15 May 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.
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.
Joe McDoakes
Brewster (uncredited)
I.R.S. Collector (uncredited)
Dr. Hugo Flugleman (uncredited)
Doctor (uncredited)
Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
Joe's Boss (uncredited)
Shirt Salesman (uncredited)
Homer (uncredited)
15 May 1948
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.
14 Feb 1948
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling.
03 Jan 1948
Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.
10 May 1947
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father.
08 Nov 1952
It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.
01 Dec 1945
Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.
07 Jun 1947
Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
15 Apr 1950
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.
10 Nov 1951
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber.
02 Aug 1952
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.
10 Mar 1956
In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better.
05 Jul 1947
Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives.
13 Sep 1947
Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.
06 Nov 1948
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.
14 Jul 1956
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?
01 Feb 1960
A series of modernist sketches. A bunch of songs by Olle Adolphson, Owe Thörnqvist, Beppe Wolgers and Lars Forsell are performed in the film. The most famous, Mitt egen land, is sung by Monica Nielsen. Three years before it was first heard on record, then by the composer himself, Olle Adolphson.
24 Apr 2025
Just as he does every year, dad flies from sunny Portugal for a three-day visit to the Netherlands, the drab country of his birth. He has his usual errands to run and he visits his doctor for his annual check-up, accompanied by his eccentric grown-up son…
02 Nov 2023
A livestreamer gets more than he bargained for during a 'walking into random homes' prank he stages.