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* BedmateReveal: Swann's first scene is wrapping his arms around his companion and pulling her close. Then a look of wide-eyed shock as he lifts it away from his face because it's actually a teddy bear.
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* GutturalGrowler: Rojak. He has a low, gravelly voice and even snarls and growls like a dog when he's angry--which Kaiser parodies in the Boss Hijack sketch.
* HandshakeRefusal: Boss Rojak stands like a statue and doesn't even make eye contact when Leo Silver tries to shake hands.
* HandshakeRefusal: Boss Rojak stands like a statue and doesn't even make eye contact when Leo Silver tries to shake hands.
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* AllPartOfTheShow: The studio audience think King Kaiser getting beat up by Rojek's men and Alan swinging to the rescue are all part of the show.
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* AllPartOfTheShow: The studio audience think King Kaiser getting beat up by Rojek's men and Alan swinging to the rescue are all part of is the show.first sketch.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Benjy reluctantly brings Swann to a family dinner with his mother Belle, her second husband "Rookie" Carroca the former Filipino boxer, and his Uncle Morty and Aunt Sadie. All of them are openly starstruck, Belle starts calling him "Swannie," Morty demands autographs and later inquires into a paternity suit Swann was involved in, and Sadie turns up in her ''wedding dress.''
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When one of the tuxedoed gentleman at the party sees Swann dangling over the balcony, he says in a panic "I think Alan Swann is beneath us!" His friend replies "Of course he's beneath us! He's an actor!"
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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: After King Kaiser throws Rojack's coat out the window, Rojack declares that this is simply Round 1 of the fight--and takes the comically oversized Boss Hijack prop hat when he walks out the door.
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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: After King Kaiser throws Rojack's coat out the window, Rojack declares that this is simply Round 1 of the fight--and takes dons the comically oversized Boss Hijack prop hat when he walks out the door.
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* InsistentTerminology: "Stone, ladies are unwell. Gentlemen ''vomit.''"
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* StressVomit: After Swann nearly falls off a roof in a drunken attempt to recreate a scene from one of his films, Benjy has to go and throw up in the park.
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* CurbStompBattle: Kaiser keeps up the fight for a surprisingly long time considering he's outnumbered four to one, but Rojack's goons eventually overpower him and start punching the crap out of him onstage in front of the oblivious audience.
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* TheFifties: As this takes place in 1954.
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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: After King Kaiser throws Rojack's coat out the window, Rojack declares that this is simply Round 1 of the fight--and takes the comically oversized Boss Hijack prop hat when he walks out the door.
* TheFifties: As this takes place in 1954. Benjy's opening voiceover waxes full nostalgic about the clothes, the cars, and the comedy shows.
* TheFifties: As this takes place in 1954. Benjy's opening voiceover waxes full nostalgic about the clothes, the cars, and the comedy shows.
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* MoodWhiplash: The dinner at the apartment goes from outrageous (with Rookie's cooking, Uncle Marty asking inappropriate questions, and his wife turning up in her wedding dress), to somber when Belle shames Alan for not having seen his daughter in a year, back to outrageous when they find that the entire apartment building has turned up to see the famous movie star off.
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* ReadyForLovemaking: When Swann retreats to his dressing room, we see a showgirl smiling as she lounges on the couch. As he's in the middle of his freakout and simply expresses ''more'' dismay on finding her there, she slams out looking affronted a moment later.
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* ThrowItIn: InUniverse at the end. Nobody has any idea what Swann is doing in the balcony, but the control booth orders a spotlight on him anyway because well, he's there and the audience is applauding.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Rojack demonstrates that he's in the "removals business" by throwing a plaque of the show's logo out the open window--cue tire screech. King Kaiser responds by tossing Rojack's expensive cashmere overcoat out. Cue ''another'' tire screech... and in both cases the two keep on talking without taking any notice.
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* PolkaDork: "Anyone who plays the accordion professionally" is on Benjy's list of people who cannot be funny. When K.C. [[CannotTellAJoke completely muffs the joke he gave her to tell]], he hands her money. When she asks what's it for, he replies "Accordian lessons".
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* PolkaDork: "Anyone who plays the accordion professionally" is on Benjy's list of people who cannot be funny. When K.C. [[CannotTellAJoke completely muffs the joke he gave her to tell]], he hands her money. When she asks what's it for, he replies "Accordian "Accordion lessons".
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* PolkaDork: "Anyone who plays the accordion professionally" is on Benjy's list of people who cannot be funny. When K.C. [[CannotTellAJoke completely muffs the joke he gave her to tell]], he hands her money. When she asks what's it for, he replies "Accordian lessons".
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* AlliterativeName: King Kaiser, though a conversation with Leo reveals that his real first name is Stan.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Apparently, not once during the entire week of rehearsals did Alan Swann realize that "Comedy Cavalcade" is a live broadcast. (Though given how soused he usually is, perhaps it's not that surprising.)
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* PunnyName: "Kaiser" is the German equivalent of the title "Caesar."
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* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: Leo calls King Kaiser by his real name of Stan when trying to convince him to stop the Boss Hijack sketch, but Kaiser refuses anyway.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Swann tends to speak almost entirely in the type of quips that make up the majority of heroes' dialogue in swashbucklers. It becomes a bit less prominent as he gets to know Benjy better.
* GentlemanSnarker: Even as himself, Swann usually speaks with the exaggerated nonchalance and penchant for quips that the typical swashbuckler hero employs.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Rojak implicitly threatens to kill King Kaiser if he continues performing the "Boss Hijack" sketches.King Kaiser refuses as he believes that "you never cut funny" in his line of work.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Rojak implicitly threatens to kill King Kaiser if he continues performing the "Boss Hijack" sketches. King Kaiser refuses as he believes that "you never cut funny" in his line of work.
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* BigBad: Karl "Boss" Rojeck, despite having only one scene in the movie, he acts as a dire threat towards King Kaiser and his production due to his "Boss Hijack" sketch which mocks him and makes sure Kaiser gets into an "[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident accident]]" or have his goon squad take care of him.
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* BigBad: Karl "Boss" Rojeck, despite having only one scene in the movie, he acts as a dire threat towards King Kaiser and his production due to his production. Because he can't handle being mocked in the "Boss Hijack" sketch which mocks him and makes sure he decides to have Kaiser gets into an "[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident accident]]" or have his goon squad take care of him.
* DeadpanSnarker: Swann tends to speak almost entirely in the type of quips that make up the majority of heroes' dialogue in swashbucklers. It becomes a bit less prominent as he gets to know Benjy better.
* DefeatByModesty: Swann inflicts this on one of the goons in the climatic swordfight.
* DefeatByModesty: Swann inflicts this on one of the goons in the climatic swordfight.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "Hey Jeanine! When are you gonna let me into your box?"
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** "Hey Jeanine! When are you gonna let me into yourbox?" box?"
** After Swann unzips his trousers in front of Lil, the scene cuts to mustard getting put on a couple of hot dogs.
** "Hey Jeanine! When are you gonna let me into your
** After Swann unzips his trousers in front of Lil, the scene cuts to mustard getting put on a couple of hot dogs.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Despite being threatened to take the "Boss Hijack" sketch off the air otherwise it's his life, King Kaiser refuses as he believes that "you never cut funny" in his line of work.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Despite being threatened Rojak implicitly threatens to take kill King Kaiser if he continues performing the "Boss Hijack" sketch off the air otherwise it's his life, sketches.King Kaiser refuses as he believes that "you never cut funny" in his line of work.
* PenName: Benjy declines to use his real, Jewish surname of Steinberg and is instead credited as Stone, something which irritates his mother.
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* RealitySubtext: Peter O'Toole's own drinking habits are (or were-- he's supposedly given it up for health reasons) [[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/hellraising-a-toast-to-peter-otoole-7936310.html legendary]] in themselves.
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* ReactionShot: When Swann enters the ladies' room by mistake and decides to use it anyway he unzips his trousers (with the camera still on his face) and remarks that "this" is also for ladies only. Lil looks down and then back up with an appreciative grin.
* RealitySubtext: Peter O'Toole's own drinking habits are (or were--he's supposedly given he gave it up for health reasons) [[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/hellraising-a-toast-to-peter-otoole-7936310.html legendary]] in themselves.
* RealitySubtext: Peter O'Toole's own drinking habits are (or were--
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* RousingSpeech: When Swann confesses to being afraid to meet [[spoiler:his daughter]] face to face, Benjy gives him one of these.
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* RousingSpeech: When RousingSpeech:
** Benjy gives one of these when King wants to drop Swann from the show by [[ReversePsychology agreeing that Swann is too much of a risk]] and then saying that if King may one day be in the same position and need the same help. King is ''not'' happy, but then comes back and agrees because he was impressed that Benjy had the balls to talk to him like that. Swann also thanks him for the stirring defense once he's conscious.
**When Swann confesses to being afraid to meet [[spoiler:his daughter]] face to face, Benjy gives him one of these.
** Benjy gives one of these when King wants to drop Swann from the show by [[ReversePsychology agreeing that Swann is too much of a risk]] and then saying that if King may one day be in the same position and need the same help. King is ''not'' happy, but then comes back and agrees because he was impressed that Benjy had the balls to talk to him like that. Swann also thanks him for the stirring defense once he's conscious.
**When Swann confesses to being afraid to meet [[spoiler:his daughter]] face to face, Benjy gives him one of these.
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* BigGood: King Kaiser is this of the movie, aside from his nickname "King," he is the employer of Benjy, who he left in charge of taking care of his guest star Swann, and believes in comedy to be HonorBeforeReason when he refuses to bow down to Rojeck to take his skit off his show.
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* BigGood: King Kaiser is this of the movie, aside from his nickname "King," he is the employer of Benjy, who he left in charge of taking care of his guest star Swann, and believes in comedy to be HonorBeforeReason when he refuses to bow down to Rojeck to take his skit off his show.
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* CigaretteOfAnxiety
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* CigaretteOfAnxietyCigaretteOfAnxiety: Swann grabs Alice's cigarette, takes a puff of it, and gives it back when he learns that he's going to be performing live.
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* CompositeCharacter: Benjy is a combination of a young Creator/MelBrooks (who executive produced the film) and a young Creator/WoodyAllen, both of whom wrote for ''Your Show of Shows'' around this time.
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* CompositeCharacter: Benjy CompositeCharacter:
**Benjy is a combination of a young Creator/MelBrooks (who executive produced the film) and a young Creator/WoodyAllen, both of whom wrote for ''Your Show of Shows'' around this time.
**Benjy is a combination of a young Creator/MelBrooks (who executive produced the film) and a young Creator/WoodyAllen, both of whom wrote for ''Your Show of Shows'' around this time.
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* DartboardOfHate: Kaiser's writers have one of these with his photo.
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* DartboardOfHate: Kaiser's writers have one of these with his photo.photo, which they hastily clear off when King enters the room.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Immediately after lamenting that he gets away with too much, Swann decides to steal a police officer's horse.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Immediately after lamenting that he gets everyone lets him get away with too much, everything and he's sick of it, Swann decides to steal a police officer's horse.
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* WhichRestroomDilemma: Lyle Swann enters the ladies' rest room because he's too drunk to tell the difference, not to mention too blasé about it to care.
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* WhichRestroomDilemma: Lyle Alan Swann enters the ladies' rest room because he's too drunk to tell the difference, not to mention too blasé about it to care.
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-->'''Lyle Swann:''' (unzipping his pants) "So is this this, ma'am, but every once in a while I have to run a little water through it."
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** Swann is a combination of ErrolFlynn and O'Toole himself, whose RealLife alcoholism and off-screen antics mirrors a lot of what happens in this film.
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** Swann is a combination of ErrolFlynn Creator/ErrolFlynn and O'Toole himself, whose RealLife alcoholism and off-screen antics mirrors a lot of what happens in this film.
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* RomanAClef: Benjy is Creator/MelBrooks, Alan Swann is ErrolFlynn, King Kaiser is Sid Caesar, etc.
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* RomanAClef: Benjy is Creator/MelBrooks, Alan Swann is ErrolFlynn, Creator/ErrolFlynn, King Kaiser is Sid Caesar, etc.
