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It's always hard to say goodbye to an old friend, but this week we bid adieu to our "What Was Andy Thinking?" feature. Despite some good early reviews, we felt it was getting a little stale, and we were also having trouble tracking down our source material – no one kept detailed records of Rooney's commentary topics before 1991. But that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun on the way out. Below you'll find a listing of Andy Rooney commentary topics from 2001, the year of George W. Bush's inauguration, the G8 protests in Genoa, Italy, and, of course, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Andy, per usual, took on some topics that made headlines and some that didn't. In the latter category are commentaries on airline passengers' rights, different styles of hats, and how bathtubs are a waste of money. The full list of commentary topics is below. (OAD means original air date.)

01/07/01: "America Is Great" - 10 good things about America

01/14/01: "Handy Andy" - a viewer sends Andy a copy of Handy Andy, a book written another Andy Rooney which was published in 1842

01/21/01: "Selecting A Cabinet" - what Andy's choices would be

02/04/01: "God Bless America" - how politicians end their speeches

02/11/01: “Inflated Prices” - prices keep going up

02/18/01: “Don’t Retire” - Andy’s thoughts on college vacations, the lack of good teachers and retirement

02/25/01: “Andy’s Solution” - finding new uses for the U.S. military’s outdated tanks

03/04/01: “President Bush’s Speech” - Andy’s reaction to George W. Bush’s first speech to Congress

03/11/01: “The News” - stories in the news: espionage by the U.S.; Richard Cheney’s health; weather reporting

03/18/01: “Drink Up” - the popularity of soft drinks

03/25/01: “Dirty Words” - Andy complains of gratuitously dirty language in movies and television

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