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{{For|the Roseanne episode|Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (Roseanne)}} |
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Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a [[Laugh track#Making their own|laugh track created by the studio]].<ref name="Iverson">Iverson, Paul: "The Advent of the Laugh Track". Hofstra University archives; February 1994.</ref> For this show, the studio added a third belly laugh to add a little more "variety" (the only TV series made by Hanna-Barbera to have this added laugh). In addition, the laugh track was also slowed considerably.<ref name="Iverson"/> |
Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a [[Laugh track#Making their own|laugh track created by the studio]].<ref name="Iverson">Iverson, Paul: "The Advent of the Laugh Track". Hofstra University archives; February 1994.</ref> For this show, the studio added a third belly laugh to add a little more "variety" (the only TV series made by Hanna-Barbera to have this added laugh). In addition, the laugh track was also slowed considerably.<ref name="Iverson"/> |
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==Episodes== |
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{{Main|List of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home episodes}} |
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==Voice cast== |
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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]] 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 Television Stations|NBC-owned stations]] that carried the show.<ref>Erickson, ''Syndicated Television'', McFarland, 1988</ref> |
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]] 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 Television Stations|NBC-owned stations]] that carried the show.<ref>Erickson, ''Syndicated Television'', McFarland, 1988</ref> |
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==Episodes== |
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===Series overview=== |
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| start1 = September 12, 1972 |
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| end1 = February 20, 1973 |
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| link2 = #Season 2 (1973-74) |
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| start2 = September 11, 1973 |
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| end2 = January 29, 1974 |
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| link3 = #Season 3 (1974) |
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| start3 = September 17, 1974 |
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| end3 = October 8, 1974 |
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===Season 1 (1972–73)=== |
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The first 44 episodes (All episodes of the first two seasons) were directed by Peter Luschwitz. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 1 |
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| Title = The Fling |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|9|12}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-1 |
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| ShortSummary = [[Restaurant]]-equipment dealer Harry Boyle helps a sexy female customer move into her apartment, prompting everyone around him to think that Harry is cheating on his wife, Irma. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 2 |
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| Title = Alice's Dress |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|9|19}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-2 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry and his family get invited to a party held by Harry's boss, and Harry wants everyone in the family to act and dress their best -- which is easier said than done because Alice wants to wear a racy department-store dress with no [[brassiere|bra]], prompting Harry and Irma to worry about the influence that sex and [[sexuality]] in the [[media (communication)|media]] has on their daughter. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 3 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |
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| Title = The Hippie |
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| WrittenBy = Mark Scott and Charles Anthony |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|9|26}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-3 |
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| ShortSummary = Chet befriends a [[hippie]] musician, which drives his family crazy and prompts Ralph and his [[anti-Communist]] Army buddies to create a wall around the neighborhood to keep out all hippies, alleged [[Communists]], subversives, and free-thinkers. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 4 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |
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| Title = The Beach Vacation |
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| WrittenBy = Pamela Chais |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|10|3}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-4 |
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| ShortSummary = The Boyles rent a [[beach house]], but things get complicated when Alice wants to wear a [[string bikini]] and Harry must decide whether or not to press charges against a nude sunbather who will not leave his property. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 5 |
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| Title = Help Wanted |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|10|10}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-5 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry gets into trouble with special-interest groups when he fires his [[Jewish]] driver and must choose between hiring someone who is right for the job versus hiring someone in order to comply with the dictates of [[affirmative action]] and [[wikt:diversity|diversity]]. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 6 |
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| Title = Love Story |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|10|17}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-6 |
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| ShortSummary = Alice shocks her family again by dating a [[homeless]] man named Norman, but when Harry and Irma find out that Norman has rich parents, they push Alice into staying with him. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 7 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |
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| Title = The Victim |
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| WrittenBy = Mark Scott and Charles Anthony |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|10|24}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-7 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry gets [[mugged]] and beaten in the park by a young criminal. While Harry and Ralph want the young criminal to be locked away, Chet and Alice want Harry to go soft on his assailant since it is his first offense. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 8 |
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| Title = Chet's Job |
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| WrittenBy = Terry Ryan |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|10|31}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-8 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry gives his [[slacker]] son, Chet, an ultimatum: either find a job and pay rent or get out of the house. Chet decides to find a job — and ends up earning more than his father as a [[Household hardware|hardware]]-store grunt. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 9 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |
