Reviews

Neil Hamilton appeared in this episode. I really enjoyed Hamilton in his multiple roles in a number of episodes and liked him best as a restaurant owner. He had the demeanor you would want from a hands on restaurant owner. Just a gut feeling but from the way he and Raymond Burr interacted in Hamilton's multiple appearances I think they were off the set friends.

Then there was an appearance by Frances Helm who was also in a number of episodes. She was my favorite actress in the entire Perry Mason series. Each to their own and I think she was the most alluring of all the actresses that appeared in the Perry Mason series. In this episode she did nothing to dispel that. In fact, just the opposite. .

Finally their was an appearance by James Bell the "Mr, I hope you like cribbage" guy from another episode. There are some lines you tend to remember and the "Mr. I hope you like cribbage" is one of them. Sorry, if the quote isn't exact. But that is how I remember it.

The Hollywood characters are exaggerated stereotypes especially Dearborn's agent. I have watched this episode a number of times and it gets funnier each time Gideon Long's office looks like a Paris hotel room from the 1930s. His lawyer on the other end of the squawk box reminds me of the guy in Charlie's Angels. The neighbor who testifies takes the whole camp thing to another level.

The Dearborn and Carew (Ryan O'Neal) characters get lost in this whole thing which is definitely dominated by exaggerated Hollywood types. Mason and Burger play the straight characters in this entertaining piece of camp.. The hats that some of women wore were right out of era long gone and just so Hollywood. The Rubin Carson character; i.e., Dearborn's agent, was the star of this episode for his over the top exaggeration of a Hollywood Agent. A young Ryan O'Neal most assuredly appealed to the teenage set

In summary, The Perry Mason series did a number of Hollywood related episodes and this was one of the more entertaining Won't have you rolling in the aisle as they say but will definitely create more than a few chuckles.