Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
Harry Boyle, a mostly conservative businessman, has a son, Chet, and a daughter Alice. Chet is a hippie and Alice is sexually liberated. Harry's shrewd youngest son Jamie is often an ally, but Harry's wife Irma is a neutral in the ongoing generational war. Their paranoid reactionary neighbor, Ralph, prepares them for the oncoming takeover by the Communists.
- 1972-1974
- 3 seasons
- MeTV Toons
- Animation, Comedy
- TV-PG
Harry Boyle, a mostly conservative businessman, has a son, Chet, and a daughter Alice. Chet is a hippie and Alice is sexually liberated. Harry's shrewd youngest son Jamie is often an ally, but Harry's wife Irma is a neutral in the ongoing generational war. Their paranoid reactionary neighbor, Ralph, prepares them for the oncoming takeover by the Communists.
Season 1 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1972 - 1973
Episode 1
The Fling
Tue, Sep 12, 1972 23 mins
Harry's client insists he drive her to the airport. The car breaks down and they have to stay at a motel, however there is only one room left. Harry gives the room to his client and he sleeps in the car. The manager of the motel checks up on Harry in the middle of the night to make sure he is sleeping in the car and didn't sneak into the room, therefore paying for a single but having two people sleep in it. When Harry gets home the next morning Irma, Chet and Alice don't believe him until he takes Irma to the motel to prove his innocence.
Episode 2
Alice's Dress
Tue, Sep 19, 1972 23 mins
Harry wins the Man of the Year award from his lodge and everyone is excited with the exception of, of course, Chet and Alice. When Harry puts his foot down and demands they attend, the two oldest Boyle children say they will if they can get new outfits. Unfortunately, their taste in clothes leaves much to be desired. First, Chet comes home in a wild outfit and without the haircut Harry demanded. However, the biggest shock comes from Alice, who comes home with a dress with a see through top and informs her father that she will wear it and without a bra. Now Harry must try to convince his little girl how foolish she will look.
Episode 3
The Hippie
Tue, Sep 26, 1972 23 mins
Chet brings home his new hippie friend, Claude, who moves in and criticizes Harry for not caring about the environment, being a capitalist, etc. Harry tries to prove that every so-called hippie is a capitalist by offering him a job at his plant, but Claude ends up leading the workers in a guitar session. Next Harry tries pretending to be a hippie himself, hoping the boys will worry where their next meal is coming from. Ralph overreacts and builds a wall between his house and Harry's, drawing a TV camera crew. A TV sponsor solves Harry's problem when he hears Claude playing his guitar and singing and offers him a contract writing commercial jingles. Chet is disillusioned when his friend becomes a "sell-out".
Episode 4
The Beach Vacation
Tue, Oct 3, 1972 23 mins
The Boyles rent out a beach house for two weeks during the summer. Unfortunately, Harry can't really enjoy it. For one thing, he still has to commute back and forth to work in order to pay for the "vacation". However, the thing that really puts a kink in the vacation is a young man and his two female friends who decide to use the beach to do a little nude sunbathing. Eventually, it escalates into an argument between Harry and his two oldest kids, Chet and Alice, over individual rights. Also complicating matters are Ralph and his vigilantes who turn the area into a beachhead complete with tank traps and barbed wire because Ralph fears that nude sunbathing is the first step in a communist invasion. Will Harry finally have a peaceful vacation?
Episode 5
Help Wanted
Tue, Oct 10, 1972 23 mins
Harry attempts to be an equal opportunity employer but faces the problem of many small businessmen when he has only one opening and a dozen minority groups clamoring for preference.
Episode 6
Love Story
Tue, Oct 17, 1972 23 mins
Alice falls for a young beggar that asked Harry for money. Worse yet, when the young man asks her to marry him she says yes, which horrifies Harry. However, when he meets the young man's wealthy parents he see's dollar signs in his little girl's future.
Episode 7
The Victim
Tue, Oct 24, 1972 30 mins
While out bowling with Ralph, Harry gets mugged and knocked unconscious leaving a big lump on his head. At first Chet and Alice are all for the mugger getting sent to jail. However, when they find out that the young man came from a poor family they demand that Harry drop the charges.
Episode 8
Chet's Job
Tue, Oct 31, 1972 30 mins
Fed up with Chet's mooching, Harry decides to put his foot down and decides to charge him not only rent, but also for his food. This finally forces Chet to finally go to work. However, the only job he can find is in a head shop. He even comes up with an invention to sell at the shop; a light-bulb that looks like a candle, which Harry thinks is a stupid idea. However, when the candle becomes a huge success he sees that his oldest son could finally be getting the message that money isn't exactly the root of all evil.
