The Commissioner met him on New Years Eve 1999 in Palm Springs. It went like this: Commish: Hello Mr. Rooney - great show. Rooney: Who are you? Commish: The brother in law of your band leader. Rooney: Oh. And he walked away.
Went from Driving Miss Daisy to pushing up daisies. Not a good career move.
(d) September 11th, 1994