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| Title = Chet's Fiancee |
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| WrittenBy = Mark Kammerman |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|11|7}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-9 |
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| ShortSummary = Chet dates a young, attractive decent young woman named Prudence and brings her home to meet Harry and Irma...and ends up shocking everyone when he tells Prudence that he does not want to marry her. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 10 |
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| Title = The Mouse |
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| WrittenBy = Bill Manhoff |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|11|14}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-10 |
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| ShortSummary = Jamie runs away from home after Harry tells him he cannot keep a [[mouse]] as a pet. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 11 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |
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| Title = Duty Calls |
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| WrittenBy = Charles Isaacs |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|11|21}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-11 |
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| ShortSummary = Chet angers his parents when he tries to bail out of being enlisted in the Army. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 12 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |
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| Title = Expectant Papa |
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| WrittenBy = William Raynor and Myles Wilder |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|11|28}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-12 |
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| ShortSummary = Irma worries that she may be [[pregnant]] again, which does not sit well with Chet and Alice, who feel the world is too overpopulated. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 13 |
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| Title = The New Car |
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| WrittenBy = Harriet Belkin and Norman Belkin |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|12|5}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-13 |
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| ShortSummary = The Boyles are tricked into buying a crummy car, and fight back against the man who sold it to them. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 14 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 14 |
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| Title = The New House |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|12|12}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-14 |
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| ShortSummary = The Boyles consider moving into a bigger house, but Harry does not have the money for it. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 15 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 15 |
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| Title = The Prowler |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|12|19}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-15 |
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| ShortSummary = Ralph starts a neighborhood [[vigilante]] group in order to fight back against a [[burglar]] who has been breaking into houses in the Boyles' neighborhood. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 16 |
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| Title = Mama's Identity |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1972|12|26}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-16 |
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| ShortSummary = In an attempt to be more than just a [[housewife]] and mother, Irma takes a job as a [[secretary]] at a law firm, but struggles with sexual discrimination and competition from a younger, prettier coworker, while Harry and Ralph worry that women in the workplace will lead to men being treated like [[sex objects]] and second-class citizens. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 17 |
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| Title = Papa the Patient |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|1|2}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-17 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry is sent to the hospital after suffering from stress-related [[stomachaches]]. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 18 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 18 |
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| Title = The Swimming Pool |
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| WrittenBy = Mark Scott and Charles Anthony |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|1|9}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-18 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry builds a [[swimming pool]] for his family, but the neighbors end up using it. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 19 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 19 |
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| Title = Sweet Sixteen |
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| WrittenBy = Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|1|16}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-19 |
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| ShortSummary = Irma wants Alice to have an extravagant 16th birthday party, but Harry is too cheap to do it. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 20 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 20 |
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| Title = The Commune |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|1|23}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-20 |
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| ShortSummary = Alice runs away to a hippie [[Intentional community|commune]] to escape the stresses of school and home life. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 21 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 21 |
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| Title = Music Tycoon |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|1|30}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-21 |
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| ShortSummary = Chet and his friends get famous as a hot, new [[garage band]], but Chet soon learns that fame is fickle. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 22 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 22 |
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| Title = Accidents Will Happen |
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| WrittenBy = Stanley Ralph Ross |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|2|6}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-22 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry splits his [[pants]] after slipping in a restaurant. Everyone advises Harry to sue, but Harry just wants a new pair of pants. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 23 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 23 |
