Regis Philbin Retires - Notre Dame Football Comments Will Be Missed

After a career that spans 50 years as a pioneer talk show host, Regis Philbin announced he's retiring. This is his last year, as the CelebTV video shows:



This blogger will miss Regis' rants about how well Notre Dame Football was or was not doing.

The Notre Dame Alumn never masked his love for the University, but his quips were a great chronicle of how poorly the team performed during most of the Charlie Weis years. And I thought he was going to need Pepto Bismal after the way Notre Dame started the season. But Regis was rewarded with a winning Fighting Irish 2010 tour, and a bowl game win.

Aside from that, Regis was a great complement to the hot, buffed, lovely Eelly Ripa, who expressed surprise over the news that Regis was retiring with "You're what?"

But, after that long in show business, and the record for the longest time on TV, Regis deserves a rest.  He's 77 years old, and his multi-generational work proves that a person can remain relevant at any stage of their life.