Love and the Old-Fashioned Father | The-N

[@keekee923]

I used to watch this as a little girl .waiting for my granny to get off work . She worked 3 to 11, so when this was over, I knew my granny was on her way home. I'll be 50 June 13 . Missing you, granny 💜💜💜

[@ericluriergo8251]

Awwwwww I used to watch this too-right in Goleta, in the neighborhood where the Golden State Killer was raping and murdering our neighbors-2/4 blocks away!! Gawd the 70’s had it’s highs and lows-🙋🏻‍♂️🐈💝😊🤣

[@bananabuttons6637]

That's really sweet bless you ❤

[@Nicole.Ella.TheFortress]

I am the same age and I don't remember this show at all

[@Carlos-q7n2k]

I’ll be 53 on August 8th I never seen this till Boomerang network aired it in the 90’s

[@spankyharland9845]

Tom Bosley's voice is so identifiable !

[@docadams7099]

Same for Jack Burns. I remember him as Warren on The Andy Griffith Show.

[@I_g0T_WoRmz]

And when the daughter grew up, she went on to meet Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and a talking dog.

[@scoobyblox2539]

Lol. her outfit matches velmas

[@Duncan_947]

This came out after Scooby Doo.

[@Nona_1989]

She goes on a date with a guy that looks exactly like Fred in one episode

[@BFDIBUTFREAKY]

and she got her own show that we didnt like

[@justinw7323]

I always thought that.

[@daydream70]

I remember watching this as a child. I remember it as “Wait till your father gets home”

[@Webb_Studios]

This was just the pilot episode for it. The rest of the show is called “Wait Til’ Your Father Gets Home.”

[@timothygarcia1682]

What happened to the third kid?

[@arthurvasey]

It’s actually Love, American Style!

[@Nicole.Ella.TheFortress]

I never heard of this show

[@daydream70]

@ if I’m not mistaken it was in the 70’s

[@crc_mids8608]

After watching this episode, I think that everyone in their 20’s-30’s needs to watch this. It shows that the generational gap has always existed and that the problems we have today are similar to many from yesterday.

[@Shlankyman545]

I think that everyone needs to realize how many different kinds of people are in each generation. There are people in their 20s-30s that are like Harry and people in their 40s-50s that are like Bob. Almost like people of any age can be any kind of person.

[@JYDIVISN]

I love how they show realistic body types in this show.

[@SoniaRossi72]

Yes. I have always loved cartoons like this too. Realistic body types.

[@Suddenlyits1960]

Realistic body types? These are cartoon characters. None of them have realistic body types. They are caricatures. The proportions of the bodies are not realistic at all. T This show was basically an animated version of “all in the family” as was DePatie/Frelengs “The Barkleys”. All in the family was groundbreaking,but then everyone else started doing the same thing

[@JYDIVISN]

@@Suddenlyits1960 All in the Family was based off of a UK tv show called Till Death Do Us Part.

[@Suddenlyits1960]

Yep,and “Sanford and Son” was based on “Steptoe and Son” and “Threes Company” was based on “Man about the house”. A lot of English shows were adapted by us in America for American viewers.

[@jb20092009]

@@Suddenlyits1960 The Barkleys was actually AITF meets The Honeymooners. Arnie Barkley was a bus driver.

[@nolongshots]

Back when the Cartoon Network was in it’s beginning & with quality & wholesomeness, circa 1993-94 I was introduced to this terrific show because it was always followed by Top Cat Rest In Peace Tom Bosley, Hanna & Barbera, Jack Burns & all who were part of this incredible show who aren’t here with us anymore 😊

[@kittycats7353]

Wholesome? Did you miss the part where her date tried to sexually assault her?

[@MRblazedBEANS]

ABC in the 1970s weird it showed up on cartoon network. I know Warner bought the rights to all Hanna Barbara just never knew they showed this on cartoon network. I just remember the Tom and Jerry type stuff early cartoon network but I started watching it like 96 mabye 97

[@kittycats7353]

@@MRblazedBEANS This was one of the first things they ever showed on adult swim.

