Talk:Regis Philbin

message: "After Philbin's contract with Live! with Regis and Kelly was not renewed, his final episode of Live aired on November 18, 2011.[10][11]"
This makes it sound like he was pushed out.   This is totally not true, and the two cited sources do not have the word 'contract' in them.   My source is I listened to him talking about retirement on air for years...about how he'd consider retiring and then a new offer would change his mind.   Plus he had been pressured by his wife for years to retire, but the network kept enticing him back.   The network did offer him an extension at the end, but he would've required an amazing offer to stay.   So yes, his contract did expire, but please change the wording.  Here's a source.   http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/11/regis-philbin-it-was-time-to-move-on/  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wadexyz (talk • contribs) 18:21, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor Wording In Opening Section 

message: This article needs work?
I think a lot of work has been done.  :) --Tinlinkin 12:23, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs work 

message: I removed the line: "From 1975 to 1983, he co-hosted what was then known as A.M. Los Angeles and what became "Live with Regis and Sarah" on KABC-TV with Sarah Purcell."
I did not see a mention of "Live with Regis and Sarah" in IMDB, and a Google search only showed entries that mirrored the Wikipedia article. --Tinlinkin 12:29, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regis and Sarah? 

message: he's listed as being albanian american is that right
:Probably not. Anyone care to cite a source for it? He says he's half - Italian here. Mad Jack O'Lantern 02:52, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I faintly recall that on Live, he said that he has heard Albanian from his mother, and either he cannot speak it or only knows one or two phrases in Albanian.  I don't know if I have a tape of that episode, so I can't verify that. --Tinlinkin 03:31, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Albanian 

message: The subject of Regis's age and year of birth always seems to be debatable.  A majority of sources I see say 1931, some (including the first version of this Wikipedia article) say 1933, and I have seen the year 1934.  The profile of Regis from the website of A&E's Biography has a birth year of 1933.  I believe, with what I have observed, that Regis's birth year is 1931.  Here's why:
*Regis graduated from Notre Dame in 1953 (supposedly).  Assuming that he didn't skip grades in elementary and high school, unless he was very bright or enrolled in some sort of accelerated program, if he was born in 1933, he would have been 20 when he got his bachelor's.
*On Live with Regis and Kelly, there was a recent episode where Vanessa Minnillo was the guest co-host with Regis.  She mentioned some facts about Regis (that she said she got from her father, and the bulk of which seemed to come from Wikipedia), and one of them was that Regis was born in 1931.  He responded, something to the effect of "That's right."  I have a videotape of that episode, but I have to fish it out of my collection.
Feel free to discuss this, as I will revert Reege's birth year to 1931. --Tinlinkin 03:32, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Age and birth year 

message: Regis grew up and was raised in the Bronx, that is well-known. But he was born in Manhattan's West Side. He often references that on Live with Regis and Kelly. 
From I'm Only One Man! (by Regis Philbin), page 4:
:"When I first arrived at WABC-TV in New York, I remember looking down Columbus Avenue and beyond—where it becomes Ninth Avenue at St. Paul's on 59th Street.  I remembered my mother telling me that I was baptized there. And I was born only a few blocks farther—at Childs Hospital, which was torn down to become Power High School, which was torn down to make way for a high-rise apartment house. But that church remains as it has for over a hundred years. I see it every day. A reminder that my life began on the West Side of Manhattan."
--Tinlinkin 08:20, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthplace 

message: An editor removed the nicknames paragraph with the reason "Philbin's nicknames are not releveant, especially because they are just short forms of his name." The passage in question is:
:Philbin is frequently addressed by his first name, which means "king" (a nickname of his). His other nicknames include "Reege" (spelling variants "Rege" or "Reeg"), "Big Daddy", "Big Man", and "#1";6 July 2006 broadcast of LIVE. the first of the latter three popularized by his former Live co-host Kathie Lee Gifford, the last two by current co-host Kelly Ripa .
I was never happy with the way the paragraph was written. But I feel the nicknames should be included because Philbin is noted for these nicknames. And people refer to him more often by his first name (in casual usage, at least) than his last. What do others think? Tinlinkin 10:38, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Philbin's nicknames 

message: Many sources say his parents' names were Florence and Frank (not Jacob and Julia, as the entry says).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.86.152.42 (talk) 15:05, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Parents names? 

message: unless it's vandalism--71.177.165.192 (talk) 09:46, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Died on May 10 2009? 

