Michael and Us

#152 - Rule of Thumb


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For over two decades, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert were America's most influential movie critics. Their show SISKEL & EBERT was partly consumer-report movie criticism, and partly a sitcom about two extremely-similar men who didn't particularly like each other. Revisiting the "Thumbs Up!"/"Thumbs Down!" titans gives Will and Luke opportunity to ponder questions about criticism, the canon, and how Siskel and Ebert represented "normalcy." PLUS: spirited discussion of Jerry Seinfeld and Bruce Lee.
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Michael and UsBy Luke Savage and Will Sloan

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