Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
| Wait Till Your Father Gets Home | |
|---|---|
 DVD menu showing the series title altogether, unlike the series itself. | |
| Network | NBC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Distributor | Taft Broadcasting |
| Original release | September 12, 1972—October 8, 1974 |
| Run time | 23 minutes |
| Starring | Tom Bosley Joan Gerber Kristina Holland David Hayward Jackie Haley Lennie Weinrib Willie Aames Frank Burns |
| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) | R.S. Allen Harvey Bullock Zoran Janjic |
| Music composed by | Richard Bowden |
| Writer(s) | Jack Elinson Norman Paul Charles Anthony Mark Scott |
| Animation director(s) | Peter Luschwitz |
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home is an American animated comedy-drama TV series produced by Hanna-Barbera (H-B) for NBC. It ran from 1972 to 1974, airing 48 episodes. It was the final prime time animated sitcom from Hanna-Barbera up until Fish Police in 1992. Although geared towards adults, its accessibility for the whole family allowed it to be aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in their heydays.
Harry Boyle, a middle-aged conservative suburban boomer, must deal with the problems his family presents him, which includes wife Irma, and their three kids; plus-sized outspoken feminist, yet boy-crazy daughter, Alice, long-haired, lazy and unemployed first son, Chet, and second son, the precocious Jamie. Despite his morals, values, and traditional values, he is also friends with his next door neighbor, the ultra-right-wing anti-communist, crackpot theorist Ralph Kane.
Only the first season is available on DVD.
Production
Development
Music
The score was composed by Richard Bowden, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.
Episodes
Cast
- Tom Bosley as Harry Boyle
- Joan Gerber as Irma Boyle
- Kristina Holland as Alice Boyle
- David Hayward (season 1) and Lennie Weinrib (seasons 1-3) as Chet Boyle
- Jackie Haley (season 1) and Willie Aames (seasons 1-3) as Jamie Boyle
- Frank Burns as Ralph Kane
