The Object of My Affection/Paulie/Nightwatch/Suicide Kings/Wild Man Blues/Chinese Box

Roger Ebert - Host: [reviewing "Paulie"] In a way, this whole movie comes down to whether or not you like Paulie the parrot, and I didn't. He talks and talks and talks, and at first, you're amazed by a talking parrot, but at the end of the movie, you're ready for the parrot to shut up already!

Gene Siskel - Host: Yeah, I mean, I didn't like "Paulie" either. Now, I want to tell you something. Just by sheer coincidence, two days before we saw this movie, I saw a movie called "Babe" again.

Roger Ebert - Host: Uh-huh.

Gene Siskel - Host: Oh. Oh my God...

Roger Ebert - Host: Okay, "Babe"?

Gene Siskel - Host: In other words, it CAN be done. You can anthropormorphize...

Roger Ebert - Host: Well no no no no...

Gene Siskel - Host: ...A creature.

Roger Ebert - Host: ...Wait a minute, I'd like to corr- it can be done with a pig, a dog, a horse, and a cat, and a monkey...

Gene Siskel - Host: And a duck.

Roger Ebert - Host: And a duck, and a whale, but it can't be done with a parrot.

Gene Siskel - Host: Well, I wouldn't want to put limits on people, it can be done with good writing, and there isn't any in this one.

[Ebert chuckles]

Gene Siskel - Host: I mean, no, I did not like "Paulie", I wanted, uh, to have a big cat come up and just eat the parrot.

Roger Ebert - Host: Oh no, no, no, that's cruel, Gene.

Gene Siskel - Host: That's intended to be cruel.