 According to Jules Faith in The Bronfmans, the only person who ever  dared mock Lew Wasserman (qv)s "Music Corporation of America" was  Billy Wilder (qv) in this movie. The musicians played by  Tony Curtis (I) (qv) and Jack Lemmon (qv), looking for work,  charge into an office labeled MCA. The only occupants are two frowzy  women drinking gin.