WELL NOW, JUST where do we start? This episode of the MC DOAKES Series may well be dated in many respects, but so what?
Many of us old enough to remember early 1950s recall that owning a TV, even just a B&W console, made you a local neighborhood celeb of sorts. I remember other kids coming to our home to watch shows such as Ding Dong School and Howdy Doody with me as well as the prime time shows I watched with Mom and Dad.
The story begins with Mrs. McDoakes insisting they have a television...
This is one of the shorts in the Joe McDoakes series. There will be spoilers ahead:George O'Hanlon (probably best known as the voice of George Jetson in The Jetsons) starred in a series of one-reel live action shorts as Joe McDoakes, a man continually getting himself into situations as a result of either his own stubbornness or his wife's prodding.
