The Fling

The Fling
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Network	ABC
Premiere date	September 19, 1972
Run time	23:47
Starring	Tom Bosley Joan Gerber David Hayward Kristina Holland Jackie Haley Jack Burns Herbie Faye Cindy Putnam Bill Haley John Stephenson
Music composed by	Richard Bowden
Writer(s)	Jack Elinson Norman Paul
Animation director(s)	Peter Luschwitz
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"The Fling" is the second episode of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home season one, and the second episode overall. It aired on September 19, 1972 on ABC. It was written by Jack Elinson and Norman Paul.

Detailed summary

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Memorable quotes

Alice: I'll have another piece.
Harry: Another setback for Weight Watchers.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Irma Boyle	Joan Gerber
Harry Boyle	Tom Bosley
Chet Boyle	David Hayward
Alice Boyle	Kristina Holland
Jamie Boyle	David Hayward
Julius	N/A
Charlie Taylor
Johnny Carson
Ralph Kane	Jack Burns
Morris Rapport
George Washington
Nancy Peterson	Unavailable
Motel manager	Unavailable
Helen Gurly Brown
Romeo
Jamie's friend	Unavailable
Jane Fonda

Organizations

• Weight Watchers (mentioned)
• Red Cross (mentioned)
• United Fund (mentioned)
• Boy Scouts (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • California
      • Elm Street
        • Boyle residence
        • Kane residence
      • Bank (mentioned)
      • Airport (mentioned)
      • Gas station
      • Motorbed Motel
      • Fling Your Thing Boutique
    • San Diego (mentioned)
    • Texas (indirectly mentioned)
      • Arlington (mentioned)
      • Arlington National Museum (mentioned)
  • Russia (indirectly mentioned)
    • Siberia (mentioned)
  • Sweden (indirectly mentioned)
• The Sun (mentioned)

Vehicles

• Harry's car
• Mayflower (mentioned)

Production

Development

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Filming

It was copyrighted in 1972.

Music

The music was composed by Richard Bowden, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 19, 1972 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• Despite being the second episode, the DVDs and Blu-ray Discs switch this with the first episode, "Alice's Dress."

Errors

• This may have been intended as the first episode since the first episode aired, "Alice's Dress," already had Morris Rappaport as a member of the Northstar Lodge, but in this episode Ralph sees him as a threat since having only just joined.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • June 5, 2007: Warner Home Video released Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: The Complete First Season on DVD.
  • January 28, 2025: Warner Archive Collection releases Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: The Complete Series on Blu-ray Disc.