[@EllRiver]

@@MRblazedBEANS this was back when CN had zero orginal content.

[@yungpassport7897]

Same here. Man I miss that CN. How is this not on Boomerang

[@faceface6443]

I remember watching W.T.Y.F gets home as a kid, the 1970's cartoons were & are always the best

[@privateprivate1865]

The 50s and 60s cartoons were the best Television cartoons.

[@FlyRoni]

I just love Tom Bosley as the dad's voice on this,it is too much ‼️‼️🤣🤣😂

[@youcancooktoo1980]

Even though he wasn't in the Happy Days pilot "Love in the Happy Days" on this same show, this is the second show to come from Love, American Style that he ended up featuring him.

[@tammylewis2408]

@@youcancooktoo1980 I love Mr. C!!! Happy Days was a funny show and so was Wait Till Your Father Gets Home.

[@selfdo]

Tom Bosley WAS Harry Boyle and "Mr C." That's why the shows were that good.

[@petemalone1545]

Wait till your father gets home was awesome !!

[@flipflopsguy8868]

If you know, you know, its Wait Till Your Father Gets Home. Because we're older and wiser ! ✌😎

[@djredshow]

​@flipflopsguy8868 they show it on metv toons now.

[@samhain1894]

We watched this all the time back in the day.

[@l.5832]

Yes. I know it under that name.

[@Nicole.Ella.TheFortress]

Never seen this show and I grew up in the 80s

[@db111]

Seth MacFarlane definitely got some of Family Guy from this

[@dccarletonjr]

Or ripped it off?!

[@russelladams6517]

I agree

[@MisterMikeTexas]

@@dccarletonjr Easy! Easy now!

[@Attmay]

They were practically giving it away. If anything, that made people more likely to want to see the OG.

[@1978rharris]

Macfarlane is great at ripping stuff off though. Look at the Boreville, for example. Wonder where he could’ve got THAT idea.

[@jamiemark]

The vigilante neighbor always amused the hell out of me😄

[@carmelbronze9946]

I was a senior in high school 50 years ago when this cartoon came out. My friends and I laughed hysterically watching this, but realized how great a conversation piece it could be between teens and parents. I really love the part when the father says, " what we don't need in the world today is a bunch of cool pappas and hot mama's. OMG! We now have a overload of both. 😂

[@teejaymz742]

I watched this show when I was eight, but the humor went way over my head.

[@DemetriusSorvo]

This feels like Hanna-Barbera doing Norman Lear.

[@FlyRoni]

All Genius reflected the times♥️♥️‼️

[@Attmay]

That is no coincidence. Reciprocally, one of the writers, Jack Elinson, actually did write for *Good Times* and *the Facts of Life.*

[@betsya7054]

All in the family vibes

[@antoinecampbell7473]

The father is definitely a mixture of Howard Cunningham and Archie Bunker.

[@selfdo]

Save that the pilot was pitched before the debut of AITF. Yes, it's a lot like it, but not really that "shocking". Harry actually respects Irma even though in some ways she's as much a dingbat as Edith Bunker. Also, Harry never used racial and/or ethnic slurs.

[@davidscott3820]

I remember watching this around 72 or 73 before leaving for the usaf. Good show. Thanx.

[@dariowiter3078]

It was on the air on first-run syndication from '72 to '74. I was in preschool at the time and watched it. 😁

[@tyorbs6277]

I like Chet,he’s got the real hippie look

[@ellenekanem]

That's the whole point.

[@shaylawatson1244]

He look like a girl 😂

[@cowel8734]

I remember this coming on at midnight during the 90s and I thought it was so cool. Back then you couldn't just look on the net for old shows.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

There wasn't much of a Net back then.

[@sakurashy8492]

The great grandfather of all adult animation!

[@bigplays3798]

Nah bro Looney Tunes will always be the grandfather of all animation period

[@Attmay]

Gertie the dinosaur has stomped out of the chat.

[@TVHouseHistorian]

Flintstones takes that title. It was adult prime time viewing all through the 1960’s.

