CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's the 50th anniversary of "Siskel & Ebert." The two Chicago film critics' groundbreaking TV show influenced generations of movie makers, Hollywood powerbrokers and fans.

After Gene's death in 1999, critic and author Richard Roeper became Roger's partner in the balcony. He shared memories with ABC7 about the phenomenon of two guys just talking about the movies.

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Roeper joined ABC7 at the Lake Street screening room where Ebert and Siskel watched hundreds of films.

"Roger always sat in his seat over there and Gene sat on the other side, because they had this thing like, don't talk about it unless it's on the air when it came to movies," Roeper said. "The magic was their two personalities because you couldn't manu

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