1954

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

Joe McDoakes, determined to be his own boss in this Joe McDoakes Comedy entry, opens up a new restaurant. Complaining customers and a sanitation inspector who closes the restaurant are just some of Joe's problems.

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10 Minutes

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Cast

George O'Hanlon

Joe McDoakes

Lyle Talbot

Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)

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(58)

1942

So You Want to Give Up Smoking

A semi-humorous look at the various types of smokers and the methods available to them to kick the habit.

1942

So You Think You Need Glasses

A humorous but informative look at how an average man can remedy common vision problems.

1945

So You Think You're Allergic

Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.

1946

So You Want to Play the Horses

In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning.

1946

So You Want to Keep Your Hair

Average American Joe McDoakes searches in vain for any cure that will halt his fast-disappearing hairline.

1946

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses.

1947

So You're Going to Be a Father

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father.

1947

So You Want to Be in Pictures

Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.

1947

So You Want to Be a Salesman

Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.

1947

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes, dissatisfied, attempts to save his five-years marriage to Alice.

1948

So You Want an Apartment

Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.

1948

So You Want to Be a Gambler

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling.

1948

So You Want to Build a House

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.

1948

So You Want to Be a Detective

Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.

1948

So You Want to Be in Politics

Joe McDoakes becomes enmeshed in a corrupt political election.

1948

So You Want to Be on the Radio

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.

1949

So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter

Joe McDoakes does NOT want to be a baby sitter.

1949

So You Want to Be Popular

Joe McDoakes takes advice on how to be more likeable from his only friend Homer Hotbox

1949

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

Joe wants to be a muscle man.

1949

So You're Having In-Law Trouble

Joe's in-laws come over, and they suck.

1949

So You Want to Get Rich Quick

Joe comes up with a complicated scheme to bilk his dead uncle out of an inheritance.

1950

So You Want to Throw a Party

Joe and Alice McDoakes are planning on throwing a party, but Joe mixes up his list of creditors with the list of names Alice gave him to invite. The creditors have a much better time than Joe does.

1950

So You Think You're Not Guilty

Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.

1950

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

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.

1950

So You Want to Move

Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.

1950

So You're Going to Have an Operation

A satiric look at doctors and hospitals through the eyes of Joe McDoakes.

1951

So You Want to Be a Handyman

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.

1951

So You Want to Be a Cowboy

Joe McDoakes and his wife Alice attend a western movie and George soon has himself in the movie shown on the screen as Jump-Along Skip-Along McGur

1951

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

Joe McDoakes, ever obliging and always helpful, volunteers to hang the new wallpaper for his wife.

1951

So You Want to Buy a Used Car

In need of a new vehicle, Joe goes to the Cagey Car Company lot to get a used car,... with predictable results.

1951

So You Want to Be a Bachelor

"I never knew what happiness was till I got married—and then it was too late," Joe recalls, flashing back to bachelor days and his courtship with Alice.

1951

So You Want to Be a Plumber

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber.

1952

So You Want to Get It Wholesale

Joe uses his "contacts" to buy a new oven as cheaply as possible.

1952

So You Want to Enjoy Life

Believing he has only a month to live, average guy Joe McDoakes decides to live life to the fullest in the time he has left.

1952

So You Want to Go to a Convention

Joe has to find a way to go to a convention.

1952

So You Never Tell a Lie

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.

1952

So You're Going to the Dentist

Joe McDoakes' dimwit neighbor Marvin becomes a dentist, and manages to convince poor Joe to let him become Marvin's first patient.

1952

So You Want to Wear the Pants

It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.

1953

So You Want to Be a Musician

Joe McDoakes can't find a job as a bassoonist, so he pawns his instrument.

1953

So You Want a Television Set

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.

1953

So You Love Your Dog

Despite the fact that during the war, Joe McDoake's dog Dusty did everything wrong including giving information to the enemy, Joe brings him home with him.

1953

So You Think You Can't Sleep

Average working man Joe McDoakes tries desperate measures to cure his chronic insomnia.

1953

So You Want to Be an Heir

Thinking he may inherit a million dollars from his dying grandmother, Joe McDoakes finds himself the target of murderously greedy family members.

