BB: I like them both, too, and still watch the Ebert-less Ebert & Roeper program every week. The "guest critics" have been a strange mix, though, ranging from other excellent real critics (NY Times' A. O. Scott) to celebrities who don't know jack about cinema (John Mellencamp -- seriously).

So, I miss Ebert on the show, but I'm a big fan of his writing (Awake in the Dark should be in every movie fan's collection), and it's great that he's well enough to be back on the Sun-Times movie beat.

ChrisB: that's awesome. I remember reading about those pollsters. And you saw deleted Ebert copy? I'm jealous.