My Favorite Year: Directed by Richard Benjamin. With Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna. An aging, dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show in 1954, and a young comedy writer is tasked with the thankless job of keeping him ready and sober for the broadcast.

My Favorite Year is a 1982 American comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Richard Benjamin and written by Norman Steinberg and Dennis Palumbo from a story written by Palumbo.

Alan Swann, an Errol Flynn type actor with a. drinking problem is to be that week's guest star. When King Kaiser, the. his childhood hero, and is made Swann's babysitter. On top of this, a. the show. Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show, in …

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My Favorite Year (1982) -- (Movie Clip) If I Were Truly Plastered Inebriated guest Alan Swan (Peter O'Toole) arrives as TV star King Kaiser (Joseph Bologna) and staff are sampling clips of his old movies, writer Benji (Mark Linn-Baker) mediating, …

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A young writer must escort the guest star of a variety show, movie legend Alan Swann, and keep him sober before he is supposed to arrive on set.

Alan Swann, an Errol Flynn type actor with a drinking problem is to be that week's 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.

My Favorite Year is a 1982 American comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Richard Benjamin and written by Norman Steinberg and Dennis Palumbo, which tells the story of a young comedy writer.