"At some point in late 1975 or early 1976, I became aware of "Opening Soon at a Theater Near You," a monthly review program on WTTW-Channel 11. The show featured Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert and Chicago Tribune film critic Gene Siskel talking about new releases in the low-key but instantly engrossing style that made you feel like you were eavesdropping on your two favorite teachers as they verbally sparred between classes. (Roger was 33 when the show debuted; Gene was just 29.)"
"In my early and mid-teens in the 1970s, I was a loner jock/pop culture nerd who was obsessed with these pursuits: Playing and watching baseball and football and to a lesser extent basketball, and consuming issues of Sports Illustrated and Sport and Baseball Digest, and reading books such as Roger Kahn's The Boys of Summer, Jim Bouton's Ball Four, David Wolf's Foul! The Connie Hawkins Story and George Plimpton's Paper Lion."
Teenage loner jock and pop-culture nerd in the 1970s obsessed with playing and watching baseball and football, consuming Sports Illustrated and Baseball Digest, and reading books like The Boys of Summer, Ball Four, and Paper Lion. Late-night and weekend talk shows such as The Tonight Show, The Tomorrow Show, Dick Cavett programs, and Kup's Show were regular viewing. Movies were a major passion. In late 1975 or early 1976 the teenager discovered Opening Soon at a Theater Near You on WTTW, featuring Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel reviewing new releases in a low-key, engrossing conversational style. Weekly viewing and meticulous note-taking filled spiral notebooks.
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