TV Series

The Famous Teddy Z

Name: The Famous Teddy Z
Released: 1989-09-18
Rating: 7.4

“Just call up the famous Teddy Z.”

7.41989 · 1 seasons30 min / episode

Comedy

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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.

Status

Ended

Latest episode aired May 12, 1990

Season 1

~20 episodes

Total episodes

Where to watch

JustWatch

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Seasons

Season 1

20 episodes

Aired 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.