The Famous Teddy Z

Épisode 1 - Pilot

18 septembre 1989

Teddy goes to the airport a mail room clerk and winds up becoming a Hollywood agent for a big star, when he refuses to take any grief from that star.

Épisode 2 - What's an Agent to Do?

25 septembre 1989

Teddy tells his grandmother about his new job at the agency, he also fires Laurie when she resents him bringing her along to be his secretary. He rehires her as he begins to learn what an agent's job calls for.

Épisode 3 - Bobby the Chimp

2 octobre 1989

Fearing there is not much for him to do, Abe gives Teddy a client from a retiring agent. While appearing on Entertainment Tonight Teddy makes an appeal for this new client, Bobby the Chimp, who's been fired by Landon Tarmac.

Épisode 4 - Teddy Goes to Malibu

16 octobre 1989

The entire family joins Teddy when he must check the dog and plants at the home of one of Al's clients. Disaster abounds at the house when the bathroom overflows, the dog escapes, the neighbor comes over; you get the idea.

Épisode 5 - Teddy Makes $50,000 ... in One Day

23 octobre 1989

Teddy meets his first studio head and stands to make $50,000 for Harland's latest movie deal, Dark Closet, that is until Harland decides that ""acting is dumb"" because of the position of Pluto.

Épisode 6 - Teddy Gets Fired

30 octobre 1989

Al gives Teddy a script to read, unknown to both, it is a slightly modified version of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington which Al's client is passing to all the top agents for an article he is writing on Hollywood agents. Teddy takes the script to a studio to try to get it made and is fired by Abe, until...

Épisode 7 - Teddy Falls in Love

13 novembre 1989

Teddy meets newly separated movie star, Esther Luna, who takes him home with her and together they really ""cook,"" much to Al's disbelief.

Épisode 8 - Teddy Sells His House

20 novembre 1989

After someone bids on a price that he was just fishing with, Teddy tries to save the family house. Al who claims to never makes mistakes cuts the deal of the lifetime for a client who is dead.

Épisode 9 - A Case of Murder

27 novembre 1989

Teddy gets Harland to join his other client, Bobby the Chimp, in Bobby's first film. There is trouble on the set when Harland discovers that Bobby's trailer is much bigger than his, that doesn't bother him a much as the monkey does. Someone tries to murder Bobby on the set.

Épisode 10 - Teddy Gets a House Guest

4 décembre 1989

A method actor moves in with the Zakalokis family to become prepared for his next role as a Greek-American who has an affair with an older relative.

Épisode 11 - Season's Greetings From Al Floss

11 décembre 1989

Al is haunted by the ghost of his former boss, in the style of ""A Christmas Carol,"" after he makes Teddy and Laurie work for him on Christmas Day.

Épisode 12 - Grandma Goes to Work

25 décembre 1989

To help alleviate her fears, Teddy invites his grandmother to come down to the agency to see what he does. Once she understands what is going on, she has some ideas to make him a bigger player.

Épisode 13 - Teddy Meets His Hero

8 janvier 1990

Teddy is excited when he meets his favorite childhood TV host and then he crusades to bring him to an all new generation. The gap between generations is big but there may be

Épisode 14 - Teddy Gets a Better Offer

22 janvier 1990

Harland sends Teddy to talk to another talent agency where he gets a better offer which him in a precarious position.

Épisode 15 - Agent of the Year

12 mai 1990

Al considers his nomination for ""Agent of the Year"" the death knell for his career. He discovers the nomination was engineered by his rival, Eileen Meisner.

Épisode 16 - Teddy Goes to the Awards

Harland, nominated for Best Actor, is out in the jungles of New Guinea and directs Teddy to accept an award in his absence, should he win. Harland turns up before the awards and shows a nervous Teddy how to deliver his acceptance speech that features a can of beans.

Épisode 17 - How to Make a Television Show

Two writers, one a friend of Laurie's, pitch an idea for a television series featuring a white and a Hispanic CIA agent in Nicaragua. Teddy learns the ins and outs of trying to launch a pilot for television series, when the network turns the show into a half hour comedy, featuring two female FBI agents with three kids and one the kids has an invisible friend who's an angel.

Épisode 18 - Al Tells the Truth

Al and Teddy are at lunch where they are witness to a big shot producer slapping a man who bumped into him. When the man turns around and sues this big shot, the producer wants Al to lie in his favor, Teddy is in favor of the truth.

Épisode 19 - Teddy's Big Date

Teddy plans to take Laurie to a movie screening and when he picks her up, he meets her mother. He invites her to join them for dinner where she drinks too much, passes out and makes for a memorable evening.

Épisode 20 - Teddy Gets a Guru

Teddy gets an opportunity to sign Donna Gates, a star who's spiritual in the Shirley MacLaine sense of the word. Al tries to get her by faking levitation.