IT'S TOO F*****G LONG! Peter Jennings cuts loose about a standup. ABC NEWS OUTTAKE.

These four clips feature some funny and touching out takes that I acquired from ABC News around 1997. These clips were taken off the "house router", where raw videotape is fed from one department to another. The clips feature Peter Jennings, Barbara Walters, Sam Donaldson, Diane Sawyer and Hugh Downs. Those who loved Jennings, as I did, will smile as they remember the humor and professional fire hidden beneath his usually calm demeanor.

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0:30 Rare footage of Peter Jennings dissing himself, sounds like a song

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Not dissing himself, though he criticized himself plenty

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@@rockcityfilms I know, but what I actually mean, is that the 'its long long long long long!' part is what sounds like a song!

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CSNY and J?

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@@rockcityfilms idk

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Peter just for the record, this is Al Michaels, that was a totally farcical call.

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Wow...disappointing

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Why?

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I don't think it's disappointing at all.. He wasn't even really angry about it. It's just how some people talk. I remember his voice very well. And he definitely had a cold here.