I’ve never forgotten this show, but feared it was lost forever. Now it’s turned up on YouTube. How well I remember the day we taped this special! I couldn’t get anything to work. Maybe this is historical evidence of why I’ve never gotten along with video games. Gene Siskel’s comic timing is flawless here, and I make a great Oliver Hardy. Stay tuned while we play “Wheel of Fortune” via low-tech VHS tape.
Siskel & Ebert fight over a toy train

Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
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