Episode 9
Chet's Fiancee
Tue, Nov 7, 1972 30 mins
Chet announces that he finally has met "the one" and announces that he intends to spend the rest of his life with her. However, Harry and Irma are shocked when they find out that spending the rest of his life with the girl doesn't necessarily mean getting married when he tells him that he will be living with her and that he still won't go to work, but will live off the system.
Episode 10
The Mouse
Tue, Nov 14, 1972 30 mins
Jamie brings home a mouse that he intends to not only keep as a pet, but to train so he can charge admission when it performs. However, this doesn't sit well with Irma and Alice who are both deathly afraid of it. Harry, behind Irma's back, tells Jamie he can keep it as long as it stays in the garage. Unfortunately, when the mouse turns up missing, Jamie blames Harry and decides to run away from home.
Episode 11
Duty Calls
Tue, Nov 21, 1972 30 mins
Once again Harry tries to get a job for Chet. Unfortunately, his efforts fail when Chet calls for a recall of several perfectly good pots made at Harry's plant. However, Harry's anger at his son turns to concern as Chet gets his draft notice. Chet then shocks his father by announcing that he will avoid the draft by escaping to Canada. Now Harry must try to not only try to delay Chet's induction, but try to keep him out of prison for draft evasion.
Episode 12
Expectant Papa
Tue, Nov 28, 1972 23 mins
Irma informs Harry that she may be pregnant with their fourth child. While he is both excited and terrified about the prospect that he is about to become a father again in his mid 40's, everyone else seems to be against the idea. Ralph is afraid that the baby might turn out to become a radical and Harry's accountant thinks that the baby might lead to financial ruin. However, he is most horrified by Chet and Alice's reaction as they don't want to see a new baby arrive in an already overcrowded world.
Episode 13
The New Car
Tue, Dec 5, 1972 23 mins
Harry buys a "lemon" from a used car lot and returns to humiliate the car dealership by posing as a satisfied customer during a live TV telecast.
Episode 14
The New House
Tue, Dec 12, 1972 23 mins
Harry decides between a costly renovation or moving into a more expensive house.
Episode 15
The Prowler
Tue, Dec 19, 1972 30 mins
After a rash of burglaries in the neighborhood, Ralph calls a meeting on how to deal with the problem and it immediately turns into a recruitment rally for his vigilante group. Unfortunately, another burglary takes place during the meeting and Harry becomes a suspect not only due to the fact that he left the meeting early, but that he was seen the next morning rummaging through one of the neighbor's windows while looking for Julius. Now he must clear his name before Ralph and his vigilantes put him in front of a firing squad.
Episode 16
Mama's Identity
Tue, Dec 26, 1972 23 mins
Harry Boyle's wife, Irma, liberates herself from domestic shackles and becomes a working woman.
Episode 17
The Patient
Tue, Jan 2, 1973 23 mins
Harry enters an expensive hospital for routine tests and finds himself the subject of a gall bladder transplant which is scheduled for worldwide telecast.
Episode 18
The Swimming Pool
Tue, Jan 9, 1973 23 mins
A backyard battle erupts between Harry and Ralph when they share expenses for a swimming pool.
Episode 19
Sweet Sixteen
Tue, Jan 16, 1973 30 mins
Daughter Alice's 16th birthday forces harry to float a bank loan to cover party costs.
Episode 20
The Commune
Tue, Jan 23, 1973 23 mins
Harry tangles with the guru leader of a hippie commune when Alice announces she is joining the commune.
Episode 21
Music Tycoon
Tue, Jan 30, 1973 30 mins
Chet informs Harry and Irma that he is going to meet with some of his former college classmates to discuss their future. At first they think that Chet is going back to college to finally earn his degree. However, they are shocked when he tells them that the guys he met with are all dropping out of college to form a rock band and the he is going to be their manager and after the group has a major hit with their first single, Chet goes on a spending spree. However, he soon finds out that success in the music business can be fleeting.
Episode 22
Accidents Will Happen
Tue, Feb 6, 1973 23 mins
Harry is deluged with legal aid after he slips in a restaurant in front of 100 lawyers attending a conference.
Episode 23
Papa in New York
Tue, Feb 13, 1973 24 mins
Harry's overnight business trip to New York becomes a disaster when he is persuaded to take his family and neighbor Ralph.
Episode 24
The Neighbors
Tue, Feb 20, 1973 30 mins
When a newlywed couple have their first fight, the Boyles are caught in the middle trying to get their neighbors reconciled and end up having their own marital misunderstanding.