84-Year-Old Gene Shalit Leaving 'Today' Show

By PopEater / Wire Services Posted Nov 10th 2010 07:14AM

84-Year-Old Gene Shalit Leaving 'Today' Show Gene Shalit has panned or praised his last movie for the 'Today' show.

The critic, known for his bushy hair and mustache, said Tuesday that he's leaving the show, where he's reviewed movies for 40 years. The last time his 'Critic's Corner' appeared on the morning show was in May, when he reviewed 'Shrek Forever After.'

The 'Today' show said it would air a salute to the 84-year-old Shalit on Thursday. Executive producer Jim Bell says 40 years on the same show is "a feat unlikely to ever be matched."

In a news release, Shalit says he wasn't retiring, and that he'll do work on the Internet and in commercials.

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Wednesday 10 November

By BTDT

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Does this guy inflate his shoes?

By ERT

HOW DO THESE GEZZERS HOLD ON TO THEIR JOBS SO LONG

By greg

one reason is because they can spell .....

By nklfrank

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It's called being responsible. Something you,obviously, know very little about....

By Yvonne

Good for you!!!!

Thursday 11 November

By Catherine

I've watched Gene Shalit for many years and always enjoyed his on the money, tongue in cheek reviews. Although the last time he was on "Today was a while ago, I will miss him and his mustache. Good luck and happy "retirement," Gene!

Wednesday 23 February

By Tom

Kind of like his relentless bashing of Caddyshack as one of the worse movies ever that the viewing public would leave the theater "teed-off" because their time was wasted?

Yeah, he really knew what would play in Peoria, didn't he?

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