THR Flashback: Regis Philbin's Other High-Profile TV Exit

Regis Philbin, who at 80 is departing Live! With Regis and Kelly (though not retiring from TV), found themself at the middle of a media storm in 1968 when he was the Erectile dysfunction McMahon-type partner to Joey Bishop. The year before, Philbin had arrived the task with Bishop -- whose 11:30 p.m. ABC talk show taken part with Johnny Carson -- but he quit 15 several weeks later throughout a tape.our editor recommendsRegis Philbin's Last Show: Luminaries Avoid 'Live!' HostWhy Regis Philbin Says Farewell to 'Live!': Within the Talk Show Host's DepartureRegis Philbin Continues Media Blitz Throughout His Final Week On AirRegis Philbin Attempts to Get Another Hug from David Letterman on 'Late Show' (Video)Related Subjects•Live! With Regis and Kell... VIDEO: Honoring Regis Philbin's 80th With 8 Memorable Moments The Hollywood Reporter's Rambling Reporter column stated Philbin, then 36, heard "an ABC professional or two have been bum-rapping him and advocating Joey to exchange him 'for the great from the show.' So Regis told Joey he loved him an excessive amount of to endanger his show and walked off." The network was flooded with letters following the telecast, and Philbin came back. Bishop told Newsweek then that his announcer was "just like a boy in my experienceInch and "among the best persons I've ever met." Three decades later, however, he told The Dallas Morning News that Philbin's motivation for giving up would be a salary dispute, known as him "an ingrate" and stated "he gives plenty of aspire to those who have no talent." Bishop died in 2007. PHOTOS: The Hollywood Reporter's 80th Anniversary 'Legends' Problem Inside a 2006 Archive of yankee Television interview, Philbin spoke concerning the incident. "I didn't understand how it would go," he stated. "I had been wishing that might be the actual way it switched out, and that i was glad it did." Bishop's show was canceled in 1969. Philbin continued to host myriad local talk shows before his daily program with Kathie Lee Gifford joined national distribution in 1988. Related Subjects Regis Philbin Accept Regis and Kelly