Andy Rooney

On his early life and influences; on radio he listened to growing up and movies he enjoyed

On his education, and on jobs he took while going to school; on his experience in World War II, and on writing for Stars and Stripes

On his work at Stars and Stripes during World War II

On the CBS Radio coverage of World War II, and on going to Normandy in the wake of D-Day; on his editors at Stars and Stripes and on encountering Ernest Hemingway; on covering the end of World War II for Stars and Stripes

On selling his starts and strips book to MGM; on getting into radio at CBS, and on working with Arthur Godfrey; on writing for Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, and on CBS' entry into television, and attempts at color television

On seeing television at the 1939 World's Fair; on his experience of working for Arthur Godfrey on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts; on making changes to his writing style when he started working for Arthur Godfrey

On Arthur Godfrey's firing of Julius La Rosa on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts ; on writing for The Garry Moore Show; on writing for Herb Shriner and Sam Levenson

On writing for The Morning Show with Will Rogers, Jr.; on some of the mishaps he witnessed on live television, particularly on Calendar; on being in on the ground-floor of television and the wonders of the modern pace of innovation

On his start in documentary writing on The Twentieth Century and The Seven Lively Arts; on his encounter with the Blacklist while he was at CBS

On working on Calendar with Harry Reasoner; on writing essays for Calendar ; on his Bird's Eye View of America documentaries

On writing Harry Reasoner's CBS documentary The Strange Case of the English Language ; on writing for a CBS News documentary about Frank Sinatra; on writing CBS News documentaries about the Civil Rights Movement of the '60s

On writing the documentary Harry and Lena featuring Harry Belafonte and Lena Horne; on writing Black History: Lost, Stolen, or Strayed; on writing the CBS News documentary An Essay on War

On writing for and appearing on The Great American Dream Machine ; on dealing with the fame that resulted from his appearing on-camera; on going to work for ABC News in 1972, and eventually returning to CBS

On working for Richard S. Salant at CBS; on his documentary Mr. Rooney Goes to Washington and other documentaries

On the genesis of his on-camera pieces for 60 Minutes; on his "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney" segment on 60 Minutes; on his workweek on 60 Minutes, and on working with executive producer Don Hewitt

On some of the controversies on 60 Minutes; on controversial comments he made about homosexuals and African-Americans

On his books; on his thoughts about the then-current state of journalism; on how he would like to be remembered