Siskel & Ebert Collection on Letterman, Part 3 of 6: 1992-93

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  • This collection is uploaded in multiple parts. This is Part 3.
    20. February 21, 1992
    21. May 1, 1992. Viewer Mail
    22. September 10, 1992
    23. November 13, 1992. Celebrity audience
    24. December 18, 1992. Remote: Dave and Biff at Acting School
    25. January 14, 1993
    26. January 14, 1993 Gene Siskel after Dave's press conference on move to CBS.**
    Late Show:
    27. September 10, 1993. Cold Open & guest
    28. October 8, 1993. Celebrity Audience
    Previously uploaded:
    **January 14, 1993: • David Letterman Press ...
    Other Parts here:
    Part 1: 1982-89 - • Siskel & Ebert Collect...
    Part 2: 1990-91 - • Siskel & Ebert Collect...
    Part 4: 1994 - • Siskel & Ebert Collect...
    Part 5: 1995-96 - • Siskel & Ebert Collect...
    Part 6: 1997-2000 - • Siskel & Ebert Collect...

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  • @langdonalger9219
    @langdonalger9219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    “No good film is too long. No bad film is short enough.”
    Roger was right about that.

    • @wiremuwifebash
      @wiremuwifebash 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Excellent quote. Sums up the entire moviegoing experience in a single statement. Miss Siskel and Ebert, they'd be having field days with some of what Hollywood's coming out with today.

    • @saldanhaabimael2232
      @saldanhaabimael2232 หลายเดือนก่อน

      42:30

  • @sleuthentertainment5872
    @sleuthentertainment5872 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    As a spanish 29 year old moviegoer who only knows about USA old culture by movies and television, discovering the TV show of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert was something fascinating. And even more watching them of a late night show like this, just saying jokes and have fun!

  • @AccurateCrabLegs
    @AccurateCrabLegs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    You get two thumbs up for compiling these Siskel and Ebert videos.

    • @booknooky9436
      @booknooky9436 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      But two thumbs down 👎👎 for putting his watermark on video he clearly doesn't own.

    • @StefanJohansson80
      @StefanJohansson80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@booknooky9436 qaAqQAQQA

    • @lamecasuelas2
      @lamecasuelas2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      For sure! Lots of catholics killed,or what did they say?

  • @lrg3834
    @lrg3834 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Appears that Siskel and Ebert were Dave's favourite guests by the looks of it. They certainly have great chemistry together.

  • @pmambientworks4727
    @pmambientworks4727 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    These guys are the most 80s thing to come out of the 80s and I absolutely can't get enough of them.

    • @AlanSmitheeman
      @AlanSmitheeman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      They started their careers in the 60s and started broadcasting in the 70s. Sadly, most of their 70s broadcasts were erased so we'll never see their original review of STAR WARS which was reportedly negative. Then a few months later they both changed their reviews to positive. Perhaps someday a VHS or Betamax taping of the show may appear.

  • @FlyingOverTr0ut
    @FlyingOverTr0ut 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    It still hurts that these two are gone. These segments were so wholesome and hilarious. And I loved reading Ebert's reviews every week. It'll never be the same to not have them.

  • @AndysRambles
    @AndysRambles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love how Siskel around 47:00 is so vibrant and then when he realizes the interviewer isn't listening very carefully, he becomes colder. Luckily Letterman can keep up with him. These are a joy I've watched all of them so far; this week's been really rough for me and these are making me feel better.

  • @smithb0134
    @smithb0134 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Gene's criticism of Free Willy is that you can't see the whale's eyes at the same time."
    Classic! I remember watching this episode and laughing out loud when Roger said that.

  • @JoeNuttss
    @JoeNuttss 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I absolutely adore Siskel & Ebert, RIP to the both of them

  • @alevine1951
    @alevine1951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Working my way through all 6 parts and really really enjoying it, might be my favorite collection. Thanks Don isn't enough, but thanks!

  • @alberttriay2594
    @alberttriay2594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    No matter how many years go by Siskel and Ebert are still and always be my favorite film critic

    • @DJRitty
      @DJRitty 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      goats.

  • @katiezee2
    @katiezee2 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I so enjoy seeing this old stuff, because I missed so much of it at the time, working midnights... and Paul so clever in his sly song intros - like Under My Thumb

  • @deputay
    @deputay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    11:17 "Shot and a GOAL!" Thanks for your hard work, Don!

    • @Jamal3.87
      @Jamal3.87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Love that moment lol. "The balcony is closed!"

