Dana Carvey: Mickey Rooney would taunt me with wads of cash on set

Dana Carvey nonetheless remembers “One of many Boys” co-star Mickey Rooney’s quirky behavior on set — greater than 40 years later.

The “Wayne’s World” actor, 68, dished concerning Rooney’s one-of-a-kind antics, throughout taping of the 1982 sitcom, on a latest episode of his podcast Fly on the Wall —together with the best way Rooney would wave stacks of money in his face.

“He was doing ‘Sugar Infants’ on Broadway getting $50,000 every week, after which the TV present, they have been giving him $50,000 every week, and he’d been broke for many years,” Carvey informed podcast co-host David Spade.

Carvey continued: “So he at all times carried like, $5,000 with him in money and he’d put it underneath my face and go, ‘Assume I can afford lunch?’”

He then recalled that whereas the pair have been filming their one-season TV present, the Andy Hardy actor was in his 60s.

Regardless of his older age, Carvey recollected that Rooney appeared to own a vigorous quantity of vitality and spirit.

The previous “Saturday Night time Dwell” solid member famous that Rooney would typically inform him on set: “I used to be the primary star on the earth. You hear me? Bang. The world!”

“That’s what he stated on daily basis, each 45 minutes, down the hallway, ‘primary star,’” he quipped. “Mickey was 62 once I labored with him, had an unimaginable quantity of vitality, and he was very, very bitter and he lived to 95. [Editor’s Note: Mickey Rooney died at age 93 in 2014.] So bitterness received’t kill you.” 

Rooney died in 2014. He was 93 years outdated.

“One of many Boys” starred Rooney as Oliver Nugent, a grandfather who skips out on residing in his retirement house, and decides to maneuver in along with his school grandson, Adam (Carvey).

Nathan Lane and Meg Ryan additionally starred.

Final yr, Carvey appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and referred to as Rooney the “craziest particular person I’ve ever met.”

He even alleged that the vaudevillian would deliver a gun on set with him.

“I imply, he was sensible, however he had a .38 revolver and he’d wave it round,” Carvey stated.

The funnyman then added that his co-star would even scream, “They’re not gonna get me. They arrive for me, I’ll plug ’em!”