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'I Can't Get Over It'

Hamilton Nolan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:08:34 EDT

Andy Rooney—whose work we do not usually care for—was overcome with grief while delivering the eulogy at Walter Cronkite's funeral yesterday, and had to excuse himself after less than two minutes. It's god damn heartbreaking. A generation passes.

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Andy Rooney is a Great-Grandfather!

The Cajun Boy — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:37:29 EDT

CBS' lovable curmudgeon Andy Rooney became a great-grandfather when his grandson, Fox News producer Justin Fishel, and his wife birthed twins recently. We look forward to hearing Andy bitch about all of this is a future 60 Minutes segment. [TVNewser]

George Clooney's Andy Rooney Impersonation

Ryan Tate — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:16:57 EDT

George Clooney is, uh, video blogging for MSNBC — sure, why not? — and there's not much to add to his pitch-perfect imitation of Andy Rooney, except that it came none too soon.

Clooney's complaint that his pricey Hollywood haircut wasn't holding up in Chad, and his moaning about the accommodations there would make it tough for some viewers to give the actor much credit for his charity work in the impoverished African country, political savvy and hunky good looks be damned.

But then came the self-mockery, via the Rooney impression, and all was forgiven. Behold:

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The Andy Rooney Game

Nick Douglas — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:41:40 EDT

Comedian Joe Mande invented a cute game: Remove all but the first and last sentence of Andy Rooney's segment from 60 Minutes, and put the result on YouTube. Incredibly, this makes Rooney sound more sensible than before. Below are Mande's seven editions of the Andy Rooney Game, including last weekend's segment, "Surprise Party."

Not To Go Anywhere:

The Pope:

Happy Birthday:

Junk Mail:

Desk:

Memorial Day:

Surprise Party:

And Another Thing...

Pareene — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:47:47 EDT

If you read only one sexually explicit parody of 60 Minutes crank Andy Rooney today, let it be this one. [Cajun Boy]

Andy Rooney Parks Wherever, However He Pleases

Choire — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:40:11 EDT

Over the weekend, a correspondent came across a white BMW S.U.V. It was parked just off West End, around the corner from Zabar's, about four feet from a fire hydrant. Its user, 88-year-old Andy Rooney, was wearing a white short-sleeve shirt and tan pants with white sneakers. According to our spy, his belt was right under his armpits and his eyebrows needed trimming. Also? His press card, taped to the windshield, the presence of which presumably made him feel he could hydrant-park, was long-expired. (Shouldn't he have his press vehicle card on the car—isn't this his working press card, and doesn't it say "Not for parking purposes" on the back?) Good for you, grumpy old maybe-racist column man! In any event, you'll all be pleased to know his registration doesn't expire until 2009 and his emissions is good through '08. You may be alarmed to know he's on the road in a large car though.

Andy Rooney kinda realizes that there's...

abalk — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:27:53 EDT

Andy Rooney kinda realizes that there's something slightly off-putting about calling all ballplayers "Rodriguez," just because you're an old white guy who feels uncomfortable about the changing demographics of both sports and our nation. More important: What horrible invective is Andy whispering to Katie Couric in this picture to make her look so horrified? [NYT]

Media Bubble: Feuds Resolved, Reignited

abalk2 — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:10:06 EST

Evil, Inc.'s Rupert Murdoch and Liberty Media's John C. Malone kiss and make up. [NYT]
NYT's Sulzberger tells investors to lick his left one. [NYP]
Ugly rumble at Jane editor Brandon Holley's fortieth birthday party. Happy Birthday, Brandon! [WWD]
Mickey Kaus takes time out from mocking Andrew Sullivan and Markos "Kos" Moulitsas to resume his long-running attack on CNN's Jonathan Klein. [Kausfiles, second item]
Newspapers tell readers what they want to hear. Which, in the Times case, is that women have small dogs. [NYT]

Subpar oral-sex provider Dave Zinczenko's advice book for the ladies isn't exactly licking sales charts up and down until they achieve climax. (Sorry.) [Radar]
Very touching tribute to CNET's James Kim. [CNET]
Andy Rooney's not a racist. A doddering old crank, sure, but not a racist. [CBSNews]
How much does it cost a celebrity to keep a picture of nose-pickage out of the papers? About $10.5 grand, if you're in Italy. [Guardian]
An idea so tacky we're shocked we didn't think of it first: Who's the hottest media wife? [MWD]

Gossip roundup

Gawker — Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:32:20 EST

· Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci's romance in Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune wasn't great acting. They were having an affair. [Page Six]
· An NYU professor is suing Madame Tussaud's wax museum after running into the glass entrance and breaking his nose. [Page Six]
· Socialite import and Vogue writer Plum Sykes is returning to England to finish her novel, Bergdorf Blondes. [Page Six]
· Overheard on Wall Street: "I'll tell you how bad I'm running. The Dow Jones and my cholesterol are now the same number." [Cindy Adams]
· Actress Meg Ryan: "I used to feel like a phony if I was out there with colored nails and a lot of makeup...but now I see that you can go a long way on that stuff—the nails, the breasts, the high heels, the walk, the deep voice. Men don't realize how manipulated they can be. They are really sitting ducks a lot of the time." [Liz Smith]
· Andy Rooney to Webster Hall curator Baird Jones: "I'm not about to start caring about how long my eyebrows are. I find that kind of vanity in a man abhorrent." Ex-con Abe Hirschfield was distributing press kits about himself at the media bias lunch sponsored by The Week. [NY Daily News]