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
- All cast & crew
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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
Decent McDoakes Comedy
So You're Going on Vacation (1947)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Joe McDoakes (George O'Hanlon) is wore down from his job but thankfully his two-week vacation has arrived. He plans on staying home and getting some rest but his wife demands that they go on a vacation. This vacation turns out to be a camping trip, which isn't going to go as planned. This is another middle-ground entry in the series as we get some good laughs but not as much as usual. There were some very funny sequences but there were some rather cold and strange attempts at humor as well. A lot of this deals with an Indian that Joe to buy to guide him on this trip. The "dumb Indian" joke gets played a lot and some of the humor even goes to the point of a park ranger saying the Indian can't stay because they don't accept foreigners. What humor does work is the type we'd expect as Joe goes into a store to get a free brochure on vacations and of course the salesman starts to take advantage of him. Another good joke involves the final punchline.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Joe McDoakes (George O'Hanlon) is wore down from his job but thankfully his two-week vacation has arrived. He plans on staying home and getting some rest but his wife demands that they go on a vacation. This vacation turns out to be a camping trip, which isn't going to go as planned. This is another middle-ground entry in the series as we get some good laughs but not as much as usual. There were some very funny sequences but there were some rather cold and strange attempts at humor as well. A lot of this deals with an Indian that Joe to buy to guide him on this trip. The "dumb Indian" joke gets played a lot and some of the humor even goes to the point of a park ranger saying the Indian can't stay because they don't accept foreigners. What humor does work is the type we'd expect as Joe goes into a store to get a free brochure on vacations and of course the salesman starts to take advantage of him. Another good joke involves the final punchline.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Mar 30, 2010
Details
- Runtime11 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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