When Icons Meet: Mickey Rooney on The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970)

 If there was one thing Mickey Rooney & Tim Conway had in common, it was the fact that neither was able to sustain their own TV shows. Rooney had two come & go before he guested on The Tim Conway Comedy Hour in December 1970, as the series was nearing the end of its run. Fellow screen legend Dorothy Lamour also guests, along with primary musical guest Bobby Bloom ("Montego Bay"). The repertory company includes:

Art Metrano, who'd move on to The Chicago Teddy Bears the following season.

John Amos, who otherwise was recurring on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

McLean Stevenson, who came over from The Doris Day Show.

Sally Struthers, who moved on to All in The Family a month later.

Announcer-actor Ernie Anderson, Conway's best friend from Cleveland.

The first sketch has Rooney as a judge in a case where Lamour is the defendant, and Conway & Stevenson are prosecuting attorneys, and Metrano is a defense attorney.

Rooney would get one more crack at sitcom glory a few years later (One of The Boys), but that, too, would flop.

Rating: B.