List of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home episodes
The following is a list of episodes of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home.
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 24 | September 12, 1972 | February 20, 1973 | |
| 2 | 20 | September 11, 1973 | January 29, 1974 | |
| 3 | 4 | September 17, 1974 | October 8, 1974 | |
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (1972–73)
[edit]All 24 episodes of the first season were directed by Peter Luschwitz.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Fling" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Paul Sommer | September 12, 1972 | 63-1 |
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Restaurant-equipment dealer Harry Boyle helps a sexy female customer move into her apartment, prompting everyone around him to think that Harry is cheating on his wife, Irma. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Alice's Dress" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Paul Sommer | September 19, 1972 | 63-2 |
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Harry and his family get invited to a party held by Harry's boss, and Harry wants everyone in the family to act and dress their best -- which is easier said than done because Alice wants to wear a racy department-store dress with no bra, prompting Harry and Irma to worry about the influence that sex and sexuality in the media has on their daughter. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Hippie" | Mark Scott and Charles Anthony | Paul Sommer | September 26, 1972 | 63-3 |
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Chet befriends a hippie musician, which drives his family crazy and prompts Ralph and his anti-Communist Army buddies to create a wall around the neighborhood to keep out all hippies, alleged Communists, subversives, and free-thinkers. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Beach Vacation" | Pamela Chais | Charles McElmurry | October 3, 1972 | 63-4 |
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The Boyles rent a beach house, but things get complicated when Alice wants to wear a string bikini and Harry must decide whether or not to press charges against a nude sunbather who will not leave his property. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Help Wanted" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Stan Walsh and Jim Pabian | October 10, 1972 | 63-5 |
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Harry gets into trouble with special-interest groups when he fires his Jewish driver and must choose between hiring someone who is right for the job versus hiring someone in order to comply with the dictates of affirmative action and diversity. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Love Story" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Stan Walsh and Burnie Gruver | October 17, 1972 | 63-6 |
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Alice shocks her family again by dating a homeless man named Norman, but when Harry and Irma find out that Norman has rich parents, they push Alice into staying with him. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Victim" | Mark Scott and Charles Anthony | Art Davis | October 24, 1972 | 63-7 |
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Harry gets mugged and beaten in the park by a young criminal. While Harry and Ralph want the young criminal to be locked away, Chet and Alice want Harry to go soft on his assailant since it is his first offense. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Chet's Job" | Terry Ryan | Stan Walsh | October 31, 1972 | 63-8 |
| 9 | 9 | "Chet's Fiancee" | Mark Kammerman | Charles McElmurry and Stan Walsh | November 7, 1972 | 63-9 |
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Chet dates a young, attractive decent young woman named Prudence and brings her home to meet Harry and Irma...and ends up shocking everyone when he tells Prudence that he does not want to marry her. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Mouse" | Bill Manhoff | Stan Walsh | November 14, 1972 | 63-10 |
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Jamie runs away from home after Harry tells him he cannot keep a mouse as a pet. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Duty Calls" | Charles Isaacs | Stan Walsh | November 21, 1972 | 63-11 |
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Chet angers his parents when he tries to bail out of being enlisted in the Army. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Expectant Papa" | William Raynor and Myles Wilder | Art Davis | November 28, 1972 | 63-12 |
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Irma worries that she may be pregnant again, which does not sit well with Chet and Alice, who feel the world is too overpopulated. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The New Car" | Harriet Belkin and Norman Belkin | Stan Walsh and Paul Sommer | December 5, 1972 | 63-13 |
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The Boyles are tricked into buying a crummy car, and fight back against the man who sold it to them. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The New House" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Paul Sommer | December 12, 1972 | 63-14 |
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The Boyles consider moving into a bigger house, but Harry does not have the money for it. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "The Prowler" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Stan Walsh | December 19, 1972 | 63-15 |
| 16 | 16 | "Mama's Identity" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Stan Walsh and Paul Sommer | December 26, 1972 | 63-16 |
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In an attempt to be more than just a housewife and mother, Irma takes a job as a secretary at a law firm, but struggles with sexual discrimination and competition from a younger, prettier coworker, while Harry and Ralph worry that women in the workplace will lead to men being treated like sex objects and second-class citizens. | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Papa the Patient" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Stan Walsh | January 2, 1973 | 63-17 |
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Harry is sent to the hospital after suffering from stress-related stomachaches. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "The Swimming Pool" | Mark Scott and Charles Anthony | Earl Klein and Stan Walsh | January 9, 1973 | 63-18 |
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Harry builds a swimming pool for his family, but the neighbors end up using it. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Sweet Sixteen" | Fred S. Fox and Seaman Jacobs | Stan Walsh and Paul Sommer | January 16, 1973 | 63-19 |
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Irma wants Alice to have an extravagant 16th birthday party, but Harry is too cheap to do it. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Commune" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Paul Sommer and Howard Swift | January 23, 1973 | 63-20 |
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Alice runs away to a hippie commune to escape the stresses of school and home life. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Music Tycoon" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Stan Walsh and Paul Sommer | January 30, 1973 | 63-21 |
