you know him as "regis" from "live with regis and kelly."hat show and already calling his wife gelman by mistake. his new book is a best-seller. it's called "how i got this way." please say hello to regis philbin. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. >> jimmy: good to see you. how are you doing? >> oh, i thought i had you locked out. how did you get back in? >> jimmy: let me get this straight. you're not retired. >> not retired although everyone thinks i am. i tried to make it clear when i said moving on, but, no, everyone says retired. >> jimmy: and you did this to get away from gelman, right? i mean that was the reason. >> that was one of the reasons. that's funny when you said i'm calling my wife gelman. >> jimmy: do you think you'll ever speak to gelman again? >> of course, i spoke to him this morning. >> jimmy: why are you still speaking to him? >> he did a terrific job. i hope you have a farewell the way i had a farewell. gelman knocked himself out on that one. >> jimmy: you had a big, big farewell. >> too big. >> jimmy: really. >> it

if you look at the regis situation, the city must register all of our generation that is renewable by july 1, 2012. right now, public utilities across the state and other generation entities are doing the same thing. they are trying to get their facilities registered. so, delays that might be caused by going to the board for approval at what are actually very modest costs could actually result in a loss in value for the city or a loss in terms of financial value or perhaps a loss in compliance value. just a few things to keep in mind about this authorization to go again, these contracts are standard and not negotiable. they are required for full participation in compliance with state law. the deadlines are tight. the delays and risk losing some of the values. costs are very modest. it concludes not to exceed its limits, which is $1 million for the contract and $2.5 million for all the other environmental attributes. finally, these costs are reviewed in the budget, as a it is available for the board to review and approve the budget process. that is the contract. supervisor chu: thank y

it's regis' last day on "live with regis and kelly." regis has been on television for 50 years.miss his voice screaming at me every morning for no apparent reason. i really am. i'm sure they have fun stuff in store with regis tomorrow and from the looks of this promo, it looks like he has fun stuff planned for them, too. >> after all these years, what in the world could regis do now to surprise you? >> okay, where's katie couric? >> well, america, get ready. because right after regis takes his final bow, he's going to take it all off. >> look at me! i'm naked! >> watch his victory lap through the abc offices. >> what are you doing? >> let me get that for you. so long! say farewell to regis and his penis. yes, i'm out of here. >> oh my god! >> don't miss regis' final show. tomorrow at 9:00 on abc. >> jimmy: he will be missed. let's go check in with our national unfriend day phone bank and drew carey. >> drew? >> yeah, hey. how are you doing? >> jimmy: good. how are you -- >> doing okay. >> jimmy: who are you -- check back in with drew later, i guess. thank you, drew. let's go to

also, mayor bloomberg and regis. >> regis!at is the dream ticket right there. [ laughing ] [ cat yodeling ] honey, check your email! [ cellphone chimes ] [ cat yodeling ] kids! [ cat yodeling ] sing, larry, sing! [ cat yodeling ] we should have got a cat. [ male announcer ] get low prices on gifts to stay connected. order your last-minute gifts at walmart-dot-com and get free same-day pickup on select items. save money. live better. walmart. let's do it, let's go to vegas. vegas baby! maybe we should head back to the dealership first? vegas! no, this is a test drive. vegas! [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. but we still need your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a jetta. that's the power of german engineering. get zero first month's payment, zero down, zero security deposit and zero due at signing on any new volkswagen. visit vwdealer.com. >>> mika, i'm going to need your counsel on this. >> oh, really. >> this has been getting a lot of buzz on the internet yesterday but

