A must see film from the 1950's...Joe McDoakes and Lionel Trains

[dsmith]

During the 1940's - 1950"s comedian George O'Hanlon made a series of short films titled "Joe McDoakes, So You Want...". One of them is titled SO YOU WANT A MODEL RAILROAD. It is full of Lionel Postwar Trains and Operating Cars and Accessories. I almost fell on the floor laughing at the dinner scene. This is a must see film especially if you are into Lionel Postwar...... http://youtu.be/Ml1Yf489BnI

[khook26]

great post.  loved the video.  can't wait to show my wife.

[webenda]

Thank you for the link David, that was hilarious. Mrs. McDoakes did not see any use for a model train, not even when it served dinner. After the house gets repossessed Joe will be on the street corner begging for people to put money in his gondolas so he can afford the next item on his list.

[Bob Keller]

The Warner Archive sells a dvd with all 63 of the McDoakes shorts. They show up from time to time on TCM I believe.

[arkady]

Let's give credit where it's due.  "Joe McDoakes" was a character in a series of Warner Brothers shorts distributed between 1942 and 1956.  Joe was played by actor George O'Hanlon.

[LL675]

that was great, thanks for sharing!

[Dave632]

 That was very good.

I think I saw that a very long time ago. I am now running some track from the kitchen into

the dining room...

[Kooljock1]

Mr. Agony was the original Elmer Fudd.

Jon

[Firelock76]

Kooljock1

Mr. Agony was the original Elmer Fudd.

Jon

There was a bit of a joke in the short concerning "Mr. Agony"  that very few people would get nowadays.  In the '40s there was a radio personality named John J. Anthony who provided advice for people with problems, especially marital woes, kind of a "Dear Abby" of the times, if you will.  People called him "John J. Agony"  considering the problems he dealt with.  I tried to find a link to post for those who'd like to know more but really couldn't find much at all.

Oh, and the film's brilliant!  The best "Joe McDoakes"  short ever! 

Now I wonder who was the Lionel fan at Warner Brothers?

[rtraincollector]

showed wife and she said thats you alright

[David Barker]

[lionelsoni]

Did you notice that extremely rare Union Pacific warbonnet F3 at the end?

[thesiding]

He also played George Jetson in The Jetsons

gotta love those onel trains

[dbaker48]

Thanks for bringing it back

[webenda]

lionelsoni

Did you notice that extremely rare Union Pacific warbonnet F3 at the end?

This one?

[M. Mitchell Marmel]

Ah!  That's finally been posted!  Hooray!  Thanks for the link. 

Incidentally, "Mr. Agony" is Arthur Q. Bryan, aka Elmer Fudd... 

Mitch

[M. Mitchell Marmel]

webenda

lionelsoni

Did you notice that extremely rare Union Pacific warbonnet F3 at the end?

This one?

LOL! 

Mitch

[webenda]

Mrs. McDoakes was Jane Frazee who Co-starred with Roy Rogers in a number of his westerns when Dale Evans took a break to pursue other types of roles. Here you can hear Jane's most pleasant singing voice: http://youtu.be/5_eArYL4gOM

Ted Stanhope was the Train Store Clerk. He also played the railroad station master in "High Noon."

I'll leave the moving man, Alice McDoakes' mother, Junior and the guys in the model train store for someone else to identify.

[Paul Kallus]

That was the bitter end!