message: The following sentence appears in the article:
"He later converted to Judaism, and was circumsized at age 24."
The pronoun "he" is ambiguous here, because the assertion that Regis Philbin is Jewish is so peculiar that it is hard to believe that the pronoun refers to him and not somebody else, his father.  This assertion requires a citation and the pronoun needs to be disambiguated.
I am tempted to delete this sentence because the fact that it asserts appears absurd on the face of it, but I wanted to post this first to give the editors of the article the opportunity to confirm this fact, since if it is true, it is very interesting.  --SLMarcus (talk) 15:45, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is Regis Philbin Jewish? 

message: I remove the Nikki Minaj claim. is there any truth to it b/c i cant find any verific sources that i can use tos upport it, so i hae redacted it forthwith until further evidence is bourne out. User:Smith Jones 18:49, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nikki Minaj 

message: That paragraph is confusing. It says Philbin was aggravated, but Bishop walked out. I thought Philbin walked out.
Also, it says he gained his first national exposure with the Bishop show in 1967, but the article earlier says he replaced Steve Allen on a show in 1964. Glkanter (talk) 15:05, 6 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Joey Bishop Show 

message: All of the biography information I have seen says that Regis started his career as a talk show host in San Diego in the mid-60's.  When I first moved to LA in Feb 1963, Regis was on a local channel in the early afternoon.  After a few weeks, he vanished.  In March or April I moved to San Diego County and there he was!   Perhaps his local LA show wasn't considered a talk show...  
98.219.100.103 (talk) 14:37, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early Regis TV 

message: "While coming from a somewhat liberal Bronx upbringing, he has transformed into a barely cloaked right wing Republican..." - This clearly fails the neutral point of view which must be the guiding force in an encyclopedia.  A more neutral approach would be "While coming from a somewhat liberal Bronx upbringing, he has become a conservative Republican".  Of course, allowing the pendulum to swing the other direction would have the description "While coming from a somewhat liberal Bronx upbringing, he has matured as a conservative Republican..."  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.64.0.252 (talk) 17:10, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not cited in any case - it's just some editor's opinion. So it's gone. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:41, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks - NPOV tag removed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.64.0.252 (talk) 21:33, 7 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutral Desription of Political Beliefs 

message: Regis received another award from the Guinness people on today's LIVE! with Regis and Kelly, which indicated his total hours on tv covers 52 years.  This would mean he first appeared on local tv in southern California sometime in 1959, which isn't actually stated in your thorough and interesting bio. Prwhitmey (talk) 19:17, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Early Regis TV 

message: Wishing Big Reeg all the best ... CINCG jr IXth 24.45.45.30 (talk) 15:15, 19 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: God Speed Big Reeg ! 

message: Did I not hear something correctly?  Thought I heard on the radio that Regis Philbin is going to coach the Miami Dolphins for the 2012 season.   206.192.35.125 (talk) 18:20, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I guess it didn't happen. Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 16:25, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Miami Dolphins

message: His parents are immigrant from Albania.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.204.69.112 (talk) 16:57, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Albanian 

message: There's hardly any details in here about his departure from Live! The lead says "After Philbin's contract with Live! with Regis and Kelly was not renewed" but does not go on to elaborate in anyway. Surely the end of a 28 year end run on a popular TV show deserves a little more mention. 71.16.78.252 (talk) 13:57, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Departure from Live! 

message: I removed some irrelevant and unsourced information on his children and grandchildren (example: the birth weight of one of his grandchildren).209.212.5.67 (talk) 19:42, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  personal section 

message: Conflicting dates of death 71.203.8.99 (talk) 19:46, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Appears to be "24 July" in all instances here. – Thjarkur (talk) 20:13, 25 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2020 

message:  -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:15, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nominated for the main page at ITN 

message: The page notes that his spouse died in 2020. This is an error. Gbouskila (talk) 15:10, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Corrected the entry. I believe "death/died" in the spouse parameter should be indicated only if the spouse's death ended the marriage. MPFitz1968 (talk) 16:09, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 27 July 2020 

