Richard L. Bare Productions Movie Trailers

So You Want to Be a Plumber Trailer (1951)

10 November 1951

In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber.

So You Want to Build a House Trailer (1948)

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.

So You Want to Be a Salesman Trailer (1947)

13 September 1947

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

So You Want to Be a V.P. Trailer (1955)

29 October 1955

Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks.

So You Want to Wear the Pants Trailer (1952)

08 November 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.

So You Want to Be a Detective Trailer (1948)

26 June 1948

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 Enjoy Life Trailer (1952)

29 March 1952

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're Going on a Vacation Trailer (1947)

05 July 1947

Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives.

So You Want to Know Your Relatives Trailer (1954)

18 December 1954

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're Going to Be a Father Trailer (1947)

10 May 1947

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

So Your Wife Wants to Work Trailer (1956)

14 July 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.

So You Want to Be a Handyman Trailer (1951)

03 January 1951

Joe MacDoakes' next-door neighbor, Marvin, comes over to help him fix his lawn-sprinkling system, but they get the pipes crossed with the gas-line and almost asphyxiate themselves.

So You Think You're Allergic Trailer (1945)

01 December 1945

Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.

So You Want to Move Trailer (1950)

19 August 1950

Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.

So You Want a Raise Trailer (1950)

23 September 1950

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 Be a Bachelor Trailer (1951)

22 September 1951

"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.

So You Want to Play the Piano Trailer (1956)

05 May 1956

Alice neglects her housework because she is enthralled with the long-haired piano player, Gregor Flatorsharpsky, next door.

So You Never Tell a Lie Trailer (1952)

02 August 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.

So You Want to Be a Gambler Trailer (1948)

14 February 1948

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

So You Don't Trust Your Wife Trailer (1955)

29 January 1955

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.

So You Want to Be on the Radio Trailer (1948)

06 November 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.

So You Want to Hold Your Wife Trailer (1947)

22 November 1947

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

So You Want to Be in Pictures Trailer (1947)

07 June 1947

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

So You Think You're Not Guilty Trailer (1950)

15 April 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.

So You Want to Play the Horses Trailer (1946)

05 October 1946

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

So You Want to Be a Gladiator Trailer (1955)

12 March 1955

Joe thinks he's back in the gladiator days, and finds himself sentenced to be thrown to the Coliseum lions after breaking a string while playing the lyre for King Nero.

So You Want an Apartment Trailer (1948)

03 January 1948

Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.

So You Want to Keep Your Hair Trailer (1946)

07 December 1946

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

So You Want to Be Pretty Trailer (1956)

10 March 1956

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