Sam Rubin, legendary KTLA leisure reporter, dies at 64

>> IT IS NOT A CLOCK ON A VERY DIFFICULT NIGHT HERE KTLA GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN ON MY COLEMAN AND TIMESHARE CALVIN WELCOME OUR SPECIAL COVERAGE, A TRIBUTE TO SAM RUBIN, IT IS A SOMBER DAY HERE AT KTLA. AS WE PAY TRIBUTE OUR FRIEND, OUR COLLEAGUE AND A BELOVED MEMBER.

OF OUR KTLA FAMILY. >> SAM RUBIN DIED THIS MORNING OF A HEART ATTACK HE WAS 64. >> BUT THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SO MANY LAUGHS BECAUSE THAT'S AFTER ALL WHAT SAM DID HE MADE US LAUGH AND BEING FUNNY WAS WHAT MADE EVERYONE LOVED HIM AMONG THE THINGS THAT MADE.

EVERYONE THEM HE WAS SINCERE HE WAS GENUINE. HE WAS AUTHENTIC BECAME THE KTLA AS PART OF THE NEW AND INNOVATIVE KTLA MORNING NEWS THAT WAS BACK IN 1991 AND HE QUICKLY CAPTURED THE HEARTS OF VIEWERS. CELEBRITIES ACTORS, COMEDIANS MUSICIANS AND OTHER.

TV AND RADIO PERSONALITIES. AS YOU HAVE HEARD AND OVER THE YEARS AND AS WE'VE BEEN REMEMBERING TODAY, SAM. WAS ONE OF THE KIND WE HAVE LOTS OF MOMENTS TO SHARE WITH SAM AND. >> AND HOW HE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND WE BEGIN.

TONIGHT WITH RICK CHAMBERS, HE'S HERE NOW WITH A LOOK BACK WHICH IS SO HARD TO SAY. DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE GOTTEN TO THAT POINT NO JOBS ARE ALSO SEEING IT IN REAL TIME AS >> SIT HERE TOGETHER YES, IT'S AND HOW DO YOU PICK THE MOMENT NOW THERE'S SO MANY I MEAN 33.

YEARS, YEAH OF MOMENTS. I THINK WE'RE ALL STILL COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE LOSS OF SAM RUBIN, NOBODY OF COURSE SAW THIS COMING HE WAS HERE ON THE SET WITH THOSE JUST EARLIER THIS WEEK. >> HIS DEATH AROUND 1245 WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED TO US THIS.

AFTERNOON. I THINK IT WAS A GUT PUNCH TO ALL OF HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. AND CERTAINLY A TRAGIC LOSS TO HIS WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE. >> ALWAYS VERY EXCITING CHANNEL 5 THE FLAGSHIP AFFILIATE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS.

BEEN WAKING UP TO THE INFECTIOUS PERSONALITY OF SAM ROUTE IS THAT FORGET ALL THESE AWARDS. HE WAS A FIXTURE HERE IN HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT WITH THIS HIGH ENERGY A SPIRITED LEFT AND THAT WELCOMING SMILE AND AWARD IS FOR BOTH HIS ENCYCLOPEDIC.

KNOWLEDGE OF THE BUSINESS. EFFORTLESSLY COMMANDED CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS ON THE RED CARPET AND SCHMOOZE WITH THE STARS AND THE KTLA STUDIO AND THE NICE THINGS ABOUT WORKING HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT. SAM HEAD THAT SIGNATURE STYLE THAT WILL COME DUE INTO HIS.

ELEMENT AND MADE EVERYONE FEEL LIKE A FRIEND. HE WAS AN INDUSTRY LEGEND WHO REDESIGNED WHAT ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE SHOULD LOOK LIKE WHAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY MAGNANIMOUS OF YOU I CERTAINLY LIKE USING THE WORD MAGNANIMOUS BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO FAZE YOU DOES.

THE OSCAR STAGE FACE FROM AWARD SHOWS TO BREAKING NEWS INVOLVING CELEBRITIES. SAM DID IT LIKE NO ONE ELSE. HE WAS TRUSTED AND LOVED AND THE AUDIENCE WELCOMED HIM INTO THEIR HOMES BEHIND THE CAMERA SAM LAUNCHED HIS OWN PRODUCTION SORRY INC AND.

PRODUCED HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF PROGRAMMING. HE WANT TO SHARE OF AWARDS TOO INCLUDING A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION. SAMS CHARISMA WAS ALSO WITNESSED IN EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA THOUGH, WHERE HE WAS AN ENTERTAINMENT.

CORRESPONDENT. HE WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKERS IN THE BUSINESS. BUT HE FOUND TIME FOR CHARITABLE PASSIONS TO LIKE THE MS. ONE 50 BETA BIKE TOUR WHICH HE DID FOR YEARS TO HELP LA SCHOOLS AND THEIR LITERACY PROGRAMS. BUT IT WAS HIS FAMILY THAT WAS TRULY HIS.

BIGGEST LOVE HE WOULD OVER HIS WIFE, LESLIE AND HIS 4 CHILDREN AND SPENT NEARLY HIS ENTIRE LIFE HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS BORN IN SAN DIEGO WENT TO OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE AND EVENTUALLY MADE HIS WAY TO KTLA IN 1991. SAM WAS IN MANY WAYS THE HEART AND.

SOUL OF KTLA IN A HEART TONIGHT THAT'S BEEN BREAKING ON THE AIR. USED TO DRESS UP TO GO LIKE THIS WAS HIS LAST APPEARANCE THIS WEEK ON KTLA. HE WAS HIS USUAL FUNNY AND CHARMING SELF WORTHY OF THE LABEL ICON. HE WAS KNOWN TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST WE.

JUST DIDN'T KNOW IT WOULD THEN SO SOON. AND LOSING SAM, STILL FEELS SURREAL TONIGHT REPLACING HIM IMPOSSIBLE UPCOMING AWARDS SHOWS WITHOUT SAM RUBIN, I DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER FEELS RICK, I KNOW YOU. >> LIKE THE REST OF US WORKED ALONGSIDE SALMON HAVE THE.

OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HIM IN ACTION I DID I UNLIKE. DUGGAN SOME OF THE DIDN'T INTERACT WITH THEM AS MUCH AS SOME OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE WERE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN I WAS GOING TO WORK HE WAS GOING TO BED. BUT ANY TIME YOU RAN INTO HIM IN THE NEWSROOM. IT.

WAS ALWAYS A SMILE ALWAYS A NICE THING TO SAY. YEAH. IT'S IT WAS IT'S TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE TOUCHED AND ALL OVER AND WE'RE SHIPS PASSING IN THE NIGHT I MEAN WE COME IN AT 3 4 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON AND HE'S PUT IS THAT AMAZON THAT DIDN'T DO MUCH SLEEPING DOES.

BUT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IT'S RIGHT THAT CONTACTED KTLA TODAY SAYING HOW BIG THE LAST THIS WAS IN THEIR WORLD RIGHT. I MEAN I GOT SO MANY TEXT MESSAGES FROM YOU KNOW FRIENDS THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM IN A LONG TIME TOO.

>> YOU KNOW PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T EXPECT TO HEAR FROM AND. >> YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT JUST WANTED TO YOU KNOW SEND THEIR CONDOLENCES TO US HERE AT KTLA AND THEN JUST A HEAR ALL OF THE CELEBRITIES AND THAN ON CELEBRITIES PEOPLE THAT USED TO WORK HERE, YOU.

KNOW THAT HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM IN DECADE I HEARD HER BODY TODAY THAT HADN'T TALKED TO IN MONTHS THAT I'VE HEARD FROM FORMER LAPD OFFICERS TODAY. >> YEAH, YOU KNOW SAYING YOU KNOW HELP TOUCH THEY WERE AND HOW BIG OF A LAWSUIT WAS I.

MEAN PEOPLE WERE JUST REACHING OUT BECAUSE THEY FELT THE LOSSES WERE ABSOLUTELY YOU KNOW, I IT'S REALLY YOU'RE SURPRISED AT HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT. >> IT IS AS YOU KNOW IT'S A COLLEAGUE YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THAT HE'S MADE AN IMPACT ON ON.

THE COMMUNITY AND AND HOLLYWOOD FOR SURE, BUT YOU DO REALIZE HOW BIG IT IS UNTIL YOU SEE IT ON THE YOU KNOW THE GOOD THE ROOF OF SOFI AND AND OVER THE YEAH AND ALSO ON THE SANTA MONICA I'M HARRIS MARIST WHEEL. AND YOU'RE LIKE OH MY GOSH, YEAH, YOU KNOW THIS IS.

REALLY BIG HE LEFT TOO BUT BUT HE HE LEFT US ONE LAST GIFT AND I THINK THAT WAS TO BRING US A LITTLE CLOSER AND AND WE'RE HEARING THIS WE'RE HEARING IT FROM NO ONE WORKED MORE CLOSELY WITH WITH THE SAME THE NEW DOG I'M JUST THINKING FROM A VIEWER'S YOU.

COULD BE 40 YEARS OLD RIGHT NOW AND GROWING UP IN LOS ANGELES AND WATCHING THE NEWS AND SAM IS THE ONLY PERSON YOU KNOW MIGHT MEAN YOU KNOW LIKE LET'S JUST SAY YOUR TENURE EARLIEST RECORD THAT RECOLLECTION, HE'S BEEN ON THE AIR FOR 30 YEARS 30 WHAT TO.

YEARS >> I MEAN HE THEY GIVE THEM AN IS AN INSTITUTION, AND YOU KNOW IT'S FUNNY TOO BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS A CRAZY STORY I. >> LIVED A GROUP IN NEW JERSEY. I REMEMBER WATCHING KTLA AS A KID. I DON'T KNOW.

WHY I THINK IT WAS A SUPER STATION MAY BE SOME SOME TIME AND I THINK A CHILL 17 IN WAYNE NEW JERSEY. WATCHED THE MORNING SHOW AND I REMEMBER THINKING LIKE EVEN AS A KID INTEREST IN GOING INTO BROADCASTING REMEMBER THINKING HOW UNIQUE IS THIS AND I.

REMEMBER SAM AS A KID SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO LOS ANGELES AND CAME HERE I WAS ALREADY WELL AWARE OF SAM RUBIN WHO HE WAS FUNNY AND WHEN I GOT INTO ENTERTAINMENT. I STUDIED HIM WITH A CLOSE EYE AT THE SKY WAS A MASTER OF HIS CRAFT AND NOT ALONE, NOT ONLY DID YOU.

KNOW DELIVERED TEAM UP FOR ALL THESE YEARS, BUT I MEAN THINK ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS IN THIS BUSINESS THAT'S EVER SO ROTATING TO HAVE A STEADY JOB IN THIS FIELD FOR 30 SOMETHING STATION DECADES, ONE STATION YEAH, I MEAN IT'S IT'S CRAZY. LEE FOR SURE AND I REMEMBER I.

WHEN I FIRST GOT ENTERTAINMENT SIDE OF GENERAL SIMON NEWS IN THE BEGINNING YOU REMEMBER, AND I FIRST GOT INTO ENTERTAINMENT. HE SAID, PULLED ME ASIDE AND SAID LOOK YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE CELEBRITIES. THE GOAL IS TO NOT TALK ABOUT THEIR FILM. HAHA SO IT PUTS.

SOME PRESSURE ON YOU BECAUSE WAS LIKE OK, I CAN'T JUST GO IN THERE WITH THE SCRIPTED QUESTIONS BUT WHAT DOUG YOU YOU DO IT. WELL, YES, AND YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT'S YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT THAT YOU LEARN FROM SAM >> HIS GIFT TO YOU IS THAT IS.

THAT YOU YOU DRAW PEOPLE OUT THAT WAY AND IT'S IT JUST SPEAKS FRANKLY, AND IT BECAUSE BECAUSE I SAW YOU SEE WHEN YOU WHEN SAM INTERVIEW CELEBRITIES, THERE'S NO REGURGITATED RESPONSE, ESPECIALLY YOU WRITE FOR TO THE JUNKET SETTING WHERE.

YOU'RE SITTING OUTSIDE A HOTEL ROOM IN YOUR WAITING TO SPEAK TO THE CELEBRITY AND IT'S LIKE A CONVEYOR BELT JOURNAL RIGHT GOING IN THERE AND INTERVIEWING ANSWER THE SAME QUESTIONS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN SO WHAT CAN YOU POSSIBLY DO TO STAND OUT AND.

THAT WAS STANDS APPROACH SAND WOULD GO IN THERE AND HE WAS ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT ALL THE YOU KNOW THE THE PREVIOUS DOZEN PEOPLE ASK HE WAS ASKING UNIQUE QUESTIONS. YEAH THAT'S SOMETHING I I CERTAINLY WANTED TO LEARN FROM IT HONESTLY PUT THE PRESSURE.

ON ME TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND PUT A LITTLE MORE EFFORT INTO MY JOB OKAY, HOW CAN I MAKE THIS ENTERTAINING HOW CAN I GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS THAT THE SAME TIME NOT JUST DESK SOME GENERIC QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS ASKING ALWAYS GET THAT YOU DID YOU.

DID IT WITH THE ROLLING STONES AT ALL NEVER FORGET THAT WHEN YOU ASK THEM THANK ASKED THE ROLLING STONES A QUESTION THAT THEY HAD NEVER BEEN ASKED BEFORE SO THEY COULD LEFT OR SAGE RIGHT IT SURE LIKE HONESTLY LIKE THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A.

MAJOR. >> PORTION OF MY APPROACH TO NEWS THAT I GOT FROM I STOLE IT STRAIGHT FROM THE SAME BOOK EYE THAT WAS MY QUESTION TO YOU IS AND WHAT'S THE ONE THING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM SALMON YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THAT AND THAT.

THAT'S THAT ONE. NOW I WISH I COULD TAKE EVERYTHING AWAY YOU TALK ABOUT OUR RED CARPET SPECIALS AND HOW CAN THEY GO ON I DON'T KNOW I SAT THERE IN ALL WATCHING THIS MAN THINKING I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY CAN DO THIS JOB YEAH I REALLY DO I MEAN TO CARRY A LIFE OVER 4.

HOURS STRAIGHT. AND KERRY EFFORTLESSLY. DOESN'T EVEN HAVE CUE HERE'S HE HAD SUCH A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PAYMENT THOUGH IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO WALKED UP HE KNEW HOW TO CONNECT THE PERSON WAS AUTHORITIES KNOW YOU NEVER KNOW, YEAH YOU KNOW JUST.

>> ASKING THE CELEBRITY TALKING TO THE CELEBRITY AND NOT ASKING ABOUT THE MOVIE THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY THINGS. I GAINED FROM SANTA. >> GOOD MORNING. I'M SAM RUBIN, A BRUTAL WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN 2 BIG SHOT ANCHORMAN JUST A SAM RUBIN REPORTING.

