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Andy Rooney's farewell on 60 Minutes tonight was quite good. As much eye-rolling as his segments can cause, you can't argue he was one of the parts that made the show such a well-oiled machine. I do wonder what will go in that segment's place.
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Too bad Carlin's dead. They'd never know the difference. Is Seinfeld old enough yet to be on 60 Minutes?flyonthewall2983 wrote:Andy Rooney's farewell on 60 Minutes tonight was quite good. As much eye-rolling as his segments can cause, you can't argue he was one of the parts that made the show such a well-oiled machine. I do wonder what will go in that segment's place.
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I seem to remember Charles Grodin doing a similar segment on 60 Minutes II, he would be a shoe-in.
It would be interesting if they went back to doing a weekly guest contributor like they did before Andy joined the show.
It would be interesting if they went back to doing a weekly guest contributor like they did before Andy joined the show.
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You can't be serious.knives wrote:Too bad Carlin's dead. They'd never know the difference.flyonthewall2983 wrote:Andy Rooney's farewell on 60 Minutes tonight was quite good. As much eye-rolling as his segments can cause, you can't argue he was one of the parts that made the show such a well-oiled machine. I do wonder what will go in that segment's place.
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Andy Rooney is less an unfunny George Carlin, and more an unfunny Jerry Seinfeld. "What's the deal with coffee cans shrinking in size every year?" "What's the deal with the cotton in pill bottles?"
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You have to admit the taking a dump bit is something Rooney would obliviously complain about.
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It was amazing during his interview with Morley Safer (who probably won't be that far behind Andy soon) how little we've seen him walk, of which there was a little clip of. Sans glasses, he was the perfect embodiment of the guy from Up.
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I got this comparison's back: Carlin's material in the last ten years of his life (maybe more, really) was indistinguishable from Andy Rooney. Brain Droppings is legitimately one of the dumbest pieces of shit I've ever thumbed through
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The Bob Simon tribute episode was quite nice. Got to admire someone who puts his neck out there, but has the composure he does even under the stress he would find himself in in those rather troubled areas of the world.
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Morley Safer died a week after retiring from the show. I seem to remember Andy Rooney dying not long after his last show too. Maybe steady employment at CBS is the secret to living forever.
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An author hired to write a book on the show's 50th anniversary was replaced mid-way through after asking questions about how women were treated behind the scenes. Many of the things detailed in this NYT article are not a good look for CBS News, especially in the light of the allegations raised against Charlie Rose.
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Steve Kroft to retire with this Sunday's broadcast being his final show. I remember some retrospective he did and he talked about the time he asked Clint Eastwood a rather blunt question about his children, and said he felt like one of his movie posters was staring back at him because he looked visibly pissed off for a few seconds before answering calmly.
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That doc is on Hulu now, and comes highly recommended.
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