History WesternAnimation / WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome

For two years this was Hanna-Barbera's second most popular primetime animated show, and as a result a number of [[SpecialGuest celebrity guest stars]] appeared in the second season, including perennial favorites such as Creator/JonathanWinters, Creator/DonKnotts, [[Series/GetSmart Don Adams]] and Phyllis Diller. Though it didn't last as long as ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', it was the inspiration for FOX's dysfunctional family animated sitcoms that became popular in the 1990s and the 2000s (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', and all of Creator/SethMacFarlane's dysfunctional family shows, with ''King of the Hill'' being the most like it in tone and character. ''The Simpsons'' uses the show's penchant for creating stories based on social issues of the day while ''Family Guy'' pretty much redesigned and [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerated]] Harry, Irma, Chet, Alice, Jamie, and the dog as Peter, Lois, Chris, Meg, Stewie, and Brian).

Like ''Happy Days'', ''Wait Till Your Father Gets Home'' started life as an episode of the anthology ''LoveAmericanStyle''.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lots of the subject matter on this show was meant for adults, despite being a family-friendly show (for the late 1960s/early 1970s). The first episode focused on Harry being accused of cheating on his wife, the second episode was about Alice planning to wear a dress with a see-through top, and Harry and Irma worrying about how sex and female nudity seem to be plastered everywhere from red-light districts to ads on TV. The second episode even got away with showing a topless woman in a see-through nightie ([[NippleAndDimed her nipples weren't shown]], but still, having them out and uncovered was quite a feat for 1970s TV).

* {{Hawaii}}: Irma literally dreams of a Hawaii vacation when Harry receives a tax refund check mistakenly made out for $947,000 instead of $94.70.

** Chet's second voice actor was Lennie Weinrib, who played Timer the Cheese Guy on those old public service announcements about nutrition that used to air on Saturday mornings on Creator/{{ABC}}.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Ralph and Wittaker

For two years this was Hanna-Barbera's second most popular primetime animated show, and as a result a number of [[SpecialGuest celebrity guest stars]] appeared in the second season, including perennial favorites such as Creator/JonathanWinters, Creator/DonKnotts, [[Series/GetSmart Don Adams]] and Phyllis Diller. Though it didn't last as long as ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', it was the inspiration for FOX's dysfunctional family animated sitcoms that became popular in the 1990s and the 2000s (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', and all of Creator/SethMacFarlane's dysfunctional family shows, with ''King of the Hill'' being more like it in tone and character, ''The Simpsons'' uses the show's penchant for creating stories based on social issues of the day while ''Family Guy'' pretty much redesigned and [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerated]] Harry, Irma, Chet, Alice, Jamie, and the dog as Peter, Lois, Chris, Meg, Stewie, and Brian).

For two years this was Hanna-Barbera's second most popular primetime animated show, and as a result a number of [[SpecialGuest celebrity guest stars]] appeared in the second season, including perennial favorites such as Creator/JonathanWinters, Creator/DonKnotts, [[Series/GetSmart Don Adams]] and Phyllis Diller. Though it didn't last as long as ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', it was the inspiration for FOX's dysfunctional family animated sitcoms that became popular in the 1990s and the 2000s (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', and all of Creator/SethMacFarlane's dysfunctional family shows).

{{Hanna-Barbera}} produced this 1972-1974 animated prime time series. Harry Boyle (voiced by a pre-''HappyDays'' Tom Bosley) is a conservative businessman whose elder son, Chet, is a hippie who dropped out of college. His high-school aged daughter, Alice, is a sexually liberated feminist. Only his younger son, Jamie, shows any signs of sharing Harry's values, and his wife, Irma, stays out of the conflict (though she has dreams of finding her own identity and being more than just a wife and mother). Meanwhile, his neighbor Ralph (comedian Jack Burns) masterminds an anticommunist organization so far to the right that they make the John Birchers (and more importantly, Harry) look pinko. Convinced of the imminent arrival of the godless Red hordes, Ralph and his followers have turned one end of the block into an armed camp. Poor Harry finds himself forced to navigate his life safely between all the extremes that surround him.

For two years this was Hanna-Barbera's second most popular primetime animated show, and as a result a number of [[SpecialGuest celebrity guest stars]] appeared in the second season, including perennial favorites such as Jonathan Winters, Don Knotts, Don Adams and Phyllis Diller. Though it didn't last as long as ''TheFlintstones'', it was the inspiration for FOX's dysfunctional family animated sitcoms that became popular in the 1990s and the 2000s (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''KingOfTheHill'', and all of SethMacFarlane's dysfunctional family shows).

