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Curmudgeonly CBS News commentator Andy Rooney passed away Friday night after suffering serious complications following minor surgery last month. More »
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After "serious complications" following a surgery, Andy Rooney is in the hospital. According to CBS, the 92-year-old's condition is stable, but the network declined to give further information. Three weeks ago, America's cranky grandfather delivered his last sign-off on 60 Minutes; he'd been reading his essays for 33 years. Even if he often elicited an eye roll, he was sometimes the most reliable thing in our lives, like the nation's constant. No matter what happened out there, we could always count on Andy Rooney being annoyed with something. And with that, he earned a degree of our affection. More »
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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 few) times he's been wrong, and reminded us that we should never, ever approach him in a restaurant. More »
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It's the end of an era: Andy Rooney has decided, after 33 years on the job, that he's going to stop doing his commentary segment at the end of every 60 Minutes. But don't worry the 93-year-old curmudgeon plans to keep his office at CBS; so his coworkers will probably continue to enjoy regular riffs on how computers have ruined everything. More »
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Rooney's rant this past Sunday night takes the top spot — and hearing him spit out the words "Lady Gaga" is pretty special — but there are plenty more to remind you that you are not old and decrepit. More »
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The only thing worse than getting up early in the morning to read and regurgitate the news — among other things — is doing it on the weekend. There really is no crappier an hour. More »
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Last night, professional curmudgeon Andy Rooney complained about getting letters insulting his appearance or asking him to promote things like Michael Jackson paper dolls. He actually calls them out by name! ("M. Titus" is going to need 24 hour security.) More »
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"A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" on 60 Minutes is great because it gives us a glimpse into the curmudgeonly conversations we'll be subjected to in retirement communities. [Or in our parents' houses! -Ed.] Last night, Rooney channeled his irritability through his kitchen utensil drawer. He brought a bunch of rusty crap from his house to the studio and expected the American public to relate to his, "Why do we all spend money on these wacky things" sentiment when half of the cooking shit he displayed appeared to have been invented before the wheel. One item — used for picking the stems off of strawberries — looked like an archeological relic, and the "trusty, old-fashioned" can opener looked like some kind of medieval torture implement. Clip above. More »
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"Do women who look at these ads think they'll look like her if they wear these clothes... what there is of them?" asked Andy Rooney on last night's 60 Minutes. Good question! Armed with a stack of women's magazines marked with Post-Its (September 2007 Vogue, November 2007 Harper's Bazaar) the legendary grump questioned the advertising seen in periodicals sitting around the 60 Minutes offices. "I often wonder whether the magazines are doing the right thing for themselves," he mused after critiquing ads and models shilling for Dior (Jessica Stam), Michael Kors (Carmen Kass), and Lord & Taylor (Carolyn Murphy). Interestingly — tellingly — Rooney made no distinction between paid advertising and fashion editorial, even though he was ostensibly talking about "ads". Too bad he was looking at last fall's issues; we'd love to know what he thinks of those ridiculous Balenciaga boots. More »
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