The Famous Teddy Z

tv show

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20 total episodes

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1 seasons

Just call up the famous Teddy Z.

First Aired September 18, 1989

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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.

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Season 1

20 episodes

Air Date

September 17, 1989

Overview

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.