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  • TV-Y7
  • Syndicated
  • Nov 6, 1973
  • TV-Y7
  • Syndicated
  • Nov 6, 1973
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

Summary Wait Till Your Father Gets Home chronicles the lives of the Boyles, your average 1970's American family. Harry Boyle, the father, owns a restaurant supply company. His wife Irma portrays the typical housewife, with an occasional independent flare. Harry and Irma have three children: Chet, Alice, and Jamie. Chet, who is 22, is a college d...

Written By: Jack Elinson, Norman Paul

  • TV-Y7
  • Syndicated
  • Nov 6, 1973
  • TV-Y7
  • Syndicated
  • Nov 6, 1973
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
S2 • Episode 8
Don for the Defense
Air Date: Nov 6, 1973
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Summary Wait Till Your Father Gets Home chronicles the lives of the Boyles, your average 1970's American family. Harry Boyle, the father, owns a restaurant supply company. His wife Irma portrays the typical housewife, with an occasional independent flare. Harry and Irma have three children: Chet, Alice, and Jamie. Chet, who is 22, is a college d...

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Episode 1 • Sep 11, 1973
Bringing Up Jamie
Jamie gets in a fight at school. Instead of spanking, his parents take him to a child psychologist.
Episode 2 • Sep 18, 1973
The Lady Detective
After being burglarized, Detective Phyllis Dexter (Phyllis Diller) is on the case for the Boyle family.
Episode 3 • Sep 25, 1973
Permissive Papa
Alice wants to go to an all night rock concert, but she needs Harry's permission.
Episode 4 • Oct 2, 1973
The Boyles on TV
A TV producer wants to make a documentary about the Boyle family.
Episode 5 • Oct 9, 1973
My Wife, the Secretary
Episode 6 • Oct 16, 1973
Papa, the Housewife
With all the vacation money gone, Harry becomes worry that Irma is spending too much on shopping.
Episode 7 • Oct 23, 1973
Jamie's Project
Jamie's class has to do an American History Project. Harry is adamant about not helping so Jamie can build self-reliance. Another parent begins an unspoken competition with Harry about the kid's projects.
Episode 8 • Nov 6, 1973
Don for the Defense
When a girl runs into Harry's car she sues him. Harry then calls a lawyer he knows who sends his son to handle the case. And the guy turns out to be an idiot.
Episode 9 • Nov 13, 1973
Alice's Diet
Episode 10 • Nov 20, 1973
Mama Loves Monty
Irma goes on Let's Make A Deal with Monty Hall in hopes of winning something for her husband for their 25th Anniversary,
Episode 11 • Nov 27, 1973
Alice's Crush
Alice is in love with a new boy. Harry tries to undermine Irma by finding out who the mystery man is.
Episode 12 • Dec 4, 1973
Papa's Big Check
The IRS accidentally sends a refund of $940,000 instead of $94.00 to the Boyles.
Episode 13 • Dec 11, 1973
Mama's Charity
Irma's Ladie's Club is looking for a cause to invest their charity work.
Episode 14 • Dec 18, 1973
Chet's Pad
Harry feels that he and Irma have been unfair by constantly providing for Chet. So Harry gives Chet a push out of the nest to live on his own.
Episode 15 • Dec 25, 1973
Papa, the Coach
Harry accidentally volunteers to be the coach to Jamie's basketball team.
Episode 16 • Jan 1, 1974
Birdman Chet
Bonding over saving the Condors, young Jamie is starting to imitate some of slacker Chet's habits. This worries Irma and Harry, so Harry starts taking Chet to Harry's work.
Episode 17 • Jan 8, 1974
Back to Nature
Upset that the family's life is based around their individual television schedules, Harry bans the device in the house in hopes that everyone will turn off the television set and turn on real life.
Episode 18 • Jan 15, 1974 • 30 m
Alice's Freedom
Irma's mother Selma comes for a visit. To make room for her Alice decides to stay at Mary Lou's. Alice discovers more freedoms than she is use to and flexes her independence.
Episode 19 • Jan 22, 1974
Don Knotts, the Beekeeper
The Boyles find their home and backyard swarming with bees. They call in Charlie 'Bumbles' Johnson (Don Knotts) to remedy the situation.
Episode 20 • Jan 29, 1974
Maude Loves Papa
Maude Frickert, an infamous character of Jonathan Winters, is late on her payments to Harry's Restaurant Supplies. Harry goes to confront her and she takes him on some wild adventures.

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