[@CheeseMiser]

​@@bigplays3798eh no

[@DarleneRamsey-ps3ky]

Betty Boop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vdussaut9182]

It’s Mr. Cunningham! Lol. I forgot how much voiceover work Tom Bosley did in the 70s and 80s-he was everywhere

[@jasonhill9050]

I remember LOVING this show. Was super bummed when it was cancelled and that it seems like NOBODY remembers this show

[@LaQuetaWorley]

🙋🏾‍♀️👋🏾📺 I used to watch this show with my mom ❤it was her favorite show

[@sunflowerlady2057]

I remember it, when they showed old cartoons on Cartoon Network in the 90s

[@rahsaanthomas7030]

It now airs on METV Toons.

[@SONJASAVEDBYGRACE]

I never knew about this show until today 10/28/24

[@tammylewis2408]

I also remember watching this show. One reason that some didn't remember this show was because it was in first-run syndication. I remember the show would air in the Philly area around 7:30p. It was also around the time that the FCC enforced the Prime Time Access Rule, in which networks had to give up the 7:00-8:00p timeslot for local programming, which meant local stations could air anything at their discretion whether it was a syndicated show, variety show, game show, or local programming. Lawrence Welk and Hee-Haw benefited from the new changes after their shows were canceled by ABC and CBS respectively, LW aired until 1982 (and its reruns air on PBS) while Hee-Haw ran until 1997 (it moved to cable in the early 90s). Due to the advent of cable and other networks such as FOX and UPN/CW, the Prime Time Access Rule was repealed in 1996 but the original networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) continue to honor the rule.

[@DrTranReincarnated]

This show was ahead of its time

[@seasons1650]

No it wasnt

[@DavidTSmith-jn5bs]

It was OF its time. Hippy parents are passe...

[@jamesmurray8558]

Wait to your Father Comes home. Was good to watch.

[@ssjup81]

Wow, so this is the Love American Style’s version. Harry was more mellowed out for Wait til Your Father gets Home.

[@nycsguy]

"Learn in school. I don't want you doing homework!" 😂😮😅

[@klevasole1763]

I remember running home and waiting for this show to come on when I was 6 years old. it was one of the first prime time cartoons since the Flintstones. didn't last long.

[@klevasole1763]

@Simon Stein your a weirdo.

[@bhaskarjyabaruah1090]

We can see why. Racist, fatphobic, homophobic and misogynistic.

[@rockinron3215]

I was 7. Yeah I remember it came on in the evenings.

[@Suddenlyits1960]

Top Cat and The Jetsons were also prime time cartoons that predate this show

[@MisterMikeTexas]

I was 8 at the time. I never knew of it. But I usually watched AITF and the other sitcoms in Norman Lear's growing catalog with my parents.

[@katana2seppuku]

It’s funny how in the 70s, teenagers were like “I don’t need money” now the dollar tree is a $1.25

[@Attmay]

Those 70s teenagers grew up to vote for every tax, rule, and regulation that made the dollar tree worth more than that.

[@katana2seppuku]

@@leeleybanna6126 it’s still cheaper back then. That’s only 2% of their hourly minimum wage pay. Ours is 17% of our hourly minimum wage pay. Because federal minimum wage is $7.25

[@jeremyroskes5391]

The Flintstones: the past The Jetsons: the future Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: the present Hanna Barbera sure knew how to make the shows with the exact same premise take place in different time periods

[@daydream70]

All of my favorite cartoons

[@wutta-do5zy]

Ain't That The Truth!

[@danivoorhees9805]

And the Queen and Justin Trudeau.

[@jeremyroskes5391]

@@danivoorhees9805 what about them

[@microbios8586]

Surprisingly relevant comedy in today's world

[@shareofmoney]

I love this show, so glad MeTV toons carries it now.

[@sonnysantana5454]

i remember this pre Simpson adult cartoon vividly

[@Suddenlyits1960]

Lenny Weinrib,who voices Chet,also voiced H.R. Pufnstuf in 1969 and wrote the episodes of the show. He was in tons of shows back in the 60’s and 70’s. He starred in an episode of “The Dick Van Dyke show” as well. A very funny guy.

