https://www.cbsnews.com/ 60 Minutes 60 Minutes Classics From CBSNews.com Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:21:55 -0400 5 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ballerina/ Two hundred young dancers have come to New York to audition for the prestigious American Ballet Theatre school. They've dreamed of this moment, but all the desire in the world counts for nothing. The judges look only at physique and movement. Who will make it? Who will get cut? Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:00:00 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/de6dc49c-8138-4c8c-9e82-cbd59975577f/thumbnail/60x60/1fa142fd31b2a1b70736aafd6455da9e/ballerina-newest-1-453593-640x360.jpg 67800e85-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/drop-out-wife/ Meet Wanda Adams. The Seattle housewife married her college sweetheart three days after her 21st birthday. But after 14 years, this mother of three had enough of domesticity and left her marriage for a more radical lifestyle. Mike Wallace reports on a growing trend: runaway wives. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:59:47 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/3e716731-fd5d-4bb8-8a1e-7d270fe4b884/thumbnail/60x60/c952208cfed0ef15856e1a554e4269e3/dropout-wives-453596-640x360.jpg 677fe669-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/all-american-family/ What is life like in the Synar household after a nationwide search named them the all-American family? Mike Wallace travels to Muskogee, Oklahoma, where he learns that the six Synars, while close, aren't without their differences and disagreements. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:59:45 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/c1ffd871-093d-422f-b720-674faf624f30/thumbnail/60x60/3e2c220ff63aa6c0d2726c1c09cbbaab/allamerican-new-453605-640x360.jpg 67802720-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-gentle-art-of-forgery/ For as long as there's been art, there have been forgeries. The ones we know about are the unsuccessful forgeries, but how many successful forgeries are hanging in museums and mansions? One art forger tells Morley Safer how he fooled the rich and famous with his fantastic fakes. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:59:45 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/655b17b8-667a-4236-b687-79772b54e68c/thumbnail/60x60/66f1c85c5e2edb997ec6f34aae5134c1/forgery-new-463747-640x360.jpg 67801057-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/mengers-the-name-hollywoods-the-game/ Who is Sue Mengers? She's only the most hilarious Hollywood super agent you've never heard of. With clients like Barbra Streisand, Mick Jagger and Gene Hackman, Mengers makes the deals that make the famous rich. Mike Wallace reports. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:59:45 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2020/08/13/7c104733-094e-4ad7-a3d6-c4bffb70ac6b/thumbnail/60x60/96068b0c61b27e16b309d4ae5a36289b/60rmengers1280-453644-640x360.jpg 1fe36b4d-3644-11e3-8ce8-047d7b15b92e https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-eagleton-syndrome/ Thomas Pike seems like a man who has it all: a good job, plenty of money, and a happy family. Yet, Pike tells Mike Wallace, over the years he's had "a gnawing fear that maybe I was losing my grip...or maybe my mind." 60 Minutes looks at the science, and the suffering, of depression. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:59:45 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/63add0c5-1a6f-411a-a5f1-8f09a7e6492b/thumbnail/60x60/c92ef1c05287e01684d18d3bd3e7f39c/eagletonsyndrome0-new-453849-640x360.jpg 677febc1-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/maurice-sendak-and-the-wild-things/ If you're a parent of young children, you've probably met The Wild Things. These monsters are the creations of author/illustrator Maurice Sendak, whose books are as disturbing to adults as they are fascinating to children. Morley Safer interviews Sendak at his Connecticut home. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:59:39 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/a3b353fc-d766-4727-abe9-4d760af4934d/thumbnail/60x60/494f4fbc5bb4d98328155fae37ccce3d/sendak-new-1-453846-640x360.jpg 67800fc0-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/woody/ Not since Charlie Chaplin have we seen such a complete funny man as Woody Allen. He is a director, actor, author, comedian, and jazz musician. Yet Allen says what he loves most is solitude. "I'm basically pessimistic and negative and hostile," he tells Morley Safer. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:53:35 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/55e2477d-5822-4d72-ab95-1d53baad46c7/thumbnail/60x60/4ba7b91dbc2dc508213c5cba18b24f6c/woody05-453904-640x360.jpg 677fca24-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/charles-colsons-conversion/ Charles Colson spent three and a half years as one of President Nixon's top aides, known as the "White House hatchet man." But now he's found a higher calling. Mike Wallace interviews Colson and his friend, Senator Harold Hughes, about becoming born-again Christians. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:50 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/e857c8b9-a19d-4154-8aff-7821b305a4bb/thumbnail/60x60/620ad1b5c41152b01c7936120353ebe4/charlescolson9-453580-640x360.jpg 67800dea-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/gore-vidal/ "Author, social critic, dilettante anthropologist." That's how Mike Wallace describes Gore Vidal in this classic profile. Wallace trails Vidal at parties, at home in Italy, and on the American lecture circuit, questioning him on everything from his sex life to his opinion of various U.S. presidents. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:39 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/8a07d90c-c7ea-4601-8258-529e294424d8/thumbnail/60x60/f790cbe3fd7185ac875d6d866b1011ab/60-classics-gorevidal-463709-640x360.jpg 677fe29d-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/crazy-horse-korczak/ When eccentric sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski agreed to carve a South Dakota mountain into a 563-foot-high statue of Crazy Horse, he knew it was a massive job. But he tells Morley Safer he considers it an honor to memorialize the Sioux chief -- even if it takes him a lifetime to do it. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:39 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/1cffeaf1-658b-4a79-876d-93bc6f9fa85d/thumbnail/60x60/3cd02c71988f31339b6677a928f96c20/crazyhorse-1280x960-453574-640x360.jpg 677fc48d-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/sadats-troubled-egypt/ When Egypt's President Anwar el-Sadat, cut public subsidies for food staples, impoverished Egyptians took to the streets for two days of violent protests that left dozens dead. Mike Wallace interviews Sadat after the riots about Egypt's ailing economy -- and the country's uncertain future. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:39 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/7b8e1f64-6744-4c31-9eff-81f7beabf766/thumbnail/60x60/1bad93a95a12b8ecbd78a15c0d51f859/sadat-453821-640x360.jpg 678024f1-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-invisible-handicap/ The Gallaudet College campus might look like any other, but there's one major difference: All the students here are deaf. Mike Wallace visits the school and meets Deeadra Blaylock, age 20, who describes her daily struggles and her dream of one day becoming a teacher for the deaf. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:39 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/12cd4982-a8e1-49d1-80e0-5dab6a26f0ac/thumbnail/60x60/f03a5f22cf68d865381c565a0c638e1b/invisible-new-453823-640x360.jpg 67805800-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-ultra-secret/ It's called the Enigma Machine, an apt name for an ultra-secret device. After 30 years, its secret is finally out, despite efforts by three different intelligence agencies that tried to prevent 60 Minutes from showing the contraption that may have changed the course of history. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:39 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/c03de543-7967-49c6-8f0d-7557725e3382/thumbnail/60x60/18ac1e367bad413161e74d905d06c25d/ultra-secret-463749-640x360.jpg 6780f5ce-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/no-escape-1/ Madisonville, Kentucky is the type of small rural town where people still say "good morning" to each other on the street. But as Morley Safer reports, even middle-class Madisonville has fallen prey to drug addiction, a scourge no longer confined to the nation's big cities and suburbs. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:39 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/0766b86e-9bca-4a43-b7ea-e12d98928251/thumbnail/60x60/134443e7ddadd752a9ac62e9a00ed09b/noescape-new-453840-640x360.jpg 6780260a-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/1000000-runaways/ "If my dad sees this thing -- I hope he does... I'm not going to come home for a while," a runaway teenager tells Mike Wallace. "Dad, I do love you, but it's just got to change." The FBI estimates one million kids will run away from home this year. 60 Minutes investigates. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:38 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/1a2082ee-a03e-49b1-92bf-32f17586f2f8/thumbnail/60x60/922d0f7eb9a8993b1181b0f1426183fc/runaways-new-453587-640x360.jpg 67802694-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/secret-service-agent-9/ It was his job to protect the president at all costs. So when JFK was shot and killed on his watch, Secret Service agent Clint Hill was devastated. Mike Wallace talks to him for the first time about the details of that terrible day -- and the feelings of failure that have plagued him ever since. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:38 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/feeb137d-7091-4469-b9b0-d931de1ebcce/thumbnail/60x60/6865fe0dea63447377d033d60821732f/secret-service-agent9-453834-640x360.jpg 677fa14f-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-mad-mad-world-of-tupperware/ Ever wonder just what happens at a Tupperware party? Determined to find out, Morley Safer visits some of the countless housewives -- from Japan to England to Atlanta, Georgia -- evangelizing the wonders of plastic containers, and raking in the rewards. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:38 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/b735ddeb-a76c-48b5-b5b4-979f2de74ba8/thumbnail/60x60/ab49f0cb451b773a1b55083aba8be1f1/tupperware-453831-640x360.jpg 677fece9-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/a-man-called-lamour/ Louis L'Amour has made a profession out of a private passion: the Old West. The prolific and best-selling author tells Morley Safer about some of the real-life gunslingers and outlaws who inspired his work. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:38 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/37a92fae-64d8-4c1e-9558-98297b61f26f/thumbnail/60x60/90e99e6f1012991bd10ec0e3eb336d63/lamour-new-1-453583-640x360.jpg 678027b1-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-to-live-to-be-100/ No one lives forever, but at age 134, Kfaf Lasuria has come pretty darn close. She's from a stretch of lush valleys in southern Russia called Abkhasia, where residents routinely live to 100 -- without giving up wine, meat or cigarettes. Morley Safer investigates. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:38 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/7ab7391c-40bb-4ba1-9dc7-0fd087492516/thumbnail/60x60/eed6aa866f37c587481965fce2620f81/liveto100-4-453578-640x360.jpg 67801190-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/mia-wife/ Where is Mike Bosiljevac, Captain, U.S. Air Force? Is he dead? A prisoner of war of the North Vietnamese? A prisoner of the Chinese? Mike's wife, Kay, is fighting for information about her husband as she raises their two young children alone. