Roger Ebert this weekend denied reports that he had kept his TV show from using the "Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down" rating system amid contract negotiations.
Ebert owns the thumbs-up/thumbs-down trademark with the estate of the late Gene Siskel, his original co-host. But the show's defining characteristic was absent from this weekend's episode, which marked the season premiere.
Perhaps they just stopped using it because it's the stupidest rating system ever devised. In fact, in the middle east, you can get your thumbs cut off for using the thumbs up/thumbs down system. They're very strict on patent laws over there. It's barbaric, really.
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It's entirely possible that they stopped using it due to the excessive shit staining from constantly having their thumbs up their asses, whilst thinking we care about what they think.
the Fonz owns the rights to that…."aaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyye"
How can you patent that?
Does anyone have a patent on raising your middle finger as a signal that the recipient should 'Fuck themselves'? If not I call dibs!
Ebert much prefers the new indicator, the Salad Toss/Prolapsed Rectum. It's the perfect indicator of quality for 98% of all Hollywood output.
If the movie "Gladiator" had gotten a thumbs down, would it have been put to death?
Thumbs up/Thumbs down is trademarked?
Well, shit I think I'll trademark the words "newbie" and "n00b". While I'm at it – I'd like to trademark the following:
This way someone says "Eat shit and die, you fuckin' turd." I'm SO bankin'.
I think Uwe Boll has trade marked "Suck".
I'm pretty sure the thumbs up/down was eliminated after Ebert started breathing heavily and having chest pains from the exertion.
Roger has given the thumbs new meanings:
"Thumbs Up" means "I feel like eating another bucket of fried chicken."
"Thumbs Down" means "911! 911! Overrated critic down! And get me a bucket of fried chicken!"
Roger Ebert and Michael Moore…. separated at birth? Lookit that pic…. they’re identical right down to their girth and glasses and hairstyles.
I know a Kurdish man who had his thumbs chopped off for wrongfully stating that he had invented a more fuel efficient camel. Everyone knows allah invented the camel a couple of thousand years ago……praise allah, peace be with him.
Roger Ebert and Michael Moore starting in… Revenge of the Hamburglar
Dun dun dun.
(I always thought the thumb system was stupid.)