''Wait Till Your Father Gets Home'' is an American

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animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that aired in first-run syndication in the United States from 1972 to

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. The show originated as a one-time segment on ''

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'' called "Love and the Old-Fashioned Father". The same pilot was later produced with a live cast (starring

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), 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 ''

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'' more than ten years earlier, and would be the only one until ''

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'' seventeen years later. The show was inspired by ''

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''.

Premise

The show features Harry Boyle, wife Irma, daughter Alice, and sons Chet and Jamie. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio.Iverson, Paul: "The Advent of the Laugh Track". Hofstra University archives; February 1994. 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.

Episodes

Voice cast

* Tom Bosley as Harry Boyle *

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as Irma Boyle *

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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

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provided minor roles.

Guest stars

* Don Adams * Phyllis Diller * Gene Eugene * Monty Hall *

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* Rich Little *

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(Also appeared on ''All In The Family'') *

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* 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

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. When a crooked car dealer on another episode was perceived by real-life

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car salesman Cal Worthington as being a send-up of him, he sued the studio (

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), the sponsors (

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) and the five NBC-owned stations that carried the show.Erickson, ''Syndicated Television'', McFarland, 1988

Home media

On June 5, 2007,

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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.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0068148 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 animated sitcoms Animated television series about children Animated television series about dysfunctional families Animated television series about teenagers English-language television shows First-run syndicated television programs in the United States Television series by Hanna-Barbera