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
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.
If that’s his point, I’ll give him that one- surely there are some ugly mannish women who know sports?
[Moderator Pleading]Do not make this your siggy![/Moderator Pleading]
Now, THAT would make a good sig.
I’m glad Rooney is out of touch and not familiar with current celeberities, because it led to him granting Ali G an interview.
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.
Thanks for sharing. 
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.