TV series / 1989

The Famous Teddy Z

Name: The Famous Teddy Z
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1989-09-18
Cast: Jon Cryer, Jane Sibbett, Milton Selzer, Erica Yohn, Josh Blake

Episode directors Max TashGinger GriggRichard DubinHugh Wilson

More directors

Frank Bonner

Comedy

★ 7.4/10Audience rating

A mailroom clerk becomes a top agent at a Hollywood talent agency after he impresses a notoriously self-centered client. The series was inspired by an actual 1940s encounter involving Marlon Brando.

The story

A mailroom clerk becomes a top agent at a Hollywood talent agency after he impresses a notoriously self-centered client. The series was inspired by an actual 1940s encounter involving Marlon Brando.

The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1989 · 20 episodes Season details

Sept. 17, 1989

Theodore "Teddy" Zakalokis, a young man working in a Hollywood talent agency in order to avoid being stuck in his Greek-American family's bakery. When Hollywood star Harland Keyvo (a caricature of Marlon Brando) meets Teddy Z, he is so impressed by his honesty that he makes him his new agent.