I’m guessing the ratings had gone down and the stations weren’t interested in slotting in another special. It was an odd concept, having two middle-aged movie critics review children’s toys. I’m guessing they didn’t do another one of these as part of the regular show because people watching were more interested in movie reviews.
Also, did you guys try contacting Andy Dursin back then? He’s the guy who uploaded the holiday videos and evidently other S&E shows under the youtube channel TheAisleSeatCom, which no longer exists. He says in the comment that he had 20 DVDs full of shows.
He ended up returning to YouTube as andyfilm recently and is still in the process of posting his whole collection. I didn’t realize until now that he has a long-running web site with a movie review blog and a message board:
The last one they did, sadly. Notice also, it was only 30 minutes and they sat in the balcony? Wonder why they did that?
I was scratching my head on this one, too, when I was prepping it earlier!
I’m guessing the ratings had gone down and the stations weren’t interested in slotting in another special. It was an odd concept, having two middle-aged movie critics review children’s toys. I’m guessing they didn’t do another one of these as part of the regular show because people watching were more interested in movie reviews.
Maybe because more and more films were getting released, they didn’t have time to do this anymore?
Steven-Do you remember posting comments on the Ebert post about this very topic? It’s right here-
https://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/siskel-and-eberts-1980s-holiday-gift-guides
Also, did you guys try contacting Andy Dursin back then? He’s the guy who uploaded the holiday videos and evidently other S&E shows under the youtube channel TheAisleSeatCom, which no longer exists. He says in the comment that he had 20 DVDs full of shows.
Yes I do recall that. Sorry I didn’t respond until now.
He ended up returning to YouTube as andyfilm recently and is still in the process of posting his whole collection. I didn’t realize until now that he has a long-running web site with a movie review blog and a message board:
http://andyfilm.com/