"Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" Arrives On DVD This Summer!

[NYclassic]

just posted on tvshowsondvd.com... :D

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http://tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6844

[jcorey3]

they finally put this out after I've gotten them from Boomerang.

[Juu-kuchi]

Gwahaha. I remember watching this show at about 2 in the morning on CN.

Pretty cool that it's coming out on DVD.

[jcorey3]

Gwahaha. I remember watching this show at about 2 in the morning on CN.

Pretty cool that it's coming out on DVD.
it's on Boomerang at 3:30 a.m.

[Ghostbuster Man]

YAY!:D We can finally rest in peace! Iv'e been waiting years for this show to be on video. I use to see it all the time back in the day before CN became a sucky network!

[Wanted]

I've never seen this show before... then again, there's been a good number of HB shows I haven't seen before picking them up that I've come to like. Though, will this be one of them?

Without any structure, the Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection is moving like molasses. This is only the second set announced this for release in 2007. Kinda awkward, the way they decided to change up the box art for the collection, what with the wood finish this time (instead of black w/ stars).

I know this isn't out yet, but it has me wondering "What's next?"

[acidicmilk]

OH MY GOD
Finally!! I've been waiting for this for so long!
I cannot wait.
:eek: :D
This is amazing!

[MGFanJay]

I was hooked on this show eons ago when it was shown on CN - I'm glad to see it finally get a DVD release, although I'm in no hurry to buy it.

[Ben]

I never really watched this show as a kid, but it does win the award for most insidiously awful theme music. I still can't get that stupid chorus out of my head.

[AarHan3]

Trivia Correction: WTYFGH aired in syndication, and not on CBS each Thursday night at 8:30 Eastern time! :)
Otherwise, it's nice to see it being groomed for DVD release.

[jcorey3]

I wonder if being sold to syndication instead of network allowed the show to go on for 2 seasons instead of the usual H-B one season and reruns for decades. It will be interesting to see if season 2&3 gets released since that has Monty Hall and Don Knotts.

[Howard Fein]

I wonder if being sold to syndication instead of network allowed the show to go on for 2 seasons instead of the usual H-B one season and reruns for decades. It will be interesting to see if season 2&3 gets released since that has Monty Hall and Don Knotts.

The fact that the show was syndicated rather than on a network really has nothing to do with how many seasons it ran. Many first run made-for-syndication shows (usually shown by network affiliates in the 7:30 PM 'fringe' slot) lasted only one season. In the late-seventies to mid-eighties, there was a spate of sitcoms that apparently didn't draw enough interest by a network that ended up airing this way.

If I recall, WAIT TILL aired two seasons, each of which clearly differed from each other in format and approach. Season 1 (1972-73) was much more issue-oriented, an obvious response to the Norman Lear sitcoms that took television by storm. The writing staff had a sitcom, rather than cartoon background. The episode-specific:) closing credits list such names as Norman Paul, Jack Elinson (Lear mainstays who would be the show-runners for GOOD TIMES), Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell. The latter two scripted many memorable episodes of ANDY GRIFFITH and M*A*S*H.

Season 2 appeared to emulate the NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES by incorporating guest stars into virtually every episode. Sometimes the guest stars played 'themselves' (Phyllis Diller); other times they played fictional characters drawn to look like themselves (Don Knotts as the beekeeper). As a result, Season 2 was generally much more farcical and far less realistic than Season 1.

Granted, there was still comic slapstick and mayhem of Saturday AM caliber throughout both seasons: a chase through the hospital including the obligatory laundry chute; someone slipping on a skate towards an offscreen crash; a piano falling on top of Harry. But the tone was quite adult-oriented for a sitcom (don't forget, squeaky-clean fare such as THE BRADY BUNCH was still common in prime time), let alone a cartoon. References to sex and racism were common, and neighbor Ralph's (a precursor to Dale Gribble?) rantings was littered with terms that would be highly P.I. today.

Interestingly, there was a somewhat similar series airing concurrently with Season 1 on NBC Saturday AM: DFE's BARKLEYS, that studio's only full half-hour 'sitcom'. The nuclear family structure was identical, with young adult son, teenaged daughter and preteen son. Irma Boyle and Agnes Barkley had the same 'ditzy' voice courtesy of Joan Gerber. And both series dealt with 'issues' in a humorous way that summarized with a moralistic theme. Obviously, the Barkleys dealt with much milder topics.

The entire series was clearly produced overseas, with some of the same animators as other overseas H-B series of the time such as FUNKY PHANTOM and AMAZING CHAN CLAN. All of the Season 1 and some of the Season 2 episodes faithfully used the classic H-B SFX, and familiar Curtin/Nichols background score (to the point that a 'chase theme' originated in 1964's MAGILLA GORILLA SHOW was heard in the aforementioned hospital chase scene).

The second half of Season 2 is barely recognizable as a Hanna-Barbera cartoon. What little background music is used is completely unfamiliar and sounds nothing like the Curtin/Paul De Korte 'house style'. The trademark SFX were replaced by what sounded somewhat like those used in the bizarre 1961-62 Gene Deitch :tomcat: :jerry: cartoons made in Prague. That same season's ADDAMS FAMILY adaptation that aired on NBC Saturday AM had a similar dearth of H-B trappings (reportedly made by the subcontracted English studio Halas-Bachelor) despite it being 'officially' an H-B series.

And in keeping with any overtly humorous H-B cartoon of the seventies, there was the 'dedicated' studio laughtrack, which was even more shrill and hyperactive than on the Saturday AM fare.

