I don't think Roger even saw That's My Boy, which really sucked shit. Worst film of 2012.

Happy Gilmour is Sandler's career highlite.

Happy Gilmore, punch drunk love and click are his 3 best movies.

Callum Russell -- Click really surprisingly resonated with me and pressed an emotional button which I never expected from an Adam Sandler movie. The scene where he can see himself ignoring his poor father is just heartbreaking to me.

the did a serious role in one that was very good. never liked him in his comedies.

One of anybody’s best slams, lol.

@@tommyroseguitar4557 Epic Slam:)

Gene usually had the best sarcastic lines and responses on the show.

It is in Roger's film review of Little Indian, Big City.

It’s one of my favourite all-time lines

So do I.

They were the very best.

They were alright

I came upon them during the covid on you tube. They kept me company during it in which I'll be forever grateful. We also lost another great movie critic called Barry Norman. Hopefully wherever they are they found peace in their eternal sleep.

Same here!

I've literally been watching them for like four hours now.

Im shocked how many of these movies I saw when they came out. My family must have had no standards...we just watched whatever garbage was new on video :D

Yeah, they are entertaining. Sometimes you wonder why some choices aren't there, but they can't put everything on the show. For example, I wanted to see them put Eye for an Eye, The Juror, and The Chamber on here.

I used to look forward to it all week when I was young...

That's such a good way of putting it. They definitely had a low-ish key battle of the minds always simmering. But there was also a very deep mutual respect. You can sense not only the great joy in making the other laugh but also a sense of accomplishment.

Lol, who cares. A couple of nobodies who lucked in to a job saying "I ThInK tHiS" Who cares? Eat shit.

Look up the behind the scenes fights. They don’t have quick wit lol. Bless their hearts they’re trying to insult each other and it’s painful to watch. Siskel gas always been kind of a jerk. The way he hated Chris Farley was just weird.

Exactly. There is such respect, as well as competition.

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I think this is a common misconception about the French. Lewis is playing what they regard as a caricature of American gung-ho stupidity. So he's the "perfect American" in their view, taking the piss out of our whole schtick.

"How about quarreling parents trapped in a basement attacked by cockroaches? Now you've got a movie"

Back when everybody’s mom had a Kenny G album. 🎷

It was their original intro from 1986 when they switched to Buena Vista, unchanged until Gene's death. Roger wanted the intro changed, as the original promise was allegedly to switch to back and forth to "Ebert & Siskel" and "Siskel & Ebert" on the marquee every year, but BVT refused to spend the money to reshoot the intro!

@@kane4013 🤣

@@kane4013 And David Sanborn.

Lol I always hated it. Early 90s stuff also had lots of harmonica for some reason (see "Hook" for example - even Spielberg was not immune). It makes that stuff feel so cheap and corny now.

Siskel had him!

I never heard him laugh as hard as that moment

LOL, true

Way better

It was, in 1996. The show had recovered a little bit from the doldrums of 1994/95, but the Ferrell/Wiig/Kattan cast still needed some time to really find its stride.

@@zombiedodge1426 It never found it again. The only thing keeping SNL afloat for at least 30 years is sheer cultural inertia.

Outgoing entertaining man your opinion is useless. People actually wanted theres opinions.

Agreed. The best part of their review segments is that they get a couple of words in, but then they move on. It's almost like they set a rule in advance where they can't get in any more than one response.

Well, they were doing a TV show. It's not like they had any time for filler. Even when they talked about great movies about which they had many things to say, they couldn't just keep going.

@@Cableguy15 It was practice. I'm sure they had to cut stuff down if they ran too long.

Umm, did no one ever tell you about Red Letter Media?

Kenosha here. These guys were a staple for me growing up. They helped shape my early interest in movies.

Think about the better films he's been in, though.

@@rsmith02 What are you trying to say about Twins?

DeVito was terrific in Other People's Money.

His short stature was something of a running gag in Taxi, but they never belabored it.

@@ricardocantoral7672 Easily one of his best movies (and most underrated as well).

I watched that in theaters and forgot all about it lol

@Bold One I still like George of the jungle. But it was the start of his making silly movies like Dudley doright, and things like that. So while I do like George of the jungle, his other ones along the same lines, I agree were not good.

SO many great movies they consider stinkers. They take themselves far too seriously.

