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Roger Ebert Pwns Us All

By Marcus Gilmer in Miscellaneous on Sep 25, 2008 6:50PM

Aside from being one of the city's most recognizable cultural icons, as well as a bad ass who has battled cancer and kept churning out quality work, movie critic Roger Ebert has a wicked sense of humor, as this Q&A from earlier in the month shows [via kottke].

Q. Yo dude, u missed out on "Disaster Movie," a hardcore laugh-ur-@zz-off movie! Y U not review this movie!? It was funny as #ell! Prolly the funniest movie of the summer! U never review these, wat up wit dat?

S.J. Stanczak, Chicago

A. Hey, bro, I wuz buzier than $#i+, @d they never shoed it b4 hand. I peeped in the IMDb and saw it zoomed to #1 as the low$ie$t flic of all time, wit @ lame-@zz UZer Rating of 1.3. U liked it? Wat up wit dat?