that you did before.

The Marines came up to elicit basically -- you -- believe in yourself you better get your butt out they -- to Los angels go get a job.

He's -- two wonderful guys that I that I met -- it was.

In the navy on the amphibious base when -- ship was about to see I would stay with the public a -- On the base and saw what did the deal Q.

And here I met these two.

Marines who had been in the service since the early thirties battlefield conditions on Guadalcanal became offices.

Statement at all through the Korean -- heart guys tough guys but good guys.

And so I -- -- with them.

And at the end of my term in -- in 1955 as a matter effective they said -- needed to do and I said well.

I'd like to go it to television but I don't know I don't know how -- tell what my talent is it I just.

Well.

The very list days they caveman and they told me look if you want something in life you've got to go.

-- you've got to -- and you've got until the and you hear it it's there after you take what you're the one that -- Your book.