Gene Shalit
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Shalit on Today, 1973
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March 25, 1926 New York City, New York, United States |
| Education | Morristown High School |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Occupation | Film critic, literary critic |
| Years active | 1967–2010 |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy (deceased) |
| Children | Peter Shalit Willa Shalit Emily Shalit Amanda Shalit Nevin Shalit Andrew Shalit |
Eugene "Gene" Shalit (born March 25, 1926) is an American film and book critic. He filled those roles on NBC's The Today Show from January 15, 1973, after starting part-time in 1970, until his retirement on November 11, 2010. He is known for his frequent use of puns, his oversized moustache, and for wearing colorful bowties.
He has been involved in reviewing the arts since 1967 and has written for such publications as Look magazine, Ladies' Home Journal (for 12 years), Cosmopolitan, TV Guide, Seventeen, Glamour, McCall's, and The New York Times. From 1970 to 1982 he had a daily essay on NBC Radio "Man About Anything", that was carried on more stations than any other NBC network radio feature. In 1987, he published Laughing Matters: A Treasury of American Humor, a critically praised humor anthology. Shalit's children include the artist and entrepreneur Willa Shalit.
According to his official MSNBC bio,
Shalit was born in a New York [hospital] on March 25, 1926, and eight days later arrived in Newark, New Jersey, in company of his mother. In 1932 he accompanied his family when they moved to Morristown, New Jersey. In Morristown High School he wrote the school paper’s humor column (prophetically called "The Broadcaster"), and narrowly escaped expulsion.
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