FROM MOVIE WORLD ON THE GOLD COAST HOLLYWOOD DAILY STARTS RIGHT NOW YOU CAN MISS WHAT HAPPENS ON THE NEXT HOLLYWOOD UNCENSORED FIRST WHEN INTERVIEWING CELEBRITIES TICKET FROM SAM NEVER TALK ABOUT THE FILM NOW YOU'RE IN A POSITION WHERE FRANKLY YOU CAN.

AFFORD IT. BUT YOU STILL LIKE FREE STUFF ANYTHING TAKING WHAT ARE WE DOING AND SPENDING MORROW STARTING KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM AND SPEAKING OF CELEBRITIES PLENTY OF THEM KNEW SAM ON A PERSONAL LEVEL. AND I OCCASIONALLY THOSE BENEFITS I DON'T THINK SAM.

SLEEPS SAM HAS HIS FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THE INDUSTRY. >> AND ALTHOUGH I THINK IS HOLDING THE WRONG HAND WHEN IT CAME TO OUR RED CARPET SPECIALS, NOBODY CARRIED A SHOW LIKE SAM RUBIN WORD WHEN HE WAS OUR BOWL QUARTERBACK IS FIRST LADY OF AWARD SEASON.

LADY GAGA IS HERE ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE ON THE BACK OF KTLA HOURS UPON UNINTERRUPTED HOURS, SAM CREATED COUNTLESS MEMORABLE AND WAS THE MASTER OF TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING AND I MEAN ANYTHING AT ANY GIVEN TIME I'M BEING AMATEUR PSYCHIATRISTS.

HERE I THOUGHT YOU WERE THIS CLOSE JUST THE START TO CRY WERE DOING YOU KNOW NORMAL NOT EVEN GOING SEE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO PSYCHOLOGY AND BOY DID HE DO IT ALL WITH A DEPRECATING SENSE OF HUMOR YOU'RE MY FAVORITE I KNOW, YEAH AND THE BEST ARE.

DEFINITELY SAM WAS FEARLESS AND HE SPOKE HIS MIND WHEN NEEDED PREZ SAID WE LIED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE. HE DEMANDED A RETRACTION WILL DEMAND THIS YOU TALENT, LET'S AND LET'S FACE IT, SAM WORKED THE SYSTEM WE ARE LIVE IN PEARL HARBOR GOOD AFTERNOON.

FROM LONDON, GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF HERE IN ROME, THE MAN KNEW HAD TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND STILL CALL IT A DAY'S WORK. >> HIS CONNECTION WITH THE AUDIENCE WAS A SPECIAL ONE. THEY WERE WATCHING A REPORTER DELIVER IS REPORT EVERY.

MORNING THEY TUNED IN TO WATCH A FRIEND HAVE A CONVERSATION ON WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE FOR OUR NEXT EDITION, THANKS FOR WATCHING. >> YOU KNOW THERE'S THAT ONE THERE WERE I SAID SAM SPEAKS HIS MIND BUT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BUSINESS FOR 32 YEARS YOU.

EARNED THAT RIGHT TO YOUR MIND ONLY HOPE TO ONE DAY BE AT THAT POINT PLENTY OF IT I CAN'T DO IT. WE HAVE NOT YET KNOW WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS SAM, HOW MANY YEARS YOU IN WELL, I DON'T WHEN YOU HAVE TO BE AN INSTITUTION THAT WAS AND WAS IT WAS ON THE MARK. YEAH,.

HE WAS ON THE SOFI WAS ON THE MARK WITH A TRIBUTE TO SAM A LITTLE BAKING SHOW THAT TO YOU. >> LOOK AT FROM THE TOP AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AN AERIAL SHOT SO AS YOU FLY INTO LAX YOU'VE SEEN IT OUT RIGHT SIDE WINDOW OF THE PASSENGER PLANES.

AND YOU SEE SOFI STADIUM BEING BUILT AND NOW IT'S THERE AND. THAT'S THE VANTAGE POINT ESSENTIALLY LAST TIME I SAW THAT LIT UP WAS FOR THE RELEASE OF TAYLOR SWIFT THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF TAYLOR SWIFT'S NEW ALBUM IN A WHILE TAYLOR WAS INSIDE THAT'S HOW BIG THAT.

IS. >> YEAH. HARD TO SEE IT IS HARD TO IT'S THAT IT'S THAT THAT SECOND DATE IT'S YEAH. IT'S A IT'S IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PROCESSING IN THE NEWSROOM AS BEST WE CAN FROM FROM THE MORNING NEWS SAID TOO. HOLLYWOOD PREMIERES SAM.

RUBIN HAVE THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT COVERED IN A YES, HE CERTAINLY DIDN'T. KTLA IS CHRIS WOLFE IS STANDING BY LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD WITH A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THOSE UNFORGETTABLE RED CARPET MOMENTS, HI CHRIS. >> ABSOLUTELY GOOD EVENING. MY.

CAN SHARE AND BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT I HAVE TO GET MY OWN HISTORY WITH SAM RUBIN AND TALK ABOUT MY OWN EXPERIENCES AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A VERY TOUGH DAY FOR ALL OF US MOST OF US SPENT THE WHOLE AFTERNOON IN TEARS IN SHOCK AND CONTINUES. YOU KNOW I IT.

JUST DAWNED ON ME WHENEVER A MAJOR CELEBRITY WOULD PASS AWAY ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WE WOULD CALL RIGHT DAY OR NIGHT WOULD BE SAM RUBIN FOR HIS UNIQUE INSIGHT AND INPUT. AND AND WHAT HE HAD TO OFFER AND HE WAS USUALLY IN BED, RESTING UP FOR HIS EARLY.

MORNING HOURS ON THE MORNING SHOW BUT 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT 9 O'CLOCK, SAM, WE NEED YOU. WE NEED YOUR HELP. HE WAS ALWAYS THERE HE WOULD GET ON THE PHONE. HE WOULD GET IN FRONT A ZOOM MEETING AND HE WOULD DELIVER FOR US. ALL THE TIME AND NOW HERE WE ARE TALKING.

ABOUT HIS PASSING IS JUST SURREAL IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT HERE WE ARE THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND SUPPORT AND CONDOLENCES FROM THE COMMUNITY. ALL DAY LONG EVER SINCE. THE WORLD MADE KNOWN ABOUT HIS PASSING HAS BEEN ON BELIEVABLE MY OWN PHONE HAS.

BEEN BLOWING UP ALL DAY WITH MESSAGES FROM FAMILY FRIENDS. CO-WORKERS AND FANS AND VIEWERS MESSAGES OF SORROW AND SHOCK AND CONDOLENCES AND A LOT OF THEM THEN SAY YOU KNOW CHRIS WE'RE SO SORRY ABOUT THE PASSING OF YOUR CO-WORKER YOU MUST BE DEVASTATED. A LOT OF.

THEM FOLLOW UP. THOSE WORDS WITH DID YOU KNOW SAM DID YOU EVER CROSS PATHS WITH SAM RUBIN BECAUSE OF COURSE AS OF LATE WE'VE BEEN WORKING OPPOSITE SCHEDULES. THESE EARLY MORNING AND I'M ALWAYS DAYTIME OR LATE EVENING. AND THE TRUTH IS I DID WORK.

CLOSELY WITH SAM RUBIN. HE WAS A MENTOR TO ME WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED TO KTLA NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS I WORKED MAINLY ON THE MORNING SHOW WITH SAM. WE ALSO WORK TOGETHER AT AN ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL CALLED REELZ CHANNEL WHICH AT THE.

TIME HAD STUDIOS IN DOWNTOWN L A AND WE WORKED ON ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS TOGETHER ON REELZ CHANNEL AND IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY HE HELPED ME GET THAT GIG IT REELZ CHANNEL THE SAME TIME BOTH OF US WERE WORKING AT KTLA. SO WE WERE CLOSELY THERE. AND ALSO A.

LOT OF VIEWERS MAY REALIZE THAT I FOR THE LAST. 1516 17 YEARS, I'VE BEEN HERE I'VE BEEN COVERING MOST OF THE MAJOR AWARD SHOWS GOLDEN GLOBES OSCARS AND EMMYS AND I DO THAT NOT ONLY FOR KTLA, BUT ALL OF OUR SISTER STATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY. OUR.

AFFILIATES WERE ALL MEMBERS OF THE SAME PARENT COMPANY NOW IT'S NEXSTAR I COVER THOSE MAJOR EVENTS FOR ALL THE SISTER STATIONS, SAM WOULD DO THE LIVE RED CARPET SHOWS ALL THE COVERAGE FOR KTLA BUT OFTEN WE WOULD BE WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE ON THE RED.

CARPETS AT MAJOR AWARD CEREMONIES AND I WOULD JUST BE KIND STANDING THERE ON THE SIDELINES WATCHING ABSORBING LEARNING FROM THE MASTERS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT. HE WAS THE MASTER OF HIS CRAFT A NEW ENTERTAINMENT INSIDE NOW HE.

DID HIS HOMEWORK. HE STUDIED UP. AND ONE OF HIS GREATEST TALENTS WAS IN MY OPINION HE MADE IT ALL LOOK SO EASY. HE WAS AS SMOOTH AS BUTTER WHEN HE WAS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA. WHAT WE ALL KNOW THIS BUSINESS CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT CAN BE VERY STRESSFUL CAN BE VERY.

HECTIC LOT OF TIMES BEHIND THE SCENES COMPLETE CHAOS, COMPLETE TENSION. DEADLINE PRESSURE CONSTANTLY DOWN TO THE SECOND. YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE SLOT DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND DO IT. WELL WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO IT. AND WHEN THAT CAMERA WAS ON AND HE.

WAS IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA HE WAS JUST CALM COOL AND COLLECTED AND AGAIN SMOOTH AS BUTTER. NO MATTER WHAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND HIM AND AND I. WATCH THAT AND LEARN FROM THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT HE WAS JUST AMAZING AT WHAT HE DID.

UNPARALLELED UNMATCHED. ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT DAWNED ON ME TONIGHT WHEN PEOPLE PASS AWAY WE USUALLY START TO SEE SIDEWALK MEMORIALS WITH FLOWERS AND CARDS AND STUFFED ANIMALS AND SO FORTH AND I GOT TO THINKING I WONDER IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START SHOWING UP.

AROUND. KTLA HERE ALONG SUNSET BOULEVARD WITH FLOWERS AND CARDS AND WHATNOT AND SURE ENOUGH. YOU WANT TO COME ON YOUR LAWN COBB IT'S BEEN A LIFELONG KTLA CALIFORNIA NATIVE FROM CHINO HILLS. SHE DROVE UP AND JUST CAME UP TO US WITH A BANNER. WE LOVE KTLA.

FLOWERS AND YOU'VE BEEN CIRCLING THE LOT LOOKING FOR SPOT TO LEAVE THESE FLOWERS AND. THE LOVE FOR SAM, TELL ME ABOUT GROWING UP AND WATCHING SALMON WHAT HE MEANT TO YOU. ONLY MEANT THE WORLD TO IT'S GOING TO I MEAN IT WAS ALMOST LIKE WATCHING A THAT WAS MY.

ENTERTAINMENT. >> AND I MEAN HE WAS A LEGEND. HE IS STILL A LEGEND HE'S GOING LIVE AND I HAD TO COME OUT SHOW THAT RESPECT AND I LOVE ALL YOU GUYS STAY STRONG COULD IT. SHOOT THAT YOU WANT TO COMMEND YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS TELL ME AGAIN YOUR.

NAME POLICE AT LEAST YOU KNOW YOU ARE YOU WANT TO YOU CAME UP WITH MOM YES I LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAY THE FLOWERS AND THE BEAUTIFUL SINE WE LOVE KTLA, THANK YOU FOR THAT BY THE WAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, IT MEANS A LOT TO US RATHER INTO THE SAME THING. WHAT ARE YOUR.

THOUGHTS WHEN YOU'RE FOND MEMORIES OF SAM RUBIN. >> JUST I YOU KNOW I'M IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS, MYSELF AND I REMEMBER JUST ALWAYS WANTING SOMEWHERE THAT I CAN GET THE INFORMATION AND GET IT YOU KNOW WELL, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD ACCURATE FUN.

AND I REMEMBER THAT BEING THAT FOR ME AND I REMEMBER MY MOM SAYING THAT HER MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO WATCH IT ALL THE TIME AND I'VE WATCHING IT WITH MY MOM SO. THE FACT THAT I HAVE THAT MEMORY THE SAME AND WITH THAT SHE HAS WITH MY GRANDMOTHER, IT MEANS A LOT IT.

DEFINITELY FEEL IS GOING TO BE EMPTY SPOT, YOU KNOW I JUST TOLD US THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE NEWS NOW. AND HOW YOU KNOW BUT IT MEANS A LOT YOU KNOW JUST TO KNOW THAT HE WAS SOMEONE THAT MADE US FEEL WARM. MADE US FEEL GOOD BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS ALL THE TIME, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW EVER DELIVERED AT THE WAY HE WITH SOSA MUCH HUMBLENESS IN TRUTH. SO YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE MISSED IS GOING TO BE YES BUT DEFINITELY PRAYERS. BLESSINGS AND ITS TO EVERYONE AND JUST PLAY THROUGH IT STRAIGHT.

THROUGH IT AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I SAY. THANK BOTH SO MUCH FOR APPRECIATE IT ALWAYS YOU KNOW. >> HOW WHEN AND RIGHT NOW I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO. A LIFETIME. RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THAT TAKES 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, IT GET NO BETTER THAN AND I.

THANK HIM FOR THAT SO AND I THANK YOU CHRIS. BLISS TABLE IS THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH WE'LL GET THOSE FLOWERS IN JUST A MINUTE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH GOD BLESS YOU BOTH. >> JUST ONE SMALL SAMPLE OF THE SENTIMENT THAT'S OUT RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME.

OF THE MAGIC THAT WAS SAM RUBIN. ON THE RED CARPET. >> HERE SHE LOVES YOU YOU HAVE GIVEN ME BROWNIE POINTS FOR THE REST OF MY ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE ON THE RED CARPET KTLA, LET'S TIMEOUT ARE REALIZE THAT SAM RUBIN COULD DO IT THE TITAN OF.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF THE HE WAS KTLA LA'S ELWAY'S VERY AND HE SHINED AS BRIGHT AS THE STARS WHEN HE RULED THE RED CAR JUST. >> YOU'RE SO SEE YOU I'M LIKE REALLY BASE, IT'S ALL GOING YOUR WAY SORRY, GREAT IT'S.

GREAT IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN RIGHT UP IN SUCH A FAN OF YOURS FOR SO LONG I'VE STRUGGLING IN LA FOR SO LONG BEEN WATCHING YOU FROM AFAR SO I GET TO FINALLY LIKE WE ARE. YOU LOOK MOVIE STAR HANSEN WELL I I WOULD HOPE SO IT'S AT A CERTAIN POINT FINALLY GET IT.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN OR IN A MINUTE AND A MINUTE. WE HAVE THE NICEST TALK WHEN YOU ARE IN NEW ZEALAND. BUT YOU ARE A LITTLE VERY SAD I'M WE YOU KNOW. >> WHAT THEY SAY TIME HEALS EVERYTHING I THINK YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS SEASON AS MUCH.