@@simonbaker95 If you mean The Cable Guy, almost *everyone* - critics and audiences - hated it in 1996. People even thought it derailed Jim Carrey's career, though he bounced back quickly with Liar Liar. If you mean Little Indian, Big City is a great movie, well...I think you're on your own with that one.

"Jingle All The Way" is not considered a classic by anyone without neurological damage.

I thought the same thing…

He did get off to a promising start in Blue Chips, directed by the late William Friedkin. Not a great movie, but Shaq was perfectly fine in it (basically playing a version of himself). I read someone say the best ever acting performance by an athlete was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane! simply because he was able to keep a straight face when Peter Graves asked the little kid if he'd ever seen a grown man naked.

...and he next did Freddy Got Fingered.

It is also in Roger's print review. He ended the print review that if we see that film under any circumstances, he'd never let us read one of his reviews again. Of course, how could he do that? We can buy his companions, look at his website, etc.

Pathetic old Sha

Dottiecurran Go fuck yourself.

Agreed. This was their best Era. Light and funny but still intelligent. Before Gene got sick.

It wasn't that unusual, internet access was certainly less common, but there was still a significant number of people going online - including myself. I can remember being careful with minutes used though, so it may been charged by the minute along with presumably data(at least where I lived). It was getting towards the highest dialup speeds by then, probably about 33k, 56k was only 2 years later I think. The next year, as a polytechnic student I could access the internet there with (from memory) no restriction on time, at no cost. It was of course slow for large images etc, though websites were far less bloated. The 'web' was much more exciting at the time, partly just being new, but also the diversity and quality of content, as private web pages were inherently made by people putting in genuine effort, rather than all the drivel that clogs everything up now. I used to actually be able to find what I was searching for too!(on altavista at the time, I really liked that search engine), google and co have become near unusable for finding specific info in the last few years - perhaps partly just due to the overwhelming amount of data though.

We even had the runnin' water an' the ee-lectricity back in them days too, Sonny!

I knew what the internet was at 13 but it's interesting that it had no part in my life, and I still wasn't going online in 1996. I'm glad that I had a childhood without it.

@@BishopWalters12I started getting online in 1997 but it was different then. I spent the majority of my time in movie chats but even that was just an hour or so. Kids back then didn't live eternally online like they do now.

😅😅😅😅 Oh the burn...

It was so good.

There is a website: siskelandebert.org.

You want them behind a paywall?

100% that Cable Guy is way underrated and gets a bad rap when the story its telling is actually really great and uplifting.

No it was a person in pain.

It was advertised as being another Jim Carey zany comedy. That’s why most people walked out of the cinema saying ‘WTF was that?!’

@@kane4013 I was 12 when this came out, and it was right after Ace, Dumb n Dumber, and the Mask. All super bright, light hearted but slapsticky comedy. And Cable Guy was super dark and dry. I love it as an adult.

Siskel seemed to be a bit more comfortable with dark humor than Ebert was.

Hiatt Grey that’s how my grandpa laughs. Priceless

Hiatt Grey I love it, too. 😊

Loved these two guys! If there is an afterlife, hope they continue to banter.

You are so right it's that laugh made me want to laugh

I used to watch it twice on Saturdays. Where I live they'd play a new episode midday, then repeat the week before and the new episode sometime in the late evening.

Well, I think it's the same for each year. There are good and bad films each year.

@@sha11235 1996 was an exceptionally good year, the last in which independent films dominated. Just check out this list: Fargo, Jerry Maguire, The English Patient, Sling Blade, Big Night, Secrets and Lies, Angels and Insects, Breaking the Waves, Hamlet, Looking for Richard, Hard Core Logo, Trees Lounge, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Shine, Lone Star, The People Vs. Larry Flynt. Additionally, Mission:Impossible, Dragonheart, Mars Attacks, Scream and The Arrival all deserve special mention as commercial or genre films that went beyond formula.

@@KRhetor Transpotting and Brassed Off are two more for your list.

@@benisrood They're studio flicks.

@@benisrood I didn't say they were indies.Try carefully reading a post before responding next time.

were you stoned as well?

@@dont-want-no-wrench I doubt it, I was a little young yet to score weed very often.

I don't think so. It's considered a classic, and definitely Sandler's best movie. Considering the garbage he went on to create, that's not saying much. I think most people agree Happy Gilmore is a good movie though.

