Andy Rooney signs off from ‘60 Minutes’: ‘Wish I could do this forever’

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

NEW YORK — Andy Rooney insisted he’s not retiring. He’s a writer, and a writer never stops being a writer.

Even so, he delivered his final weekly essay on “60 Minutes” Sunday night, his last in his 33 years with the newsmagazine. It was a moment, he said he has dreaded.

“I wish I could do this forever. I can’t, though,” he said.

CBS News announced last week that the 92-year-old Rooney would be stepping down from his well-entrenched berth on “60 Minutes” after delivering his 1,097th commentary.

Read more: http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/television/8003278-421/andy-rooney-signs-off-from-60-minutes-wish-i-could-do-this-forever.html

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[Ken Burch]

1. But Andy, you HAVE done it forever...or at least it seems that way...

:eyes:

Your brows will live on in our minds.

[eilen]

7. He sure has done this forever.

I guess it's only a matter of time before they cancel 60 Min now.

[Ken Burch]

8. They may not need to cancel it.

It'll probably just end on its own when they put Mike Wallace out on the ice floe.

[Festivito]

2. Doesn't answer most of his mail, leans Dem and If you see him out at a restaurant, just let him eat.

Pretty good interview.

Oh, in the middle of it, the old curmudgeon, feeling it hard to say so, says "thank you" in a heartwarmingly genuine way I'd say you could feel right through the TV screen.

Thanks, Andy, for the realness.

[No Elephants]

5. I'm not sure how far Dem he leans these days.

[Festivito]

13. I know. He's made me livid a few times. But, he says so, so, that's saying so.

I think he lacked proper information on some things he spoke which made me mad. Can't remember one of them -- not that I shouldn't recall it -- just ain't happening.

That makes me question most Dems I know. They don't all live here.

[HowHeThinks]

3. I guess it's time..........

his curmudgeon act was wearing very thin. And those eyebrows! :puke: Why would anyone want to look at the world through those hairy tarantulas on their forehead? Trim them for god's sake!

[Ken Burch]

4. perhaps he's too frightened of them to trim them

n/t.

[DesertFlower]

9. i'd pay him if he let me trim them.

[No Elephants]

6. Buh bye--and please take Emily Rooney with you.

[Township75]

10. The Good Ole Boy sytem loses a giant.

We can only hope Tony Kornheiser and Don Imus are soont o follow.

[russspeakeasy]

11. Is "Dancing with the Stars" in his future ??

[greiner3]

12. I notice this post is;

A troll 'honey pot.'

But then what does that make me?