MORE THAN ANY BUT YEAH REALLY DO I I AM ENJOYING WHY NOT YOU KNOW I MEAN LOOK IT'S GREAT I'M HAVING A GOOD OLIVIA BEEN I'VE BEEN GOOD THEY HAVE RIGHT THEY HAVEN'T CANCELED THE MAP GRADUATION SHE'S CONGRATULATIONS. MY SONS IN THE PLAY.

>> JACK IS IT'S PART OF THE CROWDS THAT WOULD MATCH THOSE WERE LIVE ON KTLA. I DO LIKE TO SAY. HI LADIES ENJOY TONIGHT, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH YOU DIDN'T WORKED WITH THAT PARTICULAR SCENE FOR YEARS APPARENTLY YEAH, RIGHT THAT 2018 SO AND I REMEMBER.

TEXAS, THIS TEAM'S MEAN HERE COMES HARRIS AND FORT. GOOD TO REALLY GOOD REALLY NICE CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. IS THIS. THIS IT THIS IS ALL WE GOT THAT'S THE CREW SHOW JUST ONE. YOUR IN QUIZ SHOW WHO IS LADY WAS LIKE YES, WE'RE NOW WORRIES ALL RIGHT BILL WHAT.

WAS THAT ABOUT ACTION OF EVERY SO A GREAT YEAR FACTOR THIS MOVIE YOU'VE HEARD THIS PHRASE AND I DON'T IT'S A CLICHE NOT A COMEBACK BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR ONE HOUR SENIOR LOT LIKE 4, 5, 6, COMEBACK SOME GOOD WITH IT. >> OK I'VE ANOTHER SAM RUBIN.

STORY TO TELL HEARD DOUG TALKING EARLIER ABOUT ALL THAT HE LEARNED FROM SAM RUBIN, ESPECIALLY ON THE CARPET HAD INTERVIEW CELEBRITIES. I DID AS WELL AND ONE STORY I HAVE TO TELL AND SAM, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND ABOUT HAD TO BE 1516 YEARS AGO WE WERE BOTH AT.

THE GOLDEN GLOBES AT THE BEVERLY HILTON IN BEVERLY HILLS COVERING THOSE AWARDS. AND THERE'S A VERY GOOD LOOKING YOUNG BRITISH ACTOR UP AND COMING BRITISH ACTOR WHO WAS MAKING THE ROUNDS WELL DRESSED IN A TUXEDO VERY DAPPER LOOKING. THE PRESS IS.

GOING CRAZY AND. FLASHED ARE FLICKERING AND. GIRLS ARE SCREAMING AND THE AUDIENCE IS CLAMORING AND FINALLY THIS ACTOR MAKES HIS WAY UP TO SAM AND THEY START TALKING AND SAM'S VERY GRACIOUS HELLO SIR, HOW ARE YOU DOING AND WHY WHY ARE YOU HERE AND WHAT DO YOU.

ACCEPT WHAT MAKES YOU EXCITED TO BE HERE AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES AND TELL ME ABOUT YOUR CAREER AND WHAT TYPE OF ROLES DO YOU HOPE TO TACKLE IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE WITH YOUR CAREER AND WAS VERY INFORMATIVE ENTERTAINING WONDERFUL INTERVIEW THAT WENT.

ON FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND I'M STANDING THERE RIGHT ON THE SIDELINES OBSERVING THE WHOLE THING AS SOON AS THIS. DASHING YOUNG UP AND COMING BRITISH ACTOR WALKS AWAY I TURN TO SANDRA WHO WAS THAT. SAM SAYS HELLO FINAU. SPENT AND HE SAID I DON'T KNOW, BUT FIND OUT.

LATER, I SAID YOU JUST ENTIRE INTERVIEW WAS SOMEONE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO HE WAS AND IT. SAM SAYS CHRIS WOLFE HE LOOKED. EVERY NOW AND THEN AND ACTOR ACTRESS PERFORMER MUSICIAN WILL COME YOUR WAY AND YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THAT PERSON YOU WON'T KNOW WHO.

THEY ARE AND IT CAN BE VERY AWKWARD TO SAY HELLO YOU. SO HE SAID YOUR BLUFF YOUR WAY THROUGH THE INTERVIEW BECAUSE BE GRACIOUS. NO HARM. NO FOUL FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE LATER. THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT AS LONG AS I WAIT, GOD BLESS YOU, SAM.

RUBIN, MISS YOU. WHAT MORE CAN I SAY. >> CHRIS WE APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR WELL AND THE OBVIOUSLY SO MANY PEOPLE SAYING TALKS BUT I MEAN WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HEAR STUFF LIKE THAT IT'S A YEAH. >> CLASS ABSOLUTELY THANKS CHRIS FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES.

WE APPRECIATED AND SAM, OF COURSE TO LOSE SHARED SO MUCH OF HIMSELF WITH ALL OF US AND HIS FAITHFUL VIEWERS YOU SAW 2 OF THEM OUT THERE AND HOW MUCH HE REALLY MEANS TO EVERYBODY BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER ASPECT TO SAM, THE FAMILY MAN A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER AND.

THE ROLES HE HELD MOST YEAR KTLA IS RACHEL MENITOFF US IN THE NEW CENTER WITH A LOOK AT SAM. >> OFF CAMERA HI RACHEL. >> SHARE YOU KNOW WHEN SAM STARTED AT KTLA IN 1999. HE WAS IN HIS EARLY 30'S. AND JUST AS WE WATCHED HIM GROW.

INTO THE ENTERTAINMENT PROFESSIONAL THAT HE WAS WE ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO MEET HIS GROWING FAMILY. HIS WIFE AND 4 CHILDREN WERE HIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY HIS SECOND LOVE OF COURSE, KTLA AND HE RELISHED THE CHANCE TO BRIDGE THOSE 2 WORLDS ANY CHANCE HE GOT.

>> MY DAUGHTER DARCEY OH DEAR ALREADY IS 18 YEARS OLD ALL AND AMONG THE NICE THINGS ABOUT WORKING HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT IS YOUR KIDS OF COURSE EFFECTIVELY GROWTH ON THE SHOW VIEWERS HAVE BEEN WATCHING SAM RUBINS INFORMATIVE FUNNY ICONIC.

ENTERTAINMENT SEGMENTS ON KTLA MORNING SHOW FOR DECADES. >> DURING THAT TIME THEY ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO MEET THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM. HE HAD 4 CHILDREN WERE IAN PERRY WITH EX-WIFE JULIE. AND DARCY AND COLBY WITH HIS WIFE, LESLIE RUBIN TAKE ABOUT KICK IT TO.

ME. FROM THEIR FIRST STEPS WE'VE NOW RUN THIS TAKING HE 20 TIMES. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LITTLE SCOOTER ACTUALLY A BIG BIRTHDAY TO THESE MEMORABLE MILESTONES PLAYED YEAR AFTER YEAR OF COURSE, LONGTIME VIEWERS OF THE MORNING NEWS.

KNOW I HAD MY OLDEST DAUGHTER PERRY WORKING HERE. I THINK BEFORE SHE WAS 6. >> FISH AND THEN HOW HIGH CAN THESE ANYONE CAN DO IT. >> SAM NEVER MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO WISH HIS KIDS WELL AND TO RECOGNIZE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHETHER IT BE.

A GRADUATION A BIRTHDAY OR A BOY SCOUT BADGE OF HONOR I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT MY SON COLBY IS INVOLVED WITH SCOUTING AND LAST NIGHT. >> HERE COMES EAGLE SCOUT LOVELL, A WONDERFUL CEREMONY AND SAY GET YOUR DAD DOESN'T HOUSE IT.

>> SAM OPEN VIEWERS UP TO HIS MOST IMPORTANT ROLE IS HUSBAND AND DAD AND JUST LIKE HE LIKED TO GOOF OFF ONSET WELL, LET'S JUST SAY LIKE FATHER LIKE SON HERE WITH HIS OWN REVIEW, THE MOVIE HE EVEN HIS OWN INTERACTION BY ALLEGED COVID RIGHT KOBE WHAT DID YOU WELL.

ACTUALLY SAW THIS MOVIE ALONE AND HE JUST BECAUSE MY DAD, THE MOVIE REVIEWER WAS BUSY WORKING SAM'S CHILDREN GREW UP AT KTLA, A SECOND HOME OF SORTS AND EASILY PICKED UP DAD'S TALENT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA. MY DAUGHTER WAS I THINK HALF LEVI'S AGE WHEN SHE.

CONDUCTED HER FIRST PROBING ON AIR INTERVIEW WITH BARN ALL. >> FOOD, MY FAVORITE WILLIE LOVE THE KTLA ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT SAYS AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER THEY ALL BABYSAT FOR SAM'S KIDS. THEY WERE HIS PRIDE AND JOY AND HE CERTAINLY SHOWED.

>> HER FIRST. >> WE LOVE AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF HER HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY. GOT KNOW ITS UNWAVERING IT'S JUST WHO HE IS. >> KEEP YOUR FAMILY STARTS TONIGHT. FOR HIS KIDS, IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH ROAD FOR SURE. BUT WE WILL BE THERE FOR.

HIS FAMILY WE WANT TO KNOW THAT SO OF COURSE HAVE BEEN CALLING TO US YOU KNOW ACROSS HOLLYWOOD I'M TAKING TIME TODAY TO TELL US HOW MUCH. SAM MEANT TO THEM AND REACTING TO THE NEWS OF HIS SIDE SUDDEN DEATH COURTNEY'S HERE NOW WITH HOW HOLLYWOOD IS REMEMBERING.

CENTER AND YOU CAN'T FIT IT ALL INTO I KNOW AND WE'RE YOU KNOW BREAKING DOWN CERTAIN ASPECTS OF SAM'S LIFE YOU KNOW, SO WE ALL CAN PAY TRIBUTE IN. >> I'VE FOLLOWING AS YOU WERE ALSO JUST ALL OF THE CELEBRITIES, I MEAN SAM.

>> IS HOLLYWOOD HE'S SUCH A LEGEND AND SO MANY PEOPLE HAD SO MANY GREAT THINGS TO SAY SO HERE ARE JUST SOME YOU KNOW A COUPLE OF THEM RIGHT NOW AT THIS HOUR. KATHY GRIFFIN POSTED TO AXE I'M IN SHOCK. I DON'T KNOW WHO IN LOS ANGELES HAS BEEN INTERVIEWING ME.

LONGER THAN SAM. HE ALWAYS HAD A GREAT WIT ABOUT HIM AND SEEMED TO ENJOY THE FUN PART OF THE JOB, A TRUE ICON. MARIA SHRIVER POSTED THIS HEARTFELT TRIBUTE SAYING THIS IS HEARTBREAKING SAM RUBIN, WHAT LOS ANGELES INSTITUTION AND SO FULL OF LIFE. HE WAS GREAT AT.

HIS JOB WHICH HE LOVED, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS ALWAYS KIND AND GRACIOUS SENDING LOVED HIS FAMILY. ACTOR BRADLEY WHITFORD POSTED HEARTBREAKING THAT'S HEARTBREAKING AND LOVE TO EVERYONE. KTLA AND LOVE TO HIS BELOVED WIFE AND CHILDREN. SAM.

RUBIN WAS A CONSUMMATE PRO HE WAS HILARIOUS AND HE HAD A HUGE HEART. IT WAS ALWAYS A JOY AND PRIVILEGE TO GET A CHANCE TO TALK WITH HIM. SAM WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED IN MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING. COMEDIAN A FLUFFY GABRIEL IGLESIAS. HE WAS ON THE KTLA.

MORNING SHOW WITH SAM, AT LEAST 15 TIMES HE SHARED THAT AND HE HAD THIS HEARTFELT TRIBUTE THAT TODAY WE LOST LA LEGEND, SAM RUBIN FROM THE KTLA MORNING NEWS. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE DOING COUNTLESS SEGMENTS WITH HIM OVER THE LAST 15 PLUS YEARS IN STUDIO.

OR ON THE STREETS. IT WAS ALWAYS A PLEASURE I WILL MISS YOU SAM AND I MEAN YOU REALLY KNOW YOU'VE MADE IT MADE AN IMPACT WHEN EVEN. >> A CHARACTER KERMIT THE FROG PAYS HIS RESPECTS HE SAYS ON TWITTER. I ALWAYS LOVED BEING INTERVIEWED BY THE LEGENDARY.

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER SAM RUBIN. WE SHARED A LOT OF LAUGHS EVERY TIME WE SPOKE. I THINK IT WAS JUST AS EXCITED TO TALK TO HIM HE WAS TO ME WE WILL ALL MISS YOU SAM. >> MAY HIS MEMORY BE A YEAH I HOPE IN SOME WAY HE CAN LOOK DOWN AND SEE WHAT EVERYONE IS.

SAYING ABOUT HIM HERE ON KTLA TODAY AND. >> ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YEAH AND THAT HE'S YOU KNOW RESTING IN PEACE AND WE WILL MISS TREMENDOUSLY YEAH, WHAT A FOOTPRINT. >> WHO WAS SAM'S ABILITY TO HAVE FUN AND MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH.

IT MADE HIM SO ENDEARING TO SO MANY PEOPLE YOU KNOW YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO GET WHEN SAM GOT IN FRONT OF THE TV AND ANDY RECENT, I ARE HERE NOW AND SOME OF THE THE FUNNIEST MOMENTS AND WE COULD USE SOME OF THERE'S SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW SAM.

RUBIN AND HIS STYLE. WHAT MADE THE MORNING NEWS. WHAT IT IS AND IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT HIS REAL CHARMING SELF WAS ON DISPLAY WAY BACK WHEN THE SHOW STARTED IN THE EARLY 90'S. LIKE THIS CLIP FAMILY EVEN JOINS US NOW WITH THOSE STORIES IN THE VERY LATEST.

CRISIS ROCKING. >> THE USUALLY EVEN KEEL VOTE HERE AT CHANNEL 4 FORMALLY EVEN KILLED VOTE HERE AT CHANNEL 5 HERE WE WERE IN PLAIN VIEW IN THE PAST ABOUT ALL YOU KNOW THE THIS IS THE LATEST APPARENT LEE. OUR MESSENGER REGIONAL FINES.

BELOVED VERY NICE GUY VERY NICE SKY DROVE A MOTORCYCLE. HEAR OUT LIKE THAT AND THAT YOU SO SO TELLER STATION BEHIND ME YOU KNOW YOU NEED TAPES ALL THE TIME AND THINGS LIKE YEAH AND SO CONSEQUENTLY THAT WOULD BE LIKE IF YOU RAN A GARAGE AND YOU FIRED THE.

PART SKY. SURE THE MECHANICS CAN GO AND GET THE PARTS BUT WINDS RATHER THAN WORKING ON THE CARS, YEAH, IT'S JUST AWFULLY DON'T ADMIT, GUESS TODAY IS READY WALK RIGHT OFF THE ALL OF US MIGHT COMING ON TONIGHT A GREAT MOVIE AND I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO.