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Chet and his friends get famous as a hot, new garage band, but Chet soon learns that fame is fickle. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Accidents Will Happen" | Stanley Ralph Ross | Stan Walsh and Paul Sommer | February 6, 1973 | 63-22 |
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Harry splits his pants after slipping in a restaurant. Everyone advises Harry to sue, but Harry just wants a new pair of pants. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Papa in New York" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Stan Walsh and Paul Sommer | February 13, 1973 | 63-23 |
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Harry goes to New York on business, and takes Ralph with him. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "The Neighbors" | Harvey Bullock and R.S. Allen | Stan Walsh and Paul Sommer | February 20, 1973 | 63-24 |
Season 2 (1973-74)
[edit]All 20 episodes of the second season were directed by Barrie Helmer.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 25 | 1 | "Bringing Up Jamie" | Charles Isaacs | Don Christensen and Jan Green | September 11, 1973 | 63-25 |
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A child psychologist recommends that Jamie take up photography to deal with his aggression, but Jamie only ends up photographing his family at their worst. | ||||||
| 26 | 2 | "The Lady Detective" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Stan Walsh | September 18, 1973 | 63-26 |
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An eccentric female detective (played by guest star Phyllis Diller) is hired to help Harry find out who stole from the company's payroll. | ||||||
| 27 | 3 | "Permissive Papa" | Dave Ketchum and Bruce Shelley | Stan Walsh and Roger Armstrong | September 25, 1973 | 63-27 |
| 28 | 4 | "Boyles on TV" | Arthur Julian | George Gordon | October 2, 1973 | 63-28 |
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The Boyles are invited to be interviewed on TV, but Harry thinks having the entire family on TV will ruin his reputation. | ||||||
| 29 | 5 | "My Wife, The Secretary" | Mark Scott and Charles Anthony | Alex Lovy | October 9, 1973 | 63-29 |
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Irma re-tries to find a job...and ends up working as Harry's secretary at his restaurant equipment store. | ||||||
| 30 | 6 | "Papa, the Housewife" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Stan Walsh and Roger Armstrong | October 16, 1973 | 63-30 |
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Harry takes Irma's place as a housewife...with disastrous results. | ||||||
| 31 | 7 | "Jamie's Project" | Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield | Don Christensen | October 23, 1973 | 63-31 |
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Harry helps Jamie with a project for a school-wide competition. | ||||||
| 32 | 8 | "Don for the Defence" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Alex Lovy | November 6, 1973 | 63-32 |
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Harry goes to court to contest a traffic violation—and ends up in deeper trouble when he hires an incompetent lawyer. | ||||||
| 33 | 9 | "Alice's Diet" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Alex Lovy | November 13, 1973 | 63-33 |
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After being spurned by a crush at school, Alice goes to a beauty farm, and comes back slim and beautiful. | ||||||
| 34 | 10 | "Mama Loves Monty" | Mark Scott and Charles Anthony | Alex Lovy | November 20, 1973 | 63-34 |
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Irma signs herself and Harry to appear on a game show, but Harry misconstrues it as a sign that Irma is leaving him for game show host Monty Hall. | ||||||
| 35 | 11 | "Alice's Crush" | Charles Isaacs | Don Christensen | November 27, 1973 | 63-35 |
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Alice has fallen in love; this time, her object of desire is one of her teachers. | ||||||
| 36 | 12 | "Papa's Big Check" | Sid Dorfman | Roger Armstrong | December 4, 1973 | 63-36 |
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Harry gets a tax refund check for $940,000, but learns too late that the amount is a misprint. | ||||||
| 37 | 13 | "Mama's Charity" | R.B. Rigby | Don Christensen | December 11, 1973 | 63-37 |
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Irma begins spending all of her time working for different charities. | ||||||
| 38 | 14 | "Chet's Pad" | Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield | Warren Tufts | December 18, 1973 | 63-38 |
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Chet finally moves out of the house and into his own place, but Harry keeps visiting Chet to parent him. | ||||||
| 39 | 15 | "Papa the Coach" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Roger Armstrong | December 25, 1973 | 63-39 |
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Harry is named the new coach of the high school basketball team, and must contend with the pushy parents of the players. | ||||||
| 40 | 16 | "Birdman Chet" | Skip Webster | George Gordon | January 1, 1974 | 63-40 |
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Chet gets a job at a pan factory, and suggests that the company change their image to help the endangered California condor. | ||||||
| 41 | 17 | "Back to Nature" | Roy Kammerman | Don Christensen | January 8, 1974 | 63-41 |
| 42 | 18 | "Alice's Freedom" | Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield | Don Christensen | January 15, 1974 | 63-42 |
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Irma's mother visits and insists that Alice be allowed her freedom since she is a woman. Alice enjoys her freedom to do as she pleases, but soon realizes that there is a downside to too much freedom. | ||||||
| 43 | 19 | "The Beekeeper" | Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell | Joseph Barbera | January 22, 1974 | 63-43 |
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The Boyles call an exterminator to get rid of the bees in their backyard, but the exterminator ends up being more of a pest than the actual bees. | ||||||
| 44 | 20 | "Maude Loves Papa" | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | Roger Armstrong | January 29, 1974 | 63-44 |
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While collecting back payment, Harry helps an old woman open a service station for motorcycles. | ||||||
Season 3 (1974)
[edit]All four episodes of the third and final season were directed by Charles A. Nichols.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 45 | 1 | "Rich Little, Supersleuth" | Harvey Bullock and R.S. Allen | Joseph Barbera | September 17, 1974 | 63-45 |
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The bank next to Harry's store gets robbed. | ||||||
| 46 | 2 | "Model Alice" | Terry Ryan | Bob Ogle and Don Christensen | September 24, 1974 | 63-46 |
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Harry objects when a painter asks Alice to pose nude. | ||||||
| 47 | 3 | "Marriage Counselor" | R.B. Rigby | Jan Green | October 1, 1974 | 63-47 |
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Harry and Irma's visit to a marriage counselor threatens to destroy their relationship rather than save it. | ||||||
| 48 | 4 | "Car 54" | Mark Scott and Charles Anthony | Jan Green | October 8, 1974 | 63-48 |
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Irma's brother-in-law (who works as a police officer) opens a kindergarten, which goes well, until a child goes missing. | ||||||