Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Gene Shalit to Leave Job No One Realized He Still Had
Gene Shalit, the movie critic for the Today show, announced his retirement today, saying through his PR representative: "It's enough already."
(Seriously.)
Admittedly, I might not be the target audience for the Today show or for a 78-year-old movie critic, but I assumed he had retired years ago, possibly replaced by a mustached robot who spits out puns based on movie titles. Shows what I know.
Shalit plans to pursue other opportunities, which hopefully means a reprise of his '70s era variety show, but probably means he'll start a website or something:
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