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    I think this is one of Quinn's best characters! She played the hot, Southern vamp Lulu Mae Deveraux. Quinn is great at Southern dialects, and this role is very different from her other outstanding character of hillbilly girl Sally Lou in Burke's Law. Where Sally Lou had more of Tennessee type twang, Lulu Mae was definitely Louisiana.

    Donald O'Connor was the star of this episode. Dick Sargent actually played a character called Dick O'Hara, which I find amusing. Special mention must go out to Lisa Mitchell who played the delightfully dingy Pattikins Ryan. The whole cast was good, really, and this was a funny episode in the anthology series.

    Chrysler Theatre was one of the last big anthology series on television. Bob Hope hosted, and sometimes starred in, these one-hour shows that varied from comedy, drama, mystery, action, or any blend of the above. This episode was straight comedy. Donald O'Connor is a brilliant inventor who gets into quite a mess when all these different, attractive women (Quinn included) come on to him with ulterior motives.

    Those shorts! My goodness! I don't know how she gets into them, but she wears them well. Lulu Mae is one of those women that would make you go "Ga! Ga!" when you first see her around a corner. Lulu is an extremely funny, sexy character and we soon learn that this isn't her debut at this sort of thing. And yes, Quinn liked working with Donald O'Connor. And she was a great fan of Bob Hope!