For the 281st time in the last ten months Roger Ebert is sitting down to watch a movie in the Lake Street Screening Room, on the sixteenth floor of what used to pass for a skyscraper in the Loop. Ebert's been coming to it for nearly thirty years, along with the rest of Chicago's increasingly venerable collection of movie critics. More than a dozen of them are here this afternoon, sitting together in the dark. Some of them look as though they plan on camping out, with their coats, blankets, lunches, and laptops spread out on the seats around them.
By: SpunOne | Feb 16th, 2010 (8:51 PM)
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Sarcastro - groin-grabbingly good
Feb 16th, 2010 (10:02 PM)
Gah!
Very interesting story though.
Feb 16th, 2010 (10:17 PM)
Why is this link titled Robert Ebert?
Feb 16th, 2010 (10:40 PM)
Yeah, doesn't he usually go by Bob Ebert?
Feb 16th, 2010 (10:56 PM)
You're thinking of Roger Roeper.
Feb 16th, 2010 (11:16 PM)
I thought Bob Roeper died.
Feb 16th, 2010 (11:19 PM)
No, that was Robert Siskel.
disco biscuit tried playing catch with Stevie Wonder one time. That didn't go well.
Feb 16th, 2010 (11:20 PM)
ju66l3r knocked out Uwe Boll in the 7th round
Feb 16th, 2010 (11:26 PM)
Feb 16th, 2010 (11:48 PM)
Web formatting, they need to learn it.
Gah
Feb 17th, 2010 (12:06 AM)
i concur with the front page request
Feb 17th, 2010 (12:19 AM)
blarg said:
No, that was Robert Siskel.
I thought that was Gene Roberts.
HowCanSheFap said:
No, it was Gene Wilder.
You're thinking of Oscar Wilde
Bill Nye - if ignorance is bliss, I am pissed
Feb 17th, 2010 (5:24 AM)
i feel bad for the guy.
:(
What an extremely insightful read.
ObjectZero is sippin' on that haterade
Feb 17th, 2010 (8:31 AM)
wiggie waggie said:
You're thinking of Oscar Wilde
wasn't that Oscar De La Hoya?
Feb 17th, 2010 (10:22 AM)
you mean Benicio Del Toro.
Feb 17th, 2010 (11:22 AM)
your thinking of del tacos
BadlyDrawnBen is wearing a brown polyester shirt
Feb 17th, 2010 (11:42 AM)
you're right. I was thinking of del tacos.
bump Don't shoot me, I'm only the animator
Feb 17th, 2010 (12:54 PM)
What a brave guy...
It brings to mind 'the eternal question' of quality vs quantity of life. I've known people that have faced their cancer or illness with a steely resolve and strength I can only admire from afar... Lord please don't ever let me go in bits and pieces like Mr. Ebert... I don't think I have it in me to fight such a valiant battle - I'd probably just take the easy way out...
bump said:
What a brave guy...
It brings to mind 'the eternal question' of quality vs quantity of life. I've known people that have faced their cancer or illness with a steely resolve and strength I can only admire from afar... Lord please don't ever let me go in bits and pieces like Mr. Ebert... I don't think I have it in me to fight such a valiant battle - I'd probably just take the easy way out...
I hear you. Roger Ebert has a vast support community compared to many people. Some people have a wife or girlfriend who might just walk out on them when it starts getting real.
Then you're fucked.
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2537/rogerebert.jpg
mageezer said:
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2537/rogerebert.jpg
Ohhh, I shouldn't have laughed at that.
