Mickey Rooney talks about Judy Garland

[pisceanmind]

When looking at him all I can think is Phantom of the Megaplex

[PrincessMedia2011]

To me, Strike Up the Band is my favorite movie with Judy and Mickey. Its such a cute, romance type of a movie. ;) <3

[ManilaSyndicate]

Mickey looks like he hasn't changed since those old black and white films. Still the short guy trying to scale the heights the world set for him.

[Dietpepsivanilla]

Happy Birthday to Mickey today!  #91!!!

[Lealonna]

They had a beautiful relationship of friendship :) they were like brother and sister. A curiosity: The true name of Mickey is Joseph and (this last I have read it, I don't know if is true) Judy said that the love of her life was the director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and her unique son is call Joseph (Joey). Coincidence?

[TheCurlyMess]

best duo of all time!

[DebsTasha45]

should have married!

[rockinrobintweets]

@DebsTasha45 I am not sure but I think it was Micky s mother who asked Micky why he didnt marry Judy and he replied, I would be marrying my sisther or words simular. There was love and bond that last for life and beyound, some marriages arent that tight. I am sad for his loss, you can hear the love but I am glad he had the love and friendship some people PRAY they can find. RIP Judy. I love you Micky

[PrincessMedia2011]

They are such cute friends. Its a shame she died so early. ="( Poor Mickey. They were best friends! <3 Our hearts go to you Mickey <3 <3

[YourFaceWillDie468]

Back when they didn't use autotune, and yet it still seemed their singing voices were flawless.

[joshscomputer]

@YourFaceWillDie468 Entertainers nowadays have autotune, so they've become complacent.

[imbrandyeverett]

he was the voice of Tod in Fox in The Hound. <3

[dalektaliban]

I LIKE TO YELL AT MICE WITH MY SHIRT OFF!

[KURISUCHRIS99]

he sounds the same

[ninskimig123]

Judy and Mickey should have married :) If you watch the video 'Mickey Loves Judy Still' that TheManThatGetAway put up, you can really see that Mickey loved Judy, and that Judy loved Mickey too :)

[Troyellaislove]

@ninskimig123 Yeah im sure he would have been the most amazing husband towards her...he was such a good friend too her

[NFitalianGuy]

Judy was from Grand Rapids, Minnesota not IOWA

[No1KCfan6]

what year is this footage, please?

[brittquin2009]

Mickey....I think she is one of the greatest actresses in the world too and the greatest singer and person the world will ever know. Miss you Judy!!

[margaritasalt1]

Mickey may have been the only one who could have saved her but u cant do that to yourself and say ...what might have been. u just dont know. But it is obvious that he loved her.

[Graddad56]

I have enjoyed these two talents for years!!! I never get tired of watching Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) and Judy together. How blessed to have had so much fun as young actors!!!! And, I'm blessed being able to watch!!! Bravo!!!!

[JudyGarland38]

@Graddad56 AMEN!!

[JudyGarland38]

@Graddad56 AMEN!! That couldn't have been said any better!!

[anongoingseries13]

This clip is absolutely perfect. The interviewer is sensational as is Mickey and Judy.

How can I contact this fantastic interviewer because I want to do a TV show with him.

Bravo!

[judygarlandxoxo]

plez tell me when u put the whole thing up thank u so so much :D

[JessicaRabbitIdol]

lol uncle henry on the left 0:46-0:48

[trefray]

yea it was like cool i guess lol

[NellieLestrange]

Judy & Mickey will be two of those people that will always be forever, I think they shared a love more close than any friends. He always spoke so highly of Judy, and drew on personal experiences.

May you rest in peace, beautiful Judy.

[EmilyRocker42]

long live judy garland 

[MrFapmachine666]

mickey rooney's crazy pills!! Before you know it you'll be pooping in the chimney... hold out your stockings kids!!

[globehunter2]

I feel personally that Mickey Rooney was deeply in love with Judy Garland` perhaps so taken by her magic and talent he placed her on a pedistal to this day. I think

Mickey is around 90 years old now and still praising Judy every single day.

[pegcage]

@globehunter2 Actually, Mickey seemed to prefer tall women, much taller than himself. Judy was petite.

[honeybee7700]

@globehunter2 yes he should have married her!

[MrLuvGame]

luv judy garland in my opinion she was one of the best actresses in thte world, i never knew she was soooo multitalented

[superdavid002]

I sing about Rooney, Garland, and others in The Celebrity Song.

[143AC]

This clip is from one of Bob Osborne's "Private Screenings"TV interviews

from TCM. I love Bob as a interviewer and as a movie host on tv..I love Judy

as a performer..But..I can't stand Mr.Rooney.

