
Birthday:
11-23-1912
Deathday:
02-11-1989 (76 years)
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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George Samuel O'Hanlon (November 23, 1912 – February 11, 1989) was an American actor, comedian, writer and director. He was best known for his role as Joe McDoakes in the Warner Bros.' live-action Joe McDoakes short subjects from 1942 to 1956 and as the voice of George Jetson in Hanna-Barbera's 1962 prime-time animated television series The Jetsons and its 1985 revival.
George Samuel O'Hanlon (November 23, 1912 – February 11, 1989) was an American actor, comedian, writer and director. He was best known for his role as Joe McDoakes in the Warner Bros.' live-action Joe McDoakes short subjects from 1942 to 1956 and as the voice of George Jetson in Hanna-Barbera's 1962 prime-time animated television series The Jetsons and its 1985 revival.
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Rocky
Act like TV Commentator
event1976 star_border 7.8
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An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
The Movie Orgy
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1968 star_border 6.5
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Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
Park Row
Act like Steve Brodie
event1952 star_border 6.7
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In New York's 1880s newspaper district, a dedicated journalist manages to set up his own paper. It is an immediate success but attracts increasing opposition from one of the bigger papers and its newspaper heiress owner.
Kronos
Act like Dr. Arnold Culver
event1957 star_border 5.6
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Scientists investigate a huge meteor that crashes into the ocean off Mexico, and encounter a skyscraper-tall, mobile machine which is designed to syphon energy from earth, including any energy directed at it in an effort to destroy it.
Hollywood Hotel
Act like Casting Assistant (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 5.4
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After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere. Her agent discovers struggling actress Virginia Stanton (Rosemary Lane) -- an exact match for Mona -- and sends her to the premiere instead, with young musician Ronnie Bowers (Dick Powell). After various mishaps, including a case of mistaken identity, Ronnie and Virginia struggle to find success in Hollywood.
Jetsons: The Movie
Act like George Jetson (voice)
event1990 star_border 6
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George Jetson is forced to uproot his family when Mr. Spacely promotes him to take charge of a new factory on a distant planet.
The Spirit of West Point
Act like Joe Wilson
event1947
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The story of Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, two All-American football players at the U.S. Army Military Academy at West Point.
Secrets of an Actress
Act like Flower Delivery Boy (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 5.6
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Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.
Women Are Like That
Act like Page (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 5.7
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Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her influence to help her husband get ahead, but he will have none of it.
The Tanks Are Coming
Act like Sgt. Tucker
event1951 star_border 8.3
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An American tank crew fights its way into Germany in World War II.
Two Tickets to London
Act like Sailor (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 6
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Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to find the real traitors.
Zamba
Act like Marvin
event1949 star_border 3.5
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Jenny and her six-year-old son, Tommy, are flying over the Belgian Congo when they are forced to bail out and become separated. Jenny lands in a dense jungle and is rescued by a safari headed by two wild-animal collectors, but Tommy is not found. He has amnesia and is lost, but is adopted by Zamba, a huge gorilla. He lives happily with his new family. Jenny comes back with a searching party, and Zamba, the gorilla mother, is determined to protect Tommy from his real mother.
The Vanishing Duck
Act like George (voice) (uncredited)
event1958 star_border 6.5
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George gives Joan a baby duck for her birthday. While they are out celebrating, Tom goes after the duck, but his plans are thwarted when it (and, later, Jerry) finds a jar of vanishing cream and uses it to get even.
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1950 star_border 5.7
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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.
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Act like American Pilot at Headquarters
event1944 star_border 6.2
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A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic training film.
So You Want to Be a Detective
Act like Joe McDoakes (a.k.a. Phillip Snarlow)
event1948 star_border 6.8
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Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.
Criminal Investigator
Act like Powers
event1942 star_border 4
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A reporter investigates the murder of a showgirl, who was the widow of a millionaire. While digging in to the mysterious murder of a showgirl (Vivian Wilcox), intrepid reporter Bob Martin (Robert Lowery) uncovers a connection between that case and another one he's been working on. An inmate (Lawrence Creighton) holds the key to the crime, but there's one problem: He's deaf and mute. Meanwhile, the murderers (Jan Wiley and Charlie Hall) appear to be working for a very powerful person.
So You Want to Be in Pictures
Act like Joe McDoakes / Himself
event1947 star_border 5.8
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Aspiring actor Joe McDoakes blows his first part at Warner Bros. and has to settle for being a stand-in.
Cattle Town
Act like Shiloh
event1952 star_border 6.7
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The governor of Texas sends a cowboy to keep the peace between ranchers and a land baron.
