Andy Rooney Leaves 60 Minutes

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60 minutes? That's how much time left he has on the planet. Anyone have him in The Dead Pool?

Andy Rooney To End Regular ’60 Minutes’ Appearances

First on TVNewser: Andy Rooney‘s “60 Minutes” commentary on Sunday is expected to be his last regular appearance, TVNewser has learned.

Rooney, who began his whimsical end-of-show pieces in 1978, was MIA from last week’s 44th-season premiere.

Rooney turns 93 in January. He moves slowly, and his hearing and sight are not what they used to be. Over the years, ’60′s’ resident curmudgeon has been criticized frequently for being out of touch with contemporary culture.

Rooney could not be reached for comment. CBS News is expected to confirm the move soon.

In a June 2010 interview with TVNewser, Rooney said that he intended to work at ‘60’ until he “dropped dead.” He added: “Until somebody tells me different, I’m not going to quit.”

[Chicago Jake]

He'd be a great pic for the Pool in the future. Retiring geezers usually either: a) are retiring because they are about to croak, or b) die of boredom.

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If he was dead, how could we tell?

[innit Geezer]

When my two kids were young, they enjoyed his sence of humor and keen delivery. He's doing good for an early 90's person. I'll bet he never ate a salt encrusted Dorito.

[Ardbeg... innit]

Careful Gary, salty Dorito guy made it to age 97, salt is a GREAT preserving medium, look how long salted meats can last.

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BTW, Salty Dorito was the opening day starting 2nd baseman for the NY Mets.

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Baseball Trivia- Back in my youth.. actually back when I was too young to be aware... ok some would say I still havnt reached that level of evolution yet... let me start again

Back in the 50's when Al Kaline was just starting to make his presence known with the Detroit Tigers, someone thought that he needed a nickname, and nothing that his teammates came up with seemed to fit.

The newspapers in town had a contest with people submitting potential nicknames and the contest "winner" was Salty, as a play on his name, Salty as in alkaline... That name didnt stick either.

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[Chicago Jake]

If Kaline needed a nickname, I would have suggested "The Prisoner" because he wore Number Six.

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Considering he played his entire career with one team and is one of the few in history to have gone directly into the majors without any time in the minor leagues "The Prisoner" would have been appropriate except his career started well before the TV series.