my favorite year be my favorite movie . after read about this movie and i put my movie on my dvd player to observe a few detail and wind up sit through the whole movie and enjoy it from start to finish . and the following evening and i have to watch the movie again . the beginning with the outline of new york city a nat king cole stardust play and be truly a magical combination and a high point with even more high point to come . just what be it that make this movie so funny and so enjoyable . be it the swash buckling wash out alan swann ( play by peter otoole ) a he move from one situation after another . or be it benjy stone ( mark linn baker ) a he try unsuccessfully to keep swann out of trouble and only to wind up become an involuntary accomplice to swann wild scheme and and realize that he be actually enjoy himself and have every bit a much fun a swann . maybe it be king kaiser ( joseph bologna ) and with his outrageous outburst and unreasonable demand . king kaiser write staff with those connivers and ready to tell their bos off and only to turn into a team of cowardly yes men and the moment he show up and be worth it weight in gold . maybe it be the performance of cameron mitchell a karl rojeck a he have that face off with king kaiser . come to think of it and the correct answer here be all of the above . it be sad and though and to see selma diamond and with that cigarette dangle out of her mouth and knowing that within 3 year and her smoking would turn her into the late selma diamoind a lung cancer would claim yet another life . the use of equipment use in the late 1950s a oppose to equipment use in 1954 and be on little or no relevance unless you have be work in a television studio since the early 1950s . while a lot of work be put into the style and fashion of the time and leave no detail overlook and i couldn not help notice that some of the men wear their hair a little too long for the time . but for cry out loud . this movie be a comedy and not a history lesson . just sit back amid enjoy this movie and again and and again and and again and like i have .