Leonard Maltin is perhaps best known for his book of film capsule reviews, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, published annually from 1969 to 2014.
21 Facts About Leonard Maltin
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Leonard Maltin was raised in a Jewish family in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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Leonard Maltin began his writing career at age 15, writing for Classic Images and editing and publishing his own fanzine, Film Fan Monthly, dedicated to films from the golden age of Hollywood.
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Leonard Maltin has written several other works, including Behind the Camera, a study of cinematography, The Whole Film Sourcebook, Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia, Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals, and Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons.
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Leonard Maltin praised the Tournee of Animation on the show at one point.
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Leonard Maltin appeared on the Starz cable network, and hosted his own syndicated radio program, Leonard Maltin on Video, as well as the syndicated TV show Hot Ticket with Boston film critic Joyce Kulhawik.
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Leonard Maltin hosted a television show called Secret's Out on ReelzChannel network.
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Leonard Maltin spearheaded the creation of the Walt Disney Treasures collectible DVD line in 2001, and continued to provide creative input and host the various sets.
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For nearly a decade, Leonard Maltin was on the faculty of the New School for Social Research in New York City.
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In 1998, Leonard Maltin settled a libel suit brought by former child star Billy Gray, of Father Knows Best fame, whom Leonard Maltin identified in his review of the film Dusty and Sweets McGee as a real-life drug addict and dealer.
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From 2014 to 2019, Leonard Maltin hosted the quarterly Treasures From the Disney Vault on Turner Classic Movies.
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Leonard Maltin appeared in the South Park episode "Mecha-Streisand" where he, Sidney Poitier and Robert Smith fight the titular, Godzilla-like robot version of Barbra Streisand.
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Leonard Maltin appeared as himself in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, playing a film critic who blasts the first Gremlins film, but is attacked by the Gremlins.
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Leonard Maltin was one of the few people to appear as a "guest star" on Mystery Science Theater 3000 during its original run; during a Season Nine episode, he joins Pearl Forrester in torturing Mike Nelson and the bots with the film Gorgo.
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Leonard Maltin was mocked on the show for giving the film Laserblast a rating of 2.5 stars.
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Leonard Maltin appeared on the podcast in February 2010 and played the game himself.
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Leonard Maltin appeared on the show again in August 2010.
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In November 2010, Benson and Leonard Maltin played the game on Kevin Pollak's Chat Show.
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Leonard Maltin repeated his appearances on Doug Loves Movies in September 2011 with Jimmy Pardo and Samm Levine, in September 2012 with Chris Evans and Adam Scott and in November 2013 with Peter Segal, "Werner Herzog" and Clare Kramer.
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Leonard Maltin is married to researcher and producer Alice Tlusty, and has one daughter, Jessie, who works with him.
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In July 2018, Leonard Maltin announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease three and a half years prior.