Love and the Old-Fashioned Father | The-N

[@spankyharland9845]

Tom Bosley's voice is so identifiable !

[@docadams7099]

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

[@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 ❤

[@TheAngryShadowknight]

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?

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@faceface6443]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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. 😁

[@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.

[@TravelingTal]

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

[@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.

[@jamesmurray8558]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.*

[@teejaymz742]

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

[@ssjup81]

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

[@tyorbs6277]

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

[@ellenekanem]

That's the whole point.

[@shaylawatson1244]

He look like a girl 😂

[@shareofmoney]

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

[@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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@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. 😂

[@jamiemark]

The vigilante neighbor always amused the hell out of me😄

[@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

[@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

[@paisleybabee]

Bob,Carol, Ted and Alice

[@davidwesley2525]

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

[@sonnysantana5454]

i remember this pre Simpson adult cartoon vividly

[@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

[@drsyn9616]

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

[@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

[@nycsguy]

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

[@cynthiabellack7994]

I loved this show. ❤️

[@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

[@LaQuetaWorley]

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

[@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

[@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. 🤣

[@ontrinettefranklin7203]

The nostalgia of this show

[@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.

[@Oddyellano]

I'm not one for adult cartoons, but this one was cleverly funny.

[@keatonthekoopatroopa246]

I am surprised these characters never appeared in Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law.

[@Atheist7]

YES!!!

[@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.

[@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

[@boopmcgoo]

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

[@davisbowe8668]

Honestly kinda shocked they used to play this on Cartoon Network back before the days of Adult Swim. I remember watching it as a kid although I didn't really get most of the adult humor at the time. I wouldn't be surprised if Mike Judge got a lot of influence from this for King of the Hill. The neighbor definitely comes off as a proto-Dale Gribble.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

This cartoon is a relic of our time.

[@carlalamar6193]

There is a new 24/7 channel on television showing this cartoon and sooo many forgotten favorites stumbled upon it..nice to see them....again 😊

[@joebufford2972]

I love these old animated stuff. You can't get them today because they're due politically corrected up to where you can't see😢

[@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.

[@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.

[@TheAngryShadowknight]

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!

[@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.

[@lovinmytunes05]

In 1996, this re-ran for a bit on very late night tv. I can't remember which channel. I was 11, my brother was 9. We watched this, Bullwinkle and The 3 Stooges during summer break because we were allowed to stay up late. Kids in 2024 have MUCH better options!❤

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

Way way better then family guy

[@davisbowe8668]

What does Family Guy have to do with anything?

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@Peter-Luior]

Ralph is a real one.

[@stuartwilliams-fw4vo]

The brilliance of Boyle and Burns!

[@bigol9223]

They really aped All In The Family on this one, down to the progressive boyfriend designed like Meathead

[@Attmay]

The most progressive thing about him was the speed at which he reached a triple digit BMI!

[@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.

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

Family Guy sure loved this and all in the family

[@mitchellhughes5180]

This is awesome

[@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 ❤

[@Stephen-to7jx]

Ironically, Tom Bosley would eventually star in Happy Days which also made its debut on Love American Style.

[@ravelg]

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

[@kathrynbillinghurst188]

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

[@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).

[@tylersmith7005]

"They'll take over with fluoride and pornography " Nailed it

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

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

Great show

[@FreshRose-z3s]

Notice how Ralph resembles Richard Nixon.

[@liverush24]

Deliberate.

[@Mafon2]

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

[@berniekatzroy]

Harry's neighbor is the original Alex Jones.

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

I like this show

[@Mach11976]

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

[@rickjames2.0]

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

I really liked that tbh.

[@suemilner5829]

is that Tom Bosley from happy days

[@shae6019]

Yes it is

[@sheldonhchambliss1385]

Yes

[@carlalamar6193]

Yeeessss! That voice...very distinctive...

[@MaryNovak-lk1bv]

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

[@kuriiiboy]

My favorite show, American guy.

[@Mo_Ketchups]

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

[@spokentruth5909]

Kinda gives me married with children meets all in the family vibes

[@spokentruth5909]

@Simon Stein it’s my opinion and 8 ppl agree

[@Suddenlyits1960]

It definitely has all the family vibes because that’s what they were modeling the show after. It doesn’t have anything to do with married with children though. I don’t get that from this at all

[@Attmay]

That came much later from the same production company after Norman Lear sold it.

[@shaylawatson1244]

Nah it's giving family guy vibes

[@jeremyroskes5391]

With some Hanna Barbera thrown in the mix

[@101shadeira]

I remember watching this as a kid on cartoon network not knowing it’s from the 70s 😂 I like the simplicity of it

[@annoldham3018]

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

[@YouMookSaidOsmosis]

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

[@TimRobinson-hc7mt]

This was a great show thanks for posting

[@tammilee9192]

I watched and liked this cartoon .

[@laurendaryani4893]

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

[@holliebatley6534]

This show is like an actual sitcom of

[@LaneCormier]

I like how Alice is fat (fat isn’t a bad term from those I heard sorry not sorry) and can get dates and her second wave feminism isn’t anti men (I’m gay and anti men lol). The framework for our adult cartoons

[@Outlawgirl1163]

I like the daughter isn’t the loser character. She just a normal teen .

[@thebrinksf69]

Quality show. Don't see those anymore

[@jb20092009]

Really amazing how the men who played reactionary characters like this were far from their roles in real life. Tom Bosley was Harry Boyle but actually Liberal; Jackie Gleason played Ralph Kramden and was also Frank Morrison in a movie version of Thunder On Sycamore Street but was known to be an extravagant spender and also defended black performers in the same way Frank Sinatra did; Ed Begley played a racist in 12 Angry Men but was actually far from being that. Hey!! They were actors.

[@jb20092009]

Oh, and Frank Faylen was far from being Herbert T. Gillis.

[@dccarletonjr]

Don't forget Carroll O'Connor, also a staunch liberal but someone with empathy for white working class alienation in the midst of social upheaval...

[@jerryterwase9027]

This is still relevant today.

[@sartainja]

Mr. Cunningham doing a cartoon.

[@SoUtHMeMpHis]

He also did a Christmas cartoon

[@Chilli_Heelers_Doula]

Awww.... Alice and Bob are a darling couple. Please tell me they had a meet-cute.

[@cbalducc]

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

[@kumarg3598]

My god. The black maid character is just perfect. Reminds me of every hardworking old woman ive met.

[@Atheist7]

She's Florence from "The Jeffersons"!!!!!!!! (No, not that same actress.)