http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/us/andy-rooney-mainstay-on-60-minutes-dead-at-92.html
Passed away on friday.
he was the only reason i would watch any bit of 60 minutes, mostly because i found what he said to be both true and funny (i am 23) due to how blunt he could be. i would tune into the last bit of the program if i could just to get his observations
I mentioned this on my FB wall, but a handful of years back, Andy, in his newspaper column, wrote about roadmaps. How folding them were impossible, how he was still using a 1967 map of Connecticut some 25 years later.
Quote from: SteveG1988 on November 05, 2011, 07:03:23 PM
he was the only reason i would watch any bit of 60 minutes, mostly because i found what he said to be both true and funny (i am 23) due to how blunt he could be. i would tune into the last bit of the program if i could just to get his observations
Same here. Sometimes I did watch an entire episode if there was something on it that I wanted to hear about, otherwise just Rooney.
RIP Andy, you were one of a kind that can't be replaced.
I liked Andy's insight too. I did not always catch his clip, but if I was near a TV and remembered, I'd tune in to see what he had to say. RIP Andy.
I too remember him complaining about folding maps back up. I never had any issues unfolding, then folding the map back up. Of course, I have been doing it since I was a young boy. But even back then, I never found it all that difficult :sombrero:
I'll miss Andy Rooney. His commentary was often poked fun at for being a bit stodgy and behind the times, but I always found it entertaining. He inspired me to write when I was younger, though I don't write for fun so much anymore.