The Famous Teddy Z

(1989)

TV-PG

Comedy

7.2/10

6 votes

30 min/ep

September 18, 1989

IMDb

"Just call up the famous Teddy Z."

Overview

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.

Network

CBS Comedy Central

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Keywords

Season 1

20 EpisodesAir Date: September 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.

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