By the time Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert went national with their show in the 1980s, I’d already been watching them for years as movie critics on local TV in Chicago. In my many interviews and discussions with Siskel, I learned about how to watch a movie, what to look for and how to convey that to the listening and viewing audience. And he was gracious with his time, always inviting me up to his office during our many Cubs-Cards weekends, as you can see in this picture from 1988 with me and Mike Bush. The Oscars are this weekend…and I miss my buddy, Gene Siskel.







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