I think that Regis Philbin doesn’t like some of the current tastes in pop culture. He’s very much into Rat Pack era artists like Dean Martin.  That’s why sometimes he will say things like Keith Ledger and not Heath Ledger. About the comment about where are the former American Idol winners, he’s just wondering why aren’t they as active or competitive as the well known artists like Beyonce.  Maybe he wasn’t on the show when some of those singers performed—might have been a week when Anderson Cooper or Jeff Probst hosted in place of him.  And Regis seems to be overshadowed by his young Internet-savvy counterparts in Kelly RIpa and Michael Gelman. Those two are very much into Twitter and Facebook and Regis doesn’t want any part of it.  Regis is from an era where you talked to people face-to-face and he likes to talk about it a lot, especially his get-togethers with Jack Nicholson and Donald Trump. Something that the most accessible social networking sites sorely lack. He’s one of the few that will dress up in a suit for live daytime Tv. Perhaps the guests( especially the male guests) who come on in jeans and tennis shoes should take a cue from Reege and show some CLASS!

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