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"Regis Philbin has revealed that he is very proud of his career. The presenter has hosted daytime series Live! with Regis and Kelly for close to 30 years, but will leave the program on Friday, November 18. Philbin admitted that he never expected to become a fixture of morning television. &amp;quot;Racking up nearly 17,000 hours of airtime and this show [is an accomplishment],&amp;quot; he told Parade. &amp;quot;Sooner or later people get tired of you, but I&amp;#039;ve been here for nearly 29 years. I&amp;#039;m very proud of it.&amp;quot; Philbin also revealed that he has always wanted to interview Barbra Streisand on Live!, but never had the nerve to ask her to appear. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve met her, and she&amp;#039;s a lot of fun,&amp;quot; he recalled. &amp;quot;She used to love [my show] Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. But I wasn&amp;#039;t going to ask her to come on the show. I couldn&amp;#039;t do it.&amp;quot; Philbin and his first co-host Cyndy Garvey premiered the very first edition of Live!, which was initially called The Morning Show, on April 4, 1983. He previously described his impending departure from Live! with Regis and Kelly as &amp;quot;bittersweet&amp;quot;. It was recently announced that Jerry Seinfeld will co-host three episodes of Live! with Kelly Ripa following Philbin&amp;#039;s exit. Neil Patrick Harris will fill in for a week of shows as well. &amp;gt; David Letterman, Donald Trump for Regis Philbin&amp;#039;s last week on Live! &amp;gt; Regis Philbin: &amp;#039;I don&amp;#039;t know what I&amp;#039;ll do after Live! exit&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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