1954

So You're Having Neighbor Trouble

Joe starts having trouble with an obnoxious neighbor.

1954

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

1954

So You Want to Go to a Nightclub

In this Joe McDoakes Comedy, Alice insists they go to a night club, although Joe is both tired and broke.

1954

So You're Taking in a Roomer

Joe and Alice decide to rent a room in their house to their neighbor Marvin, who says he is a potato broker.

1954

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

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.

1955

So You Don't Trust Your Wife

When his wife Alice questions Joe as to whether his insurance policy is paid up, he begins to see a plot to murder him in everything she does.

1955

So You Want to Be a Gladiator

Joe thinks he's back in the gladiator days, and finds himself sentenced to be thrown to the Coliseum lions after breaking a string while playing the lyre for King Nero.

1955

So You Want to Be on a Jury

Joe and Homer are both on a jury trying an accident case involving their boss and a gangster. Interference from both sides makes their task difficult.

1955

So You Want a Model Railroad

Alice visits Mr. Agony with her latest problem with Joe. They had given Junior a toy railroad for a Christmas present, and Joe had taken it over and become obsessed to the point he has built a railroad empire using all of his time, energy and money. When Alice's mother comes to dinner, Joe even has a rigged-up train serving as the dumb waiter. Mr. Agony helps Alice to solve her problem.

1955

So You Want to Be a V.P.

Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks.

1955

So You Want to Be a Policeman

Joe McDoakes is a shy, rookie motorcycle cop.

1956

So You Think the Grass Is Greener

When he gets to his office after a usual morning of nagging by his wife, Alice, Joe McDoakes starts to daydream about what life would be like married to the beautiful office blonde.

1956

So You Want to Be Pretty

In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better.

1956

So You Want to Play the Piano

Alice neglects her housework because she is enthralled with the long-haired piano player, Gregor Flatorsharpsky, next door. Joe buys a piano, and the accompanying free lessons, and sets out to impress Alice. Alice is vastly unimpressed.

1956

So Your Wife Wants to Work

Joe McDoakes' wife Alice wants to return to work to add income to the household. Joe would rather she stay at home to tend to domestic duties. When Alice threatens to return to her old job, a reluctant Joe agrees to her request to get her a job at his office. How will this work out?

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

Cast

George O'Hanlon

Joe McDoakes

Lyle Talbot

Mr. Elliot, Health Inspector (uncredited)

Collection (58)

So You Want to Give Up Smoking

So You Think You Need Glasses

So You Think You're Allergic

So You Want to Play the Horses

So You Want to Keep Your Hair

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

So You're Going to Be a Father

So You Want to Be in Pictures

So You Want to Be a Salesman

So You Want to Hold Your Wife

So You Want an Apartment

So You Want to Be a Gambler

So You Want to Build a House

So You Want to Be a Detective

So You Want to Be in Politics

So You Want to Be on the Radio

So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter

So You Want to Be Popular

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

So You're Having In-Law Trouble

So You Want to Get Rich Quick

So You Want to Throw a Party

So You Think You're Not Guilty

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

So You Want to Move

So You're Going to Have an Operation

So You Want to Be a Handyman

So You Want to Be a Cowboy

So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger

So You Want to Buy a Used Car

So You Want to Be a Bachelor

So You Want to Be a Plumber

So You Want to Get It Wholesale

So You Want to Enjoy Life

So You Want to Go to a Convention

So You Never Tell a Lie

So You're Going to the Dentist

So You Want to Wear the Pants

So You Want to Be a Musician

So You Want a Television Set

So You Love Your Dog

So You Think You Can't Sleep

So You Want to Be an Heir

So You're Having Neighbor Trouble

So You Want to Be Your Own Boss

So You Want to Go to a Nightclub

So You're Taking in a Roomer

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

So You Don't Trust Your Wife

So You Want to Be a Gladiator

So You Want to Be on a Jury

So You Want a Model Railroad

So You Want to Be a V.P.

So You Want to Be a Policeman

So You Think the Grass Is Greener

So You Want to Be Pretty

So You Want to Play the Piano

So Your Wife Wants to Work

Collection
(58)