[1] The show centers around Mickey Mulligan, who works as a page for the IBC television network[2] and takes drama lessons because he wants to become a performer.
[1] In the opening of each episode an off-screen voice's yelling, "Hey Mulligan", causes him to "drop a huge pile of scripts, spill the contents of the office water cooler, or trip on a skateboard.
Harry Clork, Duke, Edwards, Benedict Freedman, Sumner Long, John Fenton Murray, and Quine were among the writers.
[6] Jack Gould, in a review in The New York Times, wrote that Rooney's age undermined his portrayal of Mulligan, "a close-up becomes disconcerting when the firmness of flesh is creased by telltale lines and the youthfully mischievous grin is framed in a 5 o'clock shadow.
"[7] James Devane wrote in The Cincinnati Enquirer that only the slapstick elements of the premiere episode brought laughter, while the characters and verbal gags elicited mostly yawns.
[8] A review in the trade publication Billboard said that as the first episode neared its end, "the stunts began to seem too mechanical and too studied, especially since each one was automatically punctuated with a canned roar of laughter.