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In the episode, entitled "Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice" (which aired in 1995), Siskel and Ebert split and each wants Jay Sherman, the eponymous film critic, as his new partner. [31] The episode is a parody of the film Sleepless in Seattle. [31] They also appeared as themselves on Saturday Night Live three times, 1982, 1983, and 1985.
Both Ebert and Roeper hinted at returning for a new show that would continue the format Ebert and Siskel devised. [9] The next day, Disney announced that Ben Lyons (whose father, Jeffrey Lyons succeeded Ebert and Siskel on Sneak Previews) [49] and Ben Mankiewicz would take over as the new hosts of At the Movies beginning on September 6–7 ...
At the Movies (also known as At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert) is an American movie review television program that aired from 1982 to 1990. It was produced by Tribune Entertainment and was created by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert when they left their show Sneak Previews, which they began on Chicago's PBS station, WTTW, in 1975.
The show originally featured Roger Ebert, a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, and Gene Siskel, a film critic for the Chicago Tribune. The two newspapers were competitors, and so were Siskel and Ebert. As Ebert wrote after Siskel's death in 1999: We both thought of ourselves as full-service, one-stop film critics.
In 1995, Siskel and Ebert guest-starred on an episode of the animated TV series The Critic entitled "Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice". [33] In the episode, Siskel and Ebert split and each wants protagonist Jay Sherman, a fellow movie critic, as his new partner. [33] The episode is a parody of the film Sleepless in Seattle. [33]
At the Movies (1982 TV program), an American program, originally known as At the Movies with Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. At the Movies (1986 TV program), a successor/competitor program (1986–2010) to the original, which was also known as Siskel & Ebert & the Movies; Ebert Presents: At the Movies, a successor program (2011)
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert each gave it a positive review on At the Movies. [17] [18] [19] In his review, Ebert wrote: "A lot has been written about the visual style of “Blood Simple,” but I think the appeal of the movie is more elementary. It keys into three common nightmares: (1) You clean and clean, but there’s still blood all over ...
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert inspired a generation of future film critics. Matt Singer returns the favor in 'Opposable Thumbs,' his bio of the odd couple.