More Taste, Less Overacting

June, 1985

As we are increasingly bombarded by hulking athletes trying to sell us everything from beer to various-sized trucks, we couldn't resist asking our premier film critics to assess the jocks' performances. We persuaded Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert to take a break from "At the Movies." Then we locked them in a darkened room in our Chicago headquarters and forced them to watch more commercials than humans should be allowed to view at one sitting. Miraculously, they agreed on the best and the...

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