Is 60 Minutes gonna be 1 hour of the pope?

[trof]

Just askin'.

[Kire]

1. Jane Fonda?

may be preempted, but that was the interview they've been advertising all week

[acmejack]

2. It looks like it'll be a Pope-a -thon

Here's the blurb:

A lot of our 60 Minutes broadcast this evening will be devoted to coverage of the passing of Pope John Paul II and his legacy. Correspondent Scott Pelley is in Rome today to cover the news from the Vatican. And Pelley also looks into whether the pope's passing will bring change to the Catholic Church in America. It won't, he tells us, if any of the young American priests he's talked to in Rome have anything to say about it. And they probably will. "We found the next leaders of the American church at a school known as the West Point of seminaries -- the pope's school for Americans in Rome," Pelley reports. "They are John Paul's soldiers, and they will have a powerful influence over the American Catholic church for years to come." The pope's funeral will be later this week. Later this month, a Papal Conclave. That's where cardinals from around the world gather to elect the next pope. Correspondent Morley Safer reports tonight that "there's no shortage of candidates, or contenders." And, he tells us, "There's no shortage of opinions about who should be the man to lead one billion believers." We've also got a fascinating interview with Jane Fonda tonight.
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And finally, Andy Rooney, of course, on Pope John Paul II.

[trof]

3. Thanks, and welcome to DU.

:hi:
I guess I could have done that.
:shrug:

[Wright Patman]

4. Last 20 minutes

was Jane Fonda. I was very impressed with her.

She didn't apologize nearly as much as the previews were leading me to believe she would. For that I am glad. She has very little for which to apologize, only the episode where she posed with the North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gunners.