I was 10 then, but just a couple years later, waterboy came out, and we laughed our teenage asses off(13) So much. Too much actully, my friend timmy was laughing so hard, the cute girls in front of us told him multiple times to shhhh, but I respected he didn't care, kept laughing. Embarrassing at the time then, but I'm glad he was himseld

Facts

Not funny

@@TobeyStarburst Let me guess, you're more of a "Big Momma's House" or "Jackass 5" guy right? redact.

@@gosteronlinecourses I love Cable Guy as much as the next guy, but I'm not going to be a classless mut over it

Cable Guy is awesome, YOU suck.

@@StephenRahrig So, people suck because they have different opinions about a movie than you? Grow up.

@@connorbrennan4233 Yesir

They were right in that audiences wanted Jim to be the funny good guy and not the unfunny villain.

They’re not entertaining, they’re stuck up and annoying. Cable guy was n is still awesome. Everyone in my life that knows that movie likes it. These guys don’t have a sense of humor so how do they know what’s funny

Cable guy? One of my favorite Jim Carrey movies!

you watch pieces of shit for breakfast?

Cable Guy is as mis-marketed. They trailer makes it out to be another Ace Ventura. That’s why audiences were disappointed. It’s actually good.

It's not a guilty pleasure; it's just a fun, silly film. I get the point about Happy just being angry for NO REASON, but at least the film acknowledges he's being a jerk. In other Sandler films he's being a jerk but the film seems to think his behavior is fine.

it is my favorite Adam Sadler comedy..there are some really funny scenes......it also has some scenes that should have ended up on the cutting room floor

@@Paulafan5 You're right......................never thought of it that way! That's been the main problem with the majority of his career.

Spot on. Most Sandler movies suck. But that one was decent enough. I don't think Sandler promises too much to his audience in the first place.. he makes comedy movies for adults who wish they were still 9 years old again. The Waterboy,however was the crime of the century. Only Freddie Got Fingered is worse than that flick.

Yep, it's their only miss on this list. Every other movie here is forgotten (or remembered as a career mistake) but Happy Gilmore lives on.

Jackass is nothing like those two films. Lol. Why is it hard to see that? Jackass is a group of friends playing pranks on each other. The Cable Guy is about a disturbed man stalking a costumer. Happy Gilmore is about a violent man who plays golf.

I’ve never seen Trouble in Paradise. Thanks for giving me something to do today 😊

@@patrickcampbell9445 Ebert gave Kingpin 3 1/2 stars (out of four). A juvenile movie filled with every manner of gross-out body fluid jokes. Conclusion? Ebert likes shit.

@@patrickcampbell9445 You got a tæwul or anything??

The magic of Jackass was mostly seeing it in the theater. To this day I've never laughed so hard, and I thought their MTV show was meh. But it hit just right, in a crowded theater of people gasping for breath from laughter. Wish I could capture that in a bottle.

The lioness are on display in Chicago btw. They weren't male lions in real life.

Dan Lyons, yes they were male. They were two rogue male mane-less lions.

I did too. Siskel couid really be a wit. 😅😅

Liked Gene way more than Roger

Back when people knew how to entertain

because It was a dark comedy. People did not understand the concept of "Dark Comedy" back in the 90s. They were way ahead of it's time!

@@Patrick19833 Lol how did people not understand black comedy in the 90's? I'd love to hear this.

@@Patrick19833 LOL, yeah, we did but the marketing for Cable Guy was bad because they made the trailers look like it was going to be another Ace Ventura or Dumb and Dumber. I always loved The Cable Guy even as a kid but I get why people were disappointed at the time.

Perhaps it was mislabeled. It’s like someone made Bad Influence into a dark comedy.

XRJ92 What did you think of it?

@ Bob Schneider: As a kid, I always liked it. Haven't seen it in years but I enjoyed it.

The Cable Guy flopped at the box office because people wanted to see Jim Carrey being funny. They still do want to see him being funny while he tries "experimental" projects that no one sees. And Happy Gilmore is Sandler's Citizen Kane. I liked it and the Waterboy, but nothing else Sandler has done.

@@Paulafan5 I mean he was funny in that movie! It was just different than his other movies

Every time I watch Cable Guy it just leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth, it has like 2 funny moments, it's tolerable but falls flat

He did not. They liked each other very much. Roger was one of Gene's pallbearers at Gene's funeral.

Like they said about comedies, you either find it funny or you don't. There's no right or wrong; it's just opinion. I didn't care for those two Farley films, but I did like Beverly Hills Ninja.

