Richard L. Bare Productions Studio Details

So You Think You're Not Guilty 1950

5.71

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.

So You Want to Know Your Relatives 1954

1

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.

So You Want to Build a House 1948

4.50

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.

So You Want to Be a Salesman 1947

5.00

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

So You Want to Be a Detective 1948

6.80

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

So You Want to Be in Pictures 1947

5.80

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

So You Want to Be Pretty 1956

2.00

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

So You Want to Play the Piano 1956

4.00

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.

So Your Wife Wants to Work 1956

7.00

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 Never Tell a Lie 1952

6.00

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.

So You're Going to Be a Father 1947

4.30

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

So You Want to Enjoy Life 1952

2.00

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.

So You Want to Be a Gambler 1948

4.70

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

So You Want a Raise 1950

6.00

Joe McDoakes asks for a raise and is informed by his boss that the employee selected by him to run the office while he is on vacation will get a raise.

So You Want to Wear the Pants 1952

5.00

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

So You Want to Be a Bachelor 1951

1

"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.