Gene Shalit
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Gene Shalit (b. 1932) is a well-known movie critic on The Today Show. He appeared on Sesame Street in the 1970s.
In 1974, the Muppets appeared on The Today Show with a Bert puppet redressed as a caricature of Shalit. [1]
A Muppet version of Shalit appeared in the 1975 special The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence, followed by a pig-version of the same character.
In 1983, he appeared in the "Great Muppet Look-Alike Contest" in Muppet Magazine issue 1, paired with the Swedish Chef.
Shalit also contributed a "Movie Crumb Cake" recipe for Miss Piggy's 1996 cookbook, In the Kitchen with Miss Piggy.
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 Jim Henson's sketch of "Bert as Gene Shalit", 1974. |
 Shalit with his Muppet caricature, 1974. |
 The Muppet reviewer from the 1975 special "The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence". |
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