Like ''HappyDays'', ''WaitTillYourFatherGetsHome'' started life as an episode of the anthology ''LoveAmericanStyle''.

* ActorAllusion: As Ralph, Jack Burns would occasionally use his stand up trademark of making a statement to another character then saying "huh?" "huh?" "huh?" until the other character shouts an agreement with him to get him to shut up.
* TheAllegedCar: Harry buys a new car from an HonestJohnsDealership in one episode, only for it to not start after being delivered to his house (from a defective fuel pump, distributor and ignition wires), the tires burst on the tow back to the dealer, and the dealer has horrible service, taking days to make minor repairs.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: The dog Julius does it on a regular basis. Harry does it on occasion as well, although it could be explained that he's just ThinkingOutLoud to make sense of this week's problem.

* EverythingsWorseWithBees: In one episode Harry gets two unwanted visitors -- a colony of bees and a bumbling live-in exterminator played by Don Knotts.

* GameShowAppearance: To earn money for an aniversary gift, Irma appears on ''LetsMakeADeal'', complete with Special Guest Voice [[InksuitActor Monty Hall]] as himself.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Lots of the subject matter on this show was meant for adults, despite being a family-friendly show (for the late '60s-early 70s). The first episode focused on Harry being accused of cheating on his wife, the second episode was about Alice planning to wear a dress with a see-through top and Harry and Irma worrying about how sex and female nudity seems to be plastered everywhere from red-light districts to ads on TV. The second episode even got away with showing a topless woman in a see-through nightie ([[NippleAndDimed her nipples weren't shown]], but still, having them out and uncovered was quite a feat for 1960s TV).

** Chet's second voice actor was the same guy who played Timer the Cheese Guy on those old public service announcements about nutrition that used to air on Saturday mornings on ABC.

** DirtyOldWoman: On the episode "The Prowler," before taking the real prowler to the cops, Sara wanted to take the prowler home for some wine and mood music.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The opening theme has a part where Alice heads out on a date with a guy standing at the door. The scene spins around and the next time she comes in, [[SexDressed her clothes are tattered and her glasses are skewed]].

* {{Jerkass}}: The old lady Sara Whittaker.

* VaporWear: On the second episode, Alice buys a dress she wants to wear to her father's special dinner. The problem is, it's see-through (and when told that she can't wear it because everyone will see her bra, Alice replies, "What bra?").

For two years this was Hanna-Barbera's second most popular primetime animated show, and as a result a number of [[SpecialGuest celebrity guest stars]] appeared in the second season, including perennial favorites such as Jonathan Winters, Don Knotts, Don Adams and Phyllis Diller. Though it didn't last as long as ''TheFlintstones'', it was the inspiration for FOX's dysfunctional family animated sitcoms that became popular in the 1990s and the 2000s (''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''KingOfTheHill'', ''FamilyGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' and — to a lesser extent — ''TheClevelandShow'').

* CrossOver: One episode featured ''Series/Car54WhereAreYou'''s Officers Toody and Muldoon with Gunther introduced as Irma's Brother in Law. This episode is possibly a PoorlyDisguisedPilot for an animated ''Car 54'' series.

* DysfunctionalFamily: A downplayed example. Harry does love his family, but since this show takes place in the late 1960s into the early half of the 1970s, there is going to be some friction, especially with a hippie college drop-out son (Chet) and a naive teenage daughter who wants to be a sexually liberated woman (Alice).

* DysfunctionalFamily: Don't get Harry wrong, he does love his family. It's just hard to see most of the time, what with his constant arguments with Chet and Alice.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: No season other than the first one has been released on DVD. And thanks to poor sales, the other seasons will probably never be released.

* CrossOver: One episode featured ''Car54WhereAreYou'''s Officers Toody and Muldoon with Gunther introduced as Irma's Brother in Law. This episode is possibly a PoorlyDisguisedPilot for an animated ''Car 54'' series.

{{Hanna-Barbera}} produced this 1972-1974 animated prime time series. Harry Boyle (voiced by a pre-''HappyDays'' Tom Bosley) is a conservative businessman whose elder son, Chet, is a hippie who dropped out of college. His high-school aged daughter, Alice, is a sexually liberated feminist. Only his younger son, Jamie, shows any signs of sharing Harry's values, and his wife, Irma, stays out of the conflict (though she has dreams of finding her own identity and being more than just a wife and mother). Meanwhile, his neighbor Ralph (comedian JackBurns) masterminds an anticommunist organization so far to the right that they make the John Birchers (and more importantly, Harry) look pinko. Convinced of the imminent arrival of the godless Red hordes, Ralph and his followers have turned one end of the block into an armed camp. Poor Harry finds himself forced to navigate his life safely between all the extremes that surround him.

