Joe McDoakes gets more than he bargained for when he goes on a vacation.Joe McDoakes gets more than he bargained for when he goes on a vacation.Joe McDoakes gets more than he bargained for when he goes on a vacation.
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Art Gilmore
- Narrator
- (voice)
Russell Arms
- Clerk at Hinkel's
- (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
- Cheetah - Cherokee Indian Guide
- (uncredited)
Jane Harker
- Alice McDoakes
- (uncredited)
Paul Panzer
- Clerk at Hinkel's
- (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
- Head Clerk at Hinkel's
- (uncredited)
Clifton Young
- Mr. Sylvester - Clerk at Hinkel's
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJoe tells his wife he's going to spend his vacation finishing reading "Anthony Adverse". He is referring to the three-volume historical fiction work by Hervey Allen, first published in 1933, totaling 1,272 pages. It was also the basis for the Warner Bros. film Anthony Adverse (1936).
- Quotes
Cheetah, Cherokee Indian Guide: Me Brooklyn Indian.
- ConnectionsFollowed by So You Want to Be a Salesman (1947)
- SoundtracksI Know That You Know
(uncredited)
Music by Vincent Youmans
Played during the opening credits and at the end
Featured review
Behind the 8 Ball with Joe McDoakes
Joe comes home after working 50 straight weeks - he's overworked and underpaid. All he wants to do is spend two weeks laying in a hammock in the back yard, listening to the radio, and finishing reading a book. His wife has other ideas. Spending their vacation in the back yard was OK during the war, but now, she wants to go places.
Joe tries to talk her out of it, first blaming inflation. The wife, Alice counters, "Oh, inflation, half the people don't know what the word means." She then suggests cashing in their war bonds - the ones from the first world war. She then picks up the paper, which is conveniently opened to an ad for a department store offering to plan your vacation - with no cost or obligation.
When Joe gets to the department store, he gets the free vacation planner. The salesman first pressures Joe to buy a flashlight. And then a raincoat. And a tent, a canoe, golf clubs, polo mallet, life raft, and a fountain pen that writes underwater - to write his will if the life raft doesn't work. And in typical Joe McDoakes fashion, just about anything that can go wrong, does.
Joe tries to talk her out of it, first blaming inflation. The wife, Alice counters, "Oh, inflation, half the people don't know what the word means." She then suggests cashing in their war bonds - the ones from the first world war. She then picks up the paper, which is conveniently opened to an ad for a department store offering to plan your vacation - with no cost or obligation.
When Joe gets to the department store, he gets the free vacation planner. The salesman first pressures Joe to buy a flashlight. And then a raincoat. And a tent, a canoe, golf clubs, polo mallet, life raft, and a fountain pen that writes underwater - to write his will if the life raft doesn't work. And in typical Joe McDoakes fashion, just about anything that can go wrong, does.
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- jtyroler
- May 31, 2008
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- Runtime11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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