By Ian Shoales in a hotel room in Minneapolis, I recently happened upon this quote in the local paper's profile of Regis Philbin (as reprinted from A&E Monthly): Philbin seems genuinely mystified by his success. What Warn the world! Philbin is mystified by his success! GENUINELY mystified! I can relate, though. I even have a certain amount of empathy, sympathy and even, yes, pity for the Reege.

Save Regis and Millionaire on ABC! How quickly they bite the hand that feeds them. In August 1999 ABC premiered a game show that had proven a success in Great Britain , called Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. After an extensive search for a host (including investigating whether Bill Cullen was available, only to find he had died nine years before), they went in-house with Regis Philbin, who ...