Andy Hardy: Celebs Rumors

Mickey Rooney’s quirky behavior on set — more than 40 years later.The “Wayne’s World” actor, 68, dished regarding Rooney’s one-of-a-kind antics, during taping of the 1982 sitcom, on a recent episode of his podcast Fly on the Wall —including the way Rooney would wave stacks of cash in his face.“He was doing ‘Sugar Babies’ on Broadway getting $50,000 a week, and then the TV show, they were giving him $50,000 a week, and he’d been broke for decades,” Carvey told podcast co-host David Spade. Carvey continued: “So he always carried like, $5,000 with him in cash and he’d put it under my face and go, ‘Think I can afford lunch?'”He then recalled that while the pair were filming their one-season TV show, the Andy Hardy actor was in his 60s.Despite his older age, Carvey recollected that Rooney seemed to possess a vigorous amount of vitality and spirit.The former “Saturday Night Live” cast member noted that Rooney would often tell him on set: “I was the number one star in the world.

confirmed the news to the Hollywood Reporter. She noted that the musician died from unknown causes at his home in Glendale, Arizona.Rooney Jr. was an original Mouseketeer who appeared on Disney’s “Mickey Mouse Club” in 1955 alongside his brother Tim.He also was a born-again Christian, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise, and performed in bands with singer Willie Nelson.The Birmingham, Alabama, native appeared alongside Nelson on the silver screen in 1980’s “Honeysuckle Rose” and 1984’s “Songwriter.” His first film role was in the 1966 movie “Hot Rods to Hell.”His former “Mickey Mouse Club” castmate Paul Peterson penned a tribute to Rooney Jr. on Facebook over the weekend.“I first met Mickey, the oldest of nine siblings sired by his famous father when he and Timmy were hired by Disney to be Mouseketeers in 1955,” Peterson began.