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1 October 1982 (USA) morePlot:
A dissolute matinee idol is slated to appear on a live TV variety show. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
My Favorite Year moreUS TV Schedule:
| Sun. Feb. 1 | 6:00 AM | TCM |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Peter O'Toole | ... | Alan Swann |
 | Mark Linn-Baker | ... | Benjy Stone |
| Jessica Harper | ... | K. C. Downing |
 | Joseph Bologna | ... | King Kaiser |
| Bill Macy | ... | Sy Benson |
 | Lainie Kazan | ... | Belle Carroca |
 | Anne De Salvo | ... | Alice Miller |
 | Basil Hoffman | ... | Herb Lee |
| Lou Jacobi | ... | Uncle Morty |
| Adolph Green | ... | Leo Silver |
| Tony DiBenedetto | ... | Alfi Bambacelli |
 | George Wyner | ... | Myron Fein |
| Selma Diamond | ... | Lil |
| Cameron Mitchell | ... | Karl Rojeck |
| Jenny Neumann | ... | Connie |
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According to Cameron Mitchell his Boss character was based on Jimmy Hoffa, while the character of Herb was modeled after 'Neil Simon'. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: The cameras in the Comedy Cavalcade studio are RCA TK-14s, which were not introduced until the late 1950s. (NBC would have used RCA TK-30, TK-10 or TK-11 cameras for black-and-white shows at this time.) In another scene a Marconi Mark IV camera is being pushed through a hallway; this camera also was not available until the late 1950s. moreQuotes:
Alan Swann: Rookie, your Meatloaf Mindanao was superb!Rookie Carroca: Thanks. That takes two days to prepare, you know.
Alan Swann: Really! Tell me, what was that rather pungent taste?
Rookie Carroca: Parrot!
[someone spits up and Aunt Sadie swoons; the parrot cage is empty]
Rookie Carroca: And they're not easy to work with. They put up some squawk.
Alan Swann: I can imagine!
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Joan Rivers/Musical Youth (#8.17)" (1983) moreSoundtrack:
How High the Moon moreFAQ
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Hilarious film about a Sid Caesar-like comedy series where the special guest is a legendary swashbuckler movie idol who is more known for taking to drink, than for his acting credits. O'Toole shines as Alan Swann, the swashbuckler on his first live television series. Bologna is priceless as the Sid Caesar-like star of the comedy show. Baker is also wonderful as the young comedy writer assigned to watch Swann's every move. There is great support from Bill Macy, excellent as the show's head writer; Green as the show's producer; Hoffman as a comedy writer who only whispers how he feels...only to speak at the end of the film and Kazan, who is simply divine as Baker's mother. The film is a fine slice of old fashioned comedy with great slapstick and dialogue with lots of zap and zing. Director Benjamin shines in his first venture behind the camera. O'Toole was Oscar nominated.