After witnessing Woody Harrelson's spectacular Reddit Ask Me Anything fail, we wanted to talk to the genius who asked him about the time he allegedly crashed a high school prom and took a female student's virginity. So we messaged Reddit user AndyRooney.
Andy Rooney's college roommate, Bob Ruthman, died of a heart attack today while attending the 60 Minutes staple's memorial luncheon at the Century Club in Manhattan. They lived together at Colgate University in the '40s. When you have a bunch of 90 year-olds hanging out together, this is probably a statistical…
Never retire: almost six weeks to the day after delivering his last cranky essay on 60 Minutes, writer and commentator Andy Rooney is dead of complications following minor surgery. He was 92, and had delivered exactly 1,097 of his trademark on-air bitch sessions.
Recently-retired 60 Minutes correspondent Andy Rooney is in "stable" but "serious" condition at a hospital following complications from surgery. Rooney's last segment on 60 Minutes—his 1,097th—aired three weeks ago. He is 92. [CBS News]
Since Andy Rooney's final "Here's what I hate this week!" 60 Minutes segment aired last night, fans of the curmudgeonly old coot must look elsewhere (e.g. Curb Your Enthusiasm) for grouchy inspiration. Or they could just watch this clip of Bill O'Reilly telling a story tonight about the time he found himself in an…
With his normally cluttered desk wiped clean and his hair slicked back—his eyebrows, however, roamed free—curmudgeonly commentator Andy Rooney signed off from 60 Minutes tonight. In his final show-ending segment, the 92-year-old said he is and will always be a writer before anything else, apologized for the (very…
Momentously eyebrowed useless old crank Andy Rooney has finally said enough. Just a day after CBS announced that the befuddled nonagenarian would return to his slot on 60 Minutes next week, they're announcing that next week will be Rooney's last appearance on the show. He's been there since 1978. About fucking time.
In your magical Monday media column: Andy Rooney lives, Patch is a hard gig, Menupages sells for millions, Julian Assange lives the country life, and David Gergen lives getting naked with George Clooney.
It had been a little while since 60 Minutes had graced us with a show-ending Andy Rooney segment, but tonight, everyone's favorite senile curmudgeon was back—and complaining about something, naturally. Tonight's victim? The confusing, evil, soul-destroying e-book!
On tonight's 60 Minutes, Andy Rooney tackled a story about a Virginia history textbook that was revealed to contain 140 mistakes. Then, Rooney bragged about all the books he's written. Then, he again criticized the aforementioned author. The video, inside.
We already know (because he told us) that Andy Rooney hates throwing things away. On tonight's 60 Minutes, we learned that—even if it's for charity—there's no way in hell Rooney will give anything to anybody—like, EVER. Watch inside.
Apparently, two things happen when you get old: you accumulate tons of stuff, and you don't want to throw it away. Such is the case for Andy Rooney, who discussed the issue—and name-dropped a lot—on tonight's 60 Minutes.
On tonight's 60 Minutes, Andy Rooney cited a study that claimed that Asian-Americans who live in New Jersey and have a good sense of humor have the best chance to live to be 100—he was skeptical! Watch inside.
Those unfamiliar with Bill O'Reilly and his Factor may not know that he does nightly "Reality Checks" on people he feels need to be, well, checked, boo. Tonight, O'Reilly took on Andy Rooney's rambling rant from last night's 60 MInutes.
Last week, 60 Minutes was boring. Why? Because there was no Andy Rooney! Luckily for us, though, Rooney was back tonight with a nonsensical rant about how much he hates surveys—even though he constantly reads them. Watch inside.
Today at Gawker.TV, SNL takes on Back to the Future, Shaq goes in drag for Halloween, Taylor Swift writes songs about all of her exes, Ellen DeGeneres' writer freaks out inside a haunted house, and Andy Rooney actually likes something!
Stop the presses—Andy Rooney's finally found something that he doesn't hate! During yesterday's 60 Minutes, Rooney revealed that he'd recently seen Secretariat. Further, Rooney enjoyed the film (though not as much as seeing the horse in person).
On this week's edition of, "Andy Rooney Talks About Things That He Hates," we have this: Rooney goes through fan mail, and then criticizes the people who wrote him letters! He also says that he will never shave his eyebrows.
On Sunday, we told you that Andy Rooney has vowed to lose 20 lbs. by Halloween. (Video here.) Tonight, Stephen Colbert hilariously discussed the absurdity of Rooney's goal after playing an even more hilarious clip reel of his constant complaining.
Inside, we have highlights from this week's edition of The Soup. Who were the targets? Andy Rooney, the bleach fight on Bad Girls Club, Oprah's interview with JK Rowling, the new Jonas Brothers hit single "Rain" and more!
