REEG AFTER DARK?

Just what the American television audience needs—another late-night talk show. Its host? Try Regis Philbin. No deal has been set. but Philbin's agent, Jim Griffin, confirms that the puckish master of daytime chat was approached by producers in Los Angeles about joining" the ranks of Dave, Jay, Arsenio, Conan and Chevy. The idea behind the proposed show, says a source, is that "Regis would appeal to an older demographic with guests most identified with the Johnny Carson years—people like Buddy Hackett, Jim Fowler and his animals. Orson Bean."

Griffin calls the idea interesting but assures us that "nothing is happening yet.

THE REALLY GOOD SON
Macanlay Culkin may be evil incarnate in the new psychological thriller The Good Son, but the folks at the Pierponl Morgan Library in New York City think he is a Little Prince. Why? The 13-year-old narrates the library's production of My Grown-Up Friend, Saint-Exupéry, a 20-minule video about the author/aviator and his classic The Little Prune. on exhibit through Jan. 2. The Morgan was not only pleased with Culkin's princely performance, they were thrilled with his price: Although the pint-size star has been getting up to $8 million per film project, he took this particular job, according to a library rep, "for nothing, and we are grateful for his services."

A LONG HAUL
Former Cheers star Shelley Long is M.I.A. from the set of her retooled CBS sitcom, Good Advice, which will debut on Oct. 22. And production has been postponed until she returns. According to a source connected to the show, Long is suffering an "inability to cope with the rigors of a weekly series." A spokesperson for the 44-year-old actress dismisses such talk, however, insisting that Long's absence is due to a "relapse of the flu" and that she intends to be back at work by Oct. 4.

DEMOLITION DERBY

Wesley Snipes is missing too—or rather, it's the life-size latex replica of Snipes used in the upcoming Warner Bros, action movie Demolition Man that's missing. The $12,000 prop, used to film a scene involving suspended animation, was recently stolen from the studio in Burbank. But get this: A similar replica of costar Sylvester Stallone wasn't taken, but was vandalized. According to a source at Warner. Stallone's head was lopped off, along with an enlarged penis, which the source says had been added onto the Stallone figure "as a joke, after the scene was shot." ' Stallone hadn't heard that he'd lost his head. As for the other

missing body part, he told us, "I feel I have witnessed the death of a close and very dear friend." Missing props are common at all studios, says the source. Who might have been behind the Snipes-Stallone caper? Our source is convinced it was "an inside job."