[@Attmay]

He was the king of Naboombu in *Bedknobs and Broomsticks.*

[@ladykorine]

It's 2023, I'm 35 years old, and I'm a huge fan of animation. This was my first time watching this cartoon and holy shit was it hilarious!

[@Atheist7]

Tue. Jan. 23, 2024 This is the first episode I've ever seen, as far as I know/can remember. I saw a DVD boxed set of this in about 2008, I think, almost bought it. It's really funny!!!! Man, yeah, "All In the Family" AND Florence from "The Jeffersons"!!!!! The father of the first kid was like Sonny Bono, but his wife was no "Cher", to be sure.

[@brownie9919]

I'm 36 and found WTYFGH through my mum saying she loved it as a child. It's now my bedtime playlist, laughing myself to sleep each night!!! love it ❣😄

[@a_leaf]

Me too I'm 38! Just discovered this. I think we all in this age range like these types of cartoons because it strikes a chord with how stable and balanced our experiences were growing up in the 90s and the ppl around us were from this era the cartoon is from

[@janiesippel225]

I loved this show when I was a child. I was 10 years old then, and most of the jokes went over my head, but somehow I understood the situation and always felt sorry for the poor long suffering father…..lol😊

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

This cartoon is a relic of our time.

[@ontrinettefranklin7203]

The nostalgia of this show

[@TravelingTal]

They could air this in today's world, not much has changed.

[@river8760]

“Well, there goes the neighbourhood” 😂😂

[@cassandrazusy3432]

This is like all in the family meets happy days 😂

[@Attmay]

It is weird hearing Mr. Cunningham talk like Archie Bunker. If anything, Tom Bosley is too genial for a character like this.

[@stillaboveground2470]

I remember watching this on "Love, American Style", and then watching the TV series it created. So very long ago.

[@Suddenlyits1960]

You have a good memory. This show did indeed start out as an animated episode of “Love American Style”. So did Happy Days

[@thankthelord4536]

I remember this, too. I was 11 back then.

[@christianwootton100]

This is actually the first time I've seen this since I was a child. As a kid in the 70's we ate this up, not aware of the innuendo.

[@LMmccallL57]

My mom used to watch "Love American Style" (non-animated version) when I was a baby, and I watched some of the repeated episodes many years later on TVLand or some other network. When this episode was turned into its own series called "Wait Til Your Father Gets Home.", we watched the old reruns as a family, though my brother and I were still children, we enjoyed the show.

[@CSDDoug-p5k]

Never knew there was an animated version of Love American Style, as you comment implied. Growing up in the 1970s, I only saw the, as you termed it, non-animated version. The pilot to Wait Till Your Father Gets Home was the only cartoon animated episode I've seen in said tv anthology.

[@davidwesley2525]

1:27 Wow ! They Showed a Toilet in a Cartoon. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The Brady Bunch House Didn't Even Have a Toilet. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@davidneal9368]

The daughter looks very much like Velma out of Scooby doo. Use to love watching this at night In early 80s.cant remember last time I saw it. Waking up from an afternoon nap I thought I Google it

[@davidneal9368]

@Simon Stein I know. But she does

[@hb120877]

Scooby-Doo as well as that show are both Hannah Barbera cartoons

[@TVHouseHistorian]

I think Irma (the mom) looks way more like Velma than the daughter.

[@shaylawatson1244]

She do lol she must be the meg of this show

[@MichaelHollands-eb5lb]

Wait till your father gets home !!! Classic when he hits the roof !!!

[@Peter-Luior]

Ralph is a real one.

[@laurendaryani4893]

I thought I'd recognized Tom Bosley's voice 😊❤

[@stereohype1]

Even when i was a kid watching this show in the 80s I understood how brilliant it was. When you're a kid all you wanna be is a "big kid" so this was kinda like my gateway into adult humour.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Alice's hippie boyfriend is out-eating Michael Stivic! 😂😂

[@gaynorpatterson2915]

I thought it was Squiggy from Laverne and Shirley 😂

[@Attmay]

Meathead then divided by meathead now!

