# Why would any newspaper waste a fraction of an inch of space on Andy Rooney? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 26, 2007, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-newspaper-waste-a-fraction-of-an-inch-of-space-on-andy-rooney/431275 "2007-12-26T11:30:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-newspaper-waste-a-fraction-of-an-inch-of-space-on-andy-rooney/431275/41 "2007-12-27T21:18:20Z")
[QUOTE=Nzinga, Seated] \*\* Woody\*\* you are killing me. When will you cut it out with the sign offs? You are seriously cracking me up, as I have just noticed you are still doing it. [/QUOTE] Cut it out? Nevaaaah! Although if you find both me _and_ Andy Rooney humorous, maybe I should be worried. Nah, I’ll take whatever I can get. Shazbot! Me make poopy outside toilet! Oh, woe is me, Woody ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-newspaper-waste-a-fraction-of-an-inch-of-space-on-andy-rooney/431275/42 "2007-12-28T17:10:38Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Heck, I lost all respect for him a while back when he dissed Kurt Cobain (i.e. not buying into any of the hype and excessive news coverage after Cobain killed himself) and somewhere around the same time (a year or so before or after) said women reporters shouldn’t cover football. He later apologized for the first bit but refused to apologize for the second, which is exactly the opposite of what he _should_ have done. [/QUOTE] I don’t think he was saying that women reporters “shouldn’t cover football” but rather expressing skepticism that the people most qualified to conduct on-filed interviews just happen to all be attractive women. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-newspaper-waste-a-fraction-of-an-inch-of-space-on-andy-rooney/431275/43 "2007-12-28T17:49:56Z")
[QUOTE=sqweels] I don’t think he was saying that women reporters “shouldn’t cover football” but rather expressing skepticism that the people most qualified to conduct on-filed interviews just happen to all be attractive women. [/QUOTE] If that’s his point, I’ll give him that one- surely there are some ugly mannish women who know sports? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-newspaper-waste-a-fraction-of-an-inch-of-space-on-andy-rooney/431275/44 "2007-12-28T17:58:15Z")
[QUOTE=woodstockbirdybird] Shazbot! Me make poopy outside toilet! Oh, woe is me, Woody [/QUOTE] [Moderator Pleading]Do _not_ make this your siggy![/Moderator Pleading] ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-newspaper-waste-a-fraction-of-an-inch-of-space-on-andy-rooney/431275/45 "2007-12-28T18:16:21Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] [Moderator Pleading]Do _not_ make this your siggy![/Moderator Pleading] [/QUOTE] Now, THAT would make a good sig. ---
**Author:** ![Blunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-newspaper-waste-a-fraction-of-an-inch-of-space-on-andy-rooney/431275/46 "2007-12-29T04:12:24Z")
I’m glad Rooney is out of touch and not familiar with current celeberities, because it led to him granting [Ali G](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ_0yajZ0WY) an interview. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-newspaper-waste-a-fraction-of-an-inch-of-space-on-andy-rooney/431275/47 "2007-12-29T04:33:15Z")
Arthur Godfrey is the closest thing TV ever produced to Norma Desmond. A superstar with absolutely no competition for years, then a very rich bitter forgotten has been overnight (he took dog food and life insurance commercials just to be on TV again even though he was a millionaire many times over, but still had the impossible-to-work-with ego). That said, I only remember him from his commercials and my parents saying “He used to be big” (it’s the TV that got… uh… ). And whether he was being ironic or not Andy Rooney’s an old fart who needs to go away. He once offered to leave 60 MINUTES based on the results of a phone poll as to whether or not he should stay. The phone poll results were overwhelmingly “GO AWAY!” but of course he reneged. I think the only reason they hired Charles Grodin for 60 MINUTES TOO was because he’s the one person on Earth whose “comedy” makes Rooney look like a riot. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-newspaper-waste-a-fraction-of-an-inch-of-space-on-andy-rooney/431275/48 "2007-12-29T04:34:46Z")
[QUOTE=Blunt] I’m glad Rooney is out of touch and not familiar with current celeberities, because it led to him granting [Ali G](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ_0yajZ0WY) an interview. [/QUOTE] Thanks for sharing. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-newspaper-waste-a-fraction-of-an-inch-of-space-on-andy-rooney/431275/49 "2007-12-29T05:30:02Z")
Ha! That was beautiful. I love how the woman you can hear from off camera who apparently works for Rooney is just as dense as he is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-any-newspaper-waste-a-fraction-of-an-inch-of-space-on-andy-rooney/431275.md?page=2)