  • @Munedawg
    @Munedawg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Did the woman in your life pick Shining Through?" Epic

  • @adamgrimsley2900
    @adamgrimsley2900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That last one when they are arguing like an old couple is wonderful. Roger is so smart.

  • @adamcorvo3241
    @adamcorvo3241 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Siskel on Eberts Wedding Reception: Caterers are calling it Operation Dessert Storm

  • @VIDEOSTOREREVIEW
    @VIDEOSTOREREVIEW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    4:31 The fact that Roger knew the exact length of STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT is actually crazy

    • @stevenconifer2676
      @stevenconifer2676 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      LMAO! Ikr? I checked it, too. He was dead-on-balls accurate. Ha!

    • @zxbc1
      @zxbc1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's actually not uncommon for professional film critics to memorize the exact runtime of a film since they frequently quote it in their reviews and usually mention it as part of their discussions.

    • @WilliamLyons-ym7ee
      @WilliamLyons-ym7ee 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      “My Mom Will Shot” was a terrible movie.

  • @brandonbetts7569
    @brandonbetts7569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    There will never be another siskel and ebert ,Rip

  • @taylorl273
    @taylorl273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The care and context you have provided in curating this is remarkable. A less judicious person would leave out the Billy Crystal part, for example, but it adds so much. Awesome stuff. Thank you.

  • @Jamal3.87
    @Jamal3.87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "You identified with Willy, I wonder why!!!" Savage Siskel!!

    • @generyan4043
      @generyan4043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      True, but Ebert had great line before. They are so perfect for each other.

    • @michaelceraso1977
      @michaelceraso1977 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahaha WOW that was savage and Siskel really went there a lot in later yrs, its a shame they had to make a lot of things personal

  • @BM151
    @BM151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    35:02 Under My Thumb plays as they come out... Nice touch, Paul!

    • @tfronauer
      @tfronauer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I also enjoyed the band playing them on to “The Cisco (Siskel) Kid” at the beginning of the video

  • @chief8852
    @chief8852 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just stumbled on this randomly.
    I always watched Letterman as well as Siskel and Ebert in pre VCR days when you had to watch live .
    I'll be watching all these.
    Thanks thanks thanks

  • @CJ-ce9es
    @CJ-ce9es 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    40:22 Wow, Siskel could drum!!

    • @MrGonzoDT
      @MrGonzoDT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s the incomparable Kenny Aronoff, most famous for playing with John Mellencamp and Smashing Pumpkins.

    • @makienxhemmiktar
      @makienxhemmiktar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      holy crap you made me laugh out loud........hahahahahahaah

    • @PatTheBatmanFan
      @PatTheBatmanFan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Drew Taylor yep, Kenny has probably the 2nd most famous drum fill in 80’s pop, in “Jack & Diane”.

  • @juanrivera1572
    @juanrivera1572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Those guys led a good life, happy I was able to watch them growing up .

  • @MacIntoshMann
    @MacIntoshMann 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Operation Dessert Storm is a fantastic line

  • @BURPINGCONTEST
    @BURPINGCONTEST 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    49:20 maybe the most epic thing I've seen in this life or the next.

  • @WilliamLyons-ym7ee
    @WilliamLyons-ym7ee 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    R.I.P. Gene & Roger
    You are missed

  • @justinbrockshus8483
    @justinbrockshus8483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Every potato chip is made fresh somewhere, but that doesn't mean you got that bag that day!" LMAO :)

  • @peterj4741
    @peterj4741 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Dave was such a crazy person during this time. Best late night host ever, top 10 best comedians of the last 30 years...

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Calling Ebert fat was a cheap shot/low blow. That's school yard bully "humor".

    • @masterelmstreet5886
      @masterelmstreet5886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@OMGWTFLOLSMH Oh GET OVER IT, you pathetic fucking SJW PC triggered-ass snowflake!! I've been fat most of my life and I wasn't offended in the least!! If it bothered him, he should have lost weight. Period, end of. The humor police can blow me.

    • @langdonalger9219
      @langdonalger9219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Master Elm Street Roger did laugh at some of the fat jokes in these videos though, so he clearly had a sense of humour about it.

    • @WilliamLyons-ym7ee
      @WilliamLyons-ym7ee 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s agreed upon before the show what jokes will be said, so clearly Roger was okay with the fat jokes and Gene was fine was the bald jokes.
      All in good fun.

  • @jasonpaul5
    @jasonpaul5 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The roles they rotate when they are in the first seat or second becomes obvious when you see them back to back. The second seat seemed like more fun.

