The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old. - Gawker Comments

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

brendastarlet — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:50:28 EST

@corporatedrone: I don't watch the Andy Rooney part any more. I have my own older relatives to fill the void.

brendastarlet

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

FrankieButtons — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:31:41 EST

"There's something about Sunday night that really makes you want to kill yourself. And that creepy '60 Minutes' watch that sounds like your whole life ticking away."

FrankieButtons

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

PeenScene — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:30:39 EST

@richardmarxhatesmyhair: I, too, am a big fan of Cooper's plumpynuts!

PeenScene

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

corporatedrone — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:03:33 EST

I heart 60 minutes and I'm 24... I think that makes me some kind of freak. Although I have to turn it off when Andy starts screaming about milk. His eyebrows make me nervous.

corporatedrone

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

nutmeg — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:34:22 EST

@eastvillageidiot: Or that.

nutmeg

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

nutmeg — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:33:30 EST

Sort of casts the opening shot's ticking stopwatch in a more ominous light now, doesn't it?

nutmeg

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

BettyCrocker — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:24:46 EST

@mattychicago: And O'Reilly for, well, too long.

BettyCrocker

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

TedSez — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:15:32 EST

"60 Minutes" is made by old people, while "Dateline" and "20/20" are made to scare them.

TedSez

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

mattychicago — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:09:33 EST

@bettycrocker: Like Andy Rooney has for the past 20 years?

mattychicago

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

mattychicago — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:08:13 EST

old as DIRT

mattychicago

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

NinaHagen — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:03:59 EST

@KarenUhOh: Andy Rooney's intern gave up her own heart to save Skeletor.

NinaHagen

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

KarenUhOh — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:02:03 EST

Whose heart was in Mike's chest when they did the surgery?

KarenUhOh

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

JDel — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:55:16 EST

@downlow: Yes, but on the other hand, turn on Larry King. He's hit the point of diminishing returns and can now barely keep up with who Jerry Seinfeld is, let alone the current Middle East power struggle.

JDel

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

BettyCrocker — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:53:47 EST

It'll be great in 20 years - they'll all have dementia and be yelling insanities at the camera, just like Fox does today!

BettyCrocker

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

off_the_record — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:53:40 EST

ok yeah news for our geriatric neighbors that we used to sell candy bars to for our trips to a cheer comp or a football jersey fund. lets get serious though peers.
it is that same segment of my existence so far that is recurring even today.
ive been reading A Brief History of Time by Hawking but nothing, no thing could prepare me for this-
[bostonist.com]

expanding universe my ass, my world is back to revolving around slap bracelets.

off_the_record

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

econdave — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:52:46 EST

My favorite "60 Minutes" memory is seeing Ed Bradley (RIP) doing backup at a Neville Brothers concert. Seriously! It was awesome.

econdave

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

downlow — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:49:46 EST

I'd rather have Mike Wallace doing the important interviews than some of these perky, blond nit-wits that are being passed off as "news" reporters or anchors. Twenty-somethings have nice tits and legs but I don't trust them to explain world politics to me, ya know?

downlow

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

dado — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:48:59 EST

Given that my only shot at longevity is the glass of metamucil I choke down each weekday morn, I say huzzah to the geezers and their stick-to-it-ness.

dado

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

richardmarxhatesmyhair — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:46:50 EST

@the supergoddess: I am 33 and I freaking love 60 Minutes. More Anderson, less Katie. Cooper's Plumpynut piece may have been the best news story this year.

richardmarxhatesmyhair

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

dweeb — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:45:43 EST

During February sweeps, they're planning to up their coverage of wacky new religions.

First up, Lutherans.

dweeb

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

Tammany_Fall — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:45:33 EST

Maggie: Can you rewrite that but leave out all the math?

kthanxbai.

Tammany_Fall

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

eastvillageidiot — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:45:22 EST

Every second ticked by on that 60 Minutes stopwatch is a reminder to their viewers that they're one tick closer to death.

eastvillageidiot

The Average Age Of A '60 Minutes' Reporter? Old. Really Old.

the supergoddess — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:44:10 EST

60 minutes: for old people, by old people

the supergoddess