Episode
60 Minutes: Five Years/The Gore Campaign/Stat Man
Overview
"Five Years" interviews an innocent man held for years as a terrorism detainee. "The Gore Campaign" examines the campaign of the former vice president to increase awareness of global warming. "Stat Man" profiles baseball statistician Bill James. "Andy Rooney" talks about using bad language.
Details
- Series
- 60 Minutes
- Season
- Season 40
- Episode
- Episode 27
- Air date
- 2008-03-30
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Five Years/The Gore Campaign/Stat Man is Episode 27 in Season 40 of 60 Minutes. It aired on 2008-03-30. The runtime is 44 min.
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