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Title: Andy Rooney 300 B.C. - Nov. 2011
Post by: Arachno-capitalist on November 05, 2011, 10:35:28 pm: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4105441n

His schtick always seemed to be "I'm a confused old man who doesn't want to understand things". Well, good night sweet prince.
Title: Re: Andy Rooney 300 B.C. - Nov. 2011
Post by: Nabubrush on November 05, 2011, 11:11:25 pm: I saw someone I know eulogizing him effusively on FB and I was pretty surprised. Nothing against him, but he seemed pretty out of it during his whole career. He reminded me a lot of Grampa Simpson.
Title: Re: Andy Rooney 300 B.C. - Nov. 2011
Post by: wombat on November 05, 2011, 11:18:27 pm: What did he do for a living before he was a confused old man?
Title: Re: Andy Rooney 300 B.C. - Nov. 2011
Post by: Nabubrush on November 05, 2011, 11:19:08 pm: Quote from: wombat on November 05, 2011, 11:18:27 pm
What did he do for a living before he was a confused old man?

I'm pretty sure he fought in WWII. I think he may have been a straight newscaster, too.
Title: Re: Andy Rooney 300 B.C. - Nov. 2011
Post by: Nabubrush on November 05, 2011, 11:26:07 pm: Per Wiki, it looks like he was pretty much always a writer (a war correspondent during WWII), other than his work on 60 Minutes.

Sometimes he said things like:
Quote from: Andy Rooney
(T)oo much alcohol, too much food, drugs, homosexual unions, cigarettes [are] all known to lead to premature death.

And also that that it was "silly" for Native Americans to complain about team names like the Redskins and that
Quote from: Andy Rooney
The real problem is, we took the country away from the Indians, they want it back and we're not going to give it to them. We feel guilty and we'll do what we can for them within reason, but they can't have their country back.

Also, he seems not to have been too impressed by Kurt Cobain.
Title: Re: Andy Rooney 300 B.C. - Nov. 2011
Post by: smick on November 06, 2011, 12:11:04 am: You would do well to search YouTube for "Andy Rooney Game"

It reveals gems such as: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnL9-qrLwIg

Or, you could click this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y94dFAlYBhg&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL286AADB54427BA76 and just let it run...
Title: Re: Andy Rooney 300 B.C. - Nov. 2011
Post by: Nabubrush on November 06, 2011, 12:20:51 am: I remember that - it is surprisingly enjoyable.
Title: Re: Andy Rooney 300 B.C. - Nov. 2011
Post by: miles on November 06, 2011, 06:44:40 am: It never occurred to me that complaining about offensive sports team names is a power grab. Not very effective if you ask me.
Title: Re: Andy Rooney 300 B.C. - Nov. 2011
Post by: Nabubrush on November 06, 2011, 02:34:12 pm: Quote from: miles on November 06, 2011, 06:44:40 am
It never occurred to me that complaining about offensive sports team names is a power grab. Not very effective if you ask me.

Well, experience has taught them that they should start pretty small.