Siskel & Ebert (TV Series)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home/An American Tail/Firewalker/Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986)

Roger Ebert: Self - Host

Quotes 

• Roger Ebert - Host : I think "An American Tail" is intended, primarily, for a younger audience.

  Gene Siskel - Host : Oh, what tipped you off?

  Roger Ebert - Host : Doesn't take a genius to figure that out.

  Gene Siskel - Host : That's for sure.

  Roger Ebert - Host : Usually, when you see animated mice, it's not for the old folk.

• Gene Siskel - Host : [reviewing "An American Tail"]  The other thing I hate is, when they have in the pre-title sequences, the names of the actors that are gonna do the voices. That should be put at the end of the film. You know why? Because when I see Dom DeLuise playing, uh, that rat, or whatever the hell he plays...

  Roger Ebert - Host : Yeah?

  [chuckles] 

  Gene Siskel - Host : The, no, he plays, I think, the Irish politician...

  Roger Ebert - Host : Right.

  [chuckles] 

  Gene Siskel - Host : As soon as I see...

  Roger Ebert - Host : I think he plays the fat cat.

  Gene Siskel - Host : Okay, he plays a fat cat, whatever he plays, as soon as you see that, you think, "Oh, there's Dom DeLuise" when you're listening. And I don't wanna know that! I wanna get into the magic of the movies. Don't tell me the names early.

  Roger Ebert - Host : Okay, and one more footnote I have!

  Gene Siskel - Host : Good!

  Roger Ebert - Host : I didn't like the song "In America, There Are No Cats".

  Gene Siskel - Host : That's right- no, "In NEW YORK, There Are No"- or, "In America, There Are No Cats". What about all the people named Katz?

  [Roger laughs] 

  Gene Siskel - Host : A lot of them are Jews, too.

  Roger Ebert - Host : Another valuable insight from Mr. Siskel.