  • @gordoboygordo
    @gordoboygordo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    14:46 "You guys - my goodness, what are you, driving Oprah?"
    Cut to: Siskel losing it

  • @GeoffNelson
    @GeoffNelson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Don! you're the best!

  • @spb7883
    @spb7883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can’t believe that out of thousands of comments not one person mentioned the great Pat Metheny is sitting in with the band.

  • @FlyingOverTr0ut
    @FlyingOverTr0ut 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I'm practically in tears listening to Siskel and Ebert argue.

    • @brianrodriguez8282
      @brianrodriguez8282 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      1:02:05 hilarious repartee--they each get a great shot in :-D

    • @SB992REBORN
      @SB992REBORN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Look at their bevisbutthead impression dead on cool

  • @errose5967
    @errose5967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    These guys were truly entertaining.

  • @1sepriani
    @1sepriani 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    man i fucking love watching Gene & Robert get along fucking awesome

  • @alberttriay2594
    @alberttriay2594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always watch their show on Sunday

  • @arrowguy173
    @arrowguy173 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Sat in on many life drawing classes for animation - 12:00 had me dying! Ebert kept that Exorcist head turn thing well hidden!

  • @justinbrockshus8483
    @justinbrockshus8483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Gene's joke at the end about Roger identifying with the whale. LOL :)

  • @jonnybruck
    @jonnybruck 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is some underated banter

  • @rjpsuh06
    @rjpsuh06 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    49:23 Siskel and Ebert as Beavis and Butthead

    • @johndawhale3197
      @johndawhale3197 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LOL I was looking for that clip :)

  • @humungus3
    @humungus3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gene always defends Roger when if anybody is rude to him

    • @WilliamLyons-ym7ee
      @WilliamLyons-ym7ee ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, Siskel & Ebert fought like cats and dogs, but when Howard Stern
      went after them they had each other’s backs and defended each other against Stern.

  • @mhmrules
    @mhmrules 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Okay, now I'd like to see a megamix of the celebrity audience moments.

  • @GrassValleyGreg
    @GrassValleyGreg 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I am having a blast watching these..
    The sequence beginning at 38:11 is so great:
    One False Move review (which I’m gonna have to check out)
    Letterman Fat joke
    Ebert announcement that he’s lost weight at a clinic
    Siskel chomping at the bit to tell his joke, but his joke falls flat and Ebert is delighted
    John Popper on harmonica
    Dave asks Popper if he would like to join Ebert at the weight loss clinic
    Popper states that he’s already eaten

  • @sdot5389
    @sdot5389 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Funny thing was that Siskel was Eberts best man. There’s photos of them at their wedding.

  • @The.Love.Machine
    @The.Love.Machine ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love these compilations and I love Siskel and Ebert. Thank you! One thing that was annoying were the continuing fat jokes about Ebert. Siskel and Letterman were booed multiple times for making those jokes and yet continued to make them. They were witty enough to think of other jokes; they were just going for cheap shots.

  • @cheeverbeaver
    @cheeverbeaver 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As good as their syndicated show was, these Letterman appearances really let Siskel and Ebert shine. Just the right mix of analysis and yucks.

  • @ZacharyWeaver-rc8xc
    @ZacharyWeaver-rc8xc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    God Gene Siskel was so funny.

    • @sdot5389
      @sdot5389 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And Ebert was great at one liners

  • @walterjohnson1873
    @walterjohnson1873 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like how they always switch who sits next to Dave

  • @langdonalger9219
    @langdonalger9219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    “You know what it is Roger, it’s Dino fever.”

  • @BaccarWozat
    @BaccarWozat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Harpo's horn!! Another big mystery is being unraveled. Now we have to find out what Dave did with it since then.

    • @kirnpu
      @kirnpu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was floored when he said that! WOW.

  • @edub9930
    @edub9930 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wonder if those two old muppets that were up in the balcony criticizing everyone were based on these two 🤔

  • @ron8802
    @ron8802 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That Beavis and Buthead thing came out of nowhere....😂

  • @ghost-bastivierspurrap9913
    @ghost-bastivierspurrap9913 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like em best when Roger is sitting on the inside.

  • @pablosonic892
    @pablosonic892 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gold!!!!!

  • @SEAsiaTraveler
    @SEAsiaTraveler 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    top form!

  • @EnzoTheBaker
    @EnzoTheBaker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Funny how no one expected Silence of the Lambs to win Best Picture that year, and Roger felt it was the 'dark horse'. They were saying BP would likely go to JFK, Beauty and the Beast or Bugsy. Silence of the Lambs would end up sweeping the Academys that year. Ebert and many others were probably very surprised.

