Show j L MY FAVORITE YEAR win Artists Directed by Richard Ben n screenplay by Norman Steinberg and Dermis Peter Mark Linn Baker Joseph Bob Bob- By J JT T YURKO My Favorite Year refers to 1954 arm an unremarkable year to most people but not to Benjy Stone He Hes He's a rising young comedy writer working in the hectic die or world of tele- tele television television vision It Is stilt still the early days of TV when everything went out over the air live People nearly killed themselves trying to make It look easy Specifically 1954 I Benjy Stones Stone's favorite year ear because he gets to meet Allan Swan one of Hollywoods Hollywood's biggest stars who has agreed to appear on Comedy Cavalcade a TV show pat pat pat- patterned after Your Show of 01 Shows Of course Swans Swan's decision was Influenced by the theIRS theIRS IRS who wilt will take his salary Blary as payment on back taxes The two men develop a friendship that Is sort of a comedic version of Won Obi and Luke pr of Star Wars Except that Allan Swan teaches the kid about Wine women and song while stilt still finding g out hes he's not too old to even lenin learn II a few new things about h My Favorite Yea has just about everything one could ask for In a Comedy The char char- characters char are all offbeat but lovable The laughs stem from the right lion tion of slapstick and one liners of which there are plenty The film appears to be a labor of 01 love especially for lime first director Richard Benjamin Almost every scene looks as though It was carefully prepared with attention to detail and tone especially its recreation of 1954 New York City The new kid in show biz bis is played by a genuine newcomer Mark Baker In his first film role Having to star opposite Peter Is rio no easy task but Linn Baker is more than up to It Is superb as a ah ah h ea ca v y d r Ink I n k In I n g womanizer womanizer I matinee mallnee Idol In the spirit of 01 Errol Flynn All these elements combine to make My Favorite Year the best comedy so far I of 1982 1 |