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| Title = Papa in New York |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|2|13}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-23 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry goes to New York on business, and takes Ralph with him. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 24 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 24 |
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| Title = The Neighbors |
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| WrittenBy = Harvey Bullock and R.S. Allen |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|2|20}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-24 |
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| ShortSummary = Newlyweds Mona and George experience trouble in [[paradise]] when they fight over a new [[couch]]. The Boyles must get Mona and George back together when George moves in with the Boyles. |
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===Season 2 (1973-74)=== |
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| EpisodeNumber = 25 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |
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| Title = Bringing Up Jamie |
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| WrittenBy = Charles Isaacs |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|9|11}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-25 |
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| ShortSummary = A [[child psychologist]] recommends that Jamie take up [[photography]] to deal with his [[aggression]], but Jamie only ends up photographing his family at their worst. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 26 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |
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| Title = The Lady Detective |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|9|18}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-26 |
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| ShortSummary = An eccentric female [[detective]] (played by guest star [[Phyllis Diller]]) is hired to help Harry find out who stole from the company's [[payroll]]. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 27 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |
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| Title = Permissive Papa |
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| WrittenBy = Dave Ketchum and Bruce Shelley |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|9|25}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-27 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry bars Alice from going to a [[concert]] and sets her up on a date with a nice man named Jay Jay, who turns out to be a [[pervert]]. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 28 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |
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| Title = Boyles on TV |
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| WrittenBy = Arthur Julian |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|10|2}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-28 |
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| ShortSummary = The Boyles are invited to be interviewed on TV, but Harry thinks having the entire family on TV will ruin his reputation. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 29 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |
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| Title = My Wife, The Secretary |
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| WrittenBy = Mark Scott and Charles Anthony |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|10|9}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-29 |
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| ShortSummary = Irma re-tries to find a job...and ends up working as Harry's secretary at his restaurant equipment store. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 30 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |
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| Title = Papa, the Housewife |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|10|16}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-30 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry takes Irma's place as a housewife...with disastrous results. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 31 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |
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| Title = Jamie's Project |
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| WrittenBy = Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|10|23}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-31 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry helps Jamie with a project for a school-wide competition. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 32 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |
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| Title = Don for the Defence |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|11|6}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-32 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry goes to court to contest a [[traffic violation]]—and ends up in deeper trouble when he hires an incompetent [[lawyer]]. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 33 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |
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| Title = Alice's Diet |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|11|13}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-33 |
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| ShortSummary = After being spurned by a crush at school, Alice goes to a beauty farm, and comes back slim and beautiful. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 34 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |
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| Title = Mama Loves Monty |
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| WrittenBy = Mark Scott and Charles Anthony |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|11|20}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-34 |
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| ShortSummary = Irma signs herself and Harry to appear on a [[game show]], but Harry misconstrues it as a sign that Irma is leaving him for game show host [[Monty Hall]]. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 35 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |
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| Title = Alice's Crush |
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| WrittenBy = Charles Isaacs |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|11|27}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-35 |
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| ShortSummary = Alice has fallen in love; this time, her object of desire is one of her [[teachers]]. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 36 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 12 |
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| Title = Papa's Big Check |
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| WrittenBy = Sid Dorfman |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|12|4}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-36 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry gets a [[tax refund]] check for $940,000, but learns too late that the amount is a misprint. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 37 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 13 |
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| Title = Mama's Charity |