Heading for Heaven
Act like Alvin Ponacress
event1947 star_border 4.9
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A fake swami and his crooked business partner, hoping to buy the land that's targeted for a new airport, convince the property's owner that he hasn't long to live.
So You Want to Be a Bachelor
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1951
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"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 Wear the Pants
Act like Corporal Joe McDoakes
event1952 star_border 5
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It's a dangerous hypnotic suggestion when a psychiatrist tells married couple Joe and Alice McDoakes to switch points of view during a session.
The Counterfeiters
Act like Frankie Dodge
event1948 star_border 5.6
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Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to nab counterfeiter and his gang.
Man From Headquarters
Act like Weeks, Reporter
event1942 star_border 6
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A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify.
Rockin' with Judy Jetson
Act like George Jetson (voice)
event1988 star_border 5.9
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There's intergalactic trouble when the lyrics Judy Jetson wrote for teen heartthrob Sky Rocker are swapped with a secret message from a music-hating witch. Now it's up to Judy, her family, and friends to save rock-and-roll.
The Hucksters
Act like Freddie Callahan (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.9
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A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
Spring Parade
Act like Peasant (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.8
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In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card from a gypsy fortune teller. It says that she will meet someone important and is destined for a happy marriage. Afterward she gets a job as a baker's assistant. She then meets a handsome army drummer who secretly dreams of becoming a famous composer and conductor. Unfortunately the military forbids the young corporal to create his own music. But then Ilonka secretly sends one of the drummer's waltzes to the Austrian Emperor with his weekly order of pastries. Her act paves the way toward the tuneful and joyous fulfillment of the gypsy's prediction.
June Bride
Act like Scott Davis
event1948 star_border 7.2
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A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.
So You Want an Apartment
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1948 star_border 4
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Joe McDoakes and his wife go apartment hunting.
So You Want to Hold Your Wife
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1947 star_border 5
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In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes, dissatisfied, attempts to save his five-years marriage to Alice.
So You Want to Keep Your Hair
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1946 star_border 6
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Average American Joe McDoakes searches in vain for any cure that will halt his fast-disappearing hairline.
So You Want to Play the Horses
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1946 star_border 6
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In this outing, Joe loves playing the horses and shows what you can do to improve your odds of winning.
So You're Going to Be a Father
Act like Joe McDoakes / Josephine McDoakes
event1947 star_border 4.3
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In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes goes through the problems and anxieties of becoming a new father.
So You Want to Build a House
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1948 star_border 4.5
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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 Give Up Smoking
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1942
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A semi-humorous look at the various types of smokers and the methods available to them to kick the habit.
So You Want to Be a Gambler
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1948 star_border 4.7
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In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling.
So You Think You Need Glasses
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1942 star_border 4
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A humorous but informative look at how an average man can remedy common vision problems.
Once Over Lightly
Act like Narrator
event1944
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A short compilation movie similar to When Comedy was King (1960), and The Golden Age of Comedy (1957).
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1946 star_border 6
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Joe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses.
Room for One More
Act like Minor Role (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 6.3
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Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.
Brother Rat
Act like Orderly
event1938 star_border 5
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Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.
A Child Is Born
Act like Young Husband (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.5
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A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
Daughters Courageous
Act like Dancer (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.2
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Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her first husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first but his warm personality gradually wins the affections of his four daughters. In fact, youngest daughter Buff, who has her eye on a maverick of her own in Gabriel Lopez, is pleased when Jim grants his stamp of approval on her relationship. Buff plans to elope with Gabriel on her mother's wedding day, but 'unpredictable' is Gabriel's middle name.
Hell's Kitchen
Act like Usher (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.2
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A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.
Swanee River
Act like Ticket Taker
event1939 star_border 6.5
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Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.
Dust Be My Destiny
Act like Man at Bank After Robbery (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.2
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Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
The Fighting 69th
Act like Eddie Kearney (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5.4
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Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove himself in the end.
All by Myself
Act like Buck
event1943
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Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jean finds out she tries to save face by saying that she is also engaged, and then uses a little social blackmail to get psychiatrist Bill Perry to pretend to be her fiancé for an evening out with Mark and Val.
So Your Wife Wants to Work
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1956 star_border 7
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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. When Alice threatens to return to her old job, a reluctant Joe agrees to her request to get her a job at his office. How will this work out?
Charley and the Angel
Act like Police Chief
event1973 star_border 5.2
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Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be a better husband and father with the time he has left.
City for Conquest
Act like Newsboy (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.8
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The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
Saturday's Children
Act like Office Worker at Party (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.4
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An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.
