Gene Shalit
Appearance
Gene Shalit (born March 25, 1933) is the film and book critic on the Today Show. He is known for frequent use of puns and colorful bow-ties.
Notable Notes
Shalit is rumored to have co-written "Candle in the Wind" with Elton John and Bernie Taupin, who was a neighbor of his at the time. Following a disastrous junket appearance for the "Problem Child" movie, Shalit has been avoiding Los Angeles.
Has a Belgian cream sauce named after him in Chicago's famous Shlotzky's Deli.
In 1996 he donated half of his earnings to the Silva Mind Control Institute in Laredo, Texas.
Voted "Best Celebrity Mustache" by Barbershop Quartet Quarterly 2002
Hates Easter.