I like Happy Gilmore when I was a teenager back in the 90s, but I grew up and it's not funny to me anymore. I don't think that immature humor is funny anymore. Now I could understand why Siskel and Ebert hated the movie.

i disagree. Black Sheep is (to me) just awful. I do agree on Farley though, and he is great in Tommy Boy and THAT film is sweet and fun.

I was in the perfect age group for these movies when they were released and I still love Happy Gilmore at 40 but I really can't defend Black Sheep, it's a very poor version of Tommy Boy and most of the humor falls flat.

​@@Patrick19833I don't want to know what mature comedy is.

Hell yea it is fuck these guys

Hundred percent right!! CABLE GUY is great.

The graduation speech at the end was the first thing I cued up on YT the day Robin Williams died :(

At that point, SNL was doing poorly as well. It did start to improve by 1996, I suppose. But mid 90's sucked shit.

@@sha11235 Sucked then, sucks now. 😄

@@sha11235 Up till 1994 (19th seseason) they still had most of their late 80's/early 90's cast of characters including Chris Farley, Phil Hartman, Mike Myers, Kevin Nealon, and Adam Sandler. Dana Carry unfortunate had left the season before (1993). With Season 19, the reason went on a decline and there almost wasn't a season 20. Season 21 saw the addition of Chris Ferril and the beginning of a comeback. Later popular additions were Norm Macdonald, Tim Meadows, and Molly Shannon. Tina fey joined as a cast member in season 26 (2000). During the late 90's and 2000's while the show wasn't held up to the same acclaim as during the late 70's or late 80's/early 90's season, it did make a comeback with popular character/skits from that era. The "More Cowbell" Sketch with Will Ferril and Christopher Walkin is one of the most popular SNL sketches ever and it dates from Season 26 (2000). So while SNL after the mid 90's may not be as good as it was just prior to that or in it's 70's heyday, it had some good characters and sketches. Movie-wise though it's been a lot more misses the hits overall. Most SNL movies from the 90's on however flopped and where just bad or mediocre at best.

The film was rated 15 in the UK.

It’s Will Ferrell not Chris

At least his video game was pretty... Oh... Nevermind.

@@Paulafan5 I just wonder how kids today know him in every other commercial as opposed to his real career…Shaq Fu!

I liked Happy Gilmore aswell, however I was just a teenager when I first saw it so I think that obviously played a part in why. The movie was made for younger people to enjoy and these guys were old men at the time it was released and they watched it so its not at all a shocker that it didn't resonate with them.

Happy Gilmore doesn't translate well for critics like Siskel and Ebert. However The Cable Guy was truly ahead of it's time.

@@quebeckfilms5797 I absolutely agree that the Cable Guy was ahead of its time. Loved the satire within the film. It still holds up very well today and always will. One of those films that everyone hated initially, but with time, people eventually appreciated it. And in Siskel and Ebert's case, a film they would likely reassess and be more positive towards.

Don't worry Joe, you still have us....

It played all the time on MuchMusic as a "Liquid Television" segment.

they attack this and "cable guy" a bit unfairly. they say they are mad at the studios for making the same movie over and over again, but then they also are extremely harsh when a movie is slightly different, or even when an actor plays a different role than normal.

@@alicewright4322 I agree, most critics were pretty rough on Jim for doing Ace 2 and called him out for playing the same character. Jim couldn't win with the critics no matter what.

I never understood why it it got Oscar nominations. It looked boring and painful to watch. Were the razzies lazy not to nominate it?

There were much better films that came out in 1996 that deserved that award.

Stop lying, you walked out because she wouldn’t give you head.

The English Patient, but I don't see what the big deal about was.

I took a date to that, and neither of us liked it. My opinion was the same as that of Elaine on "Seinfeld."

@David Porter: I agree, I still watch Jingle All The Way every year at Christmas time and I even got one of the Turbo Man action figures that Funko toys released for the movies 25th anniversary in 2021.

It was a bomb of the time, but I think it’s become a Christmas classic. I caught up with it on television a few years later, and laughed my head off. I honestly think if it wasn’t Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role, it wouldn’t be as good.

It seriously underperformed when it came out in 1996, but it found its audience on video/TV/streaming, where Christmas movies basically live forever. My 11-year-old son loves it. I've been introducing him to the *real* Arnold classics like Predator and The Terminator this year.

I'd take Billy Madison by a hair if I had to pick one

I don't think they saw it.

And he knocked it out of the park with Uncut Gems.

He did a nice job in Spanglish as well!