Ben Stiller Demos Twitter For Mickey Rooney [VIDEO]

August 21st, 2009 admin

Topics: ben stiller, check-it-out, comedic-actor, facebook, hilarious-video, latest, mickey-rooney, only-children, productions, stiller, twitter, twitter-check

Earlier this month, Ben Stiller made his social media debut with a hilarious video post to Facebook and Twitter. Now, he’s back with a new video, an attempt to explain Twitter to 88-year-old comedic actor Mickey Rooney . The results, not surprisingly, are amusing, with Rooney telling Stiller that tweets “aren’t wholesome” and Stiller advising that “only children that are supervised” should use Twitter.

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