Talk:Mickey Rooney
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It appears that Mickey Mouse was named after 'Mickey McGuire'. Rooney said just that on The Late Late Show a few weeks ago. -- Kwekubo 16:11, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- It's not actually true; it's an urban legend started by Rooney himself. Walt Disney's wife Lillian Disney was the one who named the mouse. --b. Touch 15:58, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
If he had his name legally changed, this article should refer to him as "Mickey Rooney, born Joseph Yule, Jr." Changing this. —Home Row Keysplurge 17:44, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
Is there some particular reason why he is listed under the Christian Science Category? ~2-4-06
There is this, which says he's a Christian Scientist. However I don't see much in the way of confirmation, not even at the IMDB, so I'll remove it for now.--T. Anthony 10:23, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Currently touring the unitked kingdom with his one man and one woman show appearing at the Shrewsbury musical hall on saturday.
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[edit] Filmography
I noticed that "Andy Hardy Meets Debutante" isn't mentionned, but I wasn't sure about the year it was made. I went to check on imdb.com and looked at the HUUUUGE list of movies he has made. 305 movies! this is insane. We can't import that list here, and an incomplete list shouldn't be displayed.
That being said, I feel we should replace the current list with a link to http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001682/. Lyverbe 16:52, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
The beginning of the article seems a little editorialized, I'm going to clean it up.--DavidFuzznut 10:14, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Career lifespan
--> Rooney began performing at the age of 17 months hunh?
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- According to his autobiography "Life is too short", he was hiding on the stage where his parents were performing when he sneezed. His parents found him and took him from his hiding place. The crowd loved him and the 'manager' decided to keep him in the show for another $3 per show for a huge total of $25 per show! Woo! :) According to the book, that happened when he was 17 months old. Lyverbe 14:28, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
I have no clue why the kid is attacking this article specifically, but perhaps we should consider locking it for a couple of weeks. The only changes that have been done recently are related to the vandalism. Lyverbe 12:08, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Removal of "Other uses" section
I have been unable to find a single citation to support the contention that "Mickey Rooney" is an expression used to describe things of inferior quality. Either the editor who posted it is reporting an indiosyncratic usage, or has mistaken it for "Mickey Mouse". The section should not restored (or the claim be included elsewhere in the article) without a citation proving its general usage. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) 09:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've never liked it anyway. I'm glad to see it gone. -- Lyverbe 12:48, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
