[78-L] Top Banana on TCM Mon afternoon

[David Lennick]

What's the deal? It ran only 84 minutes! Should be 100' according to Maltin.

dl

Michael Biel wrote:
> Turner Classic Movies is airing Phil Silvers' "Top Banana" at 2:30-4:15
> PM Eastern, Mon Jan 4.  I have Broadway cast album on all three speeds
> on Capitol, but this is an even rarer chance to see the movie.  It's
> about a Milton Berle/Sid Caesar-type TV star at the start of modern TV,
> and following it TCM is airing my favorite movie about this era, My
> Favorite Year at 4:15-6:00.  That's the movie where Peter O'Toole's
> character proclaims "I'm not an actor, I'm a Movie Star!"  
> 
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com