[Buckeye Battle Cry]

“My Favorite year” was a fictionalized account of a young Mel Brooks when he was a junior writer on “Your Show of Shows” with Sid Caesar. He lobbied to keep Errol Flynn on a live episode even though Flynn was chronically drunk and womanizing. Sid assigned Mel to babysit Errol Flynn through the week of rehearsals and to get him on the stage on time for the live airing.

[beaversmom]

Thanks for the interesting trivia.

[jimfree]

Ah. I just read up on Errol Flynn as I watched The Adventures of Robin Hooda recent evening. I still believe the content timeless. We all babysit someone, usually not in so important a situation.