• anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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      10 days ago

      Even more relevant, his show Siskel & Ebert, was on at the end of cartoons on Saturday mornings.

      I’ve sort of explained how mid-80s TV worked when I was a kid to my 7y/o, but he probably just heard the ranting of an old fart.

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        10 days ago

        Even more specifically, Gene Siskel was the film snobbier critic on the Siskel & Ebert At The Movies show.

        His on-screen partner Roger Ebert had a much better sense of what was entertaining, while Siskel would give his “thumbs up” to more pretentious movies.

        Calvin is correct when he says Siskel would probably give a “thumbs down” to typical 80s Saturday morning cartoons, which yeah were mostly actually really bad.