| Mary Lou is Hilarious on America’s
Top Inventor  By
Michelle Harty
Previously featured as one of Irish America’s Top 100 Business
People, Mary Lou Quinlan has caught our attention again. This time, however,
it is not for writing a bestseller, although her latest, Time Off for
Good Behavior: How Hardworking Women Can Take a Break and Change Their
Lives is definitely noteworthy.
Nor is it for her outstanding work as CEO of the foremost women’s
marketing company in the U.S., Just Ask a Woman. This time around Mary
Lou stands out as the sassy and sophisticated judge of ABC’s new
primetime show, America’s Top Inventor.
With co-judges Ed Evangelista, Doug Hall, and Peter Jones, Mary Lou Quinlan
sifts through various ideas for inventions that are presented to her.
As the show’s only female judge, Mary Lou stands out, looks great
with a new and improved hairdo and upholds a standard of class and intelligence
for the inventors. She is opinionated and gives advice freely. It is no
wonder The Wall Street Journal has named her “the Oprah” of
marketing.
On the April 20 “Best of Auditions” episode, Mary Lou was
hilarious as she dealt with some of the less glamorous inventions. She
let Brian Conant know that his “flatulence deodorizer” did
not meet her standards and commented as he left, “I can’t
believe he said the f-word on TV.” Later in the episode, Mary Lou
was appalled as Georgina Huerta presented her “naughty knot”
lingerie, which was removed from a model with just one tug of a string.
Mary Lou stood up and left the room, came back with her own coat to cover
the exposed model, then told both girls to use their brains and get some
real jobs. She sent the girls away but not without first making sure that
the lingerie model knew that the coat was only a loan.
Mary Lou does more than just add humor to the show. She encourages and
motivates the inventors that are approved. On April 27 Mary Lou mentored
three of the remaining inventors as they worked with product designers,
packaging companies, marketing executives, and went through product testing
before choosing which of the three would move on to the final round. While
this would be a difficult decision for most, for the decisive Mary Lou
it proved to be no problem.
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