In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better.
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father.
Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses.
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.
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.
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, ever obliging and always helpful, volunteers to hang the new wallpaper for his wife.
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, Joe McDoakes, dissatisfied, attempts to save his five-years marriage to Alice.
Joe McDoakes dreams of becoming a musician, but his lack of talent and constant misfortunes make it a difficult journey.
Joe wants to be a muscle man.
Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.
Average working man Joe McDoakes tries desperate measures to cure his chronic insomnia.
Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.
Joe McDoakes, an ordinary man, decides to become popular by following a self-help book. However, his attempts to gain popularity lead to hilarious and disastrous situations.
Joe McDoakes is invited by his boss to a swanky dance. Joe admits he can't dance and the boss gives him a lesson in the office.
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.
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 McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks.
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling.