On paper I should really dislike this one. It plonks in Wes (Jerry Van Dyke), a serious new boyfriend for Mary who is suddenly dropping by the news room a lot (he's a writer on the Chuckles the Clown show), but we've never seen or heard of him before. (Maybe he was Mary's overnight date in the previous episode?) He is kind of goofy and annoying too.
When Chuckles fires Wes in a bout of temperament, Mary revives Lou's "great idea" for a comedy round-up in each edition of the news as a new job for Wes...
This season's opener 'The Good-Time News' had management impose a fun, jokey co-anchor style news format on Lou, who hated it and was glad when it failed. Then in 'Who's in Charge Here?' one of Murray's new but no-so-good ideas was a comics section in the news. Then the subplot of 'Just Around the Corner' was light stories about giant turnips and the like - an idea Lou hated. So the light news bit here seems pretty incongruous.
Wes also tries a standup show, which flops. The scenes are tragic but are well acted so you really feel some sympathy here. The extended bit where Lou consoles a blubbering Mary is a masterclass in tragedy meets comedy plus sight gags. This last part works really well.