  • @bryansarracino8623
    @bryansarracino8623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The catering is calling it Operation Dessert Storm

  • @thegrimyeaper
    @thegrimyeaper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    39:43 WHOOOOOOOA

  • @TravisFWelch
    @TravisFWelch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Don, do you have a Patreon?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don’t.

  • @gubernatorial1723
    @gubernatorial1723 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don, capturing the bits and bobs outside the S & E 'canon'. I didn't much like the fat joke by DL about Ebert. Though Ebert's size did strike me from part 1. Contradictions and indictments.
    Best banter, I think? And that's very important to us males. All we did in the last year of high school and all we wished for for our future -- sorry, women.
    Though Dave is exceedingly excitable in this 90s phase. Like he's been freed and is enjoying it.

  • @jrpipik
    @jrpipik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My memory is going. I don't recognize the woman in that last clip.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mary Chaplin Carpenter.

    • @jrpipik
      @jrpipik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dongiller I just saw her a few years ago, too. Sheesh.

  • @danielm3192
    @danielm3192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They should not have dissed Jurassic Park as having no good characters. Goldblum was excellent in the movie, playing a great character!

  • @jacobadams5924
    @jacobadams5924 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    who is the guest at the very end? with S and E in audience?

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mary-Chapin Carpenter. And I got the date wrong there. It was October 8, 1993, not October 6.

  • @auvelier
    @auvelier 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    31:04 “i think you don’t know who I am, señor.” The kingpin

  • @SpencerBansky
    @SpencerBansky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Operation dessert storm haha!

  • @MadTheDJ
    @MadTheDJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ebert didn't waste a second on self-pity at the weight jokes. He could take it and he could dish it out. Both of those men could. I didn't always agree with their opinions, but often they defended their views well. Only once that I know of did Gene ever cross a line (two lines, in fact) in a single review, that of 'Friday The 13th.' He spoiled the killer's identity and put Betsy Palmer's home address in his review so that fans to write to her their disdain with her film choice. Not cool, man. Not cool.

    • @DJRitty
      @DJRitty 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love Gene but he was a dick. He changed a bit after he was diagnosed...but it was kind of too late (although it's never too late to be a better person)... Don't forget he was in HELL in south park lol They BOTH did things that affected people - MANY people. Fans loved them but they weren't well liked in the film industry at ALL. They downplayed it alot but they had HUGE pull in crushing a movie. Gene used his brain and roger his mouth...look what happened... Karma? Who knows.

  • @ryangettig274
    @ryangettig274 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Once Upon A Time In America&One False Move:)

    • @alevine1951
      @alevine1951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, own both dvd's and rewatch them periodically.

    • @FredJWalsh
      @FredJWalsh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I rewatch them alphabetically

  • @omargonzalez2641
    @omargonzalez2641 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Silence of the lambs is one of the guest films-

  • @SuiGenerisAbbie
    @SuiGenerisAbbie 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The great Kenny Aaronoff is hitting the skins at about 40:23

  • @PanhandleFrank
    @PanhandleFrank ปีที่แล้ว

    19:10 Fred MacMurray and LEE J. COBB??

  • @adamgrimsley2900
    @adamgrimsley2900 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What do they say at @11:17 ?

    • @twphi2793
      @twphi2793 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did the woman in your life pick “Shining Through?”

  • @thomaspuhringer8332
    @thomaspuhringer8332 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where does the love and admiration for people who criticize and judge other people's work for a living come from? 🤔

  • @cliffordshafran9250
    @cliffordshafran9250 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beware if you're overweight and sensitive. Gene's at his most vicious with the fat jokes!

    • @masterelmstreet5886
      @masterelmstreet5886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And HILARIOUS!! And this is coming from a fat guy!

  • @gfolkins1
    @gfolkins1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    After The Late Shift movie came out, Dave showed clips from the movie for a few nights and gave his reactions. For example, one night he showed the scene where the actor playing him (John Michael Higgins?), and he had something funny to say about that scene. If you have those clips, do you think you could upload them, or maybe put them into a compilation? Kind of like a "Dave Reacts to The Late Shift"

  • @piper888
    @piper888 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who is the girl singer at the end 1:04:14

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mary Chapin Carpenter.

