Richard L. Bare Productions

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.

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 and his wife go apartment hunting.

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

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.

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

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

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

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?