My Favorite Year

It’s 1954 and junior writer Benjy Stone is hard at work on TV’s hit variety show, King Kaiser Comedy Cavalcade. Stone’s job takes an unexpected turn when he volunteers to spend the week playing nursemaid to his childhood Hollywood hero, Alan Swann, who is scheduled to make a live appearance on the show. Swann is more than a washed-up, swashbuckling movie star; he’s a womanizer with a major drinking problem. As Benjy does his best to keep Swann out of trouble, the two find common ground, sharing adventures and life lessons.