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| WrittenBy = R.B. Rigby |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|12|11}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-37 |
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| ShortSummary = Irma begins spending all of her time working for different [[charities]]. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 38 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 14 |
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| Title = Chet's Pad |
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| WrittenBy = Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|12|18}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-38 |
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| ShortSummary = Chet finally moves out of the house and into his own place, but Harry keeps visiting Chet to parent him. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 39 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 15 |
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| Title = Papa the Coach |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1973|12|25}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-39 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry is named the new coach of the high school [[basketball]] team, and must contend with the pushy parents of the players. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 40 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 16 |
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| Title = Birdman Chet |
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| WrittenBy = Skip Webster |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|1|1}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-40 |
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| ShortSummary = Chet gets a job at a pan factory, and suggests that the company change their image to help the endangered California [[condor]]. |
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| Title = Back to Nature |
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| ProdCode = 63-41 |
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| ShortSummary = Harry takes his family on a [[camping]] trip to break them of their [[addiction]] to TV, but after a few days in the woods, Harry wants out. |
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| Title = Alice's Freedom |
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| WrittenBy = Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|1|15}} |
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| ShortSummary = Irma's mother visits and insists that Alice be allowed her [[freedom]] since she is a woman. Alice enjoys her freedom to do as she pleases, but soon realizes that there is a downside to too much freedom. |
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| Title = The Beekeeper |
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| WrittenBy = Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|1|22}} |
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| ProdCode = 63-43 |
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| ShortSummary = The Boyles call an [[Pest control|exterminator]] to get rid of the [[bees]] in their backyard, but the exterminator ends up being more of a pest than the actual bees. |
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| EpisodeNumber = 44 |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 20 |
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| Title = Maude Loves Papa |
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| WrittenBy = Jack Elinson and Norman Paul |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|1|29}} |
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| ShortSummary = While collecting back payment, Harry helps an old woman open a service station for [[motorcycles]]. |
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| Title = Rich Little, Supersleuth |
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| WrittenBy = Harveter Luschwitzey Bullock and R.S. Allen |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|9|17}} |
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| ShortSummary = The [[bank]] next to Harry's store gets robbed. |
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| Title = Model Alice |
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| WrittenBy = Terry Ryan |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|9|24}} |
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| ShortSummary = Harry objects when a [[painter]] asks Alice to pose nude. |
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| Title = Marriage Counselor |
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| WrittenBy = R.B. Rigby |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|10|1}} |
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| ShortSummary = Harry and Irma's visit to a [[marriage counselor]] threatens to destroy their relationship rather than save it. |
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| EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |
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| Title = Car 54 |
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| WrittenBy = Mark Scott and Charles Anthony |
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| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|10|8}} |
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| ShortSummary = Irma's brother-in-law (who works as a police officer) opens a [[kindergarten]], which goes well, until a child goes missing. |
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Revision as of 20:17, 7 August 2023
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home | |
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Genre | Animated sitcom |
Created by | R.S. Allen & Harvey Bullock |
Directed by |
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Voices of | |
Composer | Richard Bowden |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 48 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | |
Producers | |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Syndicated |
Release | September 12, 1972 October 8, 1974 | –
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home is an animated sitcom[1] produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired in first-run syndication in the United States from 1972 to 1974.[2] The show originated as 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 fellow Hanna-Barbera show The Flintstones more than ten years earlier, and would be the only one until The Simpsons seventeen years later. The show was inspired by All in the Family.[3]
Premise
The show features Harry Boyle, wife Irma, daughter Alice, and sons Chet and Jamie. Harry, a conservative restaurant supply wholesaler, often butts heads with most of his family about the social issues of the day. Contrasting that is Harry's neighbor and friend, Ralph Kane, a paranoid right-wing militia fanatic whose extreme opinions and often dangerous actions Harry can barely tolerate as much as his kids' ideas.
Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio.[4] For this show, the studio added a third belly laugh to add a little more "variety" (the only TV series made by Hanna-Barbera to have this added laugh). In addition, the laugh track was also slowed considerably.[4]
Voice cast
- Tom Bosley as Harry Boyle
- Joan Gerber as Irma Boyle
- Kristina Holland as Alice Boyle
- David Hayward/Lennie Weinrib as Chet Boyle
- Jackie Earle Haley/Willie Aames as Jamie Boyle
- Jack Burns as Ralph Kane
- Veteran Hanna-Barbera voice talents such as Daws Butler, John Stephenson, and Don Messick provided minor roles.