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* CowardlyLion: Swann is considered one, due to his inability to visit his daughter and eventual StageFright that prompts Benjy to call him out for being a DirtyCoward, until Swann redeems himself by saving King Kaiser from Rojeck's henchmen on-set.
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* BrokenPedestal: Benjy grows disgusted with many aspects of Swann's behavior, especially his minimal contact with his daughter. Swann does [[RebuiltPedestal redeem himself at the end, though]].
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* BrokenPedestal: Benjy grows disgusted with many aspects of Swann's irresponsible and cowardly behavior, especially his minimal contact with his daughter. Swann does [[RebuiltPedestal redeem himself at the end, though]].
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* BrokenPedestal: Benjy grows disgusted with many aspects of Swann's behavior, especially his minimal contact with his daughter. Swann does redeem himself at the end, though.
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* BrokenPedestal: Benjy grows disgusted with many aspects of Swann's behavior, especially his minimal contact with his daughter. Swann does [[RebuiltPedestal redeem himself at the end, though.though]].
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* RomanAClef: Benjy is Creator/MelBrooks, Alan Swann is ErrolFlynn, King Kaiser is Sid Ceaser, etc.
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* RomanAClef: Benjy is Creator/MelBrooks, Alan Swann is ErrolFlynn, King Kaiser is Sid Ceaser, Caesar, etc.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: King Kaiser frequently goes into hysterics, running around the corridors yelling at people because he thinks he's in the wrong costume (when he's usually not) or has the wrong script. He tries to make up for it by buying his staff strange gifts, like whitewall tires. He also rejects Swann at first and threatens to fire Benjy when Benjy tries to appeal with a NotSoDifferent speech, but later admits that Swann is pretty good.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: King Kaiser frequently goes into hysterics, running around the corridors yelling at people because he thinks he's in the wrong costume (when he's usually not) or has the wrong script. [[BenevolentBoss He tries to make up for it by buying his staff strange gifts, like whitewall tires.tires]]. He also rejects Swann at first and threatens to fire Benjy when Benjy tries to appeal with a NotSoDifferent speech, but later admits that Swann is pretty good.
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* BigGood: King Kaiser is this of the movie, aside from his nickname "King," he is the employer of Benjy, who he left in charge of taking care of his guest star Swann, and believes in comedy to be HonorBeforeReason when he refuses to bow down to Rojeck to take his skit off his show.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: King Kaiser proves himself good at ole' fist and cuffs when facing Rojeck's henchmen. Also, aside from his drunken antics, Swann is really "that silly goddamn hero."
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: King Kaiser proves himself good at ole' fist and cuffs when facing Rojeck's henchmen.henchmen until he gets overpowered to a point he cries for help. Also, aside from his drunken antics, Swann is really "that silly goddamn hero."
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: King Kaiser proves himself good at ole' fist and cuffs when facing Rojeck's henchmen. Also, aside from his drunken antics, Swann is really "that silly goddamn hero."
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* TitleDrop: The first line of narration: "My name is Beny Stone, and 1954 was my favorite year."
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* TitleDrop: The first line of narration: "My name is Beny Benjy Stone, and 1954 was my favorite year."
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* TitleDrop: The first line of narration: "1954. That was my favorite year."
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* TitleDrop: The first line of narration: "1954. That "My name is Beny Stone, and 1954 was my favorite year."
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The film is is a highly fictional account of when Creator/ErrolFlynn guest starred on Creator/SidCaesar's ''Your Show of Shows'', and the characters are almost all based on RealLife people.
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The film is is a highly fictional fictionalized account of when Creator/ErrolFlynn guest starred on Creator/SidCaesar's ''Your Show of Shows'', and the characters are almost all based on RealLife people.
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The film is is a highly fictional account of when Creator/ErrolFlynn guest starred on ''Your Show of Shows'', and the characters are almost all based on RealLife people.
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The film is is a highly fictional account of when Creator/ErrolFlynn guest starred on Creator/SidCaesar's ''Your Show of Shows'', and the characters are almost all based on RealLife people.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Alan Swann and King Kaiser are Creator/ErrolFlynn and Creator/SidCaeser in all but name.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Alan Swann and King Kaiser are Creator/ErrolFlynn and Creator/SidCaeser Creator/SidCaesar in all but name.
