Haggai
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UPDATE: The COMPLETE Joe McDoakes Collection is now available in a 6-disc set through Warner Archives!
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I know there are some other fans of this '40s and '50 series of comedy shorts around here on HTF, so I thought it'd be good to have a full list of Warners DVDs that have one of them as an extra feature. The ones I've seen are good for some silly laughs, and George O'Hanlon (the voice of George Jetson) was always reliably hilarious as the eternally flustered and hapless Joe. IMDB lists at least 63 shorts in this series, so there are tons of them out there for future DVD releases.
Here's a list of McDoakes shorts that are either already on DVD or announced for release, listed with the disc that it can be found on, with the corresponding DVD box set in parentheses. Chime in if I've missed any of them, and I'll update this post. I'll also update this list whenever a new announcement comes up for another DVD with one of these shorts.
Already released on DVD
So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)-- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Warner Legends Collection)
So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950) -- White Heat (Warner Gangsters Vol. 1)
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (1946) -- A Night in Casablanca (Marx Brothers)
So You Think You Need Glasses (1942) -- The Man Who Came to Dinner (Bette Davis Vol. 2)
So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947) -- The Hasty Heart (Ronald Reagan Signature Collection)
So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956) -- The Spirit of St. Louis (James Stewart Signature Collection)
So You Want to Give Up Smoking (1942) -- All Through the Night (Humphrey Bogart Vol. 2)
So You Want to Be on the Radio (1948) -- Adventures of Don Juan (Errol Flynn Vol. 2)
So You Want to Be an Actor (1949) -- My Dream is Yours (Doris Day Vol. 2)
So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953) -- By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Doris Day Vol. 2)
So You Want a Television Set (1953) -- By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Doris Day Vol. 2)
So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952) -- Big Jim McLain (John Wayne Film Collection)
So You Think You Can't Sleep (1953) -- Trouble Along the Way (John Wayne Film Collection)
So You're Going to Have an Operation (1950) -- The Flame and the Arrow (Burt Lancaster Signature Collection)
So You Want to be a Paper Hanger (1951) -- Jim Thorpe: All American (Burt Lancaster Signature Collection)
So You Want to Be an Heir (1953) -- South Sea Woman (Burt Lancaster Signature Collection)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954) -- His Majesty O'Keefe (Burt Lancaster Signature Collection)
So You Want a Raise (1950) -- Montana (Errol Flynn Westerns)
So You Want to Move (1950) -- Rocky Mountain (Errol Flynn Westerns)
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I know there are some other fans of this '40s and '50 series of comedy shorts around here on HTF, so I thought it'd be good to have a full list of Warners DVDs that have one of them as an extra feature. The ones I've seen are good for some silly laughs, and George O'Hanlon (the voice of George Jetson) was always reliably hilarious as the eternally flustered and hapless Joe. IMDB lists at least 63 shorts in this series, so there are tons of them out there for future DVD releases.
Here's a list of McDoakes shorts that are either already on DVD or announced for release, listed with the disc that it can be found on, with the corresponding DVD box set in parentheses. Chime in if I've missed any of them, and I'll update this post. I'll also update this list whenever a new announcement comes up for another DVD with one of these shorts.
Already released on DVD
So You Want to Be a Detective (1948)-- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Warner Legends Collection)
So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950) -- White Heat (Warner Gangsters Vol. 1)
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (1946) -- A Night in Casablanca (Marx Brothers)
So You Think You Need Glasses (1942) -- The Man Who Came to Dinner (Bette Davis Vol. 2)
So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947) -- The Hasty Heart (Ronald Reagan Signature Collection)
So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956) -- The Spirit of St. Louis (James Stewart Signature Collection)
So You Want to Give Up Smoking (1942) -- All Through the Night (Humphrey Bogart Vol. 2)
So You Want to Be on the Radio (1948) -- Adventures of Don Juan (Errol Flynn Vol. 2)
So You Want to Be an Actor (1949) -- My Dream is Yours (Doris Day Vol. 2)
So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953) -- By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Doris Day Vol. 2)
So You Want a Television Set (1953) -- By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Doris Day Vol. 2)
So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952) -- Big Jim McLain (John Wayne Film Collection)
So You Think You Can't Sleep (1953) -- Trouble Along the Way (John Wayne Film Collection)
So You're Going to Have an Operation (1950) -- The Flame and the Arrow (Burt Lancaster Signature Collection)
So You Want to be a Paper Hanger (1951) -- Jim Thorpe: All American (Burt Lancaster Signature Collection)
So You Want to Be an Heir (1953) -- South Sea Woman (Burt Lancaster Signature Collection)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954) -- His Majesty O'Keefe (Burt Lancaster Signature Collection)
So You Want a Raise (1950) -- Montana (Errol Flynn Westerns)
So You Want to Move (1950) -- Rocky Mountain (Errol Flynn Westerns)