Joe screws up his friendly poker game with the neighbors because he can't read his cards. When Joe's wife catches him the next day holding a book at ankle's length to read it, she sends him off to the eye doctor.
Again, this is more of an educational short with laughs sprinkled in. It seems determined to teach us about three different kinds of poor eyesight (as if we cared) when all we really want are some laughs. The best gag in the movie is Joe watching the eye doctor's previous patient come out -- a literally blind man, complete with dark glasses and cane. The dumbest gag is Joe's blowhard brother-in-law leading Joe to the rooftop to give his eyes some sunlight -- because we all know that having a guy look directly into the sun helps his vision, right?
As with the debut film, George O'Hanlon does nicely enough with pantomine, but you can't help thinking Joe would really bust loose with some dialogue.
Our rating: (C) 2012, Steve Bailey.
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