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2 unusual facts about The Great Man


Amalgamated Broadcasting System

The film The Great Man (1956), which has a broadcasting background and features Wynn in a supporting role, is centered on a fictional network known as the "Amalgamated Broadcasting System".

The Great Man

It was loosely based on the controversial career of Arthur Godfrey, a beloved TV and radio host whose image had been tarnished by a number of cast firings and Godfrey's contentious battles with the press.



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Lytton, British Columbia

On August 30, 2008, the Village of Lytton invited Henry Lytton-Cobbold, the great-great-great grandson of Edward Bulwer-Lytton, to defend the great man's honour by debating Professor Scott Rice, the sponsor of the BLFC, on the literary and political legacies of his great ancestor.