My Favorite Year
Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show, in the mid 50s (the early years). Its a new medium and the rules were not fully established. Alan Swann, an Erol Flynn type actor with a drinking problem is to be that weeks guest star. When King Kaiser, the headliner wants to throw Swann off the show, Benjy makes a pitch to save his childhood hero, and is made Swann's babysitter. On top of this, a union boss doesn't care for Kaiser's parody of him and has plans to stop the show.
PG
HD
Comedy
1982
92 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : My Favorite Year
- Duration : 92 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Norman Steinberg (screenplay), Dennis Palumbo (screenplay), Dennis Palumbo (story)
- Directors : Richard Benjamin min
- Imdb : 7.4 (6693 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.8 (4698 votes)
- Actors : Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna
Movie Storyline
Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show, in the mid 50s (the early years). Its a new medium and the rules were not fully established. Alan Swann, an Erol Flynn type actor with a drinking problem is to be that weeks guest star. When King Kaiser, the headliner wants to throw Swann off the show, Benjy makes a pitch to save his childhood hero, and is made Swann's babysitter. On top of this, a union boss doesn't care for Kaiser's parody of him and has plans to stop the show.