Regis Philbin Gets A Vespa From David Letterman, Almost Crashes It Into A Dumpster In Three Seconds

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by Nando Di Fino | 9:22 am, November 18th, 2011

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Regis Philbin will take a bow on his last show Friday morning, but, before leaving, he paid old friend David Letterman a visit on Thursday night, discussing he kiss they shared on air a day earlier and having the Top Ten list dedicated to him. As a parting gift, Letterman mounted Regis on a new red vespa scooter, and encouraged him to ride off into the sunset on it. One problem: Regis had never driven one before. He accelerated, wobbled, then tumbled the mini-motorcycle, eventually jumping off just in time to avoid a nasty and untimely accident.

As for his personalized Top Ten:

Top Ten Things We’ll Miss About Regis:

10. Smell of Ben-Gay and Captain Morgan.
9. The endless complaining.
8. His stories about babysitting for Knute Rockne.
7. The endless complaining.
6. The way he always lets you pay for dinner.
5. Who do you think killed Osama?
4. The various talented actors who have played Regis over the years.
3. His antique car collection and his enormous chin.
2. When the IRS busted him for skimming prize money from ‘Beautiful Baby Week’
1. This.

Enjoy video of Regis’ visit with Dave below, courtesy of CBS:

David Letterman, Late Show WIth David Letterman, Regis Philbin, Vespa

Anonymous

Why is Jerry Sandusky vilified, while creeps like Letterman & Philbin get a pass?
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_3VUFTUN5223ITCWO7CHS2CI44A David

Did you just give up trying to make sense.
http://twitter.com/mdcdnmf Matthew

Cuz a homophobe like you can’t understand the difference between 2 celebrities making a publicity stunt and a pedophile caught in the act of raping a child in the showers.
Moderate

I was never able to understand why anyone would watch Regis Philbin.
http://twitter.com/LittleBiggyGirl LittleBiggyGirl

who should replace regis?http://littlebiggy.org/4687187
Anonymous

Smart, Letterman, get an 80 year old man a motorcycle in NYC.

That would be like BFD swiping a skateboard to give to Robert ( RealRoyalDukeofEarl), the Wilford Brimley of Mediaite.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Douglas-Rodrigues/100000411215939 Douglas Rodrigues

I don’t think I’ll be loaning my Harley to Regis. :-)
http://spacegod.tumblr.com/ spacegod

Dave and Regis are gods.
Bow down.