message: Regis died on July 25 2020, according to his cemetery tombstone. I have tried to rectify the error of July 24, numerous times.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.74.111.54 (talk) 17:19, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: A pic of the cemetery tombstone in question is found at , which was in one of the IP's edit summaries. It was uploaded to the FindAGrave.com web site, which is not reliable per WP:RSP. The IP also left a link, in another of their edit summaries, to the FindAGrave page with Philbin's information and photos here; in the statistics, above the photos, the date of death they show is July 24, 2020 (inconsistent with the tombstone photo, but reflecting what reliable sources in this article say). The tombstone can be seen as a primary source, but as this has not been verified (as authentic) by independent, reliable secondary sources, we can't accept it as evidence to change the death date as listed in the article. MPFitz1968 (talk) 17:41, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems at lest one source (TMZ) has Saturday the 25th as date of death.Eccekevin (talk) 00:18, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Might need additional sources, as it's unclear as to TMZ's overall reliability concerning this kind of information, per WP:TMZ. MPFitz1968 (talk) 00:02, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Absolutely, I am just pointing out that the anonymous IP editor who keeps changing it might be right. It's a tricky situation, when all RS sources might have the wrong date, when the tombstone and maybe one other source might have the right one. Eccekevin (talk) 00:18, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

text: I don't think that it's in doubt that most reliable sources say the 24th, that much is clear. This is a clear example of WP:VERIFY: Wikipedia publishes what RS say, not the truth. This might be a case in which the majority of sources have it incorrectly (these publications usually just latch onto others for these details, so it's plausible that a few big sources said 24 and all others went along). But regardless, we have to stick to 24th since the RS say so. I do agree with the note of dispute you added. Ultimately, the most important primary source is the death certificate, and if RS even publish it or correct this, but until then it must stay as is per policy. As a final note, this actually happens often, with Wikipedia publishing the wrong birthday (more often than death day) of celebrities, and then RS using wikipedia as a source and perpetuating a cycle. I found another source too that claims 25, but yes, it seems like the vast majority have the 24th. Eccekevin (talk) 23:06, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of death dispute 

message: I stumbled on the year-old discussion about Regis' death date above.  And since I stumbled across the years long debate about Scott Baio's birth year earlier this year and helped sort it out, i figured I'd take a fresh look here. It appears to me Regis Philbin most likely died on July 25, not July 24 (as the article currently says, based on using RS).  And by this, I mean he died after midnight Eastern US Time on July 24.  People magazine broke the news of his death before any other outlet, at 3:02pm Eastern US Time (ET) on July 25, 2020.  That article starts with a contradiction that is not immediately obvious: "The longtime television host died on July 24, PEOPLE confirms. 'We are deeply saddened to share that our beloved Regis Philbin passed away last night of natural causes, one month shy of his 89th birthday,' his family shares with PEOPLE in an exclusive statement on Saturday."  We learn from this text that People learned from a statement from the family that Regis "passed away last night"--which doesn't say whether he died before or after midnight. But it does say "one month shy of his 89th birthday".  Regis' birthday was August 25.  The most reasonable implication of that statement is that Regis died after midnight on July 24 (thus on July 25).  Yes, the PEOPLE article starts by saying he died on July 24, but the family statement which is the source for that claim does not back that up.  It is a simple and understandable error made in a rush to publish a breaking story.  And the error was repeated broadly.  Based on tweets, I can see TMZ was reporting his death by 3:12pm ET (ten minutes later).  That original article is missing and appears lumped into an article updated a few times later in the day , which says "A source tells TMZ Regis died early Saturday after suffering a heart attack at his home, possibly the one in Connecticut -- although, we have not confirmed that with the family at this point."   I'd say this unnamed source would normally be less trustworthy, but it actually merely confirms the July 25 reading of the family statement.  And obviously, we see that his gravestone says july 25.  I don't credit a gravestone as always being 100% correct just because someone chiseled something into a rock, but the gravestone also confirms the July 25 of the family statement.   Pinging User:MPFitz1968 and User:Eccekevin who did good digging last year.  If a death certificate would help clear this up, I'm happy to go look for it.--Milowent • hasspoken 19:28, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I support this. Eccekevin (talk) 20:16, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this discussion, but the page as it stands is written confusingly. There's a clear reference to the idea that his date of death was disputed, but no further reference - just a vaguely conspiratorial statement that "His tombstone states his date of death as July 25, 2020, creating a discrepancy with what was reported in the media." Is a one-day discrepancy really worth remarking upon at all, outside of the talk page? Or did you just keep that statement there to forestall people editing the death date back to the 24th again? N nebulosa (talk) 11:13, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: More on death date

message: Doesn't seem to have any accomplishments other than being married to Regis Philbin. The two shows she hosted don't have their own articles, and most sources give no mention of her even so much as existing prior to the marriage. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 23:41, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: you've commented on this page before; any thoughts? Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 23:33, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

text: Pinging all of you for feedback since you've posted here before. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 21:30, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Re-pinging       Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 20:44, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[Joy Philbin]] into [[Regis Philbin]]