So You Think You're Allergic
Act like Joe McDoakes/MacGregor McDoakes
event1945 star_border 4
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Joe McDoakes thinks he's allergic.
So You Want a Model Railroad
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1955
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Alice visits Mr. Agony with her latest problem with Joe. They had given Junior a toy railroad for a Christmas present, and Joe had taken it over and become obsessed to the point he has built a railroad empire using all of his time, energy and money. When Alice's mother comes to dinner, Joe even has a rigged-up train serving as the dumb waiter. Mr. Agony helps Alice to solve her problem.
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
Act like Joe McDoakes / Baby McDoakes
event1950
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Fed up with Joe's indifference toward her, Alice McDoakes takes her troubles to a marriage counselor. None of the courses of action she is advised to take have any impact on Joe, until she is advised to create the impression that she has left Joe for another man.
Your Safety First
Act like Man (voice)
event1956 star_border 5
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An animated film about the development of the automobile from the perspective of futuristic consumers.
The Lion and the Horse
Act like 'Shorty' Cameron
event1952 star_border 5.7
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After selling it to a cruel rodeo owner, a cowboy attempts to buy back the wild stallion he snared.
So You're Going on a Vacation
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1947 star_border 6
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Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives.
Are You With It?
Act like Buster
event1948 star_border 4
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Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company when he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival. His knowledge of mathematics makes him a natural as an assistant at the wheel of fortune. His fiancée begs him to return to his job but he refuses, so she joins the carnival and becomes a striptease artist. When Milton attempts to drag her off the stage, a brawling mêlée breaks out and the entire troupe is arrested by the local police. The carnival is sold but Milton reveals that the new owner has conspired to defraud the insurance company. The insurance company has to accept the carnival in lieu of the money owed, and they allow Milton and his fiancée, Vivian, to stay with and help run the carnival.
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Act like Ted
event1972 star_border 6.3
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Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.
So You're Having In-Law Trouble
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1949
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Joe's in-laws come over, and they suck.
So You Want to Get Rich Quick
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1949
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Joe comes up with a complicated scheme to bilk his dead uncle out of an inheritance.
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
Act like George Jetson (voice)
event1987 star_border 6.7
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Elroy Jetson invents a time machine that takes him back to prehistoric times, where he meets the Flintstone family.
New Wine
Act like Peppi
event1941
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The romantic story of Franz Schubert 's fight for recognition of his music. The 1941 Reinhold Schunzel biographical musical composer melodrama.
So You Want to Be on the Radio
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1948 star_border 5.7
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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're Going to Have an Operation
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1950
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A satiric look at doctors and hospitals through the eyes of Joe McDoakes.
The Death Kiss
Act like Bystander / Man Sitting on Curb
event1932 star_border 5.3
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When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
So You Want to Move
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1950
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Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.
So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1951
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Joe McDoakes, ever obliging and always helpful, volunteers to hang the new wallpaper for his wife.
So You Want to Be a Plumber
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1951 star_border 3
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In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber.
So You Want to Be an Actor
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1949
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Joe McDoakes, unemployed thespian, makes all the casting calls,reads all of the trade papers, sees agents and tries out for casting directors and producers
So You're Having Neighbor Trouble
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1954
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Joe starts having trouble with an obnoxious neighbor.
So You Think You Can't Sleep
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1953 star_border 5
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Average working man Joe McDoakes tries desperate measures to cure his chronic insomnia.
So You Think the Grass Is Greener
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1956
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When he gets to his office after a usual morning of nagging by his wife, Alice, Joe McDoakes starts to daydream about what life would be like married to the beautiful office blonde.
So You Want to Go to a Convention
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1952
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Joe has to find a way to go to a convention.
So You Never Tell a Lie
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1952 star_border 6
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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 an Heir
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1953
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Thinking he may inherit a million dollars from his dying grandmother, Joe McDoakes finds himself the target of murderously greedy family members.
So You Want to Be a Handyman
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1951
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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 Want to Be a V.P.
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1955 star_border 8.5
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Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks.
So You Want to Be a Policeman
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1955
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Joe McDoakes is a shy, rookie motorcycle cop.
So You Want to Be a Musician
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1953
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Joe McDoakes can't find a job as a bassoonist, so he pawns his instrument.
So You Want a Raise
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1950 star_border 6
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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 a Television Set
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1953 star_border 6
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Joe and Alice buy a television set and, due to some excuse, or another, the neighbors begin to drop in, stay to watch television, and raid their refrigerator.
So You Love Your Dog
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1953
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Despite the fact that during the war, Joe McDoake's dog Dusty did everything wrong including giving information to the enemy, Joe brings him home with him.
