regis philbin, the quintessential notre dame irishman.d to be as a kid was binge crosby. >> that's so beautiful. a little kid, 6, 7 years old during the depression. what he loves is the sound of binge crosby singing on the radio. he's glued to the radio, he knows all the lyrics all the songs. as he grows up that's hi image. he wants to be binge crosby so his parents are now saying it's through high school, so what are you going to do in college? he said i'll let you know after college what i want to be you know. so he goes through college, and he still has this dream. so ultimately they come to the graduation he -- before graduation, he takes them to the stage, he sings "pennies from heaven" and he ceases his mother crying and sees his father like -- a marine an ex-marine, and then regis joins the navy. i'll let you know after the navy. >> such a good story. >> somebody once said the first rich kids i met were my own. sometimes it would be send them two years to the bronx, get them ready for life. your book is called "just kids from the b

. >>> then, regis philbin's surprising revelation.n't seen his cohost kelly ripa since their show ended. >>> michelle obama for 600. >> you can find it in a variety of dishes. >> what's up with the first lady's hair? >>> plus, neighbor versus neighbor. their cat mauled by two dogs. >> this man does not deserve to have an animal. >>> then, 23 years on death row. she went to prison a beauty. now she's set free. and she has white hair. >> i always believed this day would come. >> wrongly convict

. >>> then, regis philbin's surprising revelation.e hasn't seen his cohost kelly ripa since their show ended. >>> michelle obama for 600. >> you can find it in a variety of dishes. >> what's up with the first lady's hair? >>> plus, neighbor versus neighbor. their cat mauled by two dogs. >> this man does not deserve to have an animal. >>> then, 23 years on death row. she went to prison a beauty. now she's set free. and she has white hair. >> i always believed this day would come. >> wrongly convicted of killing her four-year-old son. so why

charlie: regis philbin. arlene: friend and neighbor and great tv personality.rlie: mary higgins clark. arlene: i love what mary higgins clark said. the bronx, she said, people just don't get it. they are three places in the world that have a "the" in front of their names -- the vatican, the hague and the bronx. [laughter] arlene: and then she goes on to say that all the talent that comes from the bronx and the beauty. charlie: so what happens? you go back with mickey and realize there are stories here. arlene: they are interesting stories. stories that are some of them are very dark in terms of things that were not pleasant. some of them very surprising. i was very surprised to hear that my friend david yarnell who is a documentary filmmaker, that he grew pot in the bronx park in the 1940's. go figure. charlie: his own pot? arlene: he was selling it. he was a kid. he was 16 years old and wanted a little excitement. that was a shock. alan: didn't he have a friend who was a cab driver who sold it to jazz musicians? arlene: yeah. there were a lot of surprising thi

. >> rose: regis philbin. >> yes, great personality. >> rose: mary higgins clark. >> i love from maryclark said. the bronx. people just don't get it. there are three places in the world that have a the in front of their names. the vatican, the hague and the bronx. and then she goes on to say that all the talent that comes from the bronx and the booth owe of the bronx. >> rose: what happens you go back to mickey and you realize there are stories here. >> there are stories. they are interesting, they're very interesting stories some of them are very dark in terms of things that were not pleasants.p7÷ some of them very surprising. i was very surprised to here that my friend david yarnell who is a documentary filmmaker that david grew pot in the bronx park in the 1940's. now go figure. i didn't -- >> rose: his own pot. >> he was selling it. >> rose: he was a dealer. >> he went toi didn't know. >> rose: do you know -- >> this is in the cat skills, yes. there were a lot of surprising things that came up. and pacino was very clear, what it was like on the rooftopgs with his grandfather and t

and oh, my goodness i've never seen -- neil: regis philbin? >> no. i'm sorry neil.hter] >> you know, listen, they are -- trying to be a little serious here, but they are you know, let's face it, we handed them this lot in many ways because we, the boomers, created a society where everything -- everybody's a victim. and they are -- neil: well, we were little wussies after -- >> i agree. they were just a manifestation of our creation which is this is a country -- neil: we all share the same dna. so what are you saying charlie about this generation? >> i think they need to shape up. they've got to stop instagraming the doughnuts they had for breakfast -- neil: that was me, charlie. you never got back to me. >> they're spoiled. and they feel too entitled because of the buy bias -- biases -- >> how about my idea of gitmo? >> gitmo no. >> i've got a better idea. >> if you're number 36 in the world, you're not going to graduate -- neil: i hear ya. shanghai is kicking our butt. >> bring back the draft. two years of mill tar service -- >> that'll do it. that'll do it. >> jus

any day that has regis philbin in it is a good day. >> a very special day. >> regis, the king.r. >> a little respect, reg. >> the weirdest place. never been in television in a long time. never anything like that. i'm going to get through it. >> hi. >> there it goes. first of all i want to talk about going up 19th street -- i mean 49th. >> what's going on. >> i got to get to her place. she's across 6th avenue. took me 20 minutes until i got out of the car and ran across 6th avenue and halfway up the block to get to her -- >> radio show. >> and you should have seen the radio show. there was one guy in there -- >> the bald guy? >> the bald guy. >> tell it. >> with the glasses. and he just kept staring at me like i was the idiot. honest to god it was terrifying. and i said, why does this guy keep looking at me. >> he was my agent. >> was what he afraid i was going to do to you? stop looking at me. scary guy. >> hoda told me you were awesome. awesome. >> we had a lot of fun. we really did. >> you're amazing. you got to get a show sirius. >> he would be awesome at it. >> so regis is