Guest stars
- Don Adams
- Phyllis Diller
- Gene Eugene
- Monty Hall
- Don Knotts
- Rich Little
- Allan Melvin (Also appeared on All In The Family)
- Joe E. Ross
- Isabel Sanford (Also appeared on All In The Family)
- Jonathan Winters
- Casey Kasem (uncredited)
- Pat Morita (uncredited) "The New House"
- Ken Clark (Britain)
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 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.[5]
Episodes
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 24 | September 12, 1972 | February 20, 1973 | |
2 | 20 | September 11, 1973 | January 29, 1974 | |
3 | 4 | September 17, 1974 | October 8, 1974 |
Season 1 (1972–73)
The first 44 episodes (All episodes of the first two seasons) were directed by Peter Luschwitz.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "The Fling" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | September 12, 1972 | 63-1 |
Restaurant-equipment dealer Harry Boyle helps a sexy female customer move into her apartment, prompting everyone around him to think that Harry is cheating on his wife, Irma. | |||||
2 | 2 | "Alice's Dress" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | September 19, 1972 | 63-2 |
Harry and his family get invited to a party held by Harry's boss, and Harry wants everyone in the family to act and dress their best -- which is easier said than done because Alice wants to wear a racy department-store dress with no bra, prompting Harry and Irma to worry about the influence that sex and sexuality in the media has on their daughter. | |||||
3 | 3 | "The Hippie" | Mark Scott and Charles Anthony | September 26, 1972 | 63-3 |
Chet befriends a hippie musician, which drives his family crazy and prompts Ralph and his anti-Communist Army buddies to create a wall around the neighborhood to keep out all hippies, alleged Communists, subversives, and free-thinkers. | |||||
4 | 4 | "The Beach Vacation" | Pamela Chais | October 3, 1972 | 63-4 |
The Boyles rent a beach house, but things get complicated when Alice wants to wear a string bikini and Harry must decide whether or not to press charges against a nude sunbather who will not leave his property. | |||||
5 | 5 | "Help Wanted" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | October 10, 1972 | 63-5 |
Harry gets into trouble with special-interest groups when he fires his Jewish driver and must choose between hiring someone who is right for the job versus hiring someone in order to comply with the dictates of affirmative action and diversity. | |||||
6 | 6 | "Love Story" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | October 17, 1972 | 63-6 |
Alice shocks her family again by dating a homeless man named Norman, but when Harry and Irma find out that Norman has rich parents, they push Alice into staying with him. | |||||
7 | 7 | "The Victim" | Mark Scott and Charles Anthony | October 24, 1972 | 63-7 |
Harry gets mugged and beaten in the park by a young criminal. While Harry and Ralph want the young criminal to be locked away, Chet and Alice want Harry to go soft on his assailant since it is his first offense. | |||||
8 | 8 | "Chet's Job" | Terry Ryan | October 31, 1972 | 63-8 |
9 | 9 | "Chet's Fiancee" | Mark Kammerman | November 7, 1972 | 63-9 |
Chet dates a young, attractive decent young woman named Prudence and brings her home to meet Harry and Irma...and ends up shocking everyone when he tells Prudence that he does not want to marry her. | |||||
10 | 10 | "The Mouse" | Bill Manhoff | November 14, 1972 | 63-10 |
Jamie runs away from home after Harry tells him he cannot keep a mouse as a pet. | |||||
11 | 11 | "Duty Calls" | Charles Isaacs | November 21, 1972 | 63-11 |
Chet angers his parents when he tries to bail out of being enlisted in the Army. | |||||
12 | 12 | "Expectant Papa" | William Raynor and Myles Wilder | November 28, 1972 | 63-12 |
Irma worries that she may be pregnant again, which does not sit well with Chet and Alice, who feel the world is too overpopulated. | |||||
13 | 13 | "The New Car" | Harriet Belkin and Norman Belkin | December 5, 1972 | 63-13 |
The Boyles are tricked into buying a crummy car, and fight back against the man who sold it to them. | |||||
14 | 14 | "The New House" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | December 12, 1972 | 63-14 |
