Gene Shalit
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Eugene Shalit (March 25, 1926 — June 12, 2026) was an American retired journalist, television personality, film and book critic, and author. After starting to work part-time on NBC's The Today Show in 1970, he filled those roles from January 15, 1973, until retiring on November 11, 2010. Shalit was known for his frequent use of puns, his oversized handlebar moustache and fuzzy hair, and for wearing colourful bow ties. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Shalit, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Tootsie (1982)
as Self (uncredited)
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age (2021)
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (2009)
as Self
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
An Amazin' Era (1986)
as Self
Meryl Streep: Mystery and Metamorphosis (2020)
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Let's Go Mets (1986)
as Self
Today: While You Were Away (1964-1973 Retrospective) (1973)
as Self