67 CommentsBen Stiller, who’s fairly new to the world of Twitter himself, is trying to lure in a whole new generation of techies—Mickey Rooney.
Stiller sat down with the former (1920’s and ’30’s!) child star, to explain the phenomenon that is Twitter. Ben, 43 and Mickey, 89, may have a number of years between them, but the duo definitely agrees on one thing--those who over-tweet should not be trusted.
Watch Ben’s Twitter demo here:
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2 Mastermax345 • Aug 22, 2009 at 4:36 pm
ben stiller looks weird in this.
3 bHuffy82 • Aug 22, 2009 at 5:22 pm
Glad Stiller didn’t try to make Rooney look like an idiot. I love Mickey Rooney, a legend.
4 joetube01 • Aug 23, 2009 at 1:28 am
I guess it all sums up to what Mickey said. “It is not wholesome”. I think twitter is what you used to hear over your shoulder, things that maybe you should have not hear. Only that now, that person saying it WANTS you to have you around, ready to listen. AND you want to be there, despite you will ‘hear’ unpleasant things.
Flashers and voyeurs.
5 KnobberProductions • Aug 23, 2009 at 1:32 am
“Don’t hit her, Twitter”
I believe this will be Twitter’s new slogan. Thank you Rooney.
6 dejahthoris • Aug 23, 2009 at 2:12 am
If you want to see the awesomest movie ever, check out a Midsummer Night’s Dream with Mickey Rooney as Puck. It is surreal, and filled with fairies and a donkey and cobwebs and starcrossed lovers and all manner of mysterious things
7 dejahthoris • Aug 23, 2009 at 2:14 am
Ben is getting pretty good. Not caught up with Stiller and Meara, but who expects miracles?
Mickey Rooney is, of course, a legend in his own time
8 dejahthoris • Aug 23, 2009 at 2:15 am
Now that’s a movie!
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10 dejahthoris • Aug 23, 2009 at 2:17 am
liz is on twitter for real? maybe i need to give it another try
11 mspookie • Aug 23, 2009 at 3:10 am
Happy 125th birfday, Mickey!
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13 AkaneGirl89 • Aug 23, 2009 at 3:44 am
Aw, Mickey Rooney!!! c:
I still don’t get whats so amazing about twitter, I’m sorry…If I want to let my friends know what I’m doing I’ll just call or text. Maybe I’m just retarded, lol. I just don’t get Twitter.
14 jasonlajoie • Aug 23, 2009 at 4:01 am
Dear Ben.
Please write and direct another movie, Tropical Thunder was a work of genius. You have too much talent to be doing other people stuff.
It’s nice to see Mickey Rooney is still alive. Maybe you can hurry-up and write him into your next project before he finishes his bucket list.
15 Nezello • Aug 23, 2009 at 10:46 am
What do Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Seth Rogen (eww), Jonah Hill (eww), & Bill Maher (eww) & Sarah Silverman HAVE IN COMMON?
Hint: There’re BLOOD brothers / sister with Adam Sandler, Larry King, Jerry Seinfeld & Jon Stewart a sampling of many. Give up? There’re ALL JEWISH.
Search for: An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood. The Jewish are SO prevalent in movies, TV, & the media because they invented it! COOL!
CHECK the cast of new & recent movies.
16 antivellumzero • Aug 23, 2009 at 3:18 pm
and cagney… and de havilland…
17 color454 • Aug 23, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Aww! Mickey Rooney is so sweet.Wonderful to see him!
18 JpRUBB1SH • Aug 23, 2009 at 4:37 pm
“Hi, I’m former biggest star in the world, Mickey Rooney! And as you may know, I am totally and completely insane! I like to yell at mice with my shirt off!
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!”
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20 kidcaper007 • Aug 23, 2009 at 5:36 pm
totally agree about the twitter.
21 blueblob55 • Aug 23, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Haha, I totally agree. Honestly, I don’t want to know what my friends are doing every second of the day.
Oh, and Mickey Rooney is adorable : )
22 atheshit • Aug 23, 2009 at 5:52 pm
haha ^__^
23 ilikehackeysack • Aug 23, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Mikey reminds me of my grandad
24 hanjunsuh • Aug 23, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Mickey Rooney is so adorable ^^ !!!
Great video, Mr. Stiller =D !!!
25 gwendolynko • Aug 24, 2009 at 3:51 pm
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MICKEY ROONEY IS ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to see him and your dad in a conversation lol omg that would be so friggin funny!
26 warmandsunnydays • Aug 25, 2009 at 1:21 am
I seriously love Mickey Rooney. I hope he stays around forever.
27 Scribbleistixz • Aug 25, 2009 at 5:24 am
LOL had me cracking up with the oldest daughter shaving for the first time comment- so random! lol well, yes, i am a Rooney fan but an even bigger Stiller fan! =]
28 iSlushoTV • Aug 25, 2009 at 6:38 am
that’s hilarious, It took me a long time to figure it out.
29 malikscifi92 • Aug 25, 2009 at 7:51 am
explaining Twitter to an old-timer like Mickey Rooney is like explaining the laws of physics to a 7-year-old
30 joeavella • Aug 25, 2009 at 9:27 am
this is an excellent idea. More of these please. I’d like to see you explain twitter to your parents!
