This popped up on my "recommended feed" I grew up watching 60 minutes every Sunday afternoon in Iceland in the 90s, the phrase "Those stories (and Andy Rooney) tonight, on 60 Minutes" just give me goosebumps.
I loved Rooney back in the 80s. I had no idea Rooney was on 60m for so long. I stopped watching TV long before 2011. I might have tuned in on Sundays if I had known.
I´M IN LOVE WITH ANDY ROONEY!!! - Always witty and kind. His voice and gentle choice of words - in spirit. - Never rude - still sharp Composure. HAPPY! - there were such a man.
Andy Rooney and Walter Cronkite were the best newsmen of the last century. They gave us the news without an agenda or shaping how you view or think what was really news.
Are you kidding me? Those guys were a part of the “operation mockingbird” scandal that the Church Commission revealed during their investigations in the mid to late 70’s. Don’t kid yourself. They were probably MORE corrupt than our current media because it started during the beginnings of the Cold War.
I still watch "60 Minutes", but not quite as often, as it's just not the same without Mike Wallace. And Morley Safer. And especially the end segment with Andy.
@@user-tq3rr8vy2w , naw, I still do CBS Sunday Morning, they still have a lot of good features, including two I liked this morning, with George Clooney and the sister of Jim Morrison (which also featured the two surviving members of The Doors). And I think the first one, which was about the problems developing because we have too damn many satellites in space! And 60 Minutes still has good stories, but it won't ever match the '80s, '90s, and early 2000s heyday of all the aforementioned. And my son, who just turned 30, always liked the Andy Rooney segments, because it reminded him of Grandpa Bob, also known as my late father. There was something of a resemblance, both physically and crotchetyness.
I can still recite the intro with all the cast as I sometimes do to the befuddled looks of anyone around me. I grew up as a TV addict, so I have a hundred intros, commercials and ads in my head.
I've always admired Mr. Rooney. He entered our living room every week. I looked forward to hearing his commentary and reading his books. I'm a ghost writer because of him. I'm a songwriter because of many. Though I've had others I've admired, Andy was the best in the business. I'm sure he inspired many journalists.
The main difference between yesterday's media and today's media is that today we've got a media outlet called "Fox" which was intended at its founding to be the propaganda arm of the republican party. Otherwise we've still got the NY Times and others delivering all the news that republicans can't stand because it's the truth.
@@Cryptonymicus You mean the NY Times that reported actor Jussie Smollett was attacked by Trump supporters? That NY Times? Please give me a break. You are fooling no one.
@@BillBird2111 When a newspaper makes a mistake they print a retraction. Something Fox News does not do. Vote once, and get ready to accept Biden as our President . Trump is a cult leader. Sad and pathetic. 🤯😩😡🤬
i do understand what he is saying but some times as a fan I wish to be able to shack that man's hand and say Thank you for being a small part of my life
I always loved listening to what Andy had to say. You may not have agreed with everything he had to say, but at least he was honest. You don't get that to much these days. No one will ever be able to replace the Great Andy Rooney! RIP Andy
Although I disagree with his politics at my age (54)…I grew up with 60 Minutes, Andy, Hee Haw, Little House on the Prairie, The Waltons etc…he was an AMAZING HUMAN. I own his “best of” on VHS 😂 and still own a working VCR. God Bless this gentle(MAN)! Too many wonderful memories ❤️🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼
The Talent of CBS personalities is at a nadir. As well as the masculinity of its reporters. "afraid to be pummeled" by 94 year old Any Rooney- one doesn't need to wonder about the death of investigative journalism.
One of the nicest people in the business i have ever met. He was kind, funny and didn’t ignore those of us on the other end of the camera. Because he was one of us.
Had the opportunity in meeting him when I was a bellman at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Philadelphia. The original Ritz-Carlton on 17th st. All he kept talking to me about on the way to his room was how he wanted to stop talking to me because I was making his neck sore from looking up at me. I'm 6'8" tall. He was very nice from what I could tell.
Indeed. Just because people are grandchildren, time will tell if they're grand. And if they are great grandchildren, that's an even bigger mountain to climb. Those poor souls have to be grand and great. Out of all the people I've known, including myself, very few are grand, let alone great. But most are pretty good.
My uncle worked with him at CBS and Rooney was REALLY exactly how he is in these segments. I remember my uncle telling me about how he would stubbornly walk from the CBS building in such a slow, old-man fashion. I assume he was walking to/from a restaurant or something. And this massive truck came barreling at him and it was really close to hitting him hahaha. I think he may have even been jay walking. But he was so determined to be independent and I would be too if I was that sharp at 92.
CBS milked him for all its worth right up until the very end. I watched the stopwatch when it was new. Those stores and Andy Rooney tonight, on 60 Minutes.
Andy Rooney says in a quiet whispering voice or in a squeaky voice saying when I was a little girl my mommy and daddy and he said im not a little girl anymore
And deceased within four weeks of this final sign-off from "major complications of minor surgery." I can imagine his take on that. Godspeed, Andy (even though you were an atheist, no offense.).