There was a twenty-year gap in my viewing of WAIT TILL between its end of production in 1974 and my acquisition of cable TV in 1994. Viewing the reruns on CN, I was struck by both the dated elements and rather casual edginess. I was quite surprised to read that WB is giving it the DVD treatment, given its relative obscurity compared to other H-B series whose releases are nowhere in sight. (QUICK DRAW McGRAW, PETER POTAMUS, ATOM ANT, SECRET SQUIRREL, BANANA SPLITS, all the action/superhero stuff and anything from the 1970s other than Scooby-Doo comes to mind.)

But its release is a very interesting and encouraging development. The only thing that gives me pause is its projected $44.98 cost, much higher than most other H-B classic releases to date.

[jcorey3]

well it is a bit cheaper than Scooby-Doo boxsets. Realistically, the SRP should be $30.

as far as being in syndication helping it last two seasons, I'm also wondering if the adult nature of the cartoon helped make sure that it didn't just do a single season and get rerun to death on Saturday mornings. The daughter getting mauled by her date isn't quite a Corn Flakes moment.

[Wanted]

But its release is a very interesting and encouraging development. The only thing that gives me pause is its projected $44.98 cost, much higher than most other H-B classic releases to date.The MSRP is the same as with any old Flintstones set... it's 24 episodes spread over four discs for $44.98. Cheaper than the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? "Complete First and Second Seasons" set, which runs for $64.98 MSRP at around the same episode mark.

With the customary discount, the set should sell for anywhere around $30 and $45.

[tucsoncoyote]

I remember this show in the 1970's when it was on NBC (Los Angeles) and i have to say that this really wasn't a bad show (though the laugh track does get annoying at times). Of course seeing Harry Boyle's 'Right Wing, Ultra Conservative neighbor was always a hoot. Though this was long after The Flintstones and so before The Simpsons, Family Guy, and American Dad.

I think if i had the cash, I would more then likely be buying this one.. after all some of the episodes were quite 'topical in nature', and had a lot to do with the times and nature of the late 1960's and 1970's.

:coyote:

[HannaBarberaFan]

For those that NEED these tidbits of info:

The character designer for this programme was the very appropriately selected MARTY MURPHY, whose single panel comics in the pages of PLAYBOY have always been a hoot.

MURPHY was also co-designer for the Humanoid characters in "HONG KONG PHOOEY" as well..

[Steve Carras]

The fact that the show was syndicated rather than on a network really has nothing to do with how many seasons it ran. Many first run made-for-syndication shows (usually shown by network affiliates in the 7:30 PM 'fringe' slot) lasted only one season. In the late-seventies to mid-eighties, there was a spate of sitcoms that apparently didn't draw enough interest by a network that ended up airing this way.

If I recall, WAIT TILL aired two seasons, each of which clearly differed from each other in format and approach. Season 1 (1972-73) was much more issue-oriented, an obvious response to the Norman Lear sitcoms that took television by storm. The writing staff had a sitcom, rather than cartoon background. The episode-specific:) closing credits list such names as Norman Paul, Jack Elinson (Lear mainstays who would be the show-runners for GOOD TIMES), Everett Greenbaum and Jim Fritzell. The latter two scripted many memorable episodes of ANDY GRIFFITH and M*A*S*H.

Season 2 appeared to emulate the NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES by incorporating guest stars into virtually every episode. Sometimes the guest stars played 'themselves' (Phyllis Diller); other times they played fictional characters drawn to look like themselves (Don Knotts as the beekeeper). As a result, Season 2 was generally much more farcical and far less realistic than Season 1.

Granted, there was still comic slapstick and mayhem of Saturday AM caliber throughout both seasons: a chase through the hospital including the obligatory laundry chute; someone slipping on a skate towards an offscreen crash; a piano falling on top of Harry. But the tone was quite adult-oriented for a sitcom (don't forget, squeaky-clean fare such as THE BRADY BUNCH was still common in prime time), let alone a cartoon. References to sex and racism were common, and neighbor Ralph's (a precursor to Dale Gribble?) rantings was littered with terms that would be highly P.I. today..

Can't put my finger on who this "Dale Gribble" is, though..:)

I hear that the episode title sactually were displayed on screen, and "The Fling", the very first, September, 1972, was RERUN at least worth its "dedicated" open title! Makes me wonder if ANY HB shows, at least, that ran thirty minutes orginally bore the titles on-screen, but that's a topic for a another thread here.

[Steve Carras]

My brother, when we were young (at the time of the show!) used to make up different chorus to the song,.."Wait till your father flushes the toilet!":p (just timely for the 1970s, I say.)

This started out as a show about lions but Joe Barbera re-did the aninmaton to the soundtrack with humans! It was shown as the former in the 1977 H-B 20th. anniversary special.

[Howard Fein]

Can't put my finger on who this "Dale Gribble" is, though..:)

You must not watch much contemporary TV animation. Dale Gribble is the Hills' paranoid neighbor on FOX's KING OF THE HILL, which is finally having its belated Season 10 premiere. Dale, voiced by comedian Johnny Hardwick, is always spouting on some largely self-imagined conspiracy theory. Go back a generation to WAIT TIL, and some parallels can be seen with the Boyles' paranoid neighbor Ralph Kane. Ralph's spouting on "Commies" and "Pinkos" certainly seemed out of place on a Hanna-Barbera cartoon and further