[3vegemite]

So this is how Mark Wahlberg's gonna look like when he's old...

[Twilightbuff]

Judy is absolutely GORGEOUS! one of those classic beauties

[glassbooks]

I'm soooooooo jealous because this fab Mickey/Judy DVD box set isn't avalible on Region 2 (UK) or is it? PLEASSSSEEEE someone tell me I'm wrong!!

[americangalbasseyfan]

This is certainly worth watching. Pretty cool interview.

[collgoff]

Gee I wonder why He mickey and Judy never got married any way?

[dubbie17]

@collgoff it was more like a best friend relationship. the romance kinda died off and they stayed friends, i heard they lost touch when judy started kinda goin downhill with her life. its nice tho he remembers her like the great person and great talent she was/is.

[MultiColourMarissa]

i saw Mickey Rooney on a boat to new york when i was 8, my grandma was freaking out lol im not kidding

[loninicole14]

I love Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney :)

They are both truly talented.

They were both the best actors of all time.

[Katebart86]

Mickey is half right in the ending, Judy Garland wasn't one of the best, she was the best. Mickey and her were the greatest on screen pair in the history of television and entertainment combined in my personal opinion.

[gouvyrock]

so long judy!!! thank's for everything!!!!

[bobbsyjo72]

we love you Mickey. You were a huge talent as much as Judy and thats saying a lot!

[doomslayer133]

Now i can't look at this guy without lmao because of Family Guy.

[YeahhhMatee]

Rip Judy Garland :(

[tothatextent]

I loved the way Mickey sang "I believe in Santa Claus" in "A Year Without A Santa Claus", it gets me everytime. He is the perfect grandfather.

[vipadrian]

omgsh, wow he was hot when he was younger

[astaire10]

How Mick LOVED this girl! What a dear comraderie, the "sister" he never had, the "love he'd searched for"... He speaks from the heart, whenever her name comes up..That's not just "for the moment", its a "4-ever thing", the 2 of them!

[ceriniana]

@astaire10 well said

[JudyGarland38]

@astaire10 AMEN! I'm sorry they never got together, but she said once that sometimes he could be an absolute pest. She was prone to laughing on set in her younger years, and he'd deliberately stand where she could see him and make her laugh! They were the closest of friends, though, and I can tell that Mickey misses her terribly. God Bless Mickey and Judy!! I love them!!

[Graddad56]

@JudyGarland38 What a sweetheart she was!!! And Mickey, the All American Boy!

These movies have left an indelible impression on me. Truly the golden age of great movies and greater personalities!!!

[RockyBalboa211]

@JudyGarland38: Mickey is like the greatest pest ever!! :D

[honeybee7700]

@astaire10 I wish they had gotten married. They were soulmates and if they had married she would probably still be alive today and he would not have been married 8 times.

[mkl62]

9-23-2009. Happy 89th Birthday, Mickey. May you have many more.

[adrianna24sings]

Judy and Mickey were the greatest performers of all time. Incredibly talented and so adorable together. They will always

be my all time favorite actress and actor.

[bloomcrazy927]

same here! I just love them!

[moroney1]

is he dead?

[Revcharge]

Mickey is still LIVING at 88. he's going to be 89 at Sept. 23

[powerfrenzy]

mickey rooney is one of the best

[Sage80]

Who is Mickey talking to? Robert who?

[UncleCharlieOakley]

Robert Osborne, an actor and film historian, who has been a host on TCM for the past 19 years.

[oRReOP]

that guy likes to scream at mices with his shirt off!

[stevenfogerty]

lol

[Tarantula33222]

"It's a great big universe and we're all really puny ! we're just tiny little specks about the size of mickey rooney ! It's big and black and icky and we're all really picky ! It's a BIG universe and we're nooot !"

[hotpink910]

aww they were so cute together!

[opelske]

I love Mickey and Judy! They made such a cute couple. I always love to hear him speak of Judy with such passion. Two great, truly great talents.

[tucsonboy]

Thanks! This was great! Thanks for posting!

[StikWitClassics]

I feel sorry for Judy. I mean, in most movies with Mickey Rooney, she always plays the girl in love with him but he just thinks of her as a "pal" and nothing more. He wasn't older than her by that much.

[devo5970]

i love mickey rooney!

[EmopenguinProduction]

OMG I'M FROM IOWA :D

[defundthewar]

OMG, Judy and her sisters were from Minnesota. :{

[waterlilyqueen]

1:54-2:20 I can totally relate to the experience!

