ASA 🎥📽🎬 My Favorite Year (1982) a film directed by Richard Benjamin with Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna,

My Favorite Year (1982) Synopsis / Plot 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. Awards 1982: Nominated for Oscar: Best Leading Actor (Peter O'Toole) 1982: Golden Globes: 3 Nominations, including Best Film - Comedy/Musical 1982: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Actor (Peter O'Toole) 1982: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Actor (O'Toole) 1982: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Original Comedy Screenplay