Dyan Cannon's agent gave her the choice of appearing in this comedy and securing a five-picture deal with Universal Pictures, or appearing as Alice in the comedy Bob et Carole et Ted et Alice (1969). She chose the latter and earned a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination.
On its initial release, this was considered smutty, salacious and so risque that it was given an "M" Rating (for mature audiences). It was later given a PG-13 (parents strongly cautioned) rating by the MPAA. Don Knotts himself later said in his 1999 autobiography that many theatre owners refused to book it and "it didn't do very well" and that Universal did not anticipate audiences' resistance to have him appear in anything other than a "clean family film". Attitudes have changed over the years but it still has a TV-PG rating when it shows on TCM.
The $47,000.00 needed to save the original Peacock magazine would be the equivalent of about $391,500.00 in the year 2023.
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