R.I.P. to Roger Ebert

They say the Golden Age of films were in the 1970s and that seems fitting that is when a new show came on PBS - Sneak Previews which later became At the Movies.  That's where Roger Ebert made his introduction into American culture.



I suppose that since my grandmother Pearl was an avid PBS fan that is where I first started seeing the shows.  I liked that they were of a current event variety and that it not only appealed to teenaged-me but also was on a high-enough intellectual level that I learned something.  They reviewed all the movies, not just the highbrow ones.  It gave a nice balance, that there was value in all of them.

Since I've started this blog, I usually check the Roger Ebert website to see how he does it.  We  agree more than disagree, but he had an art to getting more words down.  Years of practice I guess.   His obit details someone with newspaper ink in his veins.  As we as a Zelig-like way of appearing at the right place at the right time.  Dated Oprah ... early investor in Google... drank with Mike Royko..

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130404/MEMORY/130409989