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Roger Ebert, who is the best, will be on Oprah this afternoon, which I am sure we will all leave work to watch if we haven’t called in sick already. But this preview clip in which he demonstrates his new voice for the first time (created by a Scottish company using hours of audio from his TV show and DVD commentaries, which he lost in multiple surgeries that you already know about because you are a human being with intelligence and curiosity who pays attention to the world around him/her, but if for some reason you missed the Esquire profile of him, which is seriously great, stop missing it), is already too heartbreaking and too heartwarming for words.
It is nice to be reminded, especially after this morning’s bitterness, that the human spirit can always triumph, and that this world, which is too much to bear, can still be lived in with dignity and wonder. Roger Ebert: legend. (Via @grahamorama.)
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can we institute some kind of videogum “get out your hanky” alert?
Seconded. That was just so sweet. As touching as it was for me to hear it after so long, I can only imagine how his wife must have been feeling. Rock on, Scotland scientists!
As he posted on his twitter: “If it’s not Scottish, it’s crap!”
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Oh, Carey Grant. How I love you.
Ha! When Cary Grant shows you the door, you have been shown the door!
I love how it also looks like he’s pointing to the thumbs up button!
AH! It’s so good to know you’re still the king of GIFs!
upvoted because awesome gross
What does it say about me that I cannot stop laughing at this?
Oozinator Super Soaker (part) gif!
In college, I had an Oozinator Super Soaker, because college. A friend borrowed it for another friend’s 21st birthday and I never saw it again. Basically, the Oozinator Super Soaker is my Rosebud.
NSFK? Not Safe For Kleenex?
Maybe next time I’ll read the other comments before I post.
May as well make me the editor Happiness Aficionado Magazine now.
Not suitable for people who cry easily at work.
We need a NSFH tags. The H is for hearts, ’cause mine just exploded pretty much.
well, this is just wonderful.
I’m not crying, It’s just raining on my face.
Gotta redo my TPS reports, they got… Rained on.
I’m not crying, I’ve just been cutting onions. I’m making a lasagna…
for one.
For your information, I have an inflammation in my tear gland.
I haven’t even watched that clip and I’m already welling up.
I can’t stop my tears from falling.
Strong men also cry.
what a blessed reunion of a man and his voice. i do feel bad though for all the thousands of other people who have lost their jaws but have no movie critiques to draw from
Laughter through tears – after getting choked up watching that clip, went to read the Esquire piece – and my office internet filter blocked it due to ‘provocative attire.’ MMFCL to you, Roger Ebert!
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Logical reason to hate a person……..?
fair enough. But this is about being a human, not being a critic.
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A month or two? I just want to say that I appreciate the fact that you can hate a man for something you don’t even really remember. Your vengeful hatred reminds me of Inigo Montoya, who hated the six-fingered man for killing his father or mother or something.
That seems about as reasonable as me hating you for not capitalizing.
And I may hate skinny ties, but I don’t hate YOU!
PS I am fine with skinny ties, this was just an example. I’m an equal-opportunity dresser.
sucks I had to down vote your comment because I really wanted to upvote you for your avatar and name (which I am assuming is short for Edith).
So people didn’t get to see the super fantastic movies that you liked for an entire MONTH? That must have been a tough time in your life. Hate on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvaU-CeAG_U
I like all of the references to The Princess Bride in this thread, which, by the way, Roger Ebert gave 3 and a half stars. I know this because I still have my 1998 Ebert Video Guide on my shelf.
Another Kevin Smith troll account? Just shut up already, and accept the fact that he gave Cop Out 1.5 stars.
wow, that is humiliating! but way too funny to not upvote. if i could turn all my downvotes into upvotes for you, i totally would.
I just love Roger Ebert. I think it’s wonderful that he’s been able to use the internet to become so expressive. Are you guys following him on twitter? He’s flat out great.
He’s pretty much the best reason for being on Twitter.
Why the flying heck was I signed in with my facebook profile?
Identity revealed! (sorry, couldn’t resist)
Stupid non picture ruined my joke (again) Cross your fingers it works this time:
scoundrel!
Haha! I love both of these
this is just good
This is too sweet. If I had feelings, I’d seriously be crying like a baby right now.
we needed this today. #emogum
I love that we can all take our monster masks off and have a good cry over this, although this particular video made me cry tears of joy – how awesome that he has his voice back in some form.
How dare you make me cry at work, Gabe! Only my boss is supposed to make me cry here. I feel wierd and mushy. I’ll be in the bathroom, fixing my mascara and blaming my contacts.
Hopefully Roger won’t use his new voice just for things that are positive. A series of insulting and witty messages left on Bill O’Reilly’s personal voice mail would be pretty hilarious.
I forgot to DVR this and I submit myself to a Videogum congressional inquiry for stupidity. Roger Ebert is the fucking man.
In addition to being a great writer, one of only a handful of respectable movie critics and an all-around inspiration on how to deal with adversity, this video showcases another reason Mr. Ebert is truly a national treasure: He’s a Mac.
This is THE BEST. Actually, this is the top of my “THE BEST” list currently. So there. And I highly recommend this article written by Ebert if you haven’t read it already…(you’re already crying so just go ahead and read it now, ha).
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2010/01/nil_by_mouth.html#more
Thank you Mr. Ebert, for reminding me that I often take the little things SO for granted.
That’s not Oprah.
I do believe that’s his wife, Chaz… unless you’re being funny. Then it’s just an FYI to anyone else who didn’t know.
As much as I love all the hilarious gifs you Monsters use, when there is more than two on a page it slows my computer to a crawl. If I’m also doing something else, like downloading an album in the background or loading a Youtube video in a separate tab, I might as well just hit stop on this page and forget about loading the gifs ’cause it ain’t gonna happen.
I really hate everything about this comment
Im glad we are here to serve you.
I was just venting my frustration. I don’t work in an office so I never get to read the ‘gum at work and I look forward to coming home and laughing it up with you guys at the end of the day. It really bums me out when I’m trying to read a page like this one and it takes 15 minutes just to load the gifs. But, whatever, I realize no one cares about my admittedly minuscule problems and I will scurry back into the darkness with my slow internet connection.
I know now why you cry.
I recorded this show with tevo
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