WATCH IT AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT I CAN PROPERLY INTERVIEW HIM AND DISCUSS THIS MOVIE BUT I COULD NOT DO IT BECAUSE HAD TO HAVE A MESS WE ASKED CHAOS ABLE TO BRING THAT HE'S TURNED THE TAPE OVER HIMSELF AND HE WOULDN'T HEAR >> YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO GET.

TO THE ROOT. THE PROBLEM IN ITALY ARE NEWS DIRECTOR WARREN CHARGE, YOU KNOW MAYBE SOME THINK EYE OUT ON OCCASION TO FIX THIS CAMPER A CHINO MACHINE. BUT BUT DO WE ARE YOU FOR FOR THAT IS JUST IN COFFEE MAKER COULDN'T BE FIXED. PERHAPS WAR WOULD CALL ONE OF.

THOSE TV CONSUMER REPORTS WE WANT THE GUY BACK. ALL RIGHT. WE JUST YEARS SO MAD ABOUT IT ANYWAY JUST OKAY THING TO DO WHILE YOU WHEN IT'S WELL WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME THINGS ARE GOING TO BE OUT ABOUT THIS MARK A PSYCH THANKS HELP BECAUSE I'M SORRY I HERE'S THE.

WHAT'S GOING LIKE EVEN BACK THEN HE WAS HE TEARING DOWN THE BARRIERS BETWEEN. >> THE EDIFICE OF TV IN THE AUDIENCE AND HE WAS MAKING SOMETHING FUNNY OUT OF SOMETHING COMPLETELY A NAME THAT GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING.

THAT HE CONTINUED TO DO. FOR A VERY LONG TIME KNOW THESE CLIPS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE OG MORNING SHOW PRODUCER RAYBURN WHO HELPED SHAPE THAT SHOW TO BECOME THE MACHINE IT BECAME EARLY ON SAM ALSO DISCOVERED HIS KNACK FOR LOSING HIS SHORTS AND KEEPING THINGS PG.

IN A MOMENT THAT ALMOST GOT AWAY FROM HIM ALSO WE'LL HEAR HOW HE HANDLED A LAST-MINUTE GUEST CANCELLATION. >> AND WOMEN IS ACROSS THE WAY WITH THOSE STORIES AND A VERY SPECIAL GUEST TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ELSE ALL THE HYPE SURROUNDING THE LAST EPISODE.

OF CHEERS, THIS GAS AND TANYA SAM IS IN HAVING THIS GO AHEAD, HE IS ONE OF THE FINEST AND MOST POPULAR OF LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT REPORTERS AND NOW KTLA MORNING NEWS ENTERTAINMENT GUY THERE. SAM RUBIN FANTASTIC TO HAVE YOU HERE IT IS A REAL PLAYER BEING.

JUST SO GOOD THANK YOU, THANKS VERY MUCH. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIAL THING WE'RE DOING OK TELL ME WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS 3 PART WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH WELL TONIGHT STARTING AT 8 O'CLOCK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT 4 OF.

THE VERY FIRST EPISODES VERY FUNNY SHOWS THEY'RE VERY AND WHY DID THEY PICK YOU. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION I VERY MUCH WANTED TO WORK WITH ALL MY MORNING NEWS COLLEAGUES BUT I GUESS EXAM, THANKS SO MUCH. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON CHEERS.

EXCITEMENT CONTINUE OUR EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WITH SAM RUBIN A LITTLE LATER. THANKS AGAIN THANK THANK THANK YOU. THANKS. THANKS VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH THEY LIKE EACH OTHER NEVER IS THE BEST JUST WE >> AND.

>> WE'VE BEEN JOINS US NOW WITH THOSE STORIES IN THE VERY LATEST CRISIS ROCKING. THE USUALLY EVEN KEEL BOAT HERE AT CHANNEL 4 FORMALLY EVEN KILLED VOTE HERE AT CHANNEL 5 HERE WE WERE IN PLAIN VIEW IN THE PAST ABOUT ALL YOU KNOW THE >> THIS IS THE LATEST THERE.

ALI OUR MESSENGER REGIONAL FIRES BELOVED VERY NICE GUY VERY NICE SKY DROVE A MOTORCYCLE. HEAR OUT LIKE THAT AND THAT THAT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN. >> IN MORNING NEWS IN 1991 FACT THAT MUCH HAPPENS HERE FOR THE MOST PART AND WHERE.

ELSE CAN YOU SEE I MEAN IT'S SO FITTING WERE PLAYED THE WRONG CLIPS OF THE WRONG IT'S WHAT HAPPENS BY THE TIME I 10 OF 1135 ARE GOING FIGURE IT OUT NO, BUT I THINK YOU DID AND JUST WATCH IT AND YOU GET THE ESSENCE UNITS IT TELLS ITS OWN STORY I HEAR WE DO HAVE.

THE PANTS ONE WE DO OKAY, SO I GUESS THE PENCILS WELL WHY DON'T WE THE PENCE'S 2 CLIPS WILL THE FIRST PART WILL DUMP OUT OF IT AFTER THE PANTS SHES GOOD YEAH ALL RIGHT. >> WHEN THE NEXT SEASON OF GIVING IDEAS CHARTS THAT I THINK WE HAVE TO.

>> WEEKS AGO MARK MENTIONED A CELEBRITY OF PARTICULAR RENOWNED. THIS STARS PUBLICIST CALLED ME IMMEDIATELY AND SO THERE'S NOTHING THIS PARTICULAR PERSON RATHER DO. THE MEAT MARK. WE BOOKED THE WHOLE THING YOU KNOW YOU BUT THESE THINGS THEY CALL AND.

CONFIRM YESTERDAY LATE AFTERNOON WE GOT A CALL CAN WE BRING UP THE SCREEN HERE ARE THE TOP 3 REASONS. WHY THERE'S MARKET FOR OTHERS NOMAR SURPRISE. THEY ARE GUEST WAS OFFERED A LAST-MINUTE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME WITH FAR BIGGER STARS OKAY, THAT'S.

HARD TO DO THE SPINELESS PUBLICIST PROMISE TO GO ON THE SELF AND EXPLAIN WHAT HAS HAPPENED. BUT NOW BY >> WHAT IS TRYING TO GET I'M ON THE PHONE SCREAMING YOU CAN'T DO THIS YOU PROMISED TO WHICH THE SPINELESS PUBLICIST REPLIED. AFTER ALL IT'S JUST.

MY LITTLE HEART THAT'S A BREAK IN HERE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS PERSON IS ARE THERE ARE BIRD NESTING AND THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO CALL. >> I GOT A CALL SAYING THEY CAN'T GOAL OF OUR TIME LIKE THIS AND JOAN PLOWRIGHT INTERVIEW I'LL RELY TERROR. I.

THE POWER OF THE KTLA MORNING NEWS IT AGAIN EXPECT WE WILL HEAR FROM THEM LATER TODAY AND ONE OTHER SELF-SERVING NOTE ALL THE PAPERS THAT SWIPED OUR INTERVIEW GAVE US FULL CREDIT SO THE KTLA MORNING NEWS, THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT RIPPED US OFF AND STIFFED US WITH.

CNN, THEY SAID YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD KNOW BETTER THEY SAID THAT ROSEANNE SIMPLY APPEARED ON A LOCAL LATV SHOW. >> LIKE DON'T DO THEY HAVE AND I'LL DO THEY KNOW AND A LOOK AT OUR PARTNERS. SO WE LIKE TO SAY GOOD MORNING TO OUR FRIENDS AT SHOWBIZ TODAY.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT IS SO FUNNY IS THAT THIS IS FUN 33 EXACTLY JUST THE ENTHUSIASM AND THE QUICKNESS AND HE AND MARK AND BARBARA AND CARLA IT JUST IT JUST WAS THERE IT WAS ALWAYS THERE AND STILL WAS LIKE THAT. YESTERDAY YOU COMING UP WITH THESE THINGS THAT LIKE 5 IN.

ALERT INCREDIBLE YEAH. >> I MEAN WE'RE GLUED TO THE TELEVISION SAID WE'RE JUST WATCHING THIS FOR HOW LONG ARE THOSE CLIPS LIKE 5, 6, 7, MONTHS A COUPLE OF THEM >> I COULD HOME, I MEAN IT YOU KNOW LIKE WE HAVE AN ARCHIVE TRULY OF TAPES FROM FIRM 75.

YEARS OF CONTENT HERE AND I CAN SIT AND WATCH USED TO WATCH THEM JUST BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS SO FUNNY AND LIKE THE HISTORY BRILLIANT HIM. BUT YEAH YOU CAN YOU KNOW WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT OF COURSE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND ALSO TOMORROW YOU KNOW I.

WAS JUST REFLECTING ON THE LAST TIME I WOULD HANG OUT WITH WHAT SAM RUBIN OUTSIDE OF WORK. >> THIS IS A GREAT STORY BECAUSE THIS IS THE POWER OF SAM RUBIN, HE'S SITTING IN THIS CHAIR AND HIS REPORTING ON SPRINGSTEEN AT THE FORM.

CHURCH WAS APRIL OUR APRIL 4TH RATHER REPORTING ON SPEAKS TO THE FARMERS LIKE YOU KNOW I REALLY WANT TICKETS FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. WE JUST MENTIONED THAT ON THE AIR LATER THAT NIGHT I GO AND INTERVIEW STEVIE VAN ZANDT WAS SPRINGSTEEN GUITARIST, HIS MANAGER COMES.

UP TO ME SAYS HEY I HEAR SAM'S LOOKING NO WAY I TEXAS AM I SAY THEY'RE THEY'RE OFFERING TICKETS. HE'S LIKE OH IT WAS LIKE I THINK VERSUS MANAGEMENT ALREADY SAW THAT I NEEDED TICKETS. THEY TOOK CARE OF ME. >> OH MY GOSH I LOVE LIKE THAT SO LO AND BEHOLD SUNDAY NIGHT.

WE GO TO THE FORUM ON THAT PERSON I SEE SAM THERE AND YOU BET I DOCUMENTED IT OH MY GOSH. I THINK I DID OF SEEING THIS. I'M SO THAT HE WONDERFUL. >> SO AND THE FUNNIEST THING WAS AT THE END OF THE NIGHT HE.

ASKED ME FOR MY THE SECOND TOGETHER TOMORROW. YEAH, I GAVE HIM MY QUOTE IT YOU WANT TO QUOTE ME TOMORROW HERE IT IS YOU KNOW I KNOW IT WAS A GREAT CONCERT. IT WAS A SCHOOL NIGHT AND SAM STAY TILL THE HOST OF THE MAN DOESN'T SLEEP DOESN'T HOW DOES IT DO I MEAN.

HOW DID HE DO IT I YOU TELL A STORY REVIEW YOU WANT TO WITH SAM WHEN HE ACTUALLY DID GET A FEW WINKS. THAT DIDN'T WATCH THE MOVIE BUT SOMEHOW GAVE IT A REVIEW OF THAT STORY SO WAS TELLING THE STORY THIS IS A STORY NEVER SHARED BEFORE HAHA BUT COMING OUT I WANT TO SAY.

IT WAS IT WAS STAR TREK. WAS ONE OF THE STAR TRACKS AND I'M JUST NEW TO DOING ENTERTAINMENT AND YOU KNOW BEFORE YOU INTERVIEW THE CAST YOU SEE THE FILM SO WE'RE IN A SPECIAL SCREENING OF STAR STAR TRACK. AND I'M SITTING NEXT TO SAM IN THIS SPECIAL SCREENING.

AND LITERALLY 5 MINUTES THE FILM I LOOK OVERNIGHT HERE. >> SO THAT ANY WAY YOU WATCH I WATCHED THE WHOLE FILM AND SAM'S OUT COLD AND THEN THE CREDITS ROLL AND THEN SAM TURNS TO ME GOES THAT WAS ONE EYE OPEN YEAH, GET THE GIST. THE SCENE OF SEE THE MOVIE.

THERE LIKE THAT TO GAIN RESPECT THAT HE COMMITTED IN THAT ROOM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE JUNKET PROCESS AND AGAIN YOU GO INTO A HOTEL ROOM AND YOU'RE ON THIS CONVEYOR BELT OF THE JOURNALISTS WAITING TO TALK TO THE TO THE TO THE CELEBRITIES.

>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FOOTAGE BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE INTERVIEW WITH SAM IS IN THE ROOM. NOW THEY'RE KICKING ME OUT HERE GET FOR THAT QUICKLY DO LONG HAVE TO TO GRAB A TOSS TO COME MINUTE LISTEN, IT'S NOT FAIR HOW MANY YEARS HAVE WE KNOWN EACH OTHER.

NOW 30 PROBABLY 30 YEARS IT SEEMS LIKE YOU SHOULD GET SOME MORE TIME BUT HAHA. >> SEE THAT MOMENT WHERE THEY'RE SHAKING YEAH THAT'S THE MOMENT, WE'RE HAVE THE MIC STUCK COULDN'T WITH ROBERT AND THAT HE TOOK. >> AND MADE IT INTO A WHOLE.

MORNING SHOW SO I DIDN'T EVEN SEE SAM SEGMENT ON THIS BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THAT'S THE PART HERE THE MOST INTERESTING PART OF MAKES HIM LOOK GOOD. HE WAS GOING MADE ME LOOK GOOD FUN. YEAH. NOTHING WAS EVER BAD. IT WAS IT WAS THAT'S NOT TOO BAD. IT'S GOOD, IT'S WHAT WAS THAT.

WAS NEVER THE END OF THE WORLD, YEAH IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. >> TAKING THOSE RISKS MADE IT FUN AND THE VIEWERS LOVE THAT STUFF. THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP TO KTLA JUST BEING DEVASTATED BY THIS NEWS AND LIKE WHEN WE WERE.

INTERVIEWING BIG COREY TALK TO BIG BOY. I'M ON THE EARLIER. AND HE WAS JUST SAYING LIKE THIS ONE REALLY HURTS YOU KNOW. HE WAS SUCH A CHEERLEADER FOR EVERYBODY TO. >> AND LIKE A REAL MOST SUBTLE WAY SOMETIMES LIKE I REMEMBER THERE WAS A CHANGEOVER BETWEEN.

SHOWERS SOMETHING I THINK YOU'RE IN FOR REMARKABLE WOMEN MAYBE AND YOU WALK IN THE SENATE WAS MORNING IS AND HE WOULD SAY I HEAR HIM SAY HE'S A LOT TV'S BLAKE WROTE TV'S CHER CALVIN AND IT IS SO FUN BECAUSE IT WAS SO LIKE YOU KNOW LIKE CALLING A TV SHOW A.

PROGRAM OR SOMETHING YOU KNOW YOU IT'S SO SO REFERENTIAL TO LIKE TO THE MACHINE THAT WAS TV IN A REALLY COOL WAY YOU KNOW IT WAS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF PROUD THAT WE'RE ALL PART OF THIS THING AND I THINK THAT HE REALLY ENJOYED WHAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULD COME IN AND THEY.

