Roger Ebert Loves Creationism as Much as He Loved Sleepless in Seattle
All Aboard the Palin Train


Tubby film critic and possible snow bunny Roger Ebert wants you to know that reviewing movies for X many years also makes you a perfect candidate to debunk evolution.

Favorite quote, after the jump:

Q. Was there a Noah, and did he have an Ark?

A. Certainly. There are many unverified reports of a massive wooden vessel on Mount Ararat. The Arc contained eight people, from whom we are all descended. It also contained two of each kind of animal. Since living species were obviously not created through an evolutionary process, every surviving land-based mammal species (about 5,400) had both ancestors on the Arc.

Q: What about dinosaurs?

A. They walked the earth at the same time as man, but were wiped out by the Flood, whose turbulence buried their bones in non-sequential sediments.

"You see, in the beginning the world was much like The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas, which I once called 'an ideal first movie for infants, who can enjoy the bright colors on the screen and wave their tiny hands to the music.'"

Update: Ebert's editorial was either political satire or a hacker. Thank god.

Sep 23, 2008 · posted by drew · Link · 7 Responses
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Comments (7)

No. 1 Keith says:

WTF? People really do believe this sort of thing? Roger Ebert? No wonder I've never listened to one single review of his.

Posted: Sep 23, 2008 at 10:10 am
No. 2 Voodoo Man says:

We live in a post-fact world now.

Posted: Sep 23, 2008 at 10:13 am
No. 3 Laura says:

Roger Ebert is joking. It's a joke. He's an extremely smart man who, among other things, wrote a great op-ed criticizing Scary, er, Sarah Palin two weeks ago. This is how stupid things get spread. He's joking. It's a joke.

Posted: Sep 23, 2008 at 11:05 am
No. 4 sarah says:

Ebert is an avowed democrat who wrote a scathing op-ed evicerating Palin last week. His answers are jokes; your post is lame. Also, he is no longer tubby, having survived espophagal cancer. Get it your shit straight before posting. Not cool.

Posted: Sep 23, 2008 at 11:15 am
No. 5 paul says:

I have he's kidding. I don't want to think Ebert is a idiot.

Posted: Sep 23, 2008 at 12:40 pm
No. 6 Mark says:

He admitted it was satire:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/eber.....e_age.html

Ending the column with the moose comment seemed like a joke but creationists are just about parody-proof.

Posted: Sep 24, 2008 at 12:12 am
No. 7 Des says:

Really? He referenced The Flintstones and you thought he was serious? I have a pet stegosaurus I keep on an island I call Eden that I would like to introduce to you.

Posted: Sep 24, 2008 at 1:17 am
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