"Louie's Can-Can" opens with Della sporting a new poncho that she received from the absent Chico, here said to be in Ensenada (Ed: "I liked it better when it was a seat cover!"). A despondent Louie laments that he's about to be forced into early retirement: "when you get a certain age, they make you turn in your can...I've taken so much trash to the dump, last year they had to add on the Louie Wilson Wing but that's yesterday's garbage!" Ed believes it won't be long before Louie finds another job: "3000 flies will give you a reference!" Louie already has his next position in mind, purchasing the refuse business from a retiring Joe Tubbs (George Gobel), a likable film flam man, showing off prized possessions like King Kong's toupee: "he was bald you know...not many people got close enough to find out!" Ed manages to lower the price to $4000, which does not include the driver (Reb Brown), who takes one look at his new boss and quits (Tubbs: "he's my first born...he's my only born!"). Louie has no trouble finding a new driver, with Ed willing to earn a weekly salary of $250, while Tubbs returns from Hawaii happy as a lark: "it's as pretty as a sunset over a brand new dump!" The conversation turns to volcanoes and girls in grass skirts: "while we were there, they were both active!" Tubbs offers to buy back his business and become partners with Louie: "no can is too small, no load is too cluttered, we know on which side our bread is buttered!" As one would expect George Gobel is a constant delight, with Danny Mora making his fifth and final appearance as Della's loyal Salvador.
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