So You Want to Be Pretty
Act like Joe McDoakes aka Roger
event1956 star_border 2
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In this comedic short, Joe and Alice McDoakes each wish their looks were better.
So You Want to Get It Wholesale
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1952
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Joe uses his "contacts" to buy a new oven as cheaply as possible.
So You Want to Enjoy Life
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1952 star_border 2
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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 Want to Be Your Own Boss
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1954
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Joe McDoakes, determined to be his own boss in this Joe McDoakes Comedy entry, opens up a new restaurant. Complaining customers and a sanitation inspector who closes the restaurant are just some of Joe's problems.
So You're Taking in a Roomer
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1954
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Joe and Alice decide to rent a room in their house to their neighbor Marvin, who says he is a potato broker.
So You Want to Go to a Nightclub
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1954
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In this Joe McDoakes Comedy, Alice insists they go to a night club, although Joe is both tired and broke.
So You Don't Trust Your Wife
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1955 star_border 5
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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're Going to the Dentist
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1952
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Joe McDoakes' dimwit neighbor Marvin becomes a dentist, and manages to convince poor Joe to let him become Marvin's first patient.
So You Want to Be a Cowboy
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1951
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Joe McDoakes and his wife Alice attend a western movie and George soon has himself in the movie shown on the screen as Jump-Along Skip-Along McGur
So You Want to Be a Banker
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1954
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Joe McDoakes graduates from Potash University and gets a job in a bank run by Harrington Arrington Farrington Jr, a former classmate.
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1954
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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 Want to Learn to Dance
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1953
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Joe McDoakes is invited by his boss to a swanky dance. Joe admits he can't dance and the boss gives him a lesson in the office.
So You Want to Be on a Jury
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1955
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Joe and Homer are both on a jury trying an accident case involving their boss and a gangster. Interference from both sides makes their task difficult.
So You Want to Throw a Party
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1950 star_border 4
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Joe and Alice McDoakes are planning on throwing a party, but Joe mixes up his list of creditors with the list of names Alice gave him to invite. The creditors have a much better time than Joe does.
So You Want to Be a Gladiator
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1955 star_border 5
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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 to Play the Piano
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1956 star_border 4
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Alice neglects her housework because she is enthralled with the long-haired piano player, Gregor Flatorsharpsky, next door. Joe buys a piano, and the accompanying free lessons, and sets out to impress Alice. Alice is vastly unimpressed.
So You Want to Be Popular
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1949
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Joe McDoakes takes advice on how to be more likeable from his only friend Homer Hotbox
So You Want to Be a Salesman
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1947 star_border 5
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Joe McDoakes begins a new job as a vacuum cleaner salesman but can't seem to sell any.
Action in the North Atlantic
Act like Navy Pilot (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 7.1
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Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
The Million Dollar Duck
Act like Parking Attendant
event1971 star_border 5.7
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Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.
Reconnaissance Pilot
Act like Jocular Officer
event1943
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Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enemy-held islands.
Corvette K-225
Act like RCAL Wireless Operator
event1943 star_border 6.2
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The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Blondes at Work
Act like Third Newsboy (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 6.1
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When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.
Battle Stations
Act like Patrick Mosher
event1956 star_border 5.6
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The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.
Sailor's Lady
Act like Sailor
event1940 star_border 4
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Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose parents are accidentally killed. The baby is accidentally left on board a visiting battleship.
Bop Girl Goes Calypso
Act like Barney
event1957 star_border 4.2
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Bop Girl Goes Calypso is a 1957 American United Artists film directed by Howard W. Koch and starring Judy Tyler. It featured Calypso music, and music by the Bobby Troup Trio and bassist Jim Aton. The calypso craze of the late 1950s drives this fun musical about grad student Bob Hilton (Bobby Troup), who sets out to prove that rock 'n' roll and bop are going the way of the dinosaur, to be replaced by the refreshing rhythms of calypso.
Hollywood Wonderland
Act like Dancing Townsman (clip from "Ride, Cowboy, Ride", 1939) (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.7
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Two tour guides take visitors on a promotional tour of Warner Bros.' studios.
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
Act like Louie
event1949 star_border 6
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Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big event. Joe investigates in an attempt to prove his innocence.
Nearly Eighteen
Act like Eddie
event1943 star_border 5
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A singer pretends to be younger so she can enter a music school.
So You Want to Be a Baby Sitter
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1949
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Joe McDoakes does NOT want to be a baby sitter.
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1949
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Joe wants to be a muscle man.
So You Want to Be in Politics
Act like Joe McDoakes
event1948
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Joe McDoakes becomes enmeshed in a corrupt political election.
The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton
Act like Herb Evans
event1974
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A 13-year-old brainiac invents an ingenious listening device, which he uses to bring a crooked city official and his pals to justice
The Gallant Men
(1 ep.)
event1962 star_border 6
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The Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of American soldiers fighting their way through Italy in World War II.
The Odd Couple
Act like Drunk (1 ep.)
event1970 star_border 7.8
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Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different lifestyles inevitably lead to conflicts.
The Jetsons
Act like George Jetson (voice) (75 ep.)
event1962 star_border 7.2
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Meet George Jetson and his quirky family: wife Jane, son Elroy and daughter Judy. Living in the automated, push-button world of the future hasn't made life any easier for the harried husband and father, who gets into one comical misadventure after another!
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Act like Mrs. Pate (1 ep.)
event1969 star_border 6.5
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Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.
Petticoat Junction
Act like Harry Harmon (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 5.8
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The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.
Sanford and Son
(1 ep.)
event1972 star_border 7.5
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The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
(1 ep.)
event1977 star_border 7
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The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy as amateur sleuth brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, respectively, and Pamela Sue Martin as girl detective Nancy Drew.
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries was unusual in that it often dealt with the characters individually, in an almost anthological style. That is, some episodes featured only the Hardy Boys and others only Nancy Drew.
The Life Of Riley
Act like Calvin (4 ep.)
event1953 star_border 6
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Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems.
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
(1 ep.)
event1958 star_border 5.3
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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Act like Dave, pawnbroker (1 ep.)
event1951 star_border 7
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Bronco
(1 ep.)
event1958 star_border 4.8
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Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.
Sugarfoot
Act like Yamp Dooley (1 ep.)
event1957 star_border 4.8
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Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Jack Elam is cast in occasional episodes as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.
Reporter
(11 ep.)
event1964 star_border 5
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The Reporter is an American drama series that aired on CBS from September 25 to December 18, 1964. The series was created by Jerome Weidman and developed by executive producers Keefe Brasselle and John Simon.
The Red Skelton Show
Act like US Corporal (1 ep.)
event1951 star_border 7.3
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The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.
The Roaring 20's
(1 ep.)
event1960
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The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s Chicago.
Maverick
Act like Caldwell (1 ep.)
event1957 star_border 6.8
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The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.
Letter to Loretta
Act like Sam Brown (1 ep.)
event1953 star_border 6.2
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Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes.
Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Act like Herb Evans (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 7.6
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Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
Adam-12
Act like Drunk (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 7.1
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Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
The Lieutenant
Act like Jeweler (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 6
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The Lieutenant is an American television series, the first created by Gene Roddenberry. It aired on NBC on Saturday evenings in the 1963–1964 television schedule. It was produced by Arena Productions, one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's most successful in-house production companies of the 1960s. Situated at Camp Pendleton, the West Coast base of the U.S. Marine Corps, The Lieutenant focuses on the men of the Corps in peace time with a Cold War backdrop. The title character is Second Lieutenant William Tiberius Rice, a rifle platoon leader and one of the training instructors at Camp Pendleton. An hour-long drama, The Lieutenant explores the lives of enlisted Marines and general officers alike.
The series was released on DVD in two half-season sets by the Warner Archive Collection on August 14, 2012.
The Name of the Game
Act like Manager (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 6.8
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The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.
Love, American Style
Act like Sid Doff (1 ep.)
event1969 star_border 6
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An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories or vignettes within an hour about versions of love and romance.
I Love Lucy
Act like Charlie Appleby (uncredited) (1 ep.)
event1951 star_border 7.9
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Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
The Ann Sothern Show
Act like Ace (1 ep.)
event1958 star_border 6.5
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The Ann Sothern Show is an American sitcom starring Ann Sothern that aired on CBS for 93 episodes. The series began on October 6, 1958, and ended on September 25, 1961.
The Ann Sothern Show was Sothern's second sitcom for CBS. Her first series, Private Secretary, ended in 1957 after a contract dispute occurred between Sothern and Secretary's producer Jack Chertok. Several of Private Secretary's cast members appeared in the show.
Mission: Impossible
Act like Captain Douglas (1 ep.)
event1966 star_border 7.6
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Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin.
The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
Mister Ed
Act like George Harper (1 ep.)
event1961 star_border 6.7
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Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his horse behind. This horse is no ordinary horse . . . he can talk, but only to Wilbur, which leads to all sorts of misadventures for Wilbur and his trouble-making sidekick Mister Ed.
The Flintstones
Act like George Jetson (voice) (1 ep.)
event1960 star_border 7.4
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The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
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