* ActorAllusion: As Ralph, JackBurns would occasionally use his stand up trademark of making a statement to another character then saying "huh?" "huh?" "huh?" until the other character shouts an agreement with him to get him to shut up.
* TheAllegedCar: Harry buys a new car from an HonestJohnsDealership in one episode, only for it to not start after being delivered to his house (from a deffective fuel pump, distributer and ignition wires), the factory tires bursting on the tow to the dealer, and the dealer having horrible service and taking days to make minor repairs.

* BlandNameProduct: While never actually mentioned by name, Harry's car looks an awful lot like a Chevrolet Corvair sedan, and the car he buys from a [[HonestJohnsDealership crooked dealership]] looks just like an Oldsmobile 88 coupe.

* CripplingOverSpecialisation: One of the machanics at the HonestJohnDealership where Harry buys his new car only works with ''windshield wipers''.

* TheAllegedCar: Harry buys a new car from an HonestJohnsDealership in one episode, only for it to not start after being delivered to his house, the factory tires bursting on the tow to the dealer, and the dealer having horrible service and taking days to make minor repairs.

* BlandNameProduct: While never actually mentioned by name, Harry's car looks an awful lot like a CHevrolet Corvair sedan, and the car he buys from a [[HonestJohnsDealership crooked dealership]] looks just like an Oldsmobile 88 coupe.

* DysfunctionalFamily

* GranolaGirl

* AnimationAgeGhetto: Can you believe reruns of this used to air on '''CartoonNetwork''' (''long'' before the advent of the similarly-themed Creator/AdultSwim block, to boot)?

{{Hanna-Barbera}} produced this 1972-1974 animated prime time series. Harry Boyle (voiced by ''HappyDays''' Tom Bosley) is a conservative businessman whose elder son, Chet, is a hippie who dropped out of college. His high-school aged daughter, Alice, is a sexually liberated feminist. Only his younger son, Jamie, shows any signs of sharing Harry's values, and his wife, Irma, stays out of the conflict (though she has dreams of finding her own identity and being more than just a wife and mother). Meanwhile, his neighbor Ralph (comedian JackBurns) masterminds an anticommunist organization so far to the right that they make the John Birchers (and more importantly, Harry) look pinko. Convinced of the imminent arrival of the godless Red hordes, Ralph and his followers have turned one end of the block into an armed camp. Poor Harry finds himself forced to navigate his life safely between all the extremes that surround him.

* ActorAllusion: As Ralph, Jack Burns would occasionally use his stand up trademark of making a statement to another character then saying "huh?" "huh?" "huh?" until the other character shouts an agreement with him to get him to shut up.

* TheOtherDarrin: Two of the kids had their voice actors recast: Chet (David Hayward and Lennie Weinrib) and Jamie (Jackie Earle Haley and Willie Aames).

* TheAllegedCar: Harry buys a new car from a local dealership in one episode, only for it to not start after being delivered to his house, the factory tires bursting on the tow to the dealer, and the dealer having horrible service and taking days to make minor repairs.

{{Hanna-Barbera}} produced this 1972-1974 animated prime time series. Harry Boyle (voiced by ''HappyDays''' Tom Bosley) is a conservative businessman whose elder son, Chet, is a hippie who dropped out of college. His high-school aged daughter, Alice, is a sexually liberated feminist. Only his younger son, Jamie, shows any signs of sharing Harry's values, and his wife, Irma, stays out of the conflict (though she has dreams of finding her own identity and being more than just a wife and mother). Meanwhile, his neighbor Ralph (comedian Jack Burns) masterminds an anticommunist organization so far to the right that they make the John Birchers (and more importantly, Harry) look pinko. Convinced of the imminent arrival of the godless Red hordes, Ralph and his followers have turned one end of the block into an armed camp. Poor Harry finds himself forced to navigate his life safely between all the extremes that surround him.

* ActorAllusion: As Ralph, Jack Burns would occasionally use his stand up trademark of making a statement to another character then saying "huh?" "huh?" "huh?" until then when the other character shouts an agreement with him to get him to shut up.