there is also a great nod to the gay divorcée, with Erik Rhodes, who played 'Tonetti' in that movie, as a cinema verite director, and a salute to Fellini, too, with the bright blonde hair and music that emulates Nino Rota's Fellini movie scores. this is just one more great episode of a truly classic but under-appreciated great TV comedy. why do i have to have ten lines of text? because nine might not give enough praise to Joe E Ross, who played on the Phil Silvers show for Nat Hiken a few years earlier. he was also 'married' to Beatrice Pons on that show, with the same wonderful results. i know people with no sense of humor who laugh out loud when they see a car 54 episode. Jake Lamotta was on a few shows, Ossie Davis, and the great Molly Picon, as well. other plots emulated crime movies, naturally. this show is so underrated it s a crime.