The Boyles consider moving into a bigger house, but Harry does not have the money for it. | |||||
15 | 15 | "The Prowler" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | December 19, 1972 | 63-15 |
16 | 16 | "Mama's Identity" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | December 26, 1972 | 63-16 |
In an attempt to be more than just a housewife and mother, Irma takes a job as a secretary at a law firm, but struggles with sexual discrimination and competition from a younger, prettier coworker, while Harry and Ralph worry that women in the workplace will lead to men being treated like sex objects and second-class citizens. | |||||
17 | 17 | "Papa the Patient" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | January 2, 1973 | 63-17 |
Harry is sent to the hospital after suffering from stress-related stomachaches. | |||||
18 | 18 | "The Swimming Pool" | Mark Scott and Charles Anthony | January 9, 1973 | 63-18 |
Harry builds a swimming pool for his family, but the neighbors end up using it. | |||||
19 | 19 | "Sweet Sixteen" | Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs | January 16, 1973 | 63-19 |
Irma wants Alice to have an extravagant 16th birthday party, but Harry is too cheap to do it. | |||||
20 | 20 | "The Commune" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | January 23, 1973 | 63-20 |
Alice runs away to a hippie commune to escape the stresses of school and home life. | |||||
21 | 21 | "Music Tycoon" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | January 30, 1973 | 63-21 |
Chet and his friends get famous as a hot, new garage band, but Chet soon learns that fame is fickle. | |||||
22 | 22 | "Accidents Will Happen" | Stanley Ralph Ross | February 6, 1973 | 63-22 |
Harry splits his pants after slipping in a restaurant. Everyone advises Harry to sue, but Harry just wants a new pair of pants. | |||||
23 | 23 | "Papa in New York" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | February 13, 1973 | 63-23 |
Harry goes to New York on business, and takes Ralph with him. | |||||
24 | 24 | "The Neighbors" | Harvey Bullock and R.S. Allen | February 20, 1973 | 63-24 |
Season 2 (1973-74)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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25 | 1 | "Bringing Up Jamie" | Charles Isaacs | September 11, 1973 | 63-25 |
A child psychologist recommends that Jamie take up photography to deal with his aggression, but Jamie only ends up photographing his family at their worst. | |||||
26 | 2 | "The Lady Detective" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | September 18, 1973 | 63-26 |
An eccentric female detective (played by guest star Phyllis Diller) is hired to help Harry find out who stole from the company's payroll. | |||||
27 | 3 | "Permissive Papa" | Dave Ketchum and Bruce Shelley | September 25, 1973 | 63-27 |
28 | 4 | "Boyles on TV" | Arthur Julian | October 2, 1973 | 63-28 |
The Boyles are invited to be interviewed on TV, but Harry thinks having the entire family on TV will ruin his reputation. | |||||
29 | 5 | "My Wife, The Secretary" | Mark Scott and Charles Anthony | October 9, 1973 | 63-29 |
Irma re-tries to find a job...and ends up working as Harry's secretary at his restaurant equipment store. | |||||
30 | 6 | "Papa, the Housewife" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | October 16, 1973 | 63-30 |
Harry takes Irma's place as a housewife...with disastrous results. | |||||
31 | 7 | "Jamie's Project" | Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield | October 23, 1973 | 63-31 |
Harry helps Jamie with a project for a school-wide competition. | |||||
32 | 8 | "Don for the Defence" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | November 6, 1973 | 63-32 |
Harry goes to court to contest a traffic violation—and ends up in deeper trouble when he hires an incompetent lawyer. | |||||
33 | 9 | "Alice's Diet" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | November 13, 1973 | 63-33 |
After being spurned by a crush at school, Alice goes to a beauty farm, and comes back slim and beautiful. | |||||
34 | 10 | "Mama Loves Monty" | Mark Scott and Charles Anthony | November 20, 1973 | 63-34 |
Irma signs herself and Harry to appear on a game show, but Harry misconstrues it as a sign that Irma is leaving him for game show host Monty Hall. | |||||
