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Do you think Andy Rooney will still be on the show 60 minutes in 10 years? How did he get that job?

BTW, why is it called 60 minutes when its really about 40 minutes?

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I doubt he’ll live that long.He was a writer for Stars and Stripes (The US Army paper) during world war 2. He got some attention for his stories. “Rooney joined CBS in 1949, as a writer for Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts, when Godfrey was at his peak on CBS radio and TV. The program was a hit, reaching number one in 1952, during Rooney’s tenure with the program. He also wrote for Godfrey’s daytime radio and TV show Arthur Godfrey Time. He later moved on to The Garry Moore Show, which also became a hit program. During the same period, he also wrote for CBS News public affairs programs such as The 20th Century.” more at the source- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Rooney

It’s called 60 minutes because shows that are slated to last an hour are going for an hour, they just include the commercials as part of the time slot the program occupies.

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