A humorous but informative look at how an average man can remedy common vision problems.A humorous but informative look at how an average man can remedy common vision problems.A humorous but informative look at how an average man can remedy common vision problems.
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- Richard L. Bare
- George O'Hanlon(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaEarly in the short, the narrator states, "Joe and Alice have been feeling the rubber shortage ever since the game started." Rubber bridge is the card game the couples are playing. Additionally, the sentence also refers to the war-time shortage and rationing of rubber.
- ConnectionsFollowed by So You Think You're Allergic (1945)
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Gaze into the sun long enough and your near sightedness will go away
While I do fondly recall the Pete Smith shorts I do not recall ever having seen a Joe McDoakes at a movie nor later on television. I have now seen several on DVD and they are, on the whole, fun. This one is a "Joe McDoakes" with narration but no spoken dialog. The style is that of an educational film with humor where various types of eye problems are reviewed. The scenes where Joe (George O'Hanlon) struggles to avoid acknowledging his vision problems while playing bridge and his eye exam are actually pretty funny as was the snippet explaining far sightedness. The ending, however, was without a shred of humor when the narrator asserted that gazing into the sun long enough was a cure for most eye ailments. It was said so sincerely that one is almost tempted to think they really mean it. Ha ha – not.
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- Paularoc
- Jun 22, 2012
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- Joe McDoakes: So You Think You Need Glasses
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- Runtime11 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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