Looking Back
Snakkle Celebrates Regis Philbin’s Amazing Career as He Retires from Live with Regis and Kelly
A fixture on television for almost 50 years, Regis Philbin has adapted and thrived in the business in his various roles as a game show host, chat show personality, sometimes actor, and overall audience-pleasing entertainer. He’s been called the “hardest-working man in show business,” and Guinness World Records backed it up by confirming that he has officially spent the “Most Hours on Camera” of anyone on television. Philbin officially retires from his Live morning show on November 18, 2011, after 23 years, so we at Snakkle want to celebrate that milestone and his many others! By Tara Bennett
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Regis Philbin and Joey Bishop (1967)
Philbin inherited the Westinghouse Tonight Show from Hollywood after Steve Allen left, but the show lacked ratings. Regis didn’t find his TV sweet spot again until 1967, when he took the gig as Joey Bishop’s side man/comic foil on The Joey Bishop Show.
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