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  Andy Rooney is Internet hoax victim - Boston.com
Andy Rooney has never been shy about his opinions, but now he's being bedeviled by somebody else's words being circulated under his name.
Rooney is a frequent victim of statements falsely attributed to him and spread widely across the Net, along with George Carlin and Bill Gates, said Barbara Mikkelson, who runs a Web site devoted to tracking down urban myths and other scams.
Rooney is "almost a special case because he's widely regarded as a commentator who comments on the human condition," she said.
www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2006/12/05/andy_rooney_is_internet_hoax_victim   (439 words)

  
  Andy Rooney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rooney attended The Albany Academy in Albany, New York as a boy, and later attended Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, until he was drafted into the Army in 1941.
Rooney is popularly thought to be an atheist based on a series of comments he made regarding Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ.
Rooney claimed the remarks were not his, stating, "There's a collection of racist and sexist remarks on the Internet under a picture of me with the caption ‘ANDY ROONEY SAID ON 60 MINUTES.’ If I could find the person who did write it using my name I would sue him".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andy_Rooney   (763 words)

  
 Andy Rooney - Uncyclopedia
Andy Rooney (1300 - is immortal) is a small fat man that has absolutely no legs so he sits in his chair in the corner of a small office that the world is forced to watch at 7:50 on Sunday nights.
Rooney, as mentioned before, was a key member of the Spanish Inquisition, where his torturous style of speaking was used when water torture and the pendulum weren't enough to make non-Catholics convert.
Rooney as often cited as the real reason why Barbara Walters left 60 Minutes, partly because he (as a joke) suggested the whole "If you were a tree..." questioning to her for her interview with Katherine Hepburn.
www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Andy_Rooney   (585 words)

  
 Andy Rooney - Biography - AOL Television
Rooney stands apart from those colleagues, however, thanks to the sheer uniqueness of his regular contributions.
For decades, Rooney brought a series of reflective witticisms to the news magazine with his famous segment "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" -- a colorful (and highly editorialized) epilogue response to the events chronicled on each broadcast.
In addition to his CBS News work, Andy Rooney has authored and published a myriad of books, including The Fortunes of War (1962), Sweet and Sour (1992), and Common Nonsense (2002).
television.aol.com /celebrity/andy-rooney/61373/bio   (358 words)

  
 snopes.com: Andy Rooney on Big Cars
Andy Rooney said on 60 minutes a few weeks back: (for those of you that don't know Andy Rooney, he is an
Andy is 83 and entitled to his opinion.
Curmudgeonly 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney may have delivered a vituperative essay on French politics in 2003, but this piece elaborating on his own politics is not his creation.
www.snopes.com /politics/soapbox/rooney4.asp   (1264 words)

  
 Andy Rooney Bio - Andy Rooney Biography - Andy Rooney Stories
Rooney is known to millions for his wry, humorous and sometimes controversial essays that have been the signature end piece of 60 Minutes for decades.
Rooney has always considered himself a writer who appears on television; in addition to his 60 Minutes essays, he has written a national newspaper column for Tribune Media Services since 1979, published articles in major magazines, and is the author of 13 books, the most recent, Common Nonsense, published in 2002 by PublicAffairs.
Rooney was a friend of Pyle, the famous World War II correspondent who was felled by a sniper in the war.
www.tv.com /andy-rooney/person/165454/biography.html   (714 words)

  
 Commentary Magazine - The Andy Rooney Affair   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Andy Rooney is now back at work as a regular commentator on CBS's 60 Minutes, his three-month suspension having been abbreviated by the network in response to widespread protest and a drop in the ratings.
But the significance of the Rooney affair remains obscure in spite of all the discussion it has provoked.
...Rooney immediately denied having said any such thing, but Bull stood by his story, even while acknowledging that he had not made a tape of the interview...
www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V89I5P58-1.htm   (1407 words)

  
 onegoodmove: Does You Think The Media Has Changed
Andy Rooney, or is it Runey, is interviewed by Ali G and gives him a lesson in grammar and then sends him on his way.
Rooney is how I would expect most of his bits would end, but amazingly he continues to dupe most of those he interviews.
The fack that Andy Rooney got upset just points out to me that he is a tight wad that can't even see Ali G for who he is an actor.
onegoodmove.org /1gm/1gmarchive/2004/08/does_you_think.html   (761 words)

  
 Sincerely, Andy Rooney   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Andy Rooney's weekly commentaries on 60 Minutes and his twice weekly syndicated newspaper columns - addressing everything from deceptive cereal packaging to the existence of God--have made him America's best known critic of the quotidian.
Rooney responds to complaints from viewers; he corresponds with old friends; and he writes to his children about the things he cares about most.
Sincerely, Andy Rooney is Andy Rooney at his best--and a wonderful gift book that will make readers chuckle and think twice.
www.any-book.com /sincerely.htm   (190 words)

