From one TV veteran to another,Parks and RecandBrooklyn Nine-Nineco-creatorMichael Schurpaid tribute toRegis Philbinina Twitter threadposted Friday.
“I’ve never really been able to articulate what his life and career meant.
It’s too huge,” Schur wrote on Twitter.
“you might’t wrap your arms around it.
He literally holds the Guinness Book Record for most hours on TV.
For decades, Regis was always there, on TV, chatting and complaining and making people laugh.
He needed no explanation.
“Over the past few days, I think I found it.”
The script includes references to then-current, now-legendary players such as Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams.
It was so long ago, the Cleveland Browns led the news.”
“You want to see a career no one will ever duplicate?
Here it is,” he continued.
“Regis hated ‘memory lane,’ so I hope he forgives me for this one last trip.
No one will ever be what he was, in the medium he dedicated his life to.