>> regis getting bored with the interview.ght from billy bush and "access hollywood". >> i had a whole goodbye planned right there but regis said it. for me. he may bored but i know you loved it as much as i did. thanks for watching. but i know you loved it as much as i did. thanks for watching. gooye >> food fight broke out regis and kelly. >> spaghetti. rice krispie 2003 no food off limit nor guest like tony. or innocent bystanders like him if me. >> regis fled. >> from food to farm animal. >> ready set milk your goat. >>reporter: regis took on kelly in a goat milking contest and again access was front and center. >> couldn't get it out. you saw the goat got fevsh us and stuck the hoof in the can. >>reporter: i saw that. you should have developed a relationship with your goat as difficult. >> rush you don't weren't to try. >> no i don't in. 2006 we crossed the studio lot in a golf cart. >> hi guys it's me regis. >> people will not leaf me alone. >> tell you who is the big cheese on this loot rate now. >> i am. biggest thing

. >>> here in our studio regis philbin. the reg. what's that like? what's he doing with himself these days? is he driving his wife joy crazy? we'll ask him all of that. that and more as we get under way tonight on "rock center." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good evening and welcome to this holiday week edition of "rock center." the rule this time of year is pretty simple, it's better to give than to receive, but one of the game-changing ideas on the web right now offers people the opportunity to do both. like a lot of online success stories, it comes down to something pretty simple. folks with big ideas, but not a lot of money connect with people willing to fund them for everything from documentary films to new technology. the leading site in this area is called kickstarter and as kate snowe reports, it has kicked off an entirely new world of digital pledge drives. >> reporter: a lot of people have big ideas. >> i am creating a new musical called "coffee." and i want anyone to be able to have their own pet jellyfish. >> reporter: what's harder to come by is the c

. >> we are sorry, regis. >> regis should run for office. >> america, elect regis. right after christmas. regis. >> be there or be square. >> what did you learn? >> i tried. >> they got this way by regis philbin. it will change your life. it's way too early. what time is it? >> time for "morning joe." right now time for chuck and the daily run do you. >> today house republicans will reject the plan to extend the payroll tax cut, but procedurally. # speaker boehner said it's not a fix. why is this any different than what was passed this year. we will talk to both sides of this debate. hit after hit from mitt romney's negative ads. they admit the onslaught is taking a toll and calling on republicans to hold their fire. two weeks to go until iowa, please listen. before there was 9-9-9, the man was slowsly associated with a flat tax. he joins us to weigh in on the debate and the former presidential candidate tells us what he thinks. it's tuesday, december 20th and this is "the daily rundown." let's get back to the first read of the morning and believe it or not, we star

he sayit's upset him because how much more can regis do? but the truth is i think it's touching him how people love him. >> are people coming up to him? >> one woman shall remain nameless except her name was sunday. we are sitting there in this booth, great new restaurant called gabriel's. beautiful. banquets so you can sit back and hear everybody. believe me at our age we're all wearing ear things, like what? what? this sunday shows up and she is beautiful. reminds me -- tells us off the bat her name is sunday, she is lit like a christmas tree and she is 62 years old. the woman looks 20. she's beautiful. >> really? >> she is, shall we say, a healthy woman. you know? she is wearing a low-cut dress and leans in like this to tell us all these things. >> no, she didn't. they were hanging out? >> they are getting quite a view back there. merry christmas. didn't realize. anyway, frank and joy and i were talking to frank and regis were like dumb-founded. what are we going to do with sunday? she stayed a while. people like that always have to come

and now you're putting me on after regis philbin.is is a great issue. 2012 users guide. tell us about it. >> well, as the year drew to an end, we started thinking about where the big news stories were going to be next year. and we were talking editorially about, you know, what are we going to be tracking? where are we going to be? and we thought, oh, we should bring the readers in on this, they're going to want to know. so we fast forwarded through the year and we're bringing you basically a guide to sort of where news is going to happen and someç of our educated guess and thoughts about what that news might be. >> and i love you start with the thing that's going to happen the soonest in 2012, which is the primary, you've got michael crowley making a prediction about a late entrance, perhaps, or a third party candidate. >> perhaps that, but more important, for all of us who have been watching the 14,000 debates that they've had. you feel like you're at the end of the primary season already. it's actually just beginning with iowa nex