  
 Andy Rooney   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Andrew A Rooney (born January 14, 1919 at Albany, New York) is an American journalist andcommentator.
Rooney also was a freelance writer and a television script writerbefore joining 60 Minutes.
Though originally a regular correspondent, Rooney now has his own "end of show" segment, in which he offers a light-heartededitorial on a trivial everyday issue, such as the cost of groceries, annoying relatives, or faulty Christmas presents.
www.therfcc.org /bbs1/messages/andy-rooney-73247.html   (185 words)

  
 bastardsword: Andy Rooney Bleats Again
If Andy Rooney is willing to endorse banishment as a punishment, perhaps we can just banish all the liberal moonbats who seem to prefer North Korea, Syria, or France to the US.
Andy Rooney and his cohorts at CBS, on the other hand, intentionally try to harm the US and its reputation.
Andy also deserves to be washed away into obscurity by a backlash of popular opinion.
armor.typepad.com /bastardsword/2004/05/andy_rooney_ble.html   (1511 words)

  
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Andy Rooney on Vegetarians: "Vegetarian - that's an old Indian word meaning 'lousy hunter.'" 2.
Andy Rooney On Morning Differences : Men and women are different in the morning.
Andy Rooney on Research: Because over the past few years, more money has been spent on breast implants and Viagra than is spent on Alzheimer's Disease research, it is believed that by the year 2030 there will be a large number of people wandering around with huge breasts and erections...
www.jr.co.il /humor/humor688.txt   (448 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Years of Minutes: Books: Andy Rooney,Andrew A. Rooney   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Anyone who's ever rolled their eyes at the absurdities of modern society will find a soul mate in the legendary curmudgeon, whose on-camera commentaries translate surprisingly well to the printed page (if you can get past his personalized punctuation, which he takes pains to explain in the foreword, but which will likely irritate grammatical purists).
Rooney cultivates his reputation as a curmudgeon--or, at least, as an entertaining whiner--but reading him, we realize that he has a sharp intellect, a knack for spotting life's little inconsistencies and annoyances, and a downright charming way of putting words together.
Andy Rooney is a national treasure that much of our population obviously does not care enough about by the lack of readers posting a review on this book.
www.amazon.ca /Years-Minutes-Andy-Rooney/dp/1586482114   (844 words)

  
 Thank you, Andy Rooney!
Andy Rooney is about as mainstream as it gets, so when he speaks out so unequivocally on an issue, even if he gets the number of dead troops wrong, it really means something.
When Rooney was reinstated, due largely to a massive letter-writing campaign, the show’s ratings soared once again.
Despite Rooney’s political incorrectness -- or perhaps because of it -- Rooney is quite popular with moderates on both the Right and the Left, and that is where the outcome of Bush’s war is likely to be determined.
onlinejournal.com /artman/publish/article_921.shtml   (583 words)

  
 Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney is the gray-haired, enormous-eyebrowed fussbudget who gets a few minutes at the end of the top-rated 60 Minutes every week, and talks about his neckties, the old keys on his key ring, the clutter about his desk.
Younger and more impatient audiences find Rooney's meanderings quaint, tedious, or unintentionally amusing, and he has wasted an inordinate amount of network air time discussing such things as shoelaces, salad dressing, and how difficult it is to crack nuts with a nutcracker.
Rooney does, however, occasionally have something to say, and when he does, he can say it well.
www.nndb.com /people/817/000022751   (300 words)

  
 University of Virginia News Story
CBS News Correspondent Andy Rooney to Speak at the University of Virginia
Andy Rooney, Emmy Award-winning CBS News correspondent, author and columnist, will be the keynote speaker at the University of Virginia's Valedictory Exercises May 20.
Rooney's unique 60 Minutes' reports, "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney," have been a regular feature since 1978.
www.virginia.edu /topnews/releases/rooney-oct-11-1999.html   (318 words)

  
 Andy Rooney's Address
Andy Rooney would have like to have interviewed John Kerry and John Edwards.
Last Sunday, bushy-browed Andy Rooney was harping about how everything in the world is rolled up into a ball of initials.
Think of equal parts of Andy Rooney, Gary Shandling and Walter Mitty and a smidgen of Oscar Wilde, shaken and stirred together and filtered through National...
www.bluegrouper.com /celebrity/addresses/Andy_Rooney.html   (956 words)

  
 Andy Rooney Celebrity Sighting
Rooney was flagging down one of the assistant managers and pointing in my direction.
Rooney complained for 20 minutes, not just about me but about everything from the parking (no empty spaces close to the door) to the air temperature in the store (too cold).
So if you have ever wondered if Andy Rooney is the crabby old man he acts like on 60 minutes, the answer is a resounding yes.
www.thecelebritycafe.com /sightings/11051.html   (496 words)