    • @piper888
      @piper888 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dongiller she's usually down at the twist and shout 😋😛🤪😆

  • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
    @OMGWTFLOLSMH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Last segment was Oct 8, 1993, not Oct 6. That was Mary Chapin Carpenter. Thanks again for these compilations. They are gold. I wish Gene hadn't been so rude to Roger though. Enough with the fat jokes. That shit wouldn't fly today.

    • @dongiller
      @dongiller  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks; typo on my end. I had it right n the description but blew it in the video.

    • @masterelmstreet5886
      @masterelmstreet5886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unfortunately, cuz now everyone is a pathetic weak-ass triggered SJW/PC snowflake bitch like you!! I've been fat most of my life, and wasn't offended in the slightest. Get a sense of humor, you big baby!

    • @etme1000
      @etme1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should start a twitter campaign to cancel him.

    • @-dash
      @-dash 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The ribbing was part of the act

  • @bijibadness
    @bijibadness 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    . . . how come Dave's so set on Barbara Streisand? he's mentioned her in, like, three or four of those interviews.

    • @langdonalger9219
      @langdonalger9219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bijinius Cross I know, right? It’s gets repetitive.

    • @martinsorenson1055
      @martinsorenson1055 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You know how he gets focused on things. During this whole time, much was made of the fact that Streisand was overlooked for a Best Director nomination. For Yentl, for Prince of Tides, for Nuts - or anything else. Add to this his disdain for pretentious celebrities. When he sees S&E, especially during awards season, I think that's the first thing that pops into his head.

    • @lynnturman8157
      @lynnturman8157 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      My guess is he always wanted her on his show & she always turned him down.

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    They really used to make fun of Roger, and he was never that fat, really, hehe.

    • @DJRitty
      @DJRitty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was super fat. You can see the change from show to show to show.

  • @ralphstreemkejr.
    @ralphstreemkejr. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great compilation. I always liked Siskel and Ebert, with their intelligent, thoughtful, informative and entertaining film reviews. I watched them for many years. But in the last segment of this compilation, I lost a lot of respect for Siskel. Roger Ebert said he lost 18 pounds, and good for him! The audience cheered him, as did I, so Siskel’s fat joke a few seconds earlier didn’t quite work. The audience loved Ebert’s ‘bald’ comeback. Then Siskel name-drops about a party at Halston’s apartment with Liza Minnelli, and he SPECIFICALLY says Ebert hadn’t been invited. Ebert gets a great audience reaction when he sarcastically mentions Siskel’s ‘unspoken modesty’ after Siskel’s party story. But worst of all was at the very end of this compilation, when Siskel compares Ebert to the whale in ‘Free Willy.’ That was unnecessarily cruel, and Letterman’s audience let him know it. Good for them. Watching their movie review shows over so many years, Siskel always came across to me as kind of smug, pompous, and a little too impressed with himself (you’re just a film critic!), whereas Ebert to me was more of an Everyman who didn’t take himself as seriously as Siskel did, and cared about movies a LOT MORE than Siskel did. Look at how many books Ebert wrote about movies! Ebert also always came across to me as much more likable than Siskel. I always enjoyed them ribbing each other, but the fat jokes, ESPECIALLY that Free Willy one, were sometimes nasty. One of the worst (and meanest) things you can poke fun at someone for is their appearance. That has nothing to do with any issue you’re discussing, that’s just mean, childish name-calling. I’d much rather go to the movies with Ebert than with Siskel. Anybody out there agree?

    • @3Prayt
      @3Prayt ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's a very well put comment

  • @brandonsnider7907
    @brandonsnider7907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Letterman was right about the Martians.

  • @flaccidusminimus2170
    @flaccidusminimus2170 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:12 - Letterman distilling what he got paid to do every night.

  • @buckybucky8596
    @buckybucky8596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Interesting how Ebert's humor is so much more intellectual then Siskel's cheap digs.

    • @darinpearson2554
      @darinpearson2554 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed. Siskel goes to the fat jokes when Ebert out does him

    • @Viskogis
      @Viskogis ปีที่แล้ว

      I dunno haha I think it's sort of become a bit between the two and letterman as I feel you can see from their respective reactions. They both have fun sniping each other and I personally feel it's hard to say who's the brightest since they both argue with reasonable viewpoints and are very quick-witted, sparring with the best talk show host of all time. Love the bit with Siskel and Springsteen, must have been a dream come true for him haha

    • @-dash
      @-dash 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe that’s why they had such broad appeal- that contrast is what makes them fun to listen to.

    • @Dragonpuncher123
      @Dragonpuncher123 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Like pointing to his head and saying bald. So intellectual.