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:38 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/dde72f39-2a56-4455-9c12-5b82576067f2/thumbnail/60x60/a8379aa201943d8fad327e47cc2844e0/miawives-new-453843-640x360.jpg 677fe3ae-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/helen-gurley-brown/ "Is it difficult to talk a man out of his clothes?" That's Morley Safer's first question in this interview with Helen Gurley Brown, the iconic editor of "Cosmopolitan" magazine. Safer describes her as "the high priestess of sex for millions of women," but also as "the woman women love to hate." Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:38 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/83b03c38-7213-40b9-a622-b238d1aa6d6e/thumbnail/60x60/4587cd651bc058c2f6c6bb69ed063b07/60-ot-helen-gurley-brown-1280x960-453590-640x360.jpg 677fc7e0-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/mail-order-ministers/ "I'm a con man." That's what Rev. Kirby Hensley told Morley Safer as he explained the Universal Life Church he founded. The church has ordained millions of people and helped start thousands of churches -- all for the price of a postage stamp. But its tax-exempt status also raised eyebrows at the IRS. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:52:34 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/c1bb73c5-aa70-42ee-bf7d-b144660d8216/thumbnail/60x60/f1487cb9f753189df17556b98c820cab/mail-order-ministers-ac-1280-453827-640x360.jpg 677cdb7f-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/an-american-tragedy/ In 1970, four students were killed when National Guardsmen opened fire on protesters at Kent State University. By the next day, the photo of a 14-year-old runaway, weeping over a body, flashed around the world. Years later, Morley Safer found her and told her tragic story. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:42:03 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2020/03/24/b590ac6d-16ad-4767-a40e-310bd4313b28/thumbnail/60x60/a05a3de2505dcf201d6e2244fdc54cc9/kentstate-2049585-640x360.jpg 67810a7d-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/this-year-at-murrieta/ Can distilled water and lemon juice help cure cancer? That was one of the outrageous claims peddled by a California health spa selling "miracle cures" to the sick and elderly. With a 60 Minutes soundman posing as a wealthy leukemia sufferer, Wallace's team exposes the clinic and its staff. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:41:22 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/45e44361-0d64-41b3-af12-0acbe496c855/thumbnail/60x60/c2674bca8f6be4f90efb7f15c88d6244/mike-wallace-murrieta-1280-453815-640x360.jpg 677ca82a-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/what-makes-fritz-run/ In the 1976 Montreal Olympics, East Germany won 90 medals, 40 of them gold. Not bad for a nation of just 17 million people. So, how did they do it? Mike Wallace investigates the East German sports machine, known for its rigorous training -- but also plagued by allegations of cheating. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:40:53 -0400 https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/668a0f13-d270-44e9-b19f-f4ed02f2f7d7/thumbnail/60x60/090f460efafc0ed3ccd68556d55d0804/60-ot-fritzeastern-german-athletes-1280x960-453818-640x360.jpg 677ce0db-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/a-better-idea/ Turning a good idea into a successful invention requires more than just ingenuity. For creative geniuses who may lack business smarts, there's something called the "invention promotion company." These firms say they help budding inventors market their ideas -- for a fee, of course. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:40:31 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/62c8f1ec-c45b-4055-8ba8-fc0729144030/thumbnail/60x60/d51693eede80697c31441b78e1858c52/betteride-lumiere-453567-640x360.jpg 67803b5c-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/talk-to-the-animals/ Remember Dr. Doolittle, the fictional Englishman who could talk to animals? As far-fetched as that sounds, it's not entirely impossible. As Morley Safer reports, some U.S. universities are using sign language to teach apes to communicate. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:40:30 -0400 https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/d88fb025-1980-4ffa-970c-70581c27ed3d/thumbnail/60x60/134961ce2e1d89a4cea4b9c09b1cbea1/animals-new-453808-640x360.jpg 67803ae3-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/were-number-one/ "I can't get excited about losing a football game. We lose, we lose." Those don't sound like the words of a top-ranked college football coach, but that's what Penn State's Joe Paterno tells Harry Reasoner. Aside from winning, Paterno pushes education; 94 percent of his players graduate with degrees. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:40:30 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/23cc4d0c-fc3b-44e2-a4a3-afa4b195c4bc/thumbnail/60x60/7c54cc7217f57b52bf8729412dcaafc7/number-1-463771-640x360.jpg 67810b01-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759 https://www.cbsnews.com/video/fat-and-proud-of-it/ Jiggling thighs and flabby bellies. Many of us view extra flab as a flaw. But Mike Wallace sits down with a group of spunky women from the National Association to Aid Fat Americans who say they're "fat and proud of it," despite enduring societal pressure and scorn. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:40:10 -0400 https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2025/06/05/71aa7220-2603-49c0-8c64-ff25fcc6d39c/thumbnail/60x60/3741e768334cc6cc3f446b66c39f6ca0/fat-and-proud-453570-640x360.jpg 677fc0d0-8bdf-11e2-9400-029118418759