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• In May 1998, Gene Siskel had surgery to remove a tumor from his brain. For several weeks he did the show via telephone from his hospital bed.
  
  
• The weekend following Gene Siskel's death, Roger Ebert devoted the entire half hour as a tribute to his memory. On the show were various clips from show's past as well their history together as journalists and then on television.
  
  
• Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert did their last show together on 23 January 1999. On that show they reviewed: At First Sight (1999), Another Day in Paradise (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1998), Playing by Heart (1998) and The Theory of Flight (1998).
  
  

• There is a widely held belief and the Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert disagreed most of the time. This is, in fact, not true. Actually they agree most of the time on either a negative or positive review but since they were best known for the feuds in between, the legend has grown that the two were always at odds with one another. Taken from all of the films that they reviewed in their years together they actually only disagreed about 30% of the time.
  
  
• After Gene Siskel's death, from 1999 to 2000, several movie critics appeared as guest co-hosts, until Richard Roeper (who also appeared as a guest co-host for several episodes) became Siskel's permanent replacement.
  
  
• Ebert and Roeper's best movies of 2005: - EBERT - 10. Millions (2004) - 9. Yes (2004/I) - 8. King Kong (2005) - 7. Nine Lives (2005) - 6. Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) - 5. Brokeback Mountain (2005) - 4. Junebug (2005) - 3. Munich (2005) - 2. Syriana (2005) - 1. Crash (2004/I) - ROEPER - 10. The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) - 9. Walk the Line (2005) - 8. A History of Violence (2005) - 7. Brokeback Mountain (2005) - 6. Capote (2005) - 5. Nine Lives (2005) - 4. Munich (2005) - 3. Crash (2004/I) - 2. The New World (2005) - 1. Syriana (2005)
  
  
• Ebert and Roeper's worst movies of 2005: - EBERT - 10. Fantastic Four (2005) - 9. Elektra (2005) - 8. Undead (2003) - 7. Constantine (2005) - 6. Doom (2005) - 5. Son of the Mask (2005) - 4. D.E.B.S. (2004) - 3. Dirty Love (2005) - 2. The Dukes of Hazzard (2005) - 1. Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) - ROEPER - 10. The Legend of Zorro (2005) - 9. Bewitched (2005) - 8. Guess Who (2005) - 7. The Man (2005) - 6. Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005) - 5. Stealth (2005) - 4. The Longest Yard (2005) - 3. Monster-in-Law (2005) - 2. Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) - 1. The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
  
  
• Critics who filled in for Ebert, post-surgery: David Edelstein, Stephen Hunter, Dave Karger, Zorianna Kit, Christy Lemire, Jay Leno, John Mellencamp, Kim Morgan, Wesley Morris, Govindini Murty, George Pennacchio, Michael Phillips, Harold Ramis, John Ridley, Peter Sagal, Lisa Schwarzbaum, A.O. Scott, Toni Senecal, Brad Silberling, Kevin Smith, Anne Thompson, Katherine Tulich, Aisha Tyler, Mario Van Peebles, Fred Willard, and Robert Wilonsky.
  
  
• Roeper's last episode with the show aired the weekend of August 16-17, 2008.
  
  

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