Gene Shalit, the movie critic for the Today show, announced his retirement today, saying through his PR representative: “It’s enough already.”

(Seriously.)

Admittedly, I might not be the target audience for the Today show or for a 78-year-old movie critic, but I assumed he had retired years ago, possibly replaced by a mustached robot who spits out puns based on movie titles. Shows what I know.

Shalit plans to pursue other opportunities, which hopefully means a reprise of his ’70s era variety show, but probably means he’ll start a website or something:

This article appears in Nov 4-10, 2010.

The editor of the Tucson Weekly. I have no idea how I got here.

One reply on “Gene Shalit to Leave Job No One Realized He Still Had”

  1. Holy crap…I thought only Ba Bwa Wa Wa was the only Dave Garroway-era Today Show “personality” still alive and working. (Jack Lescoulie and Mr. Muggs…we miss you!)

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