one of the good old boy news reporters. gene just was more of a, for lack of a better word, elegant character. caught the eye of hugh hefner, and he was adopted by the clan at the mansion. and he traveled with hefner in the bunny jet. even though roger wrote beyond the valley of the dolls, i think gene lived the life for a while. ♪ ♪ >> the perfect matching of opposites, siskel and ebert, laurel and hardy, oscar and felix, really made sneak previews a sitcom about two guys who lived in a movie theater. >> roger and i go to the movies as critics is the subject.