Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes, dissatisfied, attempts to save his five-years marriage to Alice.
Do-gooder Joe McDoakes is the guest on the "Know Your Relatives" TV show where, to his chagrin, many of his black sheep relations reveal the skeletons in the family closet.
It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.
Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.
When a wristwatch intended for a office contest winner gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again finds himself on the short end.
Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks.
Fed up with Joe's indifference toward her, Alice McDoakes takes her troubles to a marriage counselor. None of the courses of action she is advised to take have any impact on Joe, until she is advised to create the impression that she has left Joe for another man.
Joe and Alice buy a television set and, due to some excuse, or another, the neighbors begin to drop in, stay to watch television, and raid their refrigerator.
Joe wants to be a muscle man.
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes is evicted from his apartment and decides to build his own home. As the project progresses, his dream house turns into a nightmare.
Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.
In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better.
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling.
Joe MacDoakes' next-door neighbor, Marvin, comes over to help him fix his lawn-sprinkling system, but they get the pipes crossed with the gas-line and almost asphyxiate themselves.
Joe McDoakes and his wife love to participate in radio show contests, but something seems to interfere every time they are lucky enough to be chosen as participants.
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father.
Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.
Joe McDoakes, unemployed thespian, makes all the casting calls,reads all of the trade papers, sees agents and tries out for casting directors and producers
In this comedic short film, a man named Joe McDoakes attempts to build a model railroad but encounters numerous obstacles and frustrations along the way. Through humorous narration, the film highlights the joys and pitfalls of pursuing this intricate hobby.