Hello, welcome to Hollywood crime scene. This is Rachel Fisher. This is Desi Jadikin. Today we will be talking about a Hollywood legend. This is someone we've definitely hit on before in past episodes. And when he comes up, we've always, we've always said he needs his own episode. Well, today he gets it. And that star is Mickey Rooney.

Now, this is part one.

This is part one.

Yes.

Well, his own episodes, I should say, because there's definitely going to be more than one,

because he has a long life.

My sources for these episodes are Life is Too Short by Mickey Rooney.

It's his memoir.

And The Life in Times of Mickey Rooney by Richard A. Lertzman.

I had to get a real biography because I know Mickey Rooney fabricates a lot of things in his life.

But it's kind of funny how much the biography uses his memoir as a source.

Because there's huge chunks that they quote from the memoir. Yeah. It's always funny when they do that.

I mean, I'm sure he's not lying about his entire life. No, no, no, no, no. But I was shocked how much, because, you know, when you're reading both, you were like, oh, that's from the memoir. I just read that. Yeah. Because I'm kind of going side by side. I'm actually listening to the audiobook. So I'll write from his memoir and then I'll, like, listen through the sections of his life on the book, like at two times speed. Oh my God. Which is crazy. You're doing, you're one of those people now.

I, this is the first time I've done it this way, but I couldn't get the book in like a, like a, I'm sorry, Kindle. Yeah. So I was like, oh, I'll just get this audio. And I've never done it before this way, but it is kind of good as a backup to listen to

while you, after you've written something, but I don't think I would listen to a book while I'm

writing, like taking notes. That would be too difficult. But it's a good biography.

Anyway, Mickey Rooney is one of those stars that has literally creeped me out my whole life.

Really?

Yeah.

I never have liked him.

Really?

No.

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