Tom Shales, gay TV critic and Pulitzer winner, has died

He didn't age much since the 60s.

TV critics used to wield enormous power back in the day. And every newspaper had one, even in suburbia.

The proper thread format is DEAD TO ME, OP.

More cunty blurbs from yesteryear, please.

I love the anecdote of him being cursed out over the phone by an enraged sitcom star while he clipped his nails.

I think there's already a thread on this.

I will have ORDER! ORDER!!

[quote] "He was fat and mean but funny."

If you avoid that last word, you'd be describing "journalist" Michael Musto. ...And yet, he still walks among us.

I have always thought Michael Musto is funny.

I just don;t understand how he pays his bills.

What's interesting is that after reading his bitchy reviews, you just knew he looked the way he did.

[quote]What's interesting is that after reading his bitchy reviews, you just knew he looked the way he did.

Which is how we just know what all Dataloungers look like, likewise.

Started reading about Tom Shales. Then Katharine Graham. Then the Pentagon Papers. Then Watergate. It’s amazing how quickly you can fall into a rabbit hole.

Original thread was better

He referred to Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert as "Jolly Roger and Tweedle Gene, the Film Flam Men."

He called the variety show the Osbournes hosted "Must-Flee TV."