A short history of the "stand-up" with Bob Simon

In the jargon of broadcast news, there's something called "the stand-up." It's the moment in a story when the correspondent speaks directly to the camera while standing on location, experiencing the story first-hand.

The stand-up is an element that's often mocked in news parodies, but anyone who has paid attention to the stand-ups of 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon knows that there's a kind of genius to a truly memorable stand-up.

And so many of Bob's stand-ups were memorable. In the above video player, you'll find Bob's greatest hits. It's like a short history of the correspondent stand-up, and it was compiled by 60 Minutes editor Matt Richman.