List of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home episodes
The following is a list of episodes of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home.
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 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
- No. = Overall episode number
- # = Episode number within the season
Season 1: 1972-1973
| No. | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Fling" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson | September 12, 1972 | 63-1 |
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Restaurant-equipment dealer Harry Boyle helps a sexy female customer, prompting everyone around him to think that Harry is cheating on his wife, Irma. John Stephenson, Cindy Putnam and Herbie Faye provided additional voices | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Alice's Dress" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson | 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 when Alice wants to wear a racy department-store dress with no brassiere, prompting Harry and Irma to worry about the influence that sex and sexuality in the media has on their daughter. John Stephenson, Gil Herman and Tina Holland provided additional voices | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Hippie" | Peter Luschwitz | Mark Scott & Charles Anthony | September 26, 1972 | 63-3 |
| 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, and free-thinkers. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Beach Vacation" | Peter Luschwitz | Pamela Chais | October 3, 1972 | 63-4 |
| 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 won't leave his property. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Help Wanted" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | 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's right for the job versus hiring someone in order to comply with affirmative action dictates. Guest stars: Allan Melvin, Isabel Sanford as Betsy | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Love Story" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | October 17, 1972 | 63-6 |
| 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" | Peter Luschwitz | Mark Scott & Charles Anthony | October 24, 1972 | 63-7 |
| 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" | Peter Luschwitz | Terry Ryan | October 31, 1972 | 63-8 |
| Harry gives his slacker son, Chet, an ultimatum: either find a job and pay rent or get out of the house. Chet decides to find a job — and ends up earning more than his father as a hardware-store grunt. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Chet's Fiancee" | Peter Luschwitz | Mark Kammerman | November 7, 1972 | 63-9 |
| Chet dates a young, attractive and 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 doesn't want to marry her. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Mouse" | Peter Luschwitz | Bill Manhoff | November 14, 1972 | 63-10 |
| Jamie runs away from home after Harry tells him he can't keep a mouse as a pet. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Duty Calls" | Peter Luschwitz | Charles Isaacs | November 21, 1972 | 63-11 |
| Chet angers his parents when he tries to bail out of being enlisted in the Army. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Expectant Papa" | Peter Luschwitz | William Raynor & Myles Wilder | November 28, 1972 | 63-12 |
| Irma worries that she may be pregnant again, which doesn't sit well with Chet and Alice, who feel the world is overpopulated enough. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The New Car" | Peter Luschwitz | Harriet Belkin & Norman Belkin | December 5, 1972 | 63-13 |
| 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" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | December 12, 1972 | 63-14 |
| The Boyles consider moving into a bigger house, but Harry doesn't have the money for it. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "The Prowler" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | December 19, 1972 | 63-15 |
| Ralph starts a neighborhood vigilante group in order to fight back against a burglar who has been breaking into houses in the Boyles' neighborhood. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Mama's Identity" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | December 26, 1972 | 63-16 |
| 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 being used by her employers while a younger, prettier secretary is treated better, 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" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | January 2, 1973 | 63-17 |
| Harry is sent to the hospital after suffering from stress-related stomach aches. | ||||||
| 18 | 18 | "The Swimming Pool" | Peter Luschwitz | Mark Scott & Charles Anthony | January 9, 1973 | 63-18 |
| Harry builds a swimming pool for his family, but the neighbors end up using it. | ||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Sweet Sixteen" | Peter Luschwitz | Fred S. Fox & Seaman Jacobs | January 16, 1973 | 63-19 |
| Irma wants Alice to have an extravagant 16th birthday party, but Harry is too cheap to do it. | ||||||
| 20 | 20 | "The Commune" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | January 23, 1973 | 63-20 |
| Alice runs away to a hippie commune to escape the stresses of school and home life. | ||||||
| 21 | 21 | "Music Tycoon" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | January 30, 1973 | 63-21 |
| 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" | Peter Luschwitz | Stanley Ralph Ross | February 6, 1973 | 63-22 |
| 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" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | February 13, 1973 | 63-23 |
