Gene Shalit

Gene Shalit (born March 25, 1932 in New York City) is the film and book critic on NBC's The Today Show. He is known for frequent use of puns, oversized handlebar moustache, and for wearing colorful bowties. He is known to have had a rocky relationship with former Today Show co-host Bryant Gumbel. He has been involved in reviewing the arts since 1967. He has written for publications including Look Magazine, Ladies Home Journal (for 12 years), Cosmopolitan, TV Guide, Seventeen, Glamour, McCall's, and The New York Times. In 1987, he published Laughing Matters-A Treasury of American Humor, a critically-praised humor anthology. He currently lives in Massachusetts with his cat Fellini. Image File history File links Gene_Shalit. ... Image File history File links Gene_Shalit. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,214. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Today is an American morning news and talk show airing weekday mornings on the NBC television network. ... It has been suggested that dajare be merged into this article or section. ... Example of a handlebar moustache A handlebar moustache is a moustache with particularly lengthy, often graspable, extremities. ... One option to tie a bowtie The bowtie is a fashion accessory, popularly worn with other formal attire, such as suits or dinner jackets. ... The Today Show (officially called Today) is currently, a long-running morning news show airing on the NBC television network in the United States. ... Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948), is an American television personality for news and sports programs. ... Look was a weekly, general-interest magazine published in the United States from 1937 to 1971, with more of an emphasis on photographs than articles. ... A cover of Ladies Home Journal from 1906 Ladies Home Journal is a magazine first published February 16, 1883 as a womens supplement to the Tribune and Farmer. ... Cosmopolitan, or simply Cosmo, is a magazine published monthly from New York by the Hearst Corporation. ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ... Alexis Bledel on the cover of Seventeen with Lauren Graham Seventeen is a U.S. young womens magazine targeted at the teenage group. ... Glamour Magazine is a monthly womens magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. ... Cover of the March 1911 issue McCalls was a monthly American womens magazine that enjoyed great popularity through much of the 20th century, peaking at a readership of six million in 1960. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ...

Shalit was a panelist on the 1968 revival of the television game show What's My Line? Whats My Line? was a weekly panel game show originally produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television. ...

External links

• Gene Shalit regrets "Brokeback" comment
• Biography on MSNBC