Andy Rooney. .

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  • wmacson
    wmacson Posts: 232
    I was a page at CBS at the time. My main responsibility was the Late Show with David Letterman but they would also put us in all the various offices (48 Hours, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS News, etc....) The week after Andy Rooney made his remarks about Kurt, I was assigned to "work" for 60 Minutes. I was put in Andy Rooney's office and was given stacks of mail to open. It was all hate mail towards Andy and his, at best, distasteful comments. I made sure some of the uglier ones got to him.
  • Carey
    Carey Posts: 2,361
    Well, speak of the devil.

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  • Landojam
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf5QuYAe ... ture=share :lol::lol::lol:
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  • PJRock75
    PJRock75 Posts: 869
    To quote a great song writer:

    "And the young, they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today,...
    The wisdom that the old can't give away"
    "If you want a friend, feed any animal." - JA
    "Don't let it get you down, you know, still give your love, just give it away...I love singin' that part." - EV
  • Bushleaguer28
    Bushleaguer28 Posts: 776
    As another great songwriter (the greatest) once said . . .

    Your old road is
    Rapidly agin'.
    Please get out of the new one
    If you can't lend your hand
    For the times they are a-changin'

    Take that Rooney . . .
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  • tdlftdaporch
    tdlftdaporch Posts: 158
    The guy is a prick! I remember seeing the original airing of that and thinking he should get his @ss beat. I understand his point of view, but it doesn't excuse him from being an insensitive @sshole.
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  • PJRock75
    PJRock75 Posts: 869
    Bushleaguer28 wrote:
    As another great songwriter (the greatest) once said . . .

    Your old road is
    Rapidly agin'.
    Please get out of the new one
    If you can't lend your hand
    For the times they are a-changin'

    Take that Rooney . . .

    Fantastic 8-)

    Even some lines from the movie No Country For Old Men come to mind...."can't stop What's comin'"
    "If you want a friend, feed any animal." - JA
    "Don't let it get you down, you know, still give your love, just give it away...I love singin' that part." - EV
  • AzWicker
    AzWicker Posts: 1,162
    "Get off my lawn!"
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  • pjradio
    pjradio Posts: 6,704
    He just kicked the bucket...11/5/2011
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  • DURP
    DURP OhighO Posts: 2,180
    pjradio wrote:
    He just kicked the bucket...11/5/2011

    One less cranky old fucker in the world
    My butt itches!
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    Journey on Andy ...
    you were quite the man, spoke from the heart, told it like it was...
    at least as you saw it, fearless.

    You were funny, bright, wise, creative, and always entertaining.
    I shared many of the same opinions on life and people and the quirks of both.

    Hope I get to meet you one day ...

    pretty funny this am on the news...
    was that your spirit playing one last joke?
    I think so ... smiling down you were... laughing
    I thought I heard... gotcha! :lol:

    thank you Mr Rooney I'm glad we shared a lifetime :D
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    his job was to pander to the older crowd watching 60 minutes, to give them a laugh and to make them feel like part of a larger group of understanding. it was a character that he had created. did he not believe the things he said? I'm sure he did. But I doubt he would have said the same thing about Kurt when he was younger. he just plain out didn't understand it. if it happened in his day, it wasn't talked about, that's for sure.

    from ignorance comes mockery.
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  • djklambake
    djklambake PHX, AZ Posts: 2,524
    pjradio wrote:
    He just kicked the bucket...11/5/2011

    Dry your tears... :D
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  • PJ Fan est. 1990
    PJ Fan est. 1990 Posts: 1,788
    curmudgeoness wrote:
    There is absolutely no excuse for mocking the dead


    Well, ... there goes your argument. perhaps the guy 4 posts above should take your advice?
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    PJ Fan est. 1990 wrote:
    curmudgeoness wrote:
    There is absolutely no excuse for mocking the dead


    Well, ... there goes your argument.

    last I checked she didn't mock rooney or anyone else, so her argument stands fine.
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    I think I need to watch that part again about Kurt....

    because...

    I took it as Andy had about the same tolerance I have for those who end their own lives.
    Terribly selfish thing to do, will be felt on the other side and is the easy way out,
    cowards way out.

    He saw much in his life and respected the gift life is, the gift love is.
    The gift of time here.

    My feelings come from having been there,
    the depths of despair, self loathing and pity
    and then understanding that this life is not about ourselves
    it is about those who love us and they are the ones who pay the price
    in suicides.

    I feel suicide is not an option.

    But I will watch again,
    also his comments went to a mourner I believe
    saying how tough life is/ was.

    He was the kind of guy not to give alot of sympathy after what he has seen,
    what some people face in their lives.

    He had a 'get over it' attitude in general. Not bad advice really.
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    pandora wrote:
    I think I need to watch that part again about Kurt....

    because...

    I took it as Andy had about the same tolerance I have for those who end their own lives.
    Terribly selfish thing to do, will be felt on the other side and is the easy way out,
    cowards way out.

    He saw much in his life and respected the gift life is, the gift love is.
    The gift of time here.

    My feelings come from having been there,
    the depths of despair, self loathing and pity
    and then understanding that this life is not about ourselves
    it is about those who love us and they are the ones who pay the price
    in suicides.

    I feel suicide is not an option.

    But I will watch again,
    also his comments went to a mourner I believe
    saying how tough life is/ was.

    He was the kind of guy not to give alot of sympathy after what he has seen,
    what some people face in their lives.

    He had a 'get over it' attitude in general. Not bad advice really.

    if you didn't go through with it, you HAVEN'T been where Kurt (or any other person who has done the same) was. So there is no place for judgement. By you or Andy Rooney or anyone else.
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    pandora wrote:
    I think I need to watch that part again about Kurt....

    because...

    I took it as Andy had about the same tolerance I have for those who end their own lives.
    Terribly selfish thing to do, will be felt on the other side and is the easy way out,
    cowards way out.

    if you truly believe that's the EASY way out, you were nowhere near doing it yourself. and there you are again, the non-judger, calling people cowards for something you know nothing about.

    pandora wrote:
    He had a 'get over it' attitude in general. Not bad advice really.

    if you really believe people with mental/emotional diseases can "get over it", you need to read up a bit more on the subject.
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,258
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    if you didn't go through with it, you HAVEN'T been where Kurt (or any other person who has done the same) was. So there is no place for judgement. By you or Andy Rooney or anyone else.

    I doubt Andy Rooney was talking about people with serious medical/mental issues. I would assume he was talking more about the millions of grunge fans at the time who thought they had all of these "problems", when in fact it is just life.

    I watch PJ20 and see band members who were going to concerts every night and jamming with their buddies or surfing during the day. The alternatives they had to music was to go back to school and get jobs. Doesn't sound like a bad life to me. Sounds like they controlled their own destiny, yet they were all "troubled"? I think that is what Andy Rooney was getting at.
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    I get where Andy was coming from as I said in my post.

    Glad I didn't go through with it 18 years ago ... that was a gift of life and love.
    I hope others find the same...
    others can find the same if they make suicide not an option.

    I wish Kurt had chosen life for the sake of his daughter. I know we all do.
    I feel he wishes the same.

    If someone is in that dark place, know you are not alone, love surrounds you,
    choose life for love.

    I think this is where Andy was going with his comments.

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