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'''''Wait Till Your Father Gets Home''''' is an [[animated sitcom]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/why-family-guy-is-the-king-of-comedy-26553463.html|title=Why Family Guy is the king of comedy|website=independent|date=24 July 2009 }}</ref> produced by [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]] that aired in first-run [[Broadcast syndication|syndication]] in the United States from 1972 to 1974.<ref name=Woolery>{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series |date=1983 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1557-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/XXX/mode/2up |access-date=22 March 2020 |pages=306–307}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/wait-till-your-father-gets-home/1030003295/|title=Wait Till Your Father Gets Home|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> |
'''''Wait Till Your Father Gets Home''''' is an American [[animated sitcom]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/why-family-guy-is-the-king-of-comedy-26553463.html|title=Why Family Guy is the king of comedy|website=independent|date=24 July 2009 }}</ref> produced by [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]] that aired in first-run [[Broadcast syndication|syndication]] in the United States from 1972 to 1974.<ref name=Woolery>{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series |date=1983 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1557-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/XXX/mode/2up |access-date=22 March 2020 |pages=306–307}}</ref> 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]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/wait-till-your-father-gets-home/1030003295/|title=Wait Till Your Father Gets Home|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref> |
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| Wait Till Your Father Gets Home | |
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| Genre | Animated sitcom |
| Created 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 American 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 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 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]
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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, Don Messick, and John Stephenson 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 Hanna-Barbera, the sponsors (Chevrolet) and the five NBC-owned stations that carried the show.[5]
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 on DVD. However, they will be releasing a complete series Blu-ray on November 26th, 2024.
| 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. 24 July 2009.
- ^ 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 animated comedy television series
- 1970s American sitcoms
- 1972 American television series debuts
- 1972 animated 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
- American English-language television shows
- First-run syndicated animated television series
- First-run syndicated sitcoms
- Television series by Hanna-Barbera