[@paisleybabee]

Bob,Carol, Ted and Alice

[@Mafon2]

I didn't expect that I watch it all through.

[@Black_Patriot-Veteran-1970]

I remember watching this back in 1977....it was a rerun and I was 6 years old. I got to see the generation gap, the hippie life and the sexual revolution in one cartoon.

[@DionDestefano]

I'm surprised a live version of this show was never made or at least a pilot episode.

[@kathrynbillinghurst188]

Before Meet the Simpsons…before Family Guy and Southpark!!! Ahhhh the GOOD OLD DAYS! 💖✌️🇦🇺🌼

[@anthonystark4135]

Love this show wait till your father gets home. Used to always watch this with my dad back in 91 when I was four years old . We were both avid fans ofTom Bosley

[@tj2636]

I feel like this show was the inspiration for Family Guy. Does anyone else get those vibes?

[@jasontalbot5916]

No more like f is for family

[@kittycats7353]

Yes I commented that on another video and someone told me that I must be a troll. Obviously the shows are exactly alike. That Person was the troll.

[@I_g0T_WoRmz]

No. Because Family Guy is just trash that depends on references. Wait till Your Father gets home is way more intelligible. This canotbe put in the same gutter as Family Guy is.

[@maxsanchez764]

*simpsons. Flintstones was more of a inspiraton for family guy.

[@jasonhill9050]

YES ABSOLUTELY!

[@BooYah23-dh8oy]

I've never seen this gem before . Thanks .

[@stuartwilliams-fw4vo]

The brilliance of Boyle and Burns!

[@cynthiabellack7994]

I loved this show. ❤️

[@kittylozon2106]

I love the opening song for this cartoon titled Wait Till Your Father Gets Home. It looks like life was so simple in the 70's where they only have landline phones, Tv and radio/phonograph for home entertainment. This is when family eats together from breakfast till dinner with a home cooked meal from a stay home mom. Happy memories.

[@Shazam-yx5up]

I watched this at my great grandparents house when I was about 5 years old.

[@boopmcgoo]

i never liked this show growing up but i always loved the animation style

This became the cartoon ‘ Wait till your father gets home ‘. It was pretty good. Tom Bosley from Happy Days is the dad.

[@Suddenlyits1960]

I wish Hanna Barbera would have released the entire series on dvd. They stopped after season one. You can’t even watch the other seasons on tv because nobody runs them

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Do other seasons even exist?

[@Attmay]

I thought it was only on for a year.

[@andrealofgren4728]

@@MisterMikeTexas yes. there are two additional seasons, but good luck finding them

[@tammylewis2408]

@@andrealofgren4728 According to Wikipedia, "Warner Archive will release the complete series on Blu-ray on November 26, 2024" basically three weeks from now (11/3/24).

[@tammylewis2408]

Warner Archive will release the entire series on Blu-Ray on 11/26/24, according to Wikipedia.

[@victoriarangel7111]

This is the first cartoon sitcom made for adults

[@erichwise9936]

That was the Flintstones. Although it later degenerated into a kiddie show after Pebble was born it was originally intended to appeal to adults (it was a parody of the Honeymooners).

[@Suddenlyits1960]

“The Flintstones”,”Top Cat” and “The Jetsons” were all prime time cartoons made for adult audiences.

[@Attmay]

That all changed after they moved to Saturday morning. This was an attempt to keep that type of adult-centric humor alive, but sadly, it did not catch on with the general public. Instead, we got rip off after rip off of that dumb dog and his equally human friends.

[@Attmay]

I agree. The early episodes were Hella funny and based. You can tell that Seth MacFarlane had genuine affinity for this era of H - B and wanted to go back to those years.

[@vincentnichols402]

Wow I love Animations I missed this show I'm 60 thanks for upload

[@LaQuetaWorley]

❤😂😅🤣🙋🏾‍♀️📺 I loved watching this show and glad I ran back into it My mom introduced me to this show #allamericanstyle

[@rickjames2.0]

Busted Open bought me here. I've got to find more episodes now.

