I first met him when he was working in San Diego, then I met him again later on The Joey Bishop Show, I guested on that. And then of course, the really fun part was when I got to be his co-host on KHJ for two and a half or three hours live every day for the interview and call-in show.
Regis always had a wonderful easy sense of humor, he never got pissed off about things; if he did, it was a very rare circumstance.
He was able to smile and laugh his way through everything, and that taught me a lot about how to put your guests at ease, and how to be at ease, above all, yourself, whether you're speaking to someone who is very famous or a big politico or someone who's frightened to death to be interviewed to help them along.
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