Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
Genre Animated sitcom
Voices of Tom Bosley
Joan Gerber
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 48 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time 22 minutes
Production company(s) Hanna-Barbera
Broadcast
Original channel Syndication
Original run 1972 – 1974

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home was an animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired in first-run syndication in the United States from 1972 to 1974 (airing on most NBC stations on Sunday nights at 10:30, except for the ones who had moved their late-night news to that slot). The show originated in a one-time segment on Love, American Style called "Love and the Old-Fashioned Father". The same pilot was later produced with a live cast (starring Van Johnson), but with no success.

The show was the first primetime animated sitcom to run for more than a single season since The Flintstones more than 10 years earlier and would be the only one until The Simpsons 15 years later. The show was inspired by All in the Family.[1]

Contents

[edit] Premise

The 48 episodes feature Tom Bosley as Harry Boyle, a long-suffering suburban everyman dad and restaurant equipment dealer. The Boyle family consists of father Harry; wife Irma (voiced by Joan Gerber); large-figured and teen-age women's liberation daughter Alice; lazy and perpetually unemployed long-haired young adult son Chet; and precocious, if rather mercenary, younger son Jamie. Harry often bickers with the more liberal Alice and Chet over various social issues of the day, with Irma endeavoring to remain neutral while Jamie is more sympathetic to his father's beliefs.

Despite Harry's conservatism, it pales against his neighbor Ralph Kane, who is a John Birch-like ultra-right-winger who is fanatically intolerant and obsessed with every absurd conspiracy theory. Following Ralph with his cause is senior citizen Sara Whittaker, whom he addresses as "Sergeant". They have both turned one end of the block into, basically, an armed camp. Although Harry considers Ralph a close friend, he is annoyed at Ralph's extreme attitudes and rarely hesitates to dispute his opinions or preempt his more threatening ambitions.

Many of the stories revolve around the generation gap between Harry and his children, in which the series' sympathy is typically on his side, leading the character to usually win his arguments. Like most cartoon shows of the period, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home contained a laugh track. During the 1972-73 season, the DePatie-Freleng studio had an animated Saturday morning series called The Barkleys with a very similar family, only they were all dogs. Joan Gerber was also the voice of the "mom" on that show, Agnes. The Barkleys had married couple Arnie and Agnes, teenage kids Terry and Roger, and pre-teen Chester.

[edit] Voice cast

[edit] Guest stars

Other "guests" on the series included thinly disguised versions of celebrities who did not provide their own voices, such as guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. When a crooked car dealer on another episode was perceived by real-life Los Angeles-area car salesman Cal Worthington as being a send-up of him, he sued the studio (Hanna-Barbera), the sponsors (Chevrolet) and the five NBC-owned stations that carried the show Sundays at 10.30 p.m. EST.[2]

[edit] Credits

[edit] DVD release

On June 5, 2007 Warner Home Video released Season 1 of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home on DVD in Region 1 for the H-B classics collection. Warner Bros. has yet to release the remaining 24 episodes from seasons two and three on an upcoming DVD set.

DVD Name Ep # Release Date
Season 1 24 June 5, 2007

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

  • Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earl. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 to Present. New York, Ballantine, 2003

[edit] Notes

 This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2008)
  1. ^ TV Guide: Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
  2. ^ Erickson, Syndicated Television, McFarland, 1988

[edit] External links
ABC
The Bugs Bunny Show (1960–1962) • Calvin and the Colonel (1961–1962) • Capitol Critters (1992) • Clerks: The Animated Series (2000) • The Critic (1994) • The Flintstones (1960–1966) • The Goode Family (2009) • The Jetsons (1962–1963) • Jonny Quest (1964–1965) • Matty's Funday Funnies (1959–1961) • Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1962) • Peanuts television specials (2001–present) • Top Cat (1961–1962)
CBS
The Alvin Show (1961–1962) • CBS Cartoon Theater (1956) • Creature Comforts (2007) • Family Dog (1993) • Fish Police (1992) • Garfield television specials (1982–1991) • The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (1956–1957) • This Is America, Charlie Brown (1988–1990) • Wacky Races (1968–1970) • Where's Huddles? (1970) • Peanuts television specials (1965-2000)
Fox
Allen Gregory (2011) • American Dad! (2005–present) • Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1993) • Bob's Burgers (2011–present) • The Cleveland Show (2009–present) • The Critic (1995) • Family Guy (1999–2002; 2005–present) • Futurama (1999–2003) • King of the Hill (1997–2010) • Napoleon Dynamite (2012–) • The PJs (1999–2000) • The Simpsons (1989–present) • Sit Down, Shut Up (2009) • Peanuts television specials (2011-present)
NBC
The Bullwinkle Show (1961–1963) • The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo (1964–1965) • Father of the Pride (2004) • God, the Devil and Bob (2000) • Jokebook (1982) • The Ruff & Reddy Show (1957–1960) • Sammy (2000) • Stressed Eric (1998) • Peanuts television specials (1971-1994)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wait_Till_Your_Father_Gets_Home&oldid=479613813"
Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export
Languages