THE MOOD AND economics of Postwar America were at once the perfect setting and spawning ground for such a series as this JOE McDOAKES Comedies. Domestic situations, making a living and confronting a seemingly never ending array of fads would provide an endless supply of fodder for the comedy makers.
MANY OF THE 1940's and '50's audience members are people who had not been homeowners; until of course the end of hostilities. It was the and only then that those who had borne the brunt of the Great Depression and won World War II, finally had a chance to move from the tenements and the cold water flats to their own, single family dwellings. It mattered not if the location was in small town USA, big city neighborhoods or in that new kingdom of suburbia, the land rush was on.
SO, WHAT WAS a most common problem of all, regardless of their race, color, creed or national origin? Well, there were many, of course! But one which would seem to be the must universal is family and in-laws; which has and will continue to monopolize the sitcom world forever.
THE FORAY INTO this area by the McDoakes clan would seem to have nothing particularly original to offer; other than that of being an equal opportunity kidder.
AS A McDOAKES COMEDY, we can only rate this as being in the middle. Well Schultz, that means it would be a 2 Eight Ball score.
MANY OF THE 1940's and '50's audience members are people who had not been homeowners; until of course the end of hostilities. It was the and only then that those who had borne the brunt of the Great Depression and won World War II, finally had a chance to move from the tenements and the cold water flats to their own, single family dwellings. It mattered not if the location was in small town USA, big city neighborhoods or in that new kingdom of suburbia, the land rush was on.
SO, WHAT WAS a most common problem of all, regardless of their race, color, creed or national origin? Well, there were many, of course! But one which would seem to be the must universal is family and in-laws; which has and will continue to monopolize the sitcom world forever.
THE FORAY INTO this area by the McDoakes clan would seem to have nothing particularly original to offer; other than that of being an equal opportunity kidder.
AS A McDOAKES COMEDY, we can only rate this as being in the middle. Well Schultz, that means it would be a 2 Eight Ball score.
