Regis!

Download or read book Regis! written by Kathleen Tracy and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Regis Philbin is short, middle-aged, curmudgeonly, and pure schmaltz. Yet, he commands so much celebrity attention that he launched his own award-winning fashion line. The dapper host of Live! With Regis and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, a runaway hit that single-handedly ushered in a new era of television game shows, is admired by an incredibly diverse fan base: old-timers love his cantankerous outlook on life; middle-aged men want to be him and middle-aged women want to marry him; younger viewers love his hip-to-be-square attitude. Kathleen Tracy's Regis! The Unauthorized Biography looks at the personal and professional struggles of Philbin during his thirty-year climb to the top of the television heap, including his complicated relationship with Kathie Lee Gifford and the improbable events that led to his becoming the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?