October 26, 2004
Will the Real Roger Ebert please stand up?
My parent company, Phooeyhoo, recently raised questions about Roger Ebert's new, turtle-like appearance in a promotional image for the Ebert & Roeper show.
While I was clicking about this morning, I found another promotional image, this one for ebert.com, and the difference is striking, as you can see from this juxtaposition:
Now, the one for ebert.com can't be all that old, but it's clear the man has gone for an image makeover in the intervening time -- he's traded in his old owl-like glasses for a sleaker set of specs, and switched from a laid-back blouse-and-pullover outfit to more of a black-tie, button-down scene.
But most striking is the severe narrowing of the man's face. I'm sorry, but the best diet in the world will not alter the width of your cranium. And, as Porntato! pointed out, he would have to eat his own chin skin to tighten up the neck like that. Something very wrong and probably illegal has been done to this man. All credit goes to Phooeyhoo for directing our attention to it, and I thought this little comparison would help bring out just how serious it is.
America cannot take four more years of this! Think of the Ebert!
Posted by FLOG at October 26, 2004 11:47 AMWhile trading barbs with Vincent Gallo, he mentioned he was on some sort of extreme weight loss program. This is a man that's lost a lot a weight and has (probably) had a face lift. Nothing too exciting.
Now I'm going to have to tape one of his shows and see for sure.
Posted by: Blog at October 26, 2004 12:34 PMJust a crash diet and a face lift? Or, desolate at the loss of his only cool friend, Russ Meyer, has he stopped eating altogether at the behest of Sister Morphine and begun torturing himself with the C-clamps in the garage because the pain makes him feel alive again?
I'm leaning toward the latter.
Posted by: FLOG™ at October 26, 2004 1:06 PMI'll make a point of recording Ebert on my computer and post the file on phooeyhoo next week. We will get to the bottom of this!
Posted by: phooeyhoo at October 26, 2004 2:49 PMI hadn't considered the Russ Meyer angle. It's all become so clear now.
Posted by: blog at October 27, 2004 9:29 AMI found this stupid blog when trying to find his real site. You people are such idiots. I met Roger Ebert, he is a very nice, real person. He did not get a face lift. The reason his face is slightly lopsided is because he had throat cancer and had to have part of his jaw/chin removed. He might have had something cosmetically done to balance it out. That would also explain his weight loss. So please, before you go spreading rumors about him, get your facts straight. And also, why do you CARE? Get a life and get a job. Morons!
Posted by: Melissa at August 17, 2005 2:11 PMYeah, morons!
Posted by: FLOG at October 1, 2005 8:40 AMHe's definately lopsided. Can't they insert a prosthetic jawbone or something?
Posted by: wheatpup at March 14, 2006 6:24 PM