As we ’ve all hear , Andy Rooney has retired . But his body of work is huge , including 1,097 of his iconic60 Minutescommentaries . I have a love - hatred kinship with those commentary pieces – I ’ve actually watched60 Minutesfor many years , and while I ’m tempt to rick it off when Rooney comes on ( because it loosely chance upon me as " a few minutes " of crotchetiness ) , I generally cleave around to see what cranky weirdness he ’s on about . Part of what makes Rooney ’s commentaries appealing is that they ’re really short – it ’s well-fixed as a figure to calculate , yeah , I ’ll stick around for literally two or three minutes to see what this is about . opine my surprise when I heard aboutThe Andy Rooney Game , a YouTube gag created by comedian Joe Mande . The formula is simple : take the first and last sentence from Rooney ’s segment and splice them together . This cuts Rooney ’s comment down to just a few seconds , and often conveys the gist of his message ( or some unexpected juxtaposition of messages ) in a lilliputian soundbite . Usually it ’s just dumb , but oftentimes it’sbrilliantly dumb . BEHOLD :
Junk Mail
" So keep the stuff occur . "
Negativity
" And you say I ’m negative about everything ? "
Old Clothes
" … Where theybelong . "
Sleep
manner to cut to the pursuit .
Internet Shopping
" Andy ’s been out shopping . "
Poor and Jobless
" We ’ve got enough to interest about . "
Surprise Party
Oh .
Fireworks
Um .
2008 Election
Decontextualization allows you to fill in whoever you cerebrate the S.O.B. is here .
The World These Days
Actually kind of touching . Happy retreat , Andy .
There areover a hundred of theseon YouTube . See also : Quiz : Did Andy Rooney Really Say That?andStuff Andy Rooney Really Did Say .