WOULD NEW PEOPLE WOULD WOULD START WORKING HERE AND HE COULD LIKE HAVE BITS WITH THEM YOU KNOW YOU CAME IN ON OUR SHOW ARE COMING OFF THE CLOCK LIKE HE ALWAYS JUST LIKE POPPED IN AND WAS DOWN TO JUST LIKE DO A BIT AND BE FUNNY IN IT BECAUSE HE WAS A HAM AND A.

GREAT WAY YOU KNOW, AND YOU WANTED THAT ENERGY AND IT FELT LIKE WHEN HE WAS ON YOUR THING OR IN YOUR SHOW YOUR PROJECT OR WHATEVER LIKE HE WAS KIND OF ENDORSING IT YOU KNOW HE WAS LIKE IF SAM'S DOING THIS THING THAT MUST MEAN IT'S KIND OF COOL AND IN THERE.

SOMEWHERE. THE CONNECTION WAS YEAH WITH EVERYONE HE TALKED TO RIGHT AND YOU SEE IT ACROSS OUR AIR. >> THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT AND IT'S A REMARKABLE REACH BUT IT WAS BUT IT WAS ALL DONE WITH THE LEVITY HE WAS DISARMING AND.

THEN IN THERE WAS THE CONNECTION, THERE'S A LOT TO LEARN FROM FOR ALL OF US FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TRY TO BREAK IN TO THIS BUSINESS BUT ALSO JUST TO BE A PERSON THE TO LISTEN, YOU KNOW HIS BANTER SO GOOD CAUSE HE LISTEN RIGHT HE KNEW WASN'T LIKE PRELOADED.

WITH ANOTHER QUESTION HE WAS GOING DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY AND THEN RESPOND TO IT YES AND IT EVERYBODY. >> AND IF YOU HAD A BET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT HE WOULD MAKE IT MORE FUN, HE WOULDN'T SAY STOP WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS.

A THERE WAS A CALLED NIGHTLINE WRITTEN BY TED KOPPEL AND ONE OF MY TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT BOOK WAS THE POWER OF LISTENING WHEN YOU'RE INTERVIEWING RIDE YOU YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE A PRELOADED RIGHT WHICH IS IN THE EASY WAY OUT YEAH YOU LISTEN. AND YOU FORMULATE A.

RESPONSE AND YOU. YOU KNOW YOU GO OFF WHAT'S BEING SAID RATHER THAN CAN QUESTION WHICH WILL MORE OFTEN THAT GET A CANNED AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID SO WELL WHEN HE WAS SITTING AT THIS DESK YEAR WITH A GUEST IN THE MORNING. >> IT WHEN YOU WERE LISTENING.

TO A Q AND YOU WERE LISTENING A CONVERSATION. YEAH, THE VIEWERS JUST HERE OVERHEARING IT WAS LIKE THEY WOULD FLY ON THE WALL APPROACHED OVER HEARING. THIS CONVERSATION THAT SAM IS HAVING WITH THIS CELEBRITY HAPPY TO BE SITTING IN THE CHAIR NEXT AND THAT'S.

WHY I THINK CELEBRITIES LOVED HIM SO MUCH IS BECAUSE OF THAT KIND OF CASUAL YET MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WITH HIM THAT. >> WOULD STILL ALSO PROMOTE WHATEVER THEY NEEDED TO YOU KNOW AND SOMEHOW IT WOULD COME TO THAT POINT WHERE HE COULD.

THROW TO THAT IN THE CLIP OF THEIR MOVIE OR THERE'S TV SHOW OR THERE. YOU KNOW MUSIC VIDEO WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE AND STILL BE ABLE TO PROMOTE YOU KNOW THE DATE OF THERE. YOU KNOW WHEN THEIR MOVIES GOING TO COME OUT OR YOU KNOW WHEN THEIR CONCERTS GOING TO BE I.

MEAN HE WAS STILL SO TALENTED THAT HE COULD ALWAYS YOU KNOW PUT IT IN GET GET THAT IN THERE BUT LIKE WE SAID EARLIER AND THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT ONE OF THE CELEBRITIES SAID THAT THEY TRUSTED HIM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU SEE THAT GEORGE CLOONEY SAYING YOU KNOW HOW.

LONG HAVE I KNOWN YOU 30 YEARS YOU NOW AND GET OUT OF HERE, YOU KNOW THERE'S THAT FAMILIARITY YOU KNOW THAT THAT WHEN HE'S SITTING IN FRONT OF YOU IT'S GOING TO YOU KNOW IT'S YOU CAN TRUST HIM YOU KNOW THAT THE IT HE'S GOING TO MAKE YOU LOOK GOOD.

>> IT IT THAT TRANSCENDED AS WELL BECAUSE YOU KNOW I WAS ONE TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF THAT I WOULD BE ON THE CARPET AND I HAVE CELEBRITIES APPROACH ME JUST BECAUSE OF THE SAM RIGHT HAITIAN IN THE PRESENCE OF KTLA AND I WAS GIVING INTERVIEWS THAT I.

PERHAPS HAD NO BUSINESS GETTING ESPECIALLY THEY WOULD THEY WOULD APPROACH ME BECAUSE OF SAM'S LEARN SO MUCH FROM WORKERS CLOSE, I MEAN JUST AND SAM WORK ON THE AIR YOU KNOW WHERE THEIR CHEMISTRY THEIR OR JUST TO YOU YOU ARE AROUND HIM A LOT.

>> COULD TAKE ONE THING FROM IT AND I KNOW THE LIST IS LONG. BUT BUT WHAT ARE YOU TAKING FROM THAT TOMORROW I HONESTLY LIKE WHAT I TAKE FROM HIM AND WHAT I STRIVE TO BE AN FOR MANY YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING THIS. I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER GET THERE IS JUST HOW.

EFFORTLESS HE MADE THIS JOB, IT WASN'T A JOB TO HIM THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A PROMPTER WITH A SCRIPT EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE WORDS IN THE CAMERA. >> HE JUST SPOKE HIS MIND HE JUST SPOKE WHAT WAS WHAT WAS ON HIS IT WAS IN HIS HEART AND.

WHAT WAS THERE. AND AND HE MADE IT SO EFFORTLESS I WOULD ONLY HOPE TO STRIVE TO ONE DAY EVEN HAVE. TINY TINY BIT OF THAT TALENT. I JUST LOVE TELL SEPTA SELF-DEPRECATING HE WAS LIKE HE WAS. >> HAPPY TO MAKE FUN OF HIMSELF AND BE A SPORT PUT.

HIMSELF A SEGMENT AND THEN ALSO. >> THE SHARE BEHIND THE SCENES BUT SHARE HIS FAMILY LIFE AS WELL AND AND ON INSTAGRAM THAT WAS MY FAVORITE CONTENT THAT HE WOULD POST NOT ABOUT HIS ENTERTAINMENT STORIES. BUT STUFF LIKE.

>> WHAT HE WAS DOING CAMPING FOR 2 WEEKS WITH HIS SON ARE CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST REALLY DID THAT ARE GETTING STUCK ON CRUISE SHIPS AND COVID YEAH, HE JUST HE WAS JUST SO ENTERTAINING LIKE REALLY WAS A REALITY SO SAM WOULD ALWAYS PLAN HE'S OKAY. THERE'S A.

CHANCE ACTUAL VACATION FOR SANTA IS ON HIS TRIPS OR WORK RIGHT, YOU KNOW YOU GO ON CRUISES IT WOULD BE WORKING GO TO LONDON TO BE WORRIED. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS HE DID DO WAS. >> AND I THINK HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR DECADES, HE AND HIS.

HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS WOULD ALL GATHER ONE TIME A YEAR AND ALL GET TOGETHER AND THEY GO TO SOME STRANGE DESTINATION RIGHT. AND THAT WAS THE ONE OF THE HE WOULD TAKE EVERY YEAR THAT WAS JUST OFF THE GRID. YEAH AND HOW COOL IS THAT TO BE ABLE IN TOUCH WITH YEAR-OLD.

NO LIVE SHOTS FROM TIMBUKTU YAHOO GO OUT TO ALL OF THIS FRIENDS. I MEAN SO MANY DEVASTATED PEOPLE OUT THERE SO MANY MORE CHILDREN, HIS WIFE LESLIE. >> AND THAT SO MANY BROKEN HEARTS HERE KTLA AND I FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN ON.

THE AIR FOR LIKE HOURS AND HOURS AND IT'S JUST LIKE. THE EMOTIONS ARE LIKE JUST UP IT'S INTENSE IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH, YOU WE'RE WE'RE HEARING NOW DOING WHAT WE DO YOU KNOW TRYING TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY BE A PLACE PEOPLE TO CALL AND WE HAVE SOMEBODY.

RIGHT NOW, I'M TONY FORTE HE IS ONE OF PHOTOJOURNALISTS HERE AT KTLA AND TONY WAS WITH SAM YESTERDAY. TONY ARE YOU THERE. >> YEAH, HEY HEY HERE. >> HEY ALL YOU SHOULD KNOW WE WERE WORKING WITH AND WE ALL WE ALL KNOW THAT.

>> HE WAS THE GREAT COMMUNICATOR. WHO WAS ABLE TO FROM OUR LITTLE PLACE WHERE YOU'RE SITTING THERE. HE BUILT ENTERTAINMENT EMPIRE, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS ALL MADE WITH LOVE. AND POSITIVITY YOU KNOW HIS LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT YEAH, YEAH.

>> YOU KNOW HE BOUGHT A HOUSE. VERY CLOSE TO THE APPLE PAN. BECAUSE HE LOVED THE APPLETON I KNOW HITTING HIS 1ST HALF. AND THAT HE WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR THERE AND I TALKED THAT WAY ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE THERE YOU KNOW BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE 82 YEAH. HE WAS. COUPLE.

YEARS YOUNGER THAN ME SO I KIND FEEL LIKE I'VE LOST BROTHER AND YOU KNOW WE ALL TALK ABOUT. >> WE SPEND MORE TIME AT WORK THAN WE DO WITH OUR OWN FAMILY. YEAH I I WAS JUST TALKING THEM YESTERDAY AND TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF YOU KNOW.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW HE WAS SUCH A PROPONENT OF PEOPLE AND MOVING PEOPLE FORWARD AND HE FOUND OUT THAT I WENT TO FILM SCHOOL. AND HE ASKED TO DO MAJOR AND I TOLD THEM CRITICAL STUDIES MAN. AND SO YOU KNOW WHAT. HE GIVES YOU WHAT UCLA RIGHT IT PUT ME ON A.

PLANE TO NEW YORK. TO DO THE JUNKET FOR CITIZEN ROOMS. WHICH WAS DIRECTED BY ALEXANDER PAYNE WHO WAS A UCLA GRAD. NOW WHAT YOU GUYS KNOW WHO I AM THERE. WHAT DOES THIS DO I HAVE GETTING ON A PLANE FLYING TO NEW YORK TO DO IT RIGHT.

>> THAT AWAIT THEM WAS AND YOU KNOW WE WE WERE ALL ABLE BECAUSE I'M JILL PAINTER, THE GUY WHO'S. SAID IT CUT LOOSE. WE HAD PEOPLE LIKE ME I WOULD DO LIVE SHOTS FROM IRONMAN WE HAD LOW AS ONE OF OUR OTHER EDITORS WHO. >> WENT TO DOG SHOW ON YOU.

KNOW WESTMINSTER BECAUSE SHE BRED DOG. WE WERE ALL BUSH TO DO WHATEVER. WE WANT OUR HOBBY. DO IT DO IT ON THE AIR HAVE FUN, ENJOY YOURSELF. AND SAM THE THE POINT FEAR OF OF THAT. LET YOU KNOW THAT MINDSET AND WE WERE THAT THE AND THAT'S RIGHT IF YOU WONDER.

WHY WE DID THE MS. WE HAVE A GRAPHIC. CORDINATOR NAMED A GREAT CASE. 4 IN THE MORNING AND ALL THAT SAID YOU HEAR SOUND LIKE GARBAGE CANS WORTH GETTING THROWN AROUND. HE WOULD FALL OUT OF HEAT. BECAUSE HE HAD MS. AND WE GET HIM BACK UP AND ANY PEOPLE.

WORK IN AND HE WAS ALSO A PARACHUTE THAT HIS HOBBY WITH PARIS SHOOTING. WELL GUESS WHAT. WE DECIDED TO DO THIS RIGHT. AND BENEFIT AND SAM WAS LIKE I'M NOT ABOUT IT. HE NEVER TRAINED HE JUST JUST GET BIKES. AND WE WOULD BE OUT THERE AND DO A 100 MILES 150.

MILE RIDE EVERY YEAR FAMILIES JUST AMAZING GUY. YOU KNOW HE LOVED HIS FAMILY. YOU KNOW, LESLIE TERRY. YOU KNOW RORY STARTING CALL BEACH. I JUST MET COLBY FOR THE FIRST TIME RECENTLY. YOU BUT HOW ABOUT THE BACKYARD PARTY HE WOULD HAVE. I GOT GO TO CHRISTMAS.

PARTY I AND I'M BUMPING FEET WITH JACKSON BROWNE WHO'S GOT A KEYBOARD OUT PLAYING IN HIS BACKYARD, RAIL. AND BRINGING ALL PEOPLE YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE ARE IN THE BACKGROUND THAT YOU SEE WITH THAT MONEY AND OF IMAGES WALKING AROUND BACK BEHIND A.

ALL THE PEOPLE IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA AND BROUGHT US ALL IN ON ON THAT SIDE OF STUFF. AMAZING. AND RECENTLY I LOVE WAS MY WORKED A LITTLE WITH THE DODGERS AND AND WHEN IT HE HE FOR SOME REASON STARTED GOING TO SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL. MY DAUGHTER WAS ABLE.

TO GET REALLY SWEET. TICKETS AND STUFF I NEVER SOME OF EVENT THAT I COULD GIVE SOMETHING BACK TO YOU KNOW. >> TONY WHAT ARE YOU SHOOTING YESTERDAY WITH HIM REWORKING STORY. YEAH, YOU KNOW I WAS I WAS EDITING HE ALWAYS DOES HIS HIPS TO SAN DIEGO RIGHT BEHIND.

ME. >> ALL RIGHT, SO HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE THE POP TART MOVIE. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING EXACTLY SO WE HAD. >> WE HAD THIS LITTLE THING BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT I WAS INTO CRITICAL STUDIES WE DID IS LIKE ELEVATOR PITCH. MOVING.

PRETTY. SO THE LAST THING I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT WAS I DIDN'T THINK THAT THAT WAS VERY FUNNY AND HE WAS LIKE YOU KNOW WE COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT BETTER WAS FILLED WITH SO MUCH SO MUCH STAR POWER THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE AND THAT WAS THE LAST YOU KNOW BACK AND FORTH I.

HAD >> WITH MY LITTLE BROTHER YOU KNOW, I MEAN AS YOU CAN SEE IF YOU DON'T KNOW TONY HE'S A STORY YEAH, AND THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE BUILDING THAT CAN DOCUMENT THE EVOLUTION OF THIS PLACE IN THE MODERN ERA. YOU KNOW THE BEFORE SALMON THE.

