The film is an early example of a relatively new type of teen comedy, which featured sexual situations, nudity and substance abuse, very different from the of the early 1960s, with their no-nudity, drug-free plots.
Flashing a generally animated expression from within her customary big-hair brunette shag, Marcie embodied all the requisite charms for television series superstardom, and perhaps she missed the brass ring by no more than a C-hair.