| Harry goes to New York on business, and takes Ralph with him. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "The Neighbors" | Peter Luschwitz | Harvey Bullock & R.S. Allen | February 20, 1973 | 63-24 |
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Newlyweds Mona and George experience trouble in paradise when they fight over a new couch. The Boyles must get Mona and George back together when George moves in with the Boyles. Guest stars: Allan Melvin as Charlie, Casey Kasem as George | ||||||
Season 2: 1973-74
| No. | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 25 | 1 | "Bringing Up Jamie" | Peter Luschwitz | Charles Isaacs | September 11, 1973 | 63-25 |
| A child psychologist recommends that Jamie take up photography to deal with his aggressions, but Jamie only ends up photographing his family at their worst. | ||||||
| 26 | 2 | "The Lady Detective" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | September 18, 1973 | 63-26 |
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An eccentric female detective hired to help Harry find out who stole from the company's payroll. Guest star: Phyllis Diller as Phyllis Dexter | ||||||
| 27 | 3 | "Permissive Papa" | Peter Luschwitz | Dave Ketchum & Bruce Shelley | September 25, 1973 | 63-27 |
| Harry bars Alice from going to a concert and sets her up on a date with a nice man named Jay Jay, who turns out to be a pervert. | ||||||
| 28 | 4 | "Boyles on TV" | Peter Luschwitz | Arthur Julian | October 2, 1973 | 63-28 |
| 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" | Peter Luschwitz | Mark Scott & Charles Anthony | October 9, 1973 | 63-29 |
| 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" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | October 16, 1973 | 63-30 |
| Harry takes Irma's place as a housewife...with disastrous results. | ||||||
| 31 | 7 | "Jamie's Project" | Peter Luschwitz | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | October 23, 1973 | 63-31 |
| Harry helps Jamie with a project for a school-wide competition. | ||||||
| 32 | 8 | "Don for the Defence" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | 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. Guest star: Don Adams as Don Gibson Jr. | ||||||
| 33 | 9 | "Alice's Diet" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | November 13, 1973 | 63-33 |
| 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" | Peter Luschwitz | Mark Scott & Charles Anthony | 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. Guest star: Monty Hall as himself | ||||||
| 35 | 11 | "Alice's Crush" | Peter Luschwitz | Charles Isaacs | November 27, 1973 | 63-35 |
| Alice has fallen in love; this time, her object of desire is one of her teachers. | ||||||
| 36 | 12 | "Papa's Big Check" | Peter Luschwitz | Sid Dorfman | December 4, 1973 | 63-36 |
| Harry gets a tax refund check for $940,000, but learns too late that the amount is a misprint. | ||||||
| 37 | 13 | "Mama's Charity" | Peter Luschwitz | R.B. Rigby | December 11, 1973 | 63-37 |
| Irma begins spending all of her time working for different charities. | ||||||
| 38 | 14 | "Chet's Pad" | Peter Luschwitz | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | December 18, 1973 | 63-38 |
| 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" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | 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. Guest star: Allan Melvin as Mr. Adler | ||||||
| 40 | 16 | "Birdman Chet" | Peter Luschwitz | Skip Webster | January 1, 1974 | 63-40 |
| Chet gets a job at a pan factory, and suggests that the company change their image to help the endangered California condors. | ||||||
| 41 | 17 | "Back to Nature" | Peter Luschwitz | Roy Kammerman | January 8, 1974 | 63-41 |
| Harry takes his family on a camping trip to break them of their addiction to TV, but after a few days in the woods, Harry wants out. | ||||||
| 42 | 18 | "Alice's Freedom" | Peter Luschwitz | Perry Grant & Dick Bensfield | January 15, 1974 | 63-42 |
| 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's a downside to too much freedom. | ||||||
| 43 | 19 | "The Beekeeper" | Peter Luschwitz | Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell | 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. Guest star: Don Knotts as Charlie "Bumbles" Johnson | ||||||
| 44 | 20 | "Maude Loves Papa" | Peter Luschwitz | Jack Elinson and Norman Paul | January 29, 1974 | 63-44 |
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While collecting back payment, Harry helps an old woman open a service station for motorcycles. Guest star Jonathan Winters as Maude Frickert | ||||||
Season 3: 1974
| No. | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 45 | 1 | "Rich Little, Supersleuth" | Charles A. Nichols | Harveter Luschwitzey Bullock & R.S. Allen | September 17, 1974 | 63-45 |
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The bank next to Harry's store gets robbed. Guest star: Rich Little as himself | ||||||
| 46 | 2 | "Model Alice" | Charles A. Nichols | Terry Ryan | September 24, 1974 | 63-46 |
| Harry objects when a painter asks Alice to pose nude. | ||||||
| 47 | 3 | "Marriage Counselor" | Charles A. Nichols | R.B. Rigby | October 1, 1974 | 63-47 |
| Harry and Irma's visit to a marriage counselor threatens to destroy their relationship rather than save it. | ||||||
| 48 | 4 | "Car 54" | Charles A. Nichols | Mark Scott & Charles Anthony | October 8, 1974 | 63-48 |
| Irma's brother-in-law (who works as a police officer) opens a kindergarten, which goes well, until a child goes missing. | ||||||
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