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Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

A traditional patriarch struggles to find common ground with his loved ones as they clash over modern social values.

The show revolves around the Boyle family, a typical American family in the 1970s, with contrasting personalities and values. Harry, the patriarch, is a conservative businessman, while his children Chet and Alice embody the counterculture movement. Chet is a free-spirited hippie, and Alice is open-minded and sexually liberated. Jamie, the youngest son, often finds himself caught between his father's traditional views and his own progressive leanings. Meanwhile, Irma, Harry's wife, maintains a neutral stance in the midst of the generational conflict. The family's lives are further complicated by their eccentric and paranoid neighbor, Ralph, who believes the Communist takeover is imminent.

Episodes:

Episode 1 The Fling

1. The Fling

Aired: Sep 12, 1972

Restaurant-equipment dealer Harry Boyle helps a sexy female customer move int...

Episode 2 Alice's Dress

2. Alice's Dress

Aired: Sep 19, 1972

The Boyles are invited to a party. Alice decides to buy a dress for the event...

Episode 3 The Hippie

3. The Hippie

Aired: Sep 26, 1972

Chet befriends a hippie musician, which drives his family crazy and prompts R...

Episode 4 The Beach Vacation

4. The Beach Vacation

Aired: Sep 3, 1972

The Boyles rent a beach house, but things get complicated when Alice wants to...

Episode 5 Help Wanted

5. Help Wanted

Aired: Oct 10, 1972

Harry gets into trouble with special-interest groups when he fires his Jewish...

Episode 6 Love Story

6. Love Story

Aired: Oct 17, 1972

Alice shocks her family again by dating a homeless man named Norman, but when...

Episode 7 The Victim

7. The Victim

Aired: Oct 24, 1972

Harry gets mugged and beaten in the park by a young criminal. While Harry and...

Episode 8 Chet's Job

8. Chet's Job

Aired: Oct 30, 1972

Harry gives his slacker son, Chet, an ultimatum: either find a job and pay re...

Episode 9 Chet's Fiancee

9. Chet's Fiancee

Aired: Nov 6, 1972

Chet dates a young, attractive decent young woman named Prudence and brings h...

Episode 10 The Mouse

10. The Mouse

Aired: Nov 13, 1972

Jamie brings home a pet mouse. After being told that he can't keep it, the mo...

Episode 11 Duty Calls

11. Duty Calls

Aired: Oct 21, 1972

Chet angers his parents when he tries to bail out of being enlisted in the Army.

Episode 12 Expectant Papa

12. Expectant Papa

Aired: Nov 27, 1972

Irma worries that she may be pregnant again, which does not sit well with Che...

Episode 13 The New Car

13. The New Car

Aired: Dec 4, 1972

The Boyles are tricked into buying a crummy car, and fight back against the m...

Episode 14 The New House

14. The New House

Aired: Dec 11, 1972

The Boyles consider moving into a bigger house, but Harry does not have the m...

Episode 15 The Prowler

15. The Prowler

Aired: Dec 18, 1972

Ralph starts a neighborhood vigilante group in order to fight back against a ...

Episode 16 Mama's Identity

16. Mama's Identity

Aired: Dec 25, 1972

In an attempt to be more than just a housewife and mother, Irma takes a job a...

Episode 17 Papa The Patient

17. Papa The Patient

Aired: Jan 1, 1973

Harry is sent to the hospital after suffering from stress-related stomachaches.

Episode 18 The Swimming Pool

18. The Swimming Pool

Aired: Jan 8, 1973

Harry builds a swimming pool for his family, but the neighbors end up using it.

Episode 19 Sweet Sixteen

19. Sweet Sixteen

Aired: Jan 15, 1973

Irma wants Alice to have an extravagant 16th birthday party, but Harry is too...

Episode 20 The Commune

20. The Commune

Aired: Jan 22, 1973

Alice runs away to a hippie commune to escape the stresses of school and home...

Episode 21 Music Tycoon

21. Music Tycoon

Aired: Jan 29, 1973

Chet and his friends get famous as a hot, new garage band, but Chet soon lear...

Episode 23 Papa in New York

23. Papa in New York

Aired: Feb 12, 1973

Harry goes to New York on business, and takes Ralph with him.

Episode 24 The Neighbors

24. The Neighbors

Aired: Feb 19, 1973

Newlyweds Mona and George experience trouble in paradise when they fight over...

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Info about Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

Seasons: 3

Current Status: Ended

Network: Syndication

Production Country: United States

Genres:Comedy, Animation