Garish but undeniably enjoyable comedy (including the unsubtle jabs at Mansfield's sex appeal) in which Tashlin provides a healthy barrage of inventive sight gags that put to good use his background as animator. And his cast is certainly willing: Tom Ewell basically repeats his role from THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH (1955), Mansfield is better than expected and Edmond O'Brien, most surprising of all, lets it all hang out as the wannabe music mogul/gangster. The performances by rock'n'roll artists (some of which have long since vanished from the public's memory) must have made it hip at the time but today tend to date it more than anything else...
I've watched Tashlin's other highly-regarded satire WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957), also on Italian TV, but it's been so long that I hardly recall anything about it! In a way, it's a pity that Tashlin was too often relegated to directing star comedians like Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis and Doris Day, as he seemed quite capable of showing a greater range (rather in the Billy Wilder mould).
I've watched Tashlin's other highly-regarded satire WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? (1957), also on Italian TV, but it's been so long that I hardly recall anything about it! In a way, it's a pity that Tashlin was too often relegated to directing star comedians like Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis and Doris Day, as he seemed quite capable of showing a greater range (rather in the Billy Wilder mould).