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I don’t have too many TV shows that I watch religiously anymore, but one that I try to never miss is 60 Minutes. I find it to be an incredibly well done news show and week in and week out they offer stories that I find interesting and I am able to learn something. I love everything about the show until the last two minutes when they, for reasons beyond me, allow Andy Rooney to do his little commentary gig. I have been a watcher of 60 minutes for years and have always wondered why do they allow Rooney to do his tired and boring commentary week in and week out? What caused me to finally write something about this was the story that he did tonight.
Tonight he pulled out letters that were sent to him and he spent his lousy couple of minutes mocking the people who sent him these letters. Just to make sure we are clear and you happened to not of seen this, these letters were not bad letters, these letters were actually nice letters sent to Andy. For some reason Andy decided to degrade the people most important to him, 60 Minutes and CBS, THE DAMN AUDIENCE!
Even if his previous riveting episodes that included showing off how messy his desk was and what books he has in his office, did not prove that it is time to put this guy out to pasture, this show I think surely did. What he clearly showed tonight is that he does not give a damn about who is watching him and he believes no matter what he says, everyone will tune back in next week. I wonder, what would happen if everyone in America would change the channel when Andy’s segment was being introduced? Do you think that might be a cause of concern for the advertisers who are paying for that time slot? Do you think that might get CBS and 60 minutes attention?
Very simply put Andy, what do you offer each week with your little stories? I could care less about your desk, your books and probably next week, you will give us a tour of your sock drawer. You don’t get it do you? It is NOT about you anymore, it should of never been about you. It’s about us, your viewers, the people who watch you. Either begin realizing that or do us all a favor and get out.
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I’ve hated Andy Rooney ever since his callous “so what” commentary on Kurt Cobain’s suicide. However, with the mercenary nature of television news and the recent attacks on press freedom, I’m touched at the loyalty of 60 minutes producers in keeping the old gasbag around.
I just hope they retire him while he can still form coherent sentences and wish they would rename the show 55 minutes.
You ever wonder why…..
Anyway, I see him getting a little more alzheimerish. But I will never forget when he ponied up his own money, $1M, and baited OJ to find the killer of his ex-wife and Goldman. That was a classic.
Joe - It’s time, he needs to go. They don’t need to even replace him, just have the stories go a couple of minutes longer.
David - I don’t remember that. I guess that happened when he actually had a pulse.
Thanks for the comments.
I’m just amazed he can read the teleprompter through those eyebrows. Maybe that’s why he is always talking about himself, he doesn’t have to read to do that.
I do wonder however, is there a crowd of old “gasbags” still watching him and love him. I agree with your assessment Cord, but we have a tendency to look at things through our own eyes. CBS skews to an older audience, that doesn’t subscribe to online news, that will never, ever get a DVR and may actually still like the fact that 60 min. hasn’t changed. When does it tip? I don’t know, but maybe just maybe they/he recognizes it is about us, it just that “we” aren’t the us in this equation.
Nice post.
Antman - Great point and you are probably right on the money. There are many others out there that are the same age as Rooney who thinks he walks on water. Oh well. Thanks for the comment
I make a dive for the remote control when he comes on to make sure not even 1 frame of his annoyingness enters my home. There must be a way for CBS to turn my dislike for him into ratings. I’m sensing some type of reality show where at the end the winner gets to fire Andy Rooney.
Hillel - Maybe the game show could be that people have to watch Andy Rooney for hours and hours and hours until there is one person left standing and they are the winner.
Thanks for the comment.
Cruel and unusual.