[@MistressKarma6969]

Loved wait till your father gets home.😊

[@dmcarden]

Loved this when it first came on in the 70s...was surprised in retrospect that it was only one season.. and I forgot his neighbor..lol.. vigilante..who knew how prescient they were back then

[@paisleybabee]

It ran three seasons but the others were short

[@annoldham3018]

Thanks for this. I used to love this. Especially Ralph's resemblance to Richard Nixon.😂

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

I like this show

[@KripaWilliams]

Love this animated show 😊

[@drsyn9616]

Loved this when I was a kid ,the next door neighbour looked like Richard Nixon😂

[@Julayla]

Loved this as a kid

[@MaryNovak-lk1bv]

This was the pilot of the cartoon, wait till your father get's home

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

watching this on a cold cold February night Feb 4 2023 drinking on some egg nod lol and laughing at this

[@MisterMikeTexas]

What was your ratio of nogg to egg? 😂

[@nycsguy]

Watching this on a chilly October morning Oct 15 2024 in both amusement and fascination

[@Melissa-ny3uf]

You watched this on my birthday ❤

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

Great show

[@Queen-of-Swords]

I used to really love this show, although it didn't seem to be on often. Quite why I'm not sure, as I was in single figures and surely can't have understand too much of it. Maybe what I loved is that the father seems like a genuinely nice guy, unlike my own father who was not. Ah well! I really enjoyed watching that! Thanks for uploading.

[@Queen-of-Swords]

@Simon Stein my family are, errr, "difficult" and my mother wasn't that great either. This is the woman who told me several times that she was incapable of loving other people, and she only loved herself! Perhaps I just enjoyed watching a normal family huh. 🤣

[@mitchellhughes5180]

This is awesome

[@YouMookSaidOsmosis]

What David the Gnome would be like if he yelled all the time

[@holliebatley6534]

This show is like an actual sitcom of

[@williamdrum9899]

"We have Scooby-Doo at home" Scooby-Doo at home:

[@redrasegarden]

Trust me, it could be worse.

[@yousefabdelmonem3788]

@@redrasegardeneh it was good for its time (on tv)

[@redrasegarden]

@@yousefabdelmonem3788 I meant the Scooby doo deal

[@sartainja]

Mr. Cunningham doing a cartoon.

[@SoUtHMeMpHis]

He also did a Christmas cartoon

[@melissageiger71]

Cool, unlocked memory

[@FreshRose-z3s]

Notice how Ralph resembles Richard Nixon.

[@liverush24]

Deliberate.

[@Mach11976]

I was 13 when this came out, and my dad was Harry lol

[@Mo_Ketchups]

The couch scene was 1972’s crystal ball into Gen Z.

[@slingblade6858]

How can I remember this from the early 70s and not what I ate for dinner last night?

[@sarw5705]

😂😂😂 my favorite cartoon

[@MikeP-sq6be]

This was the pilot to "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home"

[@1dognight166]

Classic stuff.

[@cbalducc]

In addition to “Wait Till Your Father Gets Home”, “Happy Days” also grew out of a “Love, American Style” episode.

I really liked that tbh.

[@tammilee9192]

I watched and liked this cartoon .

[@Oppeldeldoc1]

This was one of the most underrated shows ever. It was at least as controversial as the Norman Lear shows, but I don't know of a single time it actually ran into any controversy (except for that lawsuit over the Cal Worthington parody).

[@jerryterwase9027]

This is still relevant today.

[@ravelg]

Anyone else hear Squiggy from Laverne and Shirley playing the boyfriend?

[@NorthStarOhio1]

That’s the first thing I thought when I heard him. Helloooo!

[@user-ul3lx2sl1q]

I love Julius the doggie. he looks like half corgi and half pit-bull. Not as cute as a chihuahua, but every bit as lovable.

[@4899-m6v]

In my eyes Alice Boyle looks like Velma from Scooby-Doo, Meg Griffin from Family Guy and Ms Choksondik from South Park if they where combined into one character!! LOL!!! 🤣

[@TimRobinson-hc7mt]

This was a great show thanks for posting