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In 1962, Rooney began a long collaboration with the correspondent Harry Reasoner, writing and producing a series of Reasoner's CBS News specials. Rooney followed them to CBS in 1949 as a writer for "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" and then "The Garry Moore Show." He also began writing for CBS News, for such programs as "The Twentieth Century" and "The Morning Show with Will Rogers, Jr." While in London, he met two men who would go on to iconic success at CBS, Walter Cronkite and Don Hewitt. "I hate to say it, but I had a great time in World War II," he once said. In 1941, while attending Colgate University, he was drafted into the Army, leading to one of Rooney's formative experiences, covering World War II for the "Stars and Stripes" newspaper, what he called "the single luckiest thing that ever happened to me." I mean, who?Īndrew Aitken "Andy" Rooney was born in Albany, N.Y. "The singers I know have been replaced by singers like Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Usher. "If I am so 'average American,' how come that I have never heard of most of the musical groups that millions of others Americans apparently are listening to," he said. In one of his final appearances, Rooney kvetched about changes in pop music. Rooney once mentioned the idea of returning junk mail to its senders in their own postage-paid envelopes during a 60 Minutes commentary someone combined that notion with. Call if you're out there, Roebuck," he deadpanned. Sears, whatever happened to Roebuck? You never hear Sears, Roebuck anymore. In a 2008 commentary, Rooney marveled at the flood of Christmas catalogues stuffing his mailbox. I suppose that's why Bill Gates is rich, and Underwood is out of business." "I had one typewriter for 50 years, but I have bought seven computers in six years. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund. But that's as far as I want to go being kind to Bill Gates," Rooney said in one of his classic essays. I don’t think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. … Seemed like a nice guy and has done more with his money than most billionaires. We think it'll be good for us."One day about 10 years ago the door to my office opened and who walked in but Bill Gates. "Everything we do is for some reason we think makes sense.
"For the biggest part of the year, we're battling our friends and battling our enemies, we're competing with everyone in an effort to get ahead of them," he said.
The man known for his often caustic take on American traditions was surprisingly soft on the holidays. "I've had Christmas presents I liked better than others, but I've never had a Christmas present I didn't like."
I think of my complaint as a public service."īut at Christmas time, Rooney said, he's more like Gretzky. Example: Collected on the Internet, October 2007 I've learned. I make sure the waiter knows I'm not happy about it, and I figure the waiter will let the chef know. Published Claim: List compiles Andy Rooney's observations on what he'd learned. In the 1988 video above, he brought up hockey great Wayne Gretzky, who once said that if he orders his steak rare and it comes well-done, he eats it anyway. Listening is a totally different way to receive information. We may read well, and we may even receive the information we read well, but we’re terrible listeners. By his own admission, Andy Rooney wasn't the type to stay quiet if something was not to his liking. David Brinkley once said that the ear is the least effective way to receive information.
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