Love and the Old-Fashioned Father

Love and the Old-Fashioned Father
Network	ABC
Premiere date	February 11, 1972
Run time	22:20
Starring	Tom Bosley Joan Gerber David Hayward Kristina Holland Jack Burns Ernestine Wade David L. Lander Sydney Miller Mitzi McCall
Writer(s)	Ray Allen Harvey Bullock
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Love and the Old-Fashioned Father" is a segment in an episode of Love, American Style season three, which acted as a back-door pilot for Wait Till Your Father Gets Home. It aired on February 11, 1972 on ABC. It was written by Ray Allen and Harvey Bullock, produced by Alan Rafkin, William Hanna, and Joseph Barbera, and directed by Hanna and Barbera, the co-founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Harry is at odds with his daughter, after he is critical of her choice in boyfriends, although his selection doesn't turn out to be much better.

Memorable quotes

Bob: I'm not interested in money. All I want is the opportunity to travel the world and help where I needed.
Harry: I bet it's tough to cross the ocean without money. You can't stand an airport runway holding up a hitchiker's sign that says "Africa".
Irma: Harry...
Alice: All Bob was trying to say is that our generation realizes how truly worthless money really is.
Harry: How did money get such a lousy reputation? [...] It's funny. Behind every kid knocking materialism, there's some poor materialistic father working his materialistic tail off so you could sit around tell me how awful it is!
Alice: You gave us the money. We didn't ask for it.
Harry: You didn't turn it down either.

Harry: I better get my daughter to get interested in something.
Ralph: Y'know, you and your family should join up in our vigilante group.
Harry: Uh, I don't think...
Ralph: It'll straighten your kids up. Y'know, something constructive to do.
Harry: Well, I...
Ralph: We went on maneuvers last weekend. We are trained and ready. When they make their move to overthrow the government, we'll handle it.
Harry: Who?
Ralph: Them.
Harry: Them?
Ralph: Don't you read the papers? The commies and Mafia have come together with the Jews, the Negroes, the Puerto Ricans. The Japanese and Mexicans are on it too, along with the Liberals, the Catholics, everyone on welfare, and of course, all them college kids, or what we call the "hippies". They're out to take over the country.
Harry: Take over the country? That is the country! And just how are they're going to do it?
Ralph: Through pornography and fluoridation.

Mary: Just four places?
Irma: Chet's going out tonight.
Mary: Oh, good, things will run smoother. He's always so busy trying to liberate me, I can't get anything done.

Chet: But, Pop, you let me go away.
Alice: That's right. Why him, and not me?
Henry: Because boys don't get pregnant.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Paperboy	N/A
Harry Boyle	Tom Bosley
Irma Boyle	Joan Gerber
Chet Boyle	David Hayward
Alice Boyle	Kristina Holland
Julius	Unavailable
Shirley Temple
Mary	Ernestine Wade
Bob	David L. Lander
Lawrence of Arabia
Harry's father
Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson's son	Unavailable
Pat Boone
Ralph Kane	Jack Burns
Fred Harris	Sydney Miller
Mrs. Harris	Mitzi McCall
Carol Harris	N/A
Ted	N/A
Charlie

Organizations

• Bick Truck Co. (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Boyle residence
    • Kane residence
    • Harris residence
  • Africa (mentioned)

Objects

• None

Vehicles

• Harry's car
• S.S. Titanic (mentioned)

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1971.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: February 11, 1972 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• This was the second pilot Hanna-Barbera did as a test through Love, American Style in 1972, after the failed "Love and the Private Eye."
• The big difference between this episode and the series proper, is the latter's inclusion of the Boyles' third and youngest, Jamie.
• Irma is 47, and she got married to Harry at 17.
• Harry compares his situation of meeting Alice's boyfriend for the first time to the events of the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
• Unlike this episode having the ABC network, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home was broadcast in first-run syndication.
• Fred's name is only revealed in the opening sequence. Interestingly, that same opening sequence also refers to Irma and Harry as only Mama and Papa, respectively.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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