plant a seed, the tree comes. >> give regis a role. >> i want him to come. regis comes, he's sitting around, maybe garry will call me. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> good luck. all the best. great success to you. >> great to see you. >>> up next, those photos that make you say "what?" right after this. man: my electric bill was breaking the bank. so to save some money, i trained this team of guinea pigs to row this tiny boat. guinea pig: row...row. they generate electricity, which lets me surf the web all day. guinea pig: row...row. took me 6 months to train each one, 8 months to get the guinea pig: row...row. little chubby one to yell row! guinea pig: row...row. that's kind of strange. guinea pig: row...row. such a simple word... row. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. [ male announcer ] if you think tylenol is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors recommend most for arthritis pain, think again. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthriti

and one of the first coats i ever checked was of regi regis filbin.hen when he left, he came down and left me a very impressive tip. and some years later, i was invited back to new york where i was the guest on the regis show. and just an opportunity that america would allow -- >> and he tipped you really well. how really awkward. >> i got on the show and told him he stiffed me. i'm so grateful. my husband is, too, i think there really is opportunity here if you're willing to work hard. >> well, let's turn to this new dvd. your executive producer. a new animated series called little angels. >> yeah, it's a wonderful series for preschool children. it features eight little angel character who is live on the children's nursery. and when the mom and dad right-hand turn around, the angels come down and they teach the children. them wonderful family values, the importance of honesty and being truthful and kindness and giving and sharing. and -- >> have we lost our way a bit do you think globally in this kind of area? >> i think we have lost our way a little

we should ask regis. that guy -- those guys -- craig: you know in his book he doesn't mention you or me at all. geoff: really, you skimmed it for your name? craig: i didn't skim it. i read the whole damn thing. it's regis' book about his life. geoff: that picture on the back is called jazz hands. that's what that's called. craig: all right. we're out of time. say good night and merry christmas. geoff: good night and feliz navidad! [cheers and applause] . >>> i don't even have a jaywalking ticket. they can't even tell me why they slammed me on the ground. >> barred for being black? some say a new practice by local cops bar people from residential buildings just for how they look. >>> also, your paycheck is facing a pay cut. find out what killed the payroll deal and when your taxes are set to go up. >>> but first tonight, three separate shootings, two dead and four wounded all in a matter of hours. >>> this is 9news now. >> it was an extraordinarily violent night in the district starting just one hour after

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and i'm telling you, this would be a much better joke is regis was still working. -- >> i know you got-- now when kim jong il, and not a great guy, just an awful guy. he liked to beat people up. he liked to torture dissidents and he liked to kill people. not a great guy. but yet when he's dead north korea, everywhere you went, people just soning and crying and they couldn't get out of bed. they couldn't do anything, they were just racked with grief. and i said well that's not real. and they said oh, hey, hey, we don't tell you how to run your little show. (laughter) that absolutely was real. and i said yeah, well, that will be real when dogs are-- when monkeys -- >> yeah. >> dave: i said-- you know something, that will be real, here's when that will be real. (laughter) when monkeys are riding dogs. (applause) do you like big blockbuster holiday movies? (applause) well, guess what's coming, it's the prequel to lord of the rings and it's "the hobbit" and-- have you heard anything or seen anything? i saw like a trailer, what they call a trailer for the hobbit. looks f

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and one of the first coats i ever checked was of regis philbin. >> seriously?e lovely to be able to afford to eat in a restaurant like this. and i went upstairs and hung his coat up. when he left, he left me a very impressive tip. some years later i was invited back to new york where i was the guest on the regis philbin so -- >> fantastic. >> there's just something so beautiful in the opportunity that america would allow. >> good thing he tipped you there. that would be really awkward. >> yeah, i wouldn't want to go on his show and tell him he stiffed me. i'm so grateful, my husband is, too, there really is opportunity here in you're willing to work hard. >> let's turn to your dvd. you have a new animated series called "little angels." >> it's a wonderful series for preschool children. it features eight little angel characters who live on the ceiling of the children's nursery. when the mom and dad aren't around, the angels come down and they teach the children, they teach them their a, b, cs and their 1, 2, 3s and they teach them wonderful family values, the im

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