One of the Boys

TV Series
1982
30m

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Dana Carvey, Nathan Lane, and Mickey Rooney in One of the Boys (1982)

An energetic grandpa is invited to move out of his retirement home and into the cool pad of his college student grandson and his roommate.An energetic grandpa is invited to move out of his retirement home and into the cool pad of his college student grandson and his roommate.An energetic grandpa is invited to move out of his retirement home and into the cool pad of his college student grandson and his roommate.

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5.3/10

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Trivia
Dana Carvey said that Mickey Rooney was certain Carvey was gay. Rooney mocked Carvey about it in front of Nathan Lane, whom Rooney assumed was straight. Carvey found Rooney's confusion amusing.

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Surprisingly bland considering the cast

This show has become a popular trivia question because of the cast, most of whom became much more famous later. This was one of three series (so far) with the same title, including one from the UK. Mickey Rooney played an irascible (what else?) old man who moved in with his sedate grandson (Carvey) and the grandson's roommate (Lane). The younger men were college students; Ryan played Carvey's girlfriend. The sitcom wasn't particularly laugh-packed--this was before Carvey and Lane found out they were funny, and Mickey Rooney stopped being cute around the time Judy Garland was singing "If you like-a me like I like-a you..."