[budbregman]

alaric, I agree that perhaps Mickey Rooney could have helped her if he loved her so much, but he seems like pretty much of a narcissist himself, and besides, Garland probably was a difficult person to help, bent on self-destruction as she was. Such a shame, she was so brilliant, yet so tortured.

[alaric59]

You may be right. It's nice to have many commenting on what I had thought, disagree or agree you all were sincere and not nasty in the least i appreciate that.

[piccolosrock622]

The sad thing about Judy Garland is that she died on my birthday June 22nd ="(

[maclasch]

That's the least sad thing about Judy Garland.

[eoin84]

Lol - my thoughts exactly!!!

[paulsimpson123]

true v true

[alaric59]

If Mickey Rooney loved Judy as much as he claimed to love her throughout her life time he surely could have found a way to help her. He was too busy with his own career which by the way didn't do to well after they broke. Like a sister...HA ! He was probably gay and thats the reason he got married so often, he was actually looking for a man.

[theOlLineRebel]

I really don't think so. Rooney was boinking way too often. He was a player, a typical-male sex-crazed scumbag in a way.

Nonetheless I like him, and I think maybe he really did love her - and just never admitted it. He was too into "lookers", hotties.

[heeter71]

According to Mickey in his autobiography, he did reach out a hand to help her later in her life but as is too often the sad reality (especially in cases of self-destructive addictions), one person cannot always save another from themselves.

[heeter71]

Not to mention he was struggling with some addiction problems of his own during that time.

[missgibbdreamer]

@alaric59 You can NOT help someone UNLESS they want to be helped. All the love in the world will not change that fact. Judy dearly loved her 3 childern and it was not enough to get her to stop. Mickey gay, what kind of drug are YOU on

[NFitalianGuy]

Mickey is a great story teller. He met her at MGM not when she was with the Gumm sisters. Judy sang ZING first at MGM. Judy wasn't drom Iowa but grand rapids Minnesota.. But regardless he loved her

[Traci145]

i get a feeling that they were meant to be soul mates.

thats just what i think..

[reganeliisex]

Thank you SO much for sharing. Excellent!!!!! Long may Judy live in our hearts

[nimbusmiranda]

In the picture at 1.38, is Judy writing with her right hand? Wasn't she left handed?

[GoldenEraGeek]

maybe she was ambidextrous...she was certainly multi-talentented in every other facet of her life, so why not in her writing as well

[nimbusmiranda]

I guess your right, she certainly was multi-talented!

[u7alll]

@nimbusmiranda np.

[annamariebrendel]

@nimbusmiranda i wonder that ALL the time! i see her doing things with both!

[JudyGarland38]

@nimbusmiranda She was left handed, but she played tennis with her right hand, and for publicity stills, they just had her write with whatever hand was next to the black board. There, Mickey and Judy were just posing. She may have been ambidextrous because she played different sports with her right hand, as do I. I eat with my left, but write with my right.

[poeseloetje]

@nimbusmiranda I think this picture is mirrored...looks mirrored... She wrote with her left hand indeed...

[sweetcamera]

oh Mickey! He always talks so openly and affectionately about Judy. It really makes my eyes well up. Undoubtedly he loved and admired her completely. Thank you very much for posting this. It was also a treat to see those pictures of Mickey as a teeny little kid. so cute!

[TracyBeakerFan]

That's soo what i was going to comment!just watching Mickey talk about Judy is so moving!As reganeliisex said Long live Judy in our hearts and also long live Mickey Rooney

[heeter71]

It's so sweet to see Mickey get that twinkle in his eye whenever he talks about Judy! I love the story about the first time he saw her sing with the Gumm Sisters. I had always assumed that the first time he had seen Judy was on the MGM lot! I REALLY want to read his autobiography, 'Life is Too Short'! O.K., I'm getting a little emotional now... talk amongst yourselves... :-)

[up2space]

I read Life is Too Short about 15 yrs ago. It was a good read. Apparently, Judy did make a move on him at one time, but he got away. The rest of the book is about Mickey's problems with horse racing and his career going sour, then his new wife. He talks about his relationship with Lana Turner, but I don't think he spilled the beans. kind of an MGM version, your not quite sure how far things went. But never any intimacy with Judy, It was sister--brother - she stepped on his toes on dance routines

[alaric59]

I think what I meant to have said was that its such a shame that Mickey was not in Love with Judy enough to have married her and guided her away from troubles, but when he talks about things he seems to have seen them as all wonderful, even Mr Mayer. Now I agree that Judy was hard on him too, but I think his care was actually only on his investment and not on a daughter type of person.

[gmlch]

thank you!

[romantic2543]

Very sweet--thanks for sharing!

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