AFTER SAM, IT'S TONY MIGHT GET. YEAH TELL YOU ONE POINT SAYING SURE REASON SAM BECAME THAT ENTERTAINMENT. >> GIANT YEAH BECAUSE. >> THE SAME REASON THE MORNING NEEDS EXISTED. WE HAD A GENERAL MANAGER NAMES FELT AND HE WAS REALLY HOT OFF THAT WE.

HAD TO SIT AND WATCH ALL THAT NEWS WITH BREAK IN THE CUTTINGS FROM NEW YORK AND THERE WAS NOTHING SERVICING. THE LA MARKET AND IN THE MORNING. AND THAT'S WHY THEY THREW TOGETHER THIS LIVE TOGETHER THIS LITTLE STUPID SHOW THAT DID SO POORLY FOR 3.

MONTHS. BUT THEN I WATCH WALK IN WITH STATIONARY CAMERA UP IN THE CORNER STAND ON A MILK CRATE. AND START READING FROM VARIETY. AND AND I'M >> KEEP YOUR FAMILY STARTS TONIGHT. FOR HIS KIDS, IT'S GOING TO BE A TOUGH ROAD THEY HAVE TO OF THE KTLA.

FAMILY CERTAINLY GOING FORWARD CERTAINLY IT'S A. >> GOING TO BE A BUMPY ROAD FOR BUT BUT WE WE WANT TO CELEBRATE AND CELEBRATE ALL THE GOOD THAT HE'S AND LET YOU KNOW THAT SAM LOVE HOLLYWOOD. I MEAN I THINK THAT GOES WITHOUT BUT AS WE'RE COMING TO.

SEE TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY A HOLLYWOOD LOVE SAM THAT'S RIGHT. >> YEAH, HE HAD TO GET AWAY. HE HAD A WAY OF MAKING PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND MAKING PEOPLE OPEN UP TO HIM AND MARY BETH MCDADE NOW JOINS US WITH A LOOK AT SAM'S IMPACT ON THE.

CITY THAT HE LOVED TO AND HIS LEGACY HIGH MB. >> HELLO THERE MY FRIEND, YES, YOU KNOW, JUST YOU GUYS. >> YOU JUST FEEL THAT WIDE RANGE OF EMOTIONS, YOU KNOW YOUR EYES YOU'RE UP IN AND THEN YOU START LAFAYETTE ABOUT SOME OF THE STORIES THAT TEAR.

UP AGAIN AND YOU KNOW AS YOU GUYS BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT'S IT'S NOT JUST US HERE AT KTLA. IT'S REALLY THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE IN AND WE SPOKE TO A COUPLE OF THEM TODAY. HERE'S HOW SOME HIS COLLEAGUES ARE REMEMBERING HIM TONIGHT AND YES, THE THE.

IMPACT THAT HE'S HAVING ON THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND WHY EVERY CELEBRITY WOULD STOP TO TALK TO SAM ON THE RED CARPET. >> WE CAUGHT EACH OTHER'S I WE CONNECTED. SAM RUBIN KNOWN FOR HIS BIG PERSONALITY. BUT YOU TELL ME THE PHONE THERE'S GOT TO BE 20 PEOPLE ANSWERING THE.

KATHERINE ON FULL HOUSE, YEAH, 20 PEOPLE A FIXTURE ON THE RED CARPET. AND A GIANT IN THE INDUSTRY SAM REALLY WAS HOLLYWOOD AND PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. >> IN AN INDUSTRY WHERE YES IT IS WORLDWIDE. >> IN THE INDUSTRY CITY. SAM.

WAS THE GUY HE WAS THE PERSON AT THE STARS WATCHED AND HE WAS THE PERSON THAT STARS TALK TO I MEAN THIS IS IT I SAW YOUR PURPLE JACKET THAT WAS 12 HE TEES KEVIN FRAZIER SAYS STARS LOVE TO STOP AND TALK TO SAM ON THE RED CARPET WELL I THINK THE ACTORS WHAT THEY.

LOVED ABOUT SAM, WHEN HE ASKED THE QUESTIONS WERE. >> THEY WERE ASKED IN SUCH A SMART WAY IT WAS UNJUST. HEY TELL ME ABOUT WORKING WITH YOUR COSTAR SAM ALWAYS HAD AN ANTIDOTE TO GO ALONG WITH IT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT HE KNEW OF THE INSIDES OF IT BUT THE.

QUESTIONS WERE JUST SO SMART YOU AND I KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR VERY LONG TIME DON'T KNOW ANY OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE WHENEVER I WOULD SEE SAM AROUND THE FENCE FOR MANY MANY YEARS. >> I WOULD ALWAYS GREET HIM THIS WAY I WOULD SAY THERE HE IS THE GODFATHER OF.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS. >> LONG-TIME FILM CRITIC SCOTT MOVIE MAN SAYS SAM WAS NOT ONLY A COLLEAGUE, BUT ALSO ADIR FRIENDS ACTUALLY FILLED IN FOR SAM. THIS MORNING. >> AND I LEFT THE OFFICE I LEFT THE STUDIO THAT ELEVEN-THIRTY GOT HOME 20.

MINUTES LATER, AND THAT'S WHEN IT STARTED TO SEE THE NEWS REPORTS THAT HE PASSED AND I. CALLED IN AND I IS THIS TRUE AND I SAID YES AND. YOU KNOW I CAME BACK BUT. >> IT IS THAT THE MOVIE GETTING LOADED ONE OUT AFTER 33 YEARS COVERING.

ENTERTAINMENT FOR KTLA. HE'S AN INSTITUTION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, EVERYBODY WATCHES KTLA, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO HE IS IT'S BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD HE COVERS ENTERTAINMENT NEWS FOR THE WORLD BECAUSE IN ADDITION TO DOING KTLA. HE ALSO DOES HITS FOR FOX 5 IN.

SAN DIEGO. HE ALSO HIT FOR AUSTRALIA ON A REGULAR BASIS AND LONDON ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO MUCH MORE FROM THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS IMPORTANT AWARD IS FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM IN BETWEEN COVERING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS AROUND THE WORLD, SAM, SOMEHOW FOUND TIME.

TO CO CREATE A MAJOR AWARD SHOW SAM IS ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS THAT STARTED. >> AS THE BROADCAST FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AND LATER BECAME THE CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION BUTTS AND JELLY PERLIN STARTED GROUP TOGETHER.

AND NOW NEXT TO THE GOLDEN GLOVES AND OF COURSE THE OSCARS IS THE MOST WATCHED AND INFLUENTIAL AWARD SHOW COVERING BOTH TV AND PHIL PHIL FILM CRITIC LEONARD MALTIN HAS BEEN LEFT DEVASTATED BY THE NEWS OF SAM'S DEATH. >> I WAS SIMPLY DEVASTATED BY.

NEWS. PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONAL. UNKNOWN SAM. SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE KTLA MORNING. USED AND HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT HE'S ALWAYS BEEN SO KIND SO GENEROUS TO ME ON AND OFF THE AIR. >> I I'VE DONE YOU KNOW, I'VE.

WRITTEN AND SPOKEN A LOT OF. ORIGINAL AREAS BUT I'VE NEVER. EVER HAD TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR FRIEND AND A COLLEAGUE. >> HE SAYS THE STARS WILL MISS SAM'S ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM, I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO. >> HAVE 2 ACTORS WHO HAVE TO.

THEIR NEW TV SHOWS. AND WELL ACTIONS THAT HAVE TO GO TO PREMIERS BIG INTERVIEW ON THE RED CARPET I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO MISS THAT. CURRENTS WE'RE GOING TO MISS AND KNOWING THAT WHEN THEY GET TO SAM. HE'S NOT PASSING SOMETHING STUPID. AND HE'S NOT.

GOING TO WASTE THEIR TIME TO BUT THAT GOT TO MAKE THEM LOOK GOOD. THAT'S PART OF HIS JOB. THAT COMES EXPERIENCE. >> ENJOY THAT I THINK SO IT'S GOOD TO AND SAM'S PASSING IS NOT ONLY BEING FELT HERE IN SOCAL. BUT APPARENTLY ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE. I THINK.

SOMETHING THAT SAM WOULD LOVE TODAY. >> THAT HE WOULD LAUGH ABOUT AND HE WOULD HE WOULD POINT OUT TO YOU. HE WAS THE NUMBER ONE TRENDING TOPIC IN AMERICA. >> WOW AND YES, I BET YOU HE WOULD GET A KICK OUT OF THAT NOW.

>> OF COURSE IF THIS IS A REAL ROUGH DAY FOR ALL THOSE AT THE CRITICS CHOICE ASSOCIATION THEY TOO HAVE RELEASED A >> SAYING THAT THEY ARE DEVASTATED BY THIS SUDDEN LOSS OF OUR DEAR FRIEND, SAM RUBIN, A LONGTIME MEMBER OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND A GUIDING.

FORCE THROUGHOUT OUR 30 YEAR HISTORY. SAMS GENEROUS SPIRIT ON FAILING GOOD HUMOR AND DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF HOLLYWOOD MADE HIM A LEGEND IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS. AND A TRUSTED FRIEND TO MILLIONS OF VIEWERS HUNDREDS OF STARS HE RELAXED EASY CONVERSATION WITH.

HIM ON SET AT KTLA AND COUNTLESS RED CARPETS AS WE ABSORB THE SHOCK OF THIS TERRIBLE LOSS OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING IN I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT YES I TOO WILL REALLY MISS HIM I FEEL HONORED TO HAVE WORKED.

WITH SUCH A LEGEND AND I'LL BE OVER FOR JUST HOW WELCOMING HE WAS TO ME WHEN I. JOIN THE CAGE THEY FAMILY SOME 15 YEARS AGO SO SAM JUST THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, THANKS FOR ALL THE LAUGHS AND THE MEMORIES FOR NOW REPORTING LIVE HERE IN HOLLYWOOD MARY BETH MCDADE.

WILSON BACK TO GUYS IN THE WELL SAID MARY BETH, THANK YOU. >> FROM THE MORNING NEWS SAID TO HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE, SAM RUBIN HAD THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT COVERED KTLA IS CHRIS WOLFE IS STANDING BY LIVE IN HOLLYWOOD WITH A LOOK.

BACK AT SOME OF THOSE. >> UNFORGETTABLE RED CARPET MOMENTS, HI CHRIS. >> YEAH GOOD EVENING SHARON MICHAEL WHAT A DAY THIS HAS BEEN FOR ALL OF US WILL GET ALL OF THAT IN JUST A MOMENT, BUT I WANT TO OFFER SOME. PERSONAL THOUGHTS ABOUT SAM,.

RUBIN IN MY EXPERIENCE KTLA I'VE BEEN AT THIS STATION FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS NOW 20 YEARS AND WHITE TO SOMEONE STATED JOB THAT LONG. ANSWER IS BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD FIT IT REALLY IS A FAMILY. I KNOW THAT CAN SOUND TRITE BUT IT TRULY IS FOR BETTER OR FOR.

WORSE. IT'S NOT ALWAYS PERFECT NO FAMILY IS, BUT IT REALLY IS A FAMILY HERE AT KTLA AND THERE'S A LOT OF LOVE AND RESPECT INSIDE THAT BUILDING BEHIND ME ACROSS SUNSET BOULEVARD AND I HAD A LOT OF LOVE AND RESPECT FOR SAM RUBIN, HE WAS A MENTOR TO ME.

WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED AND STARTED COVERING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS. I WOULD LEARN SO MUCH FROM JUST WATCHING HIM ON THE RED CARPET HOW HE CONDUCTED HIMSELF HOW HE INTERVIEWED CELEBRITIES, HOW WE HANDLED CELEBRITIES AND HOW YOU'VE BEEN SAYING ALL NIGHT LONG HOW.

EVE. WE JUST PUT EVERYONE AT EASE MAKE THEM FEEL SO COMFORTABLE. HE WAS ALWAYS WARM AND WELCOMING AND APPROACHABLE HE WAS NEVER STANDOFF NEVER A PRIMA DONNA JUST A KIND, WONDERFUL GENEROUS HUMAN BEING. I WANT TO SAY I THINK THIS INDUSTRY.

THIS BUSINESS CAN FOSTER A CERTAIN LEVEL OF INSECURITY WHETHER YOU'RE ACTOR WHETHER YOU'RE A JOURNALIST WHEN YOU ARE WORKING AND PERFORMING IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA ON A REGULAR BASIS AND FOR A LONG TERM. THERE CAN COME A TIME WHEN YOU START TO THINK ARE.

THE BOSSES GOING TO REPLACE ME WITH SOMEONE YOUNGER WITH SOMEONE, BETTER LOOKING WITH SOMEONE CHEAPER SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T COST THE COMPANIES MUCH. I KNOW FOR A FACT THOSE THOUGHTS HAD CROSSED SAM RUBEN'S MIND FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT THE ONLY ANSWER IS.

SAM, YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE BUDDY YOU ARE UNTOUCHABLE YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND YOU INDISPENSABLE. NOW LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF RED CARPET MAGIC. >> HERE SHE LOVES YOU YOU HAVE GIVEN ME BROWNIE POINTS FOR THE REST OF MY KTLA HAHA.

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE ON THE RED CARPET KTLA, LET'S TIMEOUT ARE REALIZE THAT SAM RUBIN COULD DO IT THE TITAN OF ENTERTAINMENT NEWS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL OF THE HE WAS KTLA LA'S ELWAY'S VERY AND HE SHINED AS BRIGHT AS THE STARS WHEN HE RULED THE RED.

CAR JUST. >> YOU'RE SO TO SEE YOU I'M LIKE REALLY BASE, IT'S ALL GOING YOUR WAY. >> SORRY, MY LIFE. IT'S GREAT IT'S GREAT IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN RIGHT UP IN SUCH A FAN OF YOURS FOR SO LONG I'VE STRUGGLING IN LA FOR SO LONG.

BEEN WATCHING YOU FROM AFAR SO I GET TO FINALLY LIKE YOUR AT WE ARE. YOU LOOK MOVIE STAR HANSEN WELL I I WOULD HOPE SO IT'S AT A CERTAIN POINT FINALLY GET IT YOU KNOW, I MEAN OR IN A MINUTE AND A MINUTE. WE HAVE THE NICEST TALK WHEN YOU ARE IN NEW.

ZEALAND. BUT YOU ARE A LITTLE VERY SAD YOU KNOW. >> WHAT THEY SAY TIME HEALS EVERYTHING I THINK YOU'RE ENJOYING THIS SEASON AS MUCH MORE THAN ANYBODY I AM ENJOYING WHY NOT YOU KNOW I MEAN LOOK IT'S GREAT I'M HAVING A GOOD OLIVIA BEEN I'VE.

