TICK TICK: Sunday night, Andy Rooney will deliver his 1097th and final commentary for 60 Minutes. His journalism career began with Stars & Stripes in 1942, covering World War II from London and both over and inside Nazi Germany. The oft-imitated Rooney joined 60 Minutes in July 1978.
Last year Time Magazine compiled his 10 grumpiest segments.
My parent watched 60 minutes religiously when I was growing up and I still react to Andy Rooney's voice as if it means I have to start getting ready for bed soon.
ReplyDeleteOh, thank deity. You ever have a cut or canker sore that hurts to touch but you can't stop yourself from poking at it? Yeah, that's me and Andy Rooney. I hated hearing him opine about paperclips but I could not look away.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe they didn't include the segment where his response to Kurt Cobain's suicide was "good riddance." Can't find it on youtube, but here's the segment of Almost Live (the long-running local Seattle comedy show that started the careers of both Joel McHale and Bill Nye the Science Guy) that pretty much captures my response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf5QuYAeDYE
ReplyDeleteInteresting back-story to that segment: John Keister, the host of Almost Live (the bald guy in the video) was the editor of The Rocket, the Seattle alt-weekly that may have been 80% about the music scene and 20% other stuff throughout the 80s and early 90s. Back in those days, there was no Stranger and no Seattle Weekly. The segment linked above was jokey, but I imagine it may also have been how Keister actually felt.
Damn I loved Almost Live. I can't believe The Soup has never dug up any Almost Live footage to make fun of Joel's hair.
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Good riddance! There's nothing more annoying than firing up the DVR to watch The Amazing Race and instead having this crotchety old corpse whining at you.
ReplyDeleteIt was the advent of 3DTV that did him in. Nobody wants those eyebrows lunging at them on the sofa.
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