"My Favorite Year" Remake (Spoiler)

Rating: 6/10 (10 November 2010)

Here's a movie plot for you: A chubby young nebbish who works in the entertainment industry is assigned the task of taking a mega-popular superstar under his wing and make sure he makes it to a show over the course of a few days. It turns out the superstar is an addiction-driven drunkard who can't go for a day without imbibing, getting sloshed and behaving very badly. Hilarity ensues, and there is a subplot involving a close family member who the superstar has been avoiding, with hints that there were things that went wrong long ago. Oh, and there's also a loud, obnoxious, wealthy producer who's constantly at the throat of the poor young employee who clearly is in over his head trying to control the hard-partying superstar. In the end, though, the family connection is made, the star makes it to the show (barely), and the show goes on as scheduled.
This is the plot of the film "My Favorite Year" -- made in 1982 and starring Peter O'Toole as the superstar, Mark Linn-Baker as the poor young nebbish, and Joseph Bologna as the ranting producer.
One would think "Get Him To The Greek" is a re-imagining of "My Favorite Year" no??