  
 Andy Rooney - Celebrity Atheist List
Rooney responded "No, of course I don't [believe in God] and anyone who tells you that there is a god who make his or her presence known to him or her is hallucinating or not telling the truth."
Rooney: The only thing that I hide from people, that I have never said so far as being blunt and honest goes, is that I am not a religious person.
Rooney's book, Sincerely, Andy Rooney (published November 1999) is a collection of his own correspondence over his long career in journalism and television.
www.celebatheists.com /index.php?title=Andy_Rooney   (369 words)

  
 Tribune Media Services International | Byline
Rooney wrote the first of what has become his specialty, the television essay -- a personal format illuminating subjects most people take for granted, with "An Essay on Doors" in 1964.
Rooney is the author of many books, including: The Story of the Stars and Stripes, Air Gunner, Conqueror's Peace, The Fortunes of War, A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney, And More by Andy Rooney, Pieces of My Mind, Word for Word, Not That You Asked...
Rooney was born Jan. 14, 1919 in Albany, NY.
www.tmsfeatures.com /tmsfeatures/byline.jsp?custid=67&bylineid=101   (487 words)

  
 A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney
This is a collection of essays written by Andy Rooney for his spot on 60 Minutes, and his wit and sarcasm convey amazingly well.
Andy Rooney has been a regular on the popular TV show 60 Minutes since 1978, and if you're a devoted fan of the show like me, you MAKE time in your busy schedule to relax in front of your TV and listen to Andy's wry essays on American life.
Rooney's style is that he "tells it like it is." He finds a way to tastefully poke fun at the most random American quirks and celebrates the uncelebrated.
www.timemanagementbooks.com /isbn0446303011.html   (230 words)

  
 Andy Rooney - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the early 1950s he was a writer for Arthur Godfrey when he was at the peak of his powers on CBS radio and TV though he later moved on to other projects.
Rooney wrote his first television essay, a longer-length precursor of the type he does on 60 Minutes, in 1964, "An Essay on Doors".
He has four children, including a daughter, Emily Rooney, who is also a journalist and former ABC News producer, who currently hosts a nightly Boston area public affairs program, Greater Boston on WGBH.
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 Andy Rooney
Rooney was born in 1919 -- making him an 87-year-old news man.
Rooney, I have been with my job for nearly 10 years.
Rooney to my list of people that I'd love to have dinner with to hear all the stories he has to tell.
journals.aol.com /francisabq/sixofclubs/entries/.../06/andy-rooney/1066   (265 words)

  
 CBS News | Andy Rooney | September 21, 2005 16:30:05
Rooney’s rich body of work was recognized by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists when he was presented with its Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award in June 2003.
Rooney was a friend of Pyle, the famous World War II correspondent who was killed by a sniper in the war.
Rooney joined CBS in 1949 as a writer for “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts,” a hit show that was number one in 1952.
www.cbsnews.com /stories/1998/07/08/60minutes/main13495.shtml   (565 words)

  
 Andy Rooney @ podcast.com
Andy Rooney talks about what he finds silly about the sport of baseball, because he's really a football kind of guy.
Andy Rooney is tired of warm weather when it's supposed to be cold.
Andy Rooney reads the labels of some processed food products and is surprised by what is in there...
podcast.com /show/3152   (300 words)

  
 ESPN.com: NFL - Rooney blasts purpose of female sideline reporters
Andy Rooney has, and he's as cranky about them as he is everything else.
Rooney, 83, has drawn protests in the past for his comments on homosexuals, evangelists, Native Americans, Greek-Americans and fls.
CBS suspended him in 1990 for a comment attributed to him in The Advocate, a gay magazine, in which he was quoted as saying, "Blacks have watered down their genes because the less intelligent ones are the ones who have the most children.
espn.go.com /nfl/news/2002/1010/1443917.html   (986 words)

  
 Digg - Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney's office is filled with papers and other, well, stuff.
Andy Rooney talks about the war in Iraq and wonders why so many of America's young men and women have to die.
Andy Rooney discusses North Korea's nuclear test and argues that the United Nations should take a greater role in disarming the communist nation.
digg.com /podcasts/Andy_Rooney   (393 words)

  
 Andy Rooney - a Man of His Words - Associated Content
Any other news agency would have fired him years ago, for being as outspoken as he is. Whoever it falls to, that has the position at CBS, of censoring Andy Rooney, must have an alligator skin.
Rooney was on the Imus Show on MSNBC, and drew some criticism for some comments, considered racist.
Rooney was one of the first journalists to see the German concentration camps and write about them.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/459954/andy_rooney_a_man_of_his_words.html   (646 words)

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