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Eugene Kal "Gene" Siskel (January 26, 1946February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the ''Chicago Tribune''. Along with colleague Roger Ebert, he hosted a series of popular review shows on television from 1975 to 1999. ==Life and career== Siskel was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ida (née Kalis) and Nathan William Siskel. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants. Siskel was raised by his aunt and uncle after both his parents died when he was ten years old.〔(Farewell To Siskel Honors Private Side Of Public Man ) Chicago Tribune, Februari 23 1999〕 He attended Culver Academies and graduated from Yale University with a degree in philosophy in 1967, where he studied writing under Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Hersey, who helped him land a job at the ''Chicago Tribune'' in 1969. His first print review was for the film ''Rascal'', which was written one month before he became the paper's film critic. His review of the film was favorable but received no stars by default since the paper did not use a star-rating system for films at the time. Siskel served in the United States Army Reserves, graduating from basic officers training in early 1968 and serving as a military journalist and public affairs officer for the Defense Information School. For a time afterwards, Gene was acquainted with Playboy magazine publisher, Hugh Hefner.〔() "Siskel & Ebert: Secret Ladies' Men"〕 In 1975, Siskel teamed up with Roger Ebert, film reviewer for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'', to host a show on the local Chicago PBS station WTTW which eventually became ''Sneak Previews''. Their "thumbs-up, thumbs-down" system soon became an easily recognizable trademark, popular enough to be parodied on comedy shows such as ''In Living Color'', ''Bizarre'', cartoon strips like ''Calvin and Hobbes'' (April, 1988) and in movies such as ''Hollywood Shuffle'' and ''Godzilla''. ''Sneak Previews'' gained a country-wide audience in 1977 when it was carried on PBS. Siskel and Ebert left WTTW and PBS in 1982 for syndication. Their new show, ''At the Movies'', was produced and distributed by Tribune Broadcasting, the parent company that owned the ''Chicago Tribune'' and WGN-TV. ''Sneak Previews'' continued on PBS for 14 more years with other hosts. In 1986, Siskel and Ebert left Tribune Broadcasting to have their show produced by the syndication arm of The Walt Disney Company. The new incarnation of the show was originally titled ''Siskel & Ebert & the Movies'', but later shortened to ''Siskel & Ebert''. ''At the Movies'' also continued a few more years with other hosts. A very early appearance of Siskel, taken from ''Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You'', predecessor to ''Sneak Previews'', is included in ''For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism''. In this 2009 documentary film he is seen debating with Ebert over the merits of the film version of ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest''. Normally, Siskel and Roger Ebert would refuse to guest star in movies or televisual series (except for talk shows) as they felt it would undermine their "responsibility to the public". However, they both "could not resist" appearing on an episode of the animated television series ''The Critic'', the title character of which was a film critic who hosted a television show.〔''Siskel & Ebert'' episode: "Tribute to Gene Siskel"〕 In the episode, Siskel and Ebert split and each wants Jay Sherman, the eponymous critic, as his new partner.〔(TV.com ) Episode summary: ''The Critic'' - "Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice"〕 They also once appeared in an episode of the children's television series ''Sesame Street''. Siskel also appeared as himself on an episode of ''The Larry Sanders Show''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gene Siskel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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