Ospite d'onore was released in the year 1982。Ospite d'onore is also called as My Favorite Year, Vuosi huipulla, Um Cara Muito Baratinado, Où est passée mon idole?, Mi año favorito, Mój najlepszy rok, Draufgänger in New York, Berusad av framgång。

Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show, in the mid 50s (the early years). Its a new medium and the rules were not fully established. Alan Swann, an Erol Flynn type actor with a drinking problem is to be that weeks guest star. When King Kaiser, the headliner wants to throw Swann off the show, Benjy makes a pitch to save his childhood hero, and is made Swann's babysitter. On top of this, a union boss doesn't care for Kaiser's parody of him and has plans to stop the show.

Ospite d'onore actors and actresses include Basil Hoffman, Bill Macy, Corinne Bohrer, Gloria Stuart, Joseph Bologna, Lainie Kazan, Mark Linn-Baker。