BEEN THEY HAVE RIGHT THEY HAVEN'T CANCELED THE NEWS GRADUATED, SHE'S CONGRATULATIONS. MY SONS IN THE PLAY. >> JACK IS IT'S PART OF THE CROWDS THAT WOULD MATCH THOSE WERE LIVE ON KTLA. I DO LIKE TO SAY. HI LADIES ENJOY.

TONIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS NICE TO SEE YOU HAVE LIKE YOU GUYS SO MUCH YOU DIDN'T WORKED WITH THAT PARTICULAR SCENE FOR YEARS APPARENTLY YEAH, RIGHT THAT 2018 SO AND I REMEMBER TEXAS, THIS MEAN HERE COMES HARRIS AND FORT. GOOD TO REALLY GOOD. REALLY NICE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. IS THIS. THE THIS IT THIS IS ONLY GUY THAT'S THE CREW, YOU KNOW QUIZ SHOW JUST ONE. YOUR IN QUIZ SHOW WHO IS LADY WAS LIKE YES. NOW ALL RIGHT BILL WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT ACTUALLY AN OF EVERY SO A GREAT YEAR FACTOR THIS MOVIE YOU'VE HEARD THIS.

PHRASE AND I DON'T IT'S A CLICHE GONNA COME BACK BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR ONE HOUR SENIOR A LOT WHEN I HAVE LIKE 4, 5, 6, >> GOOD MORNING, I'M SAM RUBIN, A BRUTAL WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN 2 BIG SHOT ANCHORMAN JUST A SAM RUBIN REPORTING.

FROM MOVIE WORLD ON THE GOLD COAST HOLLYWOOD DAILY STARTS RIGHT NOW YOU CAN MISS WHAT HAPPENS ON THE NEXT HOLLYWOOD UNCENSORED FIRST WHEN INTERVIEWING CELEBRITIES TICKET FROM SAM NEVER TALK ABOUT THE DID YOU EVER THINK THAT PEANUT BUTTER CUPS WERE.

FOR YOU TO WEAR POSITION WHERE FRANKLY YOU CAN AFFORD IT. BUT YOU STILL LIKE FREE STUFF, ANYTHING FREE OF TAKING WHAT ARE WE DOING IN SPAIN TOMORROW RIGHT MUCH SO MANY FUN KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM AND SPEAKING OF CELEBRITIES PLENTY OF THEM KNEW SAM ON A PERSONAL.

LEVEL. >> AND >> I OCCASIONALLY REAP THOSE BENEFITS I HEARD WHAT YOU CALLED A GEORGIA. THEY'RE WHAT YOU CALL SAM. >> OH DEAR SAM, HAPPY LITTLE SAND THIS AM STILL HAVE OTHER GIGS THAT HE CAN DO I KNOW HE.

WAS ON THE RADIO FOR ONE DOES HE HAVE A PAPER ROUTE DELIVERS EOLA YOU KNOW VALLEY DAILY NEWS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THIS IS A. >> THIS IS A REUBEN SANDWICH AND THIS IS SAM, IT'S SAM RUBIN, SAM RUBIN ROOM IN SECOND WITH JUST WHEN IT CAME.

TO OUR RED CARPET SPECIALS, NOBODY CARRIED A SHOW LIKE SAM RUBIN, HE WAS OUR PRO BOWL QUARTERBACK IS FIRST LADY OF AWARD SEASON LADY GAGA IS HERE ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE ON THE RED CARPET KTLA HOURS UPON UNINTERRUPTED HOURS, SAM CREATED COUNTLESS MEMORABLE.

AND WAS THE MASTER OF TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING AND I MEAN ANYTHING AT ANY GIVEN TIME I'M BEING AMATEUR PSYCHIATRISTS HERE I THOUGHT YOU WERE. >> THIS CLOSE JUST THE START TO CRY WERE YOU KNOW NORMAL NOT EVEN GOING SEE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO PSYCHOLOGY AND.

BOY DID HE DO IT ALL WITH A DEPRECATING SENSE OF HUMOR YOU'RE MY FAVORITE I KNOW, YEAH AND THE BEST ARE DEFINITELY SAM WAS FEARLESS AND HE SPOKE HIS MIND WHEN NEEDED BRES SAID WE LIED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE. HE DEMANDED A RETRACTION.

>> WILL DEMAND THIS YOU TALENT, LET'S LET'S FACE IT SAM WORKED THE SYSTEM WE ARE LIVE IN PEARL HARBOR GOOD AFTERNOON FROM LONDON, GOOD MORNING TO ALL OF HERE IN ROME, THE MAN KNEW HOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND STILL CALL IT A DAY'S WORK.

>> RUBIN IS GOING SKIING FOR FREE HIS CONNECTION WITH THE AUDIENCE WAS A SPECIAL ONE TO SEE YOU KNOW YOUR GLORY. >> WELL DID YOU AND BY THE WAY THAT'S A PERFECT POSITION FOR YOUR LEGS DOES IT MAKE IT ALL GOOD FEELING, GOOD ABOUT IT'S ONE OF THOSE INSIDE THINGS.

>> THEY WERE WATCHING A REPORTER DELIVER IS REPORT EVERY MORNING THEY TUNED IN TO WATCH A FRIEND HAVE A CONVERSATION ON SUNDAY, WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE IN OUR NEXT EDITION, THANKS FOR WATCHING. >> SAW A MORE LITTLE INSIDE BASEBALL HERE WHENEVER A FILM.

WHAT TO DO ABOUT TO COME OUT THEY DENOUNCED THE JUNKET. YOU KNOW THERE'S CERTAINLY A HIERARCHY IN OUR ENTERTAINMENT APARTMENTS AND WAS AT THE TIPPY TOP. SO THE EMAIL WOULD GO OUT AND YOU KNOW IT WAS A MOVIE I'D REALLY WANT TO SEE I'D BE LIKE I'LL DEFINITELY DO.

IT IF SAM, REJECTS BUT THE THING WAS LIKE NO MATTER WHO THE CELEBRITY WASN'T A MATTER WHAT THE MOVIE WAS OR IF YOU WANT TO SEE IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO DO IT. WOULD ALLOW BUT I ALWAYS YOU KNOW I KNEW MY PLACE I WOULD YOU KNOW I I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CERTAIN.

MOVIES AT SAM NEEDS TO TALK TO THESE PEOPLE FOR YEAH, I MEAN LET'S JUST BE HONEST, YOU KNOW WE HAVE ON THE AIR FOR YOU KNOW SEVERAL HOURS NOW OVER GOSH 10 HOURS NONSTOP, BUT TALKING ABOUT SAM AND. >> THESE ARE GENUINE THOUGHTS ABOUT A MAN THAT WE HAVE COME.

TO LOVE FOR OVER 3 DECADES. AND EVERYBODY'S SENTIMENT HAS BEEN. >> YOU KNOW ALL ALL ABOUT LOVE AND KINDNESS AND ABOUT HIS GENEROSITY ABOUT YOU KNOW JUST THE JOY THAT HE HAS BROUGHT THEM. YOU KNOW WHETHER THEIR VIEWERS WHETHER YOU KNOW.

COLLEAGUES WHETHER THEY'RE CELEBRITIES. >> I MEAN THIS MAN IS TOUCHED SO MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES AND IT IS JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE. >> YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS HOW OF A MAN HAS TOUCHED SO MANY AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THIS.

>> KNOW MY YEAH HE'S A AND AND. >> YOU KNOW I THINK IT WAS SAID THAT YOU KNOW THIS ENTERTAINMENT WORLD IS AND WE'RE IN THE CAPITAL OF IT AND WITHIN THE CAPITOL. SAM WAS THE MAN HE WAS THE GIANT HE WAS THE LEGEND HE WAS THE.

KING. SAYS A LOT FOR SOMEBODY ON LOCAL NEWS RIGHT. RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT. >> YOUVE GOT I KNOW YOU'VE GOT NEW AND IT JUST I MEAN HARD TO KEEP UP WITH IT ALL AFTER KEN JONG POSTED THAT EVERYONE LOVED SAM RUBIN HE'S SUPPORTED MY CAREER AND COUNTLESS OTHERS.

SINCE DAY ONE. >> AND THE THE BEST SENSE OF HUMOR ABOUT LIFE AND WE WOULD MAKE EACH OTHER LAUGH ALL THE TIME, BUT MOST OF ALL. HE WAS A LOVING FATHER AND HUSBAND AND JUST A GOOD PERSON, SENDING ALL MY LOVE TO SAM'S FAMILY AND EVERYONE WHOSE.

LIVES HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY HIM. LOVE YOU SAM. >> ERIC STONESTREET HE ALSO TWEETED OUT I ALWAYS ENJOYED MY TIME WITH REST IN PEACE OR. >> RICHARD SIMMONS POSTED I'M SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT MY FRIEND, SAM RUBIN GOING TO HAPPEN, I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR.

DECADES, HE WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN MY PROJECTS AND ALWAYS LAUGHED AT MY SILLY JOKES SAM, YOU WILL BE MISSED LOVED. >> RICHARD YOU KNOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT RICHARD SIMMONS BARELY IS HEARD YOU AND HERE HE COMES OUT PUBLICLY.

TO REFERENCE. AM YEAH, YEAH. >> I'M BEN STILLER ALSO SHARED HIS SENTIMENTS SO SAD AND SORRY TO HEAR OF SAM RUBIN IS PASSING CONSUMMATE PRO I DID MY FIRST INTERVIEW WITH HIM AND SOMETHING LIKE 93 AND COUNTLESS TIMES OVER THE YEARS, HE LOVED ACTORS IN.

MOVIES. HE MADE EVERYONE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND IT WAS ALWAYS FUN AND EASY. HE WAS AN INSTITUTION. WE HAVE LOST HIM WAY TOO SOON SENDING LOVE TO HIS FAMILY. >> AND ALYSSA MILANO POSTED TO X I'M SO SADDENED BY THE LOSS OF RUBIN HE WAS ALWAYS.

PROFESSIONAL CARING AND SMILING. MY CONDOLENCES TO ALL WHO LOVED HIM. >> AND THEN WE HAVE TOM HANKS INSTAGRAM FEED. SHORT AND SWEET SAYS IT ALL SAM RUBIN YOU WILL BE MISSED A GOOD GUY THAT SAM. THANKS. YEAH THEY WERE BUDDIES ON THE CARPET.

THAT WAR. >> AND YOU KNOW IT'S JUST IT'S STRIKING AGAIN HE MADE EVERYONE FEEL SO COMFORTABLE. IN A WORLD WHERE ESPECIALLY IN HOLLYWOOD CAN GET NASTY. AND A LOT OF A LOT OF WALLS AND GUARDS ARE PUT UP AND YOU KNOW THIS YOU'VE BEEN AROUND AND.

BUT FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO. BRING THOSE WALLS DOWN IN SUCH A GRACEFUL WAY AND WELCOME YOU INSIDE AND YOU TRUSTING HIM TO KNOW THAT HE'S NOT GOING TO BURN YOU WHEN YOU GET THERE HE COULD HAVE I WOULD KNOW WHAT HE NEVER. >> IT JUST YOU WHEN YOU TALK.

ABOUT THESE THOUGHTS JUST POPPING YOUR HEAD, YOU KNOW ANOTHER SOMETHING THAT'S ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF THESE RED CARPET SPECIALS WE DO. LET'S WE'LL TAKE THAT THE THE EMMYS FOR INSTANCE AND NOW YOU'LL SEE A.

LINE OF A LIST CELEBRITIES WAITING TO GET TO THE PODIUM TO TALK TO 7 WHEN DO YOU EVER SEE LIST ARE WE IN LINE FOR ANYTHING ANYTHING AND THEY'RE WAITING LIKE LIKE I REMEMBER JENNIFER ANISTON AND REESE WITHERSPOON WAITING TO TALK TO LIKE WAS NOTHING THEY WAITED.

FOR ANYTHING SAYS A LOT ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PUBLICIST RIGHT. YEAH. HE WAS JUST SO GREAT AT MAKING YOU FEEL SPECIAL LAKE IN MY 11 KTLA. >> HE DID AT LEAST 12 STORIES ON VARIOUS THINGS I WAS UP TO LIKE CAREER, WISE PARENTS WHO.

ARE COMING. >> CAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE SAM WAS TALKING ABOUT TO END THIS EVEN YEAH, A LIKE A HERE INSTAGRAM ESPECIALLY IF WE'D ALL THE HANGING OUT TOGETHER AND COVER IT MAKE IT HILARIOUS BUT THAT MAKES YOU FEEL SPECIAL HAS DEFINITELY SPYING.

ON WHY WIFE, NATALIE REMINDING ME TODAY, SHE'S COME MAKE SURE YOU TALK ABOUT HOW WE COVERED OUR ENGAGEMENT MINE, BUT RUBEN COVERED. >> HIS NOT >> NOW WE DEFINITELY YOU KNOW HAVE TO THINK ABOUT HIS FAMILY THOUGH TONIGHT TO I KNOW.

RACHEL MENITOFF ACTUALLY PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING YEAH, VERY YOU KNOW, HE'S I REMEMBER WHEN ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS FIRST CAME ON SET HERE AND SHE SHE WAS REPORTING YEAH SHE WAS MAYBE 9 YEARS OLD WITH HER RED HAIR COMING ON HERE I WAS LIKE SHE COULD HAVE TAKEN A.

FOLLOWING. >> SAMS FOOTSTEPS BECOME REPORTER YEAH, BUT ALL'S 4 OF THEM HAVE AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER BEEN ON ON THE KTLA AIR SO YEAH, I MEAN HE SAID HIMSELF, YOU KNOW ONE OF THE ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF YOU KNOW BEING HERE FOR A LONG.

TIME WAS THAT HE ESSENTIALLY HIS FAMILY GREW UP ON THE AIR YEAH, I'M WITH HIM I MEAN IN WAYS REALLY YEAH AS HE. >> AS HE GREW INTO A FATHER AND WATCHING IT EVOLVE, YOU KNOW HE, I MEAN HE HE SHARED SO MUCH OF HIMSELF WITH ALL OF US AND.

>> HIS FAITHFUL VIEWERS, BUT THERE WAS ANOTHER ASPECT TO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FAMILY MAN, I MEAN HE WAS DEVOTED HUSBAND, A FATHER, AND THOSE ARE THE ROLES HE HOLD MOST DEAR YEAH RACHEL MENITOFF IS LIVE IN OUR NEWSROOM WITH A LOOK AT SAM.

>> THE FAMILY MAN HI RACHEL. >> HI SARAH HIGH MIGHT DO YOU KNOW WHEN SAM STARTED AT KTLA IN 1991 HE WAS IN HIS EARLY 30'S AND JUST AS WE WATCHED HIM GROW INTO THE ENTERTAINMENT PROFESSIONAL THAT HE WAS WE ALSO GOT A CHANCE TO MEET HIS GROWING.

FAMILY. HIS WIFE AND HIS 4 CHILDREN WERE HIS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY HIS SECOND LOVE OF COURSE, KTLA AND HE RELISHED THE CHANCE TO BRIDGE THOSE 2 WORLDS ANY CHANCE HE GOT TAKE A LOOK. >> MY DAUGHTER DARCEY OH DEAR ALREADY IS 18 YEARS OLD OH MY.

