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.

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.

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My Favorite Year (1982) -- (Movie Clip) Clarence Duffy An interlude in Central Park, TV writer Benji (Mark Linn-Baker) shares secrets with errant movie star Alan Swann (Peter O'Toole) whom he's minding, in Richard Benjamin's My Favorite Year, 1982.

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 (Peter O'Toole), aging movie idol, former star of swashbucklers, a womanizer and an alcoholic, is to be this week's guest star. When he arrives drunk, the show's headliner, King Kaiser ( Joseph Bologna ), wants to cancel Swann's appearance.

Directed by Richard Benjamin and inspired by incidents from comedy legend Mel Brooks' early career, My Favorite Year is a Golden Age revisited, a zany, misty-eyed tribute to TV's early days. Academy Award® recipient* Peter O'Toole plays Swann.

Starring Peter O'Toole and Mark Linn-Baker, the film captures the chaotic and humorous behind-the-scenes dynamics of a 1950s variety show. My Favorite Year: plot summary, featured cast, reviews, articles, photos, videos, and where to watch.

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.