Regis!

The first biography of the host of  Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Live!
With Regis - he's the most-watched man on American television. Regis Philbin
is short, curmudgeonly, and pure schmaltz. Yet he commands so much celebrity
attention that he launched his own award-winning fashion line. The dapper host
of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, the most popular game show in television
history, and Live! With Regis  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. Go, Reege, go! This biography looks at Philbin's personal
and professional life. During his slow rise through the television ranks, he
got little respect and recognition for his talk show innovations. Even his
name was the fodder of jokes. It was his on-air chemistry with Kathie Lee
Gifford on their morning show Live!  that catapulted them both to mega-
stardom. Scandal, of course, played a huge part in this. Viewers developed a
love-to-loathe-her relationship with the screechy Gifford, especially after
her sweatshop imbroglio and the revelation of her husband's embarrassing
affair with a stewardess. And there was Philbin's own tawdry affair with a
much younger bunny who, ahem, he never had intercourse with...but they did do
everything else. Oh, Reege! Regis! The Unauthorized Biography looks at all of
this in detail, including Philbin's bittersweet relationships with his
physically challenged son, Danny, and his daughter, Amy, as she struggled with
drug addiction. Finally, Tracy recounts the improbable events that led to his
becoming the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?