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Andy Rooney announced on Sunday "60 Minutes" will be his last regular appearance in the magazine. Rooney, 92, has been presented in the program since 1978.
Sunday will be the 1097th appearance of the original trial Rooney for "60 Minutes" and will be preceded by a segment in which Rooney looks back on his career in an interview with Morley Safer, CBS News.
Rooney's first essay, delivered in July of '78 was about the notification of deaths in car during the July 4th weekend.
However, Rooney became a regular feature in the program until fall. Before getting the slot end to itself a year later, in 1979, Rooney alternate weeks with James J. Kilpatrick and Shana Alexander,
"He hates to hear this, but it is an American original," said CBS News President Jeff Fager Tuesday's announcement.
Call us old fashioned, but remember a simpler time, when elderly men were given large portions, none other than television to kvetch endlessly about all things mysterious, novel he heard on the radio, wax rhapsodic over random gemgaws found secreted away from your desk, and generally whinge about the modern world hard and confusing. Unfortunately, that was, like all the times that were significantly better, we seem to have passed, as Andy Rooney irascible tortoise slowly scuttle off into the sunset on Sunday, officially announcing his retirement from being the private complainant was complains about money, and any old music will do.
The decision comes as something of a surprise, considering Rooney, in a dynamic and intractable 92 years, had until recently maintained seven days a week work schedule at least 6.75 of which went presumably sitting still and emitting a low moan, held. Unfortunately, 60 minutes on Sunday will feature a retrospective interview with Rooney in particular their most important comments, such as the time said he did not like it again much, much higher than they prefer one thing, continued its 1097th and final test Rooney may have to point out the flaws of every person in America, until finally, exhausted from all the bilious humor disappears in a cloud of ash.