31 URIBENFILM • Aug 25, 2009 at 9:43 am
I just fell in love with this video. MR: “people that say I know everything, walk away from them!”, That’s exactly what I did with my ex-wife. Priceless. Thanks you for posting. And, this whole twiter deal is just silly, MR is lovely.
32 xxD1st0rtEDxx • Aug 25, 2009 at 11:06 am
for once a star makes a youtube, and he actually uploads frequently! THANK YOU BEN!!!
33 Attmay • Aug 25, 2009 at 11:08 am
Wow. This is exactly like when I explain the latest technological updates to my grandparents.
But Mickey brings up an interesting point: it isn’t wholesome to say “my oldest daughter is shaving her legs”, and also nobody needs to know that, and nobody cares.
34 whiteberryphantom • Aug 25, 2009 at 11:18 am
what goes up must come down, whats so hard about that. yeah i know theres more to it
35 bigdsears • Aug 25, 2009 at 12:11 pm
40% percent of Twitter posts are mindless babble
36 cchagdes • Aug 25, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Mickey you rock!
37 preposterous3637 • Aug 25, 2009 at 12:41 pm
more like 90%
38 xSloboxx • Aug 25, 2009 at 1:21 pm
twitter is the most useless thing ever, just like Ben Stillers movies.
39 faith4jesus • Aug 25, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Ben Stiller is so funny!
I said the same thing about twitter till I tried it out. Now I’m hooked. lol
40 bigdsears • Aug 25, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Here is my latest post:
“I’m making a baloney and cheese sandwich and I’m adding extra hot mustard, details to come later”
41 Bronco46tube • Aug 25, 2009 at 11:32 pm
I couldn’t agree more Mickey. The internet has a lot to offer but twitter is not one of them. As has been said before about other things like this: It’s an opiate for the masses. Keep people busy and they won’t realize how they’re being screwed over in some many other ways. For instance look at your gross pay.
42 anerisgreat • Aug 26, 2009 at 10:09 am
Finally, a sane outlook on twitter!
43 ottoskidoo • Aug 26, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Do tell more…
44 Hiluxtaco • Aug 26, 2009 at 4:15 pm
I want to know Ben’s thoughts on the @EvilBenStiller!
Does he know he exists? If so, what does he think about his long-departed, evil twin brother? lol
45 Philinspaces • Aug 26, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Hey Mickey Rooney! Glad you’re still kicking. You have a point there.
46 Abbyy0Normal • Aug 26, 2009 at 11:43 pm
well, that was enlightening…
47 gscotm55 • Aug 27, 2009 at 12:11 am
Hooray for Mickey Rooney and for Ben Stiller for having him for company!!!
48 Gmancrap • Aug 27, 2009 at 1:51 am
I just bought some of Mickey Rooneys crazy pills off this guy that hangs on my block. feel kinda wired.
49 worm082 • Aug 27, 2009 at 4:02 am
That fossil banged Ava Gardner in her prime.
50 purewitz • Aug 28, 2009 at 1:21 am
Mickey still ROCKS! Its cool to bring senior citizens up to date on technology, good work, Ben. I’d like to here your father’s (Jerry) opinion on the same subject. I think he’d had a good opinion about it, just like Mickey.
51 quiktymevideo • Aug 28, 2009 at 10:15 am
“Twitter dat”?
More like “Twitter Don’t.”
52 Marcipan8 • Aug 28, 2009 at 10:40 am
great idea!
53 wmlbrown • Aug 28, 2009 at 11:02 am
He wasted interview time with MIckey Rooney to ask him about Twitter?
54 ShaunRL • Aug 28, 2009 at 11:04 am
You would honestly like to hear ben stillers father’s opinion on twitter? and why did you put his name in brackets if your talking directly to him???
55 stephenpaultaylor • Aug 28, 2009 at 12:10 pm
two of my fave actors talking about twitter…
SWEETT!!!
ps. Check my latest upload:
“The Hairy Armpit Scandal”
Some jerk made a video about my girlfriend’s hairy armpits being “gross” and we made this in retaliation… BOO YA KA!
56 robertcote1 • Aug 28, 2009 at 4:28 pm
does mickey rooney remind you of the grandpa on king of the hill
57 konli • Aug 28, 2009 at 5:21 pm
When he was young , Mickey Rooney made excelent movies !
58 dn1013dn • Aug 28, 2009 at 6:10 pm
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59 Kway32 • Aug 29, 2009 at 4:57 pm
My view’s on Twitter are very similar to Mickey Rooney’s.
60 Zabbai • Aug 29, 2009 at 9:52 pm
I’m reminded of last night when I tried my best to explain to my grandfather how I was able to watch Netflix movies on TV via Xbox 360.
61 babymetz • Aug 30, 2009 at 1:10 am
“It’s not…. wholesome!” LOL Mickey Rooney, you are my hero.
62 ckycrew416 • Aug 30, 2009 at 2:54 am
its funny they both were in family guy
63 JohnnyLuuVietnam • Aug 30, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Mickey rooney is a mother F*cking G
64 purewitz • Aug 30, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Sure what not? Jerry Stiller is cool guy. Also I put Jerry’s name in brackets for anyone, who might not know who Ben’s father is.
65 nycyankeez14 • Sep 1, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Please Let Mickey Rooney Live for a hundred More Years
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