AMONG THE NICE THINGS ABOUT WORKING HERE FOR A LITTLE BIT IS YOUR KIDS OF COURSE EFFECTIVELY GROWTH ON THE SHOW VIEWERS HAVE BEEN WATCHING SAM RUBINS INFORMATIVE FUNNY ICONIC ENTERTAINMENT SEGMENTS ON KTLA MORNING SHOW FOR DECADES.

>> DURING THAT TIME THEY ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO MEET THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM. HE HAD 4 CHILDREN WERE IAN PERRY WITH EX-WIFE JULIE. AND DARCY AND COLBY WITH HIS WIFE, LESLIE RUBIN TAKE ABOUT KICK IT TO ME. FROM THEIR FIRST STEPS WE'VE NOW RUN THIS TAKING HE.

20 TIMES. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LITTLE SCOOTER ACTUALLY A BIG BIRTHDAY TO THESE MEMORABLE MILESTONES PLAYED YEAR AFTER YEAR OF COURSE, LONGTIME VIEWERS OF THE MORNING NEWS KNOW I HAD MY OLDEST DAUGHTER PERRY WORKING HERE. I THINK.

BEFORE SHE WAS 6. >> FISH AND THEN HOW HIGH CAN FEET ANYONE CAN DO IT. >> SAM NEVER MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO WISH HIS KIDS WELL AND TO RECOGNIZE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WHETHER IT BE A GRADUATION A BIRTHDAY OR A BOY SCOUT BADGE OF HONOR I'VE.

TALKED A LOT ABOUT MY SON COLBY IS INVOLVED WITH SCOUTING AND LAST NIGHT. >> HERE COMES EAGLE SCOUT A WONDERFUL CEREMONY AND SAY GET YOUR DAD DOES IT CAUSE >> SAM OPEN VIEWERS UP TO HIS MOST IMPORTANT ROLE IS HUSBAND AND DAD AND JUST LIKE HE LIKED.

TO GOOF OFF ONSET WELL, LET'S JUST SAY LIKE FATHER LIKE SON THERE WITH HIS OWN REVIEW, THE MOVIE HE EVEN HIS OWN INTERACTION MY LEGS COVID RIGHT KOBE WHAT DID YOU WELL ACTUALLY SAW THIS MOVIE ALONE JUST BECAUSE MY DAD, THE MOVIE REVIEWER WAS BUSY WORKING.

SAM'S CHILDREN GREW UP AT KTLA, A SECOND HOME OF SORTS AND EASILY PICKED UP DAD'S TALENT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA. MY DAUGHTER WAS I THINK HALF LEVI'S AGE WHEN SHE CONDUCTED HER FIRST PROBING ON AIR INTERVIEW WITH BARN ALL. >> FOOD, MY FAVORITE WILLIE.

LOVE THE KTLA ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT SAYS AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER THEY ALL BABYSAT FOR SAM'S KIDS. THEY WERE HIS PRIDE AND JOY AND HE CERTAINLY SHOWED >> HER FIRST. >> WE LOVE AND WE'RE SO PROUD OF HER HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY.

>> AND WE OF COURSE WANT TO SHARE OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES WITH SAM'S FAMILY WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'RE THINKING OF YOU AND SENDING OUR HEARTFELT THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS, MIKE A SHARE. I'LL SEND IT BACK TO IN THE STUDIO. WELL RACHEL THANK AS WE PROCESS WE.

>> WANT TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AS WELL I YOU KNOW I MEAN THIS IS AN ICONIC IMAGE. IT'S PAYING TRIBUTE TO AN ICON THE SANTA MONICA FERRIS WHEEL THERE ON THE PIER WE'VE ALL SEEN IT. NEVER DID WE IMAGINE SEEING IT LIKE THIS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

>> LOOK AT WITH THE KTLA 5 LOGO AND SAM. LOVE SAM, I UNBELIEVABLE I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED THAT IT WOULD NEVER SAY. SAM, WE LOVE YOU. >> I MEAN THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES AND I THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS A MESSAGE THAT YOU KNOW WE HEARD.

THIS LOUD AND CLEAR EVERY DAY WORKING WITH SALMON SEEING THE REACH AND THE IMPACT HE HAD YOU KNOW TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS IS ANOTHER SPOT HERE SOFI STADIUM A AGAIN A VERY VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE. FROM A A LANDMARK IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AGAIN HE WAS A.

GIANT AND. HE WILL BE MISSED IN WAYS WE HAVE YET TO IMAGINE. >> SO MANY PEOPLE FLYING INTO LA THAT'S RIGHT SEE THAT RIGHT LANE WINDOWS AND YEAH THEY DON'T IS THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM JUST BY DOING A GOOGLE SEARCH SURE.

WELL HE'S TRENDING THEY DEFINITELY KNOW WHO HE IS NOW >> AND FOR THOSE YOU KNOW WHO ARE FLYING IN THAT YOU KNOW SOCAL. NATIVES THEY'LL KNOW NO NO. >> WELL AS YOU'VE SEEN FROM ALL THE GREAT CLIPS WE'VE SHOWN SAM WAS HE WAS DOWN TO.

DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE AIR TRYING TO ESPECIALLY IF IT INVOLVED MOVING HORTON AND JOINS US NOW WITH SOME OF OUR FAVORITE SPORTS RELATED SAM MEMORIES, YEAH WERE SMILING AND WERE GIGGLING BECAUSE THEY ARE THEY CAN BE HUMOROUS. >> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT HE.

TRIED ANYTHING AND IT WAS SURPRISINGLY ATHLETIC. I MEAN. THE RODE A BIKE A 100 MILES YEAH AND HE DID FREQUENTLY AND HE DID IN THE NAME OF CHARITY SHOWED YOU WHAT HE CARED ABOUT. HE DID WHATEVER HE COULD DO TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE IN THE STATION AND THE CAUSES.

THAT MEANT A LOT TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND. HE HAD A GOOD TIME DOING IT ALSO. ENTERTAINMENT MAY HAVE SAM'S FIRST LOVE BUT HE WAS ALSO BIG SPORTS FAN. I'M AN AVID BIKER AND FITNESS ENTHUSIAST. AND TO SHOW OFF HIS ATHLETIC SKILLS. AT A MOMENT ON A MOMENT'S.

NOTICE AT KTLA WITH MIXED AND OFTEN HILARIOUS RESULTS TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. >> HE'S GOT A >> WE HAD A GREAT SHOW. GREASE LIGHTNING FRUIT LIKE IT IS GO FANNY GOOD JOB BUDDY, WHOS CHANT AT >> HIS MOTHER SHE LOVES OTHER.

THAT OF YOU TO GET GIVEN A LITTLE OUT IN THE FALL THAT OUT KEEP GOING YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE MORE WENT BACK 1, 2, 1, RIGHT BACK TO YOU. >> LOOK HAHA. >> THAT'S I MEAN IT'S NEVER MIND SAM'S SILLY OLD CRACKS.

DOT OR PLAY FELLS LET'S ALL FLEX. ONE OF THE TOP 2 SHOWS TO WATCH THIS FALL. 2 REASON SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO US HERE WE GO IT'S NICE TO SEE IT WAS ABOUT YOU IN THE 52ND WE'RE DOING A LOT MORE THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR A GOOD 5.

MINUTES HERE IT'S NOT EASY TRYING TO HULA HOOPING YOUR ADULT LIFE GET THE SAME UCA THAT'S NOT EASY WHEN YOU SHOULD HEAR YOU SAY THAT HE SHOWED GLIMPSES OF ATHLETICISM YEAH IT WAS IMPRESSIVE THE MANHATTAN SCHOOL THAT DODGER STADIUM PITCH DIDN'T EXPECT.

THAT ONE EITHER DOWN THE YOU KNOW. >> IT WAS DOWN TO 2 I ON YEAH KNOW HE I MEAN SAM COULD DO PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING YOU KNOW YOU GIVE HIM A LITTLE TIME ME. >> QUICK STUDY BAM YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE HE COULD DO. IS IS MOLD OF A MORNING SHOW OUT OF.

THIN AIR OH YEAH AND CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN EMULATED AND MIMICKED AND COPIED. >> BY COUNTLESS TV STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD AND HE DID THAT AS WELL AS ANYONE WE'VE EVER THAT HE HE WAS. HE WAS OUR NORTH STAR HERE AT KTLA. I DON'T I.

DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY IT THE BUT TRAVEL WELL, SAM, YEAH. >> YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS AS USE A TRAVEL WELL SEND LOVE TO HE LOVED TO CALL IT WORK. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE JOB GETS OF THE HIERARCHY OF HOW WE DO THAT OF THEM. YES, AND.

WHAT WOULD SAY YOU IF YOU WANT TO COVER THAT COVER IT UNLESS IT WAS IN HE TOOK MY PHONE A FINAL THOUGHT IS IT JUST MEANT SO MUCH TO ME I I LOVE THE MAN AND IT WAS ALMOST AS IF. >> I ALWAYS KNEW I TRIED TO EMULATE HIM, BUT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH OF A REFLECTION.

HE WAS IN NEED TODAY UNTIL TOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME TO RECOGNIZE IT I WISH I COULD TELL A YOU CAN JUST GIVE HIM A BIG HUG AND THANK THEM. YEAH. >> IT'S AMAZING HOW. IT TOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO BRING US ALL TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WE EVEN THAT WE NEEDED TO CONNECT LIKE THIS AND SAM BROUGHT US ALL BACK TOGETHER AND REMINDED US OF THE LOVE THAT WE HAVE FOR EACH OTHER AND I WILL ALWAYS JUST AS GREAT TALENT IS LOVE HIS FOR THIS BUSINESS AND THE STORY TO TELL TO ENTERTAIN TO.

MAKE PEOPLE THE GREATEST THAT WHAT HE NO ONE WILL EVER BE ABLE TO REPLACE SO AND SAM, I JUST GOT TO SAY MAN ALMOST 20 YEARS. I'VE KNOWN YOU AND I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT IT'S REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GONE TODAY. >> WE WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH.

THIS ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO THE KTLA MORNING NEWS CELEBRATED ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY AND IN HONOR OF THE ANNIVERSARY OUR TEAM PUT TOGETHER THIS TRIBUTE TO SAM, GODSPEED MISS YOU. >> AND I LIVE THIS MOMENT, RIGHT NOW WITH THE AND TO LIVE COULD IT BACK UP.

>> I WANT TO DO I LOVE. >> SAM RUBIN SO MUCH SAM'S THE GREATEST SAM IS THE MOST TALENTED ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER AND ANCHOR I'VE EVER MET KIND OF OLD SCHOOL. SO WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE MORNING I WAS LIKE. CAN'T BELIEVE I'M SITTING HERE AND I.

HOPE I CAN SIT HERE FOR A LONG TIME WHAT I THOUGHT WAS VERY MAGNANIMOUS OF YOU I CERTAINLY LIKE USING THE WORD MAGNANIMOUS YOU THINK YOU SOMEBODY WITH YOUR LITTLE GLASSES THAT >> ALL SAY THIS ISN'T WITHOUT VANITY PROBABLY IS I THOUGHT.

OH MY GOSH, YOU KNOW EVERYBODY IS GOING TO WATCH EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SEE ME AND MAYBE 2 WEEKS IN. I REALIZED, NOBODY'S WATCHING MY MOTHER WOULD WATCH FOR ONE HOUR A DAY AND A GREAT REVIEW WAS ONE HOUR IT'S ALL I CAN TAKE YOU KNOW I FIGURED THIS WAS NOT GOING WELL. AND.

THEY BROUGHT A NEW EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND A GUY NAMED JOEL TATER DRAWL GOING TO GET FIRED ANYWAY. SO YOU SHOULD JUST DO WHATEVER YOU MICROPHONE AGAIN. HOW APPROPRIATE AND THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT. I'M VERY NERVOUS, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET IN TO THE CHANNEL.

>> HEREDITARY >> YOU KNOW THIS WAS A SLOW BUILD. IT BECAME INCREASINGLY CLEAR. PEOPLE YOU KNOW WE COVER AS ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER WATCH THE HIGH FAMILY ARE BETTER EVERY MORNING FROM HERE SHE LOVES YOU HAVE GIVEN ME BROWNIE POINTS FOR THE REST.

OF MY KTLA HAHA THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT COVERAGE COVID KTLA. >> THINK ABOUT OVER THE YEARS HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME IN TO KTLA. >> BECAUSE OF SAM TO BE INTERVIEWED BY SAM ENJOY THAT I THINK SUMS COULD SEE TAYLOR.

SWIFT PLAYING HER TAYLOR. I THINK ONE OF SAM'S GREATEST STRENGTHS IS SAM HAS AWAY. >> OF TALKING TO PEOPLE WITHOUT THEM REALLY EVEN KNOW TALKING TO THEM. >> IS IT SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER OR JUST SHAMPOO WHAT IS THE HAIR REGIMEN JARED.

GOOD MORNING TO WELL, YOU KNOW MY FRIEND IT'S A TO PAY. >> I'M SAM IS THE MAN WAS A BRILLIANT GUY AND HE DESERVES EVERY ACCOLADE THAT HE RECEIVES OUR 06:00AM SHOW IS A 100% BETTER BECAUSE OF SAMARA I DO THE 06:00AM EYES. A PERSONAL FAVOR, RIGHT FOR.

HAVING DONE THIS JOB FOR 30 YEARS. >> HE IS LIKE A KID IN THE CANDY STORE WHEN IT COMES TO HIS JOB, HE'S JUST HE LOVES WHAT HE DOES. >> HE LOVES HOLLYWOOD. HE LOVED THE MOVIES. HE LOVES WHEN CELEBRITIES KNOW HIS NAME.

ANY ALL KNOW, SAM, AND THAT'S THE TRUTH WE COME TO THE WHEN YOU SPEND THOSE 3 OR 4 NIGHTS A WEEK WITH RASHID WITH COMMON. >> HOW OFTEN DO YOU THINK OF E AND GIVE ME CREDIT FOR IN AN INITIAL INTRODUCTION FOR YOU CREDIT EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP.

AND I'M LIKE YEAH, THIS SAM'S FALL. WHY THAT IS A TIME TO THE RANGE THERE WE GO JUST HANG UP >> FOR EXAMPLE OR 5 MAKING FUN OF SAM IS THE ONLY REASON WE STILL WORK HERE, I MEAN IT'S WHAT BRINGS US HERE EVERY JUST COMING BACK.

>> MAKE SO MUCH FUN OF HIM CAVING I REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MADE IT THIS ON WE HEARD THAT YOU'RE THE CENTER. >> IT'S BEEN THE BIG. FOUND JOY IN MY PROFESSION AT THE END OF THE DAY HE IS. THE BEST PERSON TO WORK FOR LIKE THE NICEST SOUL, WE ARE. PLUS.

LUCKY. >> WE'RE NOT TIME FOR THE PAST, LET'S TIMEOUT IOT I REALLY LIKE

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