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Andy Rooney Leaving "60 Minutes"

...Rooney started out with CBS as a writer for Arthur Godfrey. Say what you want about the man -- and he has displayed some unsavory prejudices from time to time -- but that kind of longevity is to be admired. I think only a handful of people in radio -- Paul Harvey, Studs Terkel, George Putnam (all now deceased) -- can claim such a long and successful career, certainly nobody in television can...
 
Ultimajock said:
...Rooney started out with CBS as a writer for Arthur Godfrey. Say what you want about the man -- and he has displayed some unsavory prejudices from time to time -- but that kind of longevity is to be admired. I think only a handful of people in radio -- Paul Harvey, Studs Terkel, George Putnam (all now deceased) -- can claim such a long and successful career, certainly nobody in television can...
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1949, and that after he wrote for The Stars and Stripes during the War. Like him or not, as the old line liberal that he is, he has had a very distinguished and successful career. If you figure that he has been at it since 1949, he has worked 62 years at CBS, the age many people are when they retire.
 
Silkie said:
...he has been at it since 1949, he has worked 62 years at CBS, the age many people are when they retire.
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Or, rather, Rooney's put in a full lifetime (62 years, not too far from qualifying from Social Security) at CBS. Certainly, you can't take away his work ethic - even if it is nitpicking at different things most of the time. ::)
 
Silkie said:
If you figure that he has been at it since 1949, he has worked 62 years at CBS, the age many people are when they retire.
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Also the average age of folks that watch CBS. ;D
 
Note: 62 year olds are now part of the valuable Alpha Boomer cohort which nat'l ad agencies are now acknowledging.
 
Mario-500 said:
DToTheJ said:
His final commentary is this Sunday.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/27/60minutes/main20112444.shtml

I guess he finally ran out of things to bitch about.
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Why must you be rude?
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I think it's mostly accurate but so what? That WAS his job. They told him to make observations like that, so he did. He generally did it in a good spirited way, but like most things, some people take things the wrong way. And yes he did have some prejudices but you're not gonna be in a job that long without exposing some of your prejudices.
 
It's time.

He hasn't looked good or sounded good for years.
And it is hard to escape the creeping senility in his recent commentaries.
In some sense it was cruel to him to keep him on this long.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
It's time.

He hasn't looked good or sounded good for years.
And it is hard to escape the creeping senility in his recent commentaries.
In some sense it was cruel to him to keep him on this long.
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I agree. I used to like his commentaries. Yes, they were "bitchy," but they were witty, too. Lately, they've just been kind of icky- like the revelations he keeps making about his personal hygiene...brushing his teeth once a day, or wearing a shirt for 3 days to save money and energy. I hate to say it, but that speaks to either a creeping senility, or just plain late-in-life cheapness. I'm sure Andy has plenty of money.

CBS had the right idea to phase him out a few years ago, but brought him back due to the silly outcry about age discrimination, and because his replacements weren't very compelling. Doesn't matter - the show doesn't need the extra feature - they can just give the time back to the main segments (as they've been doing), or run the occasional "Letter to the Editor" feature.
 
Here's my take on Andy leaving as Andy might say it.......

Ya know not many things stay put in one place for a long time anymore. Those days are gone.
Birds gotta fly. Cows gotta roam. Dogs gotta run. Those who do stay in one place for a long time
eventually get tired. Their bones start to ache.....from lack of exercise. Their butts get numb
.....if they're sitting. The world just seems to pass them by.

Much the same has happend to me......now that I'm 92. I really can't fly anymore or run for that
matter. But, I can still roam.....at my own slow pace. Sometimes it's good to get up and go. As
much as you've become accustomed to being sedentary, you know that it's time to re-join the
world outside. So as my journey here comes to an end, my chair will still be here and I can take
staisfaction in knowing that in my own way I've warmed it up for the next person.......so in that
way a small piece of me will be staying behind. A nice warm nest for the next bird to sit in.
 
@Mario: It was not my intent to be rude, but as Mark replied, he was basically just doing his job. In fact, I wish he would have carried on until at least mid-October, so he can end on the nice, round number of 1,100 commentaries.
 
Like him or not, agree with him or not, Rooney's segment
was certainly an improvement over its predecessor, "Point/
Counterpoint," with Shana Alexander and Jack Kilpatrick.
You knew they'd never agree on anything, so the whole thing
was (no pun intended) pointless. Personally, I wish Andy nothing
but the best in his remaining years.
 
gregg75 said:
Here's my take on Andy leaving as Andy might say it.......

Ya know not many things stay put in one place for a long time anymore. Those days are gone.
Birds gotta fly. Cows gotta roam. Dogs gotta run. Those who do stay in one place for a long time
eventually get tired. Their bones start to ache.....from lack of exercise. Their butts get numb
.....if they're sitting. The world just seems to pass them by.

Much the same has happend to me......now that I'm 92. I really can't fly anymore or run for that
matter. But, I can still roam.....at my own slow pace. Sometimes it's good to get up and go. As
much as you've become accustomed to being sedentary, you know that it's time to re-join the
world outside. So as my journey here comes to an end, my chair will still be here and I can take
staisfaction in knowing that in my own way I've warmed it up for the next person.......so in that
way a small piece of me will be staying behind. A nice warm nest for the next bird to sit in.
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Hahahaha....you nailed it!
 
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