September 14th, 1990. Geraldo on his namesake talk show hosts a son of Mickey Rooney to talk about growing up and sharing a name with his dad.
“…it was very tough in school. By the time I was 12 or 13 years old in public school Geraldo it just wasn’t real fashionable to have the name I have, I got a lot of gas.”
Mickey senior phones in, talking about kids named Junior, before the segment moves to reaction from his son.
Mickey Rooney Jr. passed away in 2022.