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Adapted into a Broadway [[TheMusical Musical]] in 1993 by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (''Ragtime''), with Creator/TimCurry starring as Swann.
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Adapted into a 1992 Broadway [[TheMusical Musical]] in 1993 by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (''Ragtime''), with Creator/TimCurry starring as Swann.
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Adapted into a Broadway [[TheMusical Musical]] in 1993 by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (''Ragtime'').
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Adapted into a Broadway [[TheMusical Musical]] in 1993 by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (''Ragtime'').
(''Ragtime''), with Creator/TimCurry starring as Swann.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Alan Swann and King Kaiser are Errol Flynn and Sid Caeser in all but name.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Alan Swann and King Kaiser are Errol Flynn Creator/ErrolFlynn and Sid Caeser Creator/SidCaeser in all but name.
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A 1982 comedy directed by Richard Benjamin and [[BigApplesauce set in New York City]] in 1954, ''My Favorite Year'' is the story of Benjy Stone (Mark Linn-Baker), a comedy writer on King Kaiser's (Joseph Bologna) television VarietyShow, who is tasked with keeping his childhood hero, swashbuckling English actor Alan Swann ([[Creator/PeterOToole Peter O'Toole]]), sober enough to perform that week. In addition to this daunting task, [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily a union boss]] objects to the show's {{parody}} of him, and has plans to stop the show. HilarityEnsues.
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A 1982 comedy directed by Richard Benjamin and [[BigApplesauce set in New York City]] in 1954, ''My Favorite Year'' is the story of Benjy Stone (Mark Linn-Baker), a comedy writer on King Kaiser's (Joseph Bologna) television TV VarietyShow, who is tasked with keeping his childhood hero, swashbuckling English actor Alan Swann ([[Creator/PeterOToole Peter O'Toole]]), sober enough to perform that week. In addition to this daunting task, [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily a union boss]] objects to the show's {{parody}} of him, and has plans to stop the show. HilarityEnsues.
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A 1982 comedy directed by Richard Benjamin and [[BigApplesauce set in New York City]] in 1954, ''My Favorite Year'' is the story of Benjy Stone (Mark Linn-Baker), a comedy writer on the King Kaiser (Joseph Bologna) VarietyShow, who is tasked with keeping his childhood hero, swashbuckling English actor Alan Swann ([[Creator/PeterOToole Peter O'Toole]]), sober enough to perform that week. In addition to this daunting task, [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily a union boss]] objects to the show's {{parody}} of him, and has plans to stop the show. HilarityEnsues.
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A 1982 comedy directed by Richard Benjamin and [[BigApplesauce set in New York City]] in 1954, ''My Favorite Year'' is the story of Benjy Stone (Mark Linn-Baker), a comedy writer on the King Kaiser Kaiser's (Joseph Bologna) television VarietyShow, who is tasked with keeping his childhood hero, swashbuckling English actor Alan Swann ([[Creator/PeterOToole Peter O'Toole]]), sober enough to perform that week. In addition to this daunting task, [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily a union boss]] objects to the show's {{parody}} of him, and has plans to stop the show. HilarityEnsues.
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* WhichRestroomDilemma: Lyle Swann enters the ladies room because he's too drunk to tell the difference, not to mention too blasé about it to care.
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* WhichRestroomDilemma: Lyle Swann enters the ladies ladies' rest room because he's too drunk to tell the difference, not to mention too blasé about it to care.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: King Kaiser's producer, Leo Silver is not happy to get that response when reading the following from the newspaper: "In response to the question, 'What were you doing in Central Park, in Bethesda Fountain, with a woman, at 3 in the morning, and both of you naked?', Swann replied, [[MathematiciansAnswer 'The back stroke.']]"
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: King Kaiser's producer, Leo Silver Silver, is not happy to get that response when reading the following from the newspaper: "In response to the question, 'What were you doing in Central Park, in Bethesda Fountain, with a woman, at 3 in the morning, and both of you naked?', Swann replied, [[MathematiciansAnswer 'The back stroke.']]"
