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CaptainFantastic
10/19/09

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Does this mean that Morley has taken acid? Wild stuff. #morleysafer
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adiam7
10/19/09

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I wish Don Hewitt would have swung past the Orthodox Church and done something about the relentless and continual appeal to the heavens that is eternal. #morleysafer
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snugbug
10/19/09

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..At which moment during the eulogy Don Hewitt's voice thunders from heavens: "It's "gnat," not "fruit fly," you verbose bastard!"
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miss_msry
10/19/09

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Do fruit flies live long enough for the acid to kick in?

Aside from that, if anyone would know about fruit flies on acid, it would be Morley. #morleysafer
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sarrible
10/19/09

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So why did 60 Minutes have to be a whole hour long? #morleysafer
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lionel-mandrake
10/19/09

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I hate this turn of phrase, "x, was like y, 'on acid'", as most people misapply the the metaphor. For example, "a fruit fly on acid" kind of cancels itself out, rendering the comparison meaningless. But I guess it makes the Olds feel like they're still with it, man. #morleysafer
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Mike Jahn
10/19/09

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The Lord's Prayer, cut to the sub-Twitter level -- "Thank God." #morleysafer
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miss_msry
10/19/09

@Mike Jahn

No, it would just be "Amen." Or total disregard. #morleysafer
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ifstone
08/19/09

In reply to Don Hewitt, 60 Minutes Creator
After the embarrassment of CBS and "60 Minutes" over the Brown and Williamson cave, I saw an interview with Hewitt in which he readily admitted that it was a sorry chapter without making excuses for it. His straightness was pretty refreshing. It was a sign of how much corporate power can distort things in a media conglomerate when even Don Hewitt and Mike Wallace, who presumably had at least some immunity, still had to bend.
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Bobby Big Wheel
08/19/09

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I was lucky enough to meet Hewitt once. Funny guy, no bullshit, smart as all hell. He will be missed.
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Trulymadlyme
03/18/09

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Jesus. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Patrick Swazye. That Ellis Grey's old Scrub nurse on Grey's Anatomy. I thought pancreatic cancer was rare!
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