A satiric look at doctors and hospitals through the eyes of Joe McDoakes.A satiric look at doctors and hospitals through the eyes of Joe McDoakes.A satiric look at doctors and hospitals through the eyes of Joe McDoakes.
Photos
Fritz Feld
- Dr. Van Slaughter
- (uncredited)
Frank Nelson
- Examining Hospital Doctor
- (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope
- Examining Hospital Doctor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAvailable as an extra on the 2007 Warner Brothers DVD edition of The Flame and the Arrow (1950).
- Quotes
Joe McDoakes: But I heard of cases where the doctor operated for appendicitis and the patient died of gallstones.
Dr. Van Slaughter: Fear not, young man. If I say a patient has appendicitis, that is what he'll die of.
- ConnectionsFollowed by So You Want to Be a Handy Man (1951)
- SoundtracksI Know That You Know
(1926) (uncredited)
Music by Vincent Youmans
Played during the opening credits and at the end
Featured review
In some ways, more like a Warner Brothers cartoon
This is simply one of the funniest Joe McDoakes comedies, though it's tone and style is very different...which is unusual since the films were all written and directed by Richard Bare.
When the story begins, Joe wakes up at night and decides to eat a snack. Considering what he eats, it's not surprising he'd have a stomach ache. However, he's inexplicably taken to the hospital and a quack of a doctor advises him he must have an operation...his appendix is about to burst. Before he has a chance to tell the doc that he's already had his appendix removed, he's knocked out and headed to the operating table. And, this keeps happening again and again! The doctors are all morons with dubious skills...and poor Joe is the recipient of their blundering. It's all very funny and a bit surreal...but also loads of fun and silliness.
Incidentally, you don't see Mrs. McDoakes in this one...and the ending is just amazing!!
When the story begins, Joe wakes up at night and decides to eat a snack. Considering what he eats, it's not surprising he'd have a stomach ache. However, he's inexplicably taken to the hospital and a quack of a doctor advises him he must have an operation...his appendix is about to burst. Before he has a chance to tell the doc that he's already had his appendix removed, he's knocked out and headed to the operating table. And, this keeps happening again and again! The doctors are all morons with dubious skills...and poor Joe is the recipient of their blundering. It's all very funny and a bit surreal...but also loads of fun and silliness.
Incidentally, you don't see Mrs. McDoakes in this one...and the ending is just amazing!!
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- planktonrules
- Oct 18, 2017
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- So You Want to Have an Operation
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- Runtime10 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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