Voted #6 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Stopwatches used: Minerva: starting with the third show and for several shows after Heuer: late 1968 to the late 1970s Aristo: late 1970s to present No stopwatch was in the first two shows of October 8th and 15th, 1968
Andrew Rooney (better known as Andy Rooney) made his last regular appearance on the program on October 2, 2011.
The only American television program of any kind to not have any theme music.