The inimitable writer-director once more aims his satiric barbs at modern culture (modern 1950s culture, that is) in . Much of the film is dominated by as mob boss Murdock, who while serving a term in federal prison becomes a singing sensation with his hit tune "Rock Around the Rock Pile." Once he's sprung, Murdock hires impoverished agent Tom Miller ( ), not to promote his own career, but to turn his curvaceous lady friend Jerri Jordan ( ) into a star. Alas, Jerri has no singing or acting talent whatsoever, a fact that she's eager and willing to admit. A domestic type at heart, all Jerri really wants out of life is to marry Murdock, so that she can clean his house, cook his meals and raise his children. When Murdock refuses to grant her wishes, Jerri falls in love with Tom instead. Every so often, director Tashlin takes time out from the plot to poke fun at such technical marvels as CinemaScope and Technicolor, and to lampoon the American male's fixation on female bosoms and bottoms (at one point, Jayne Mansfield leans towards the camera, her cleavage exposed as far as the censors will allow, and plaintively asks Tom Ewell if he believes that she's equipped for motherhood). While much of the humor in the film is dated, is an invaluable record of the pop-music scene of the 1950s, featuring such guest artists as (playing Tom Ewell's dream girl), , , The Platters, and his Band, and his Blue Caps, the Treniers, Eddie Fontaine, and .