| Can I Do It...til I Need Glasses? | |
| Director: | I. Robert Levy |
| Producer: | Mike Callie |
| Starring: | Jeff Doucette |
| Cinematography: | Craig Greene |
| Music: | Bob Jung |
| Studio: | Dauntless Productions |
| Distributor: | National American Films |
| Language: | English |
| Runtime: | 73 minutes |
| Budget: | $750,000[1] |
| Gross: | $3.5 million |
Can I Do It...til I Need Glasses? is a 1977 American anthology comedy film directed by I. Robert Levy and starring Angelyne. It was Robin Williams's film debut,[2] [3] and the sequel of If You Don't Stop It... You'll Go Blind!!!.
Sexually-oriented comedy sketches.
Robin Williams, an unknown comedian at the time, was paid $150 to appear in two short segments (as an attorney, and as a hillbilly with a toothache) that did not make it into the original cut of the film.[4] The movie failed to turn a profit during its initial release, but after Williams became a star on the TV series, Mork & Mindy, producer Mike Callie spent two weeks in December 1978 sorting through the deleted footage until he located the "lost" Robin Williams scenes, reedited the film, and rereleased it with Williams given top billing.
Williams and his management took legal action against Callie and the film's distributor for "false and misleading advertising", and, during a court hearing, Callie agreed to modify the newspaper and TV ads so that they would no longer imply that Williams was the star of the film. The revised credits show the film's original cast, and a still photo of Williams is inserted afterward, with the caption: "And of course...Robin Williams."
Variety called it "a juvenile, unfunny screen version of some of the oldest and worst sex jokes in comedy history".[5]
Linda Gross of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film was "lamely directed", and had something that "will insult almost everyone".[6]