Pop Quiz: Regis Philbin

Pop Quiz: Regis Philbin

Aidin Vaziri | The last time Regis Philbin put out an album, people were burning draft cards in the streets, dreaming of landing on the moon and getting ready to make Richard Nixon president. Now, as we enter another time of chaos and disorder, Philbin is here to comfort us again with "When You're Smiling," the follow up to his 1968 debut, "It's Time for Regis!" On "Smiling," the genial host of the hit television shows "Live With Regis and Kelly" and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" revisits the standards he grew up with, such as "It Had to Be You" and "Pennies From Heaven."



Regis Philbin
Q: This is your first album in 36 years. What took you so long?
A: Actually, it's 37. I think the last one came out in October of '67.
Q: I hope you've been doing something good with all that time.
A: Well, I do a little television work. I've been doing a television talk show for, oh, the last 40 years.
Q: How's that working out for you?
A: That's working out OK. I made a living. I'm happy.
Q: Be honest now. Are you just getting back into music for the hookers?
A: Ah-ha-ha! What a crazy guy you are. The hookers wouldn't be caught dead with me if they heard some of these songs.
Q: I knew it was either that or the drugs.
A: Neither one. It's just childhood memories. That's all.