35 | 11 | "Alice's Crush" | Charles Isaacs | November 27, 1973 | 63-35 |
Alice has fallen in love; this time, her object of desire is one of her teachers. | |||||
36 | 12 | "Papa's Big Check" | Sid Dorfman | December 4, 1973 | 63-36 |
Harry gets a tax refund check for $940,000, but learns too late that the amount is a misprint. | |||||
37 | 13 | "Mama's Charity" | R.B. Rigby | December 11, 1973 | 63-37 |
Irma begins spending all of her time working for different charities. | |||||
38 | 14 | "Chet's Pad" | Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield | December 18, 1973 | 63-38 |
Chet finally moves out of the house and into his own place, but Harry keeps visiting Chet to parent him. | |||||
39 | 15 | "Papa the Coach" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | December 25, 1973 | 63-39 |
Harry is named the new coach of the high school basketball team, and must contend with the pushy parents of the players. | |||||
40 | 16 | "Birdman Chet" | Skip Webster | January 1, 1974 | 63-40 |
Chet gets a job at a pan factory, and suggests that the company change their image to help the endangered California condor. | |||||
41 | 17 | "Back to Nature" | Roy Kammerman | January 8, 1974 | 63-41 |
42 | 18 | "Alice's Freedom" | Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield | January 15, 1974 | 63-42 |
Irma's mother visits and insists that Alice be allowed her freedom since she is a woman. Alice enjoys her freedom to do as she pleases, but soon realizes that there is a downside to too much freedom. | |||||
43 | 19 | "The Beekeeper" | Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell | January 22, 1974 | 63-43 |
The Boyles call an exterminator to get rid of the bees in their backyard, but the exterminator ends up being more of a pest than the actual bees. | |||||
44 | 20 | "Maude Loves Papa" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | January 29, 1974 | 63-44 |
While collecting back payment, Harry helps an old woman open a service station for motorcycles. |
Season 3 (1974)
All four episodes of the third and final season were directed by Charles A. Nichols.
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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45 | 1 | "Rich Little, Supersleuth" | Harveter Luschwitzey Bullock and R.S. Allen | September 17, 1974 | 63-45 |
The bank next to Harry's store gets robbed. | |||||
46 | 2 | "Model Alice" | Terry Ryan | September 24, 1974 | 63-46 |
Harry objects when a painter asks Alice to pose nude. | |||||
47 | 3 | "Marriage Counselor" | R.B. Rigby | October 1, 1974 | 63-47 |
Harry and Irma's visit to a marriage counselor threatens to destroy their relationship rather than save it. | |||||
48 | 4 | "Car 54" | Mark Scott and Charles Anthony | October 8, 1974 | 63-48 |
Irma's brother-in-law (who works as a police officer) opens a kindergarten, which goes well, until a child goes missing. |
Home media
On June 5, 2007, Warner Home Video released Season 1 of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home on DVD in Region 1 for the Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection. Warner Archive has yet to release season 2 and Season 3.
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: The Complete First Season | ||||
Set details | Special features | Release dates | ||
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Retrospective look at the classic show | Region 1 June 5, 2007 |
See also
References
- ^ "Why Family Guy is the king of comedy". independent.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 306–307. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home". TVGuide.com.
- ^ a b Iverson, Paul: "The Advent of the Laugh Track". Hofstra University archives; February 1994.
- ^ Erickson, Syndicated Television, McFarland, 1988
External links
- 1970s American adult animated television series
- 1970s American sitcoms
- 1972 American television series debuts
- 1974 American television series endings
- American adult animated comedy television series
- American adult animated television spin-offs
- American animated sitcoms
- Animated television series about dysfunctional families
- English-language television shows
- First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
- Television series by Hanna-Barbera