Mickey Rooney in the sequel "" in 2009, in a scene that was deleted from the final film. On May 26, 2007, he was grand marshal at the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. Rooney made his British pantomime debut, playing Baron Hardup in Cinderella, at the Sunderland Empire Theatre over the 2007 Christmas period, a role he reprised at Bristol Hippodrome in 2008 and at the Milton Keynes theatre in 2009. In 2011, Rooney made a brief cameo appearance in "The Muppets" and in 2014, at age 93, he reprised his role as Gus in "", with the film being dedicated in the
Baron Ambrosia talent: performer/narrator) for his portrayal of Baron Ambrosia. Fornal stopped using the character after the feature length film "BARON AMBROSIA IS DEAD" to pursue exploration and documentary film-making full time. The Baron Ambrosia character first appeared in 2006 in the video podcast "Underbelly NYC" which was distributed through Liberated Syndication. The show reached a number #1 ranking under iTunes culinary podcasts. Fornal produced, in total, eight episodes of "Underbelly NYC". In early 2008, Baron Ambrosia re-emerged in "Bronx Flavor" on BronxNet, a Public-access television cable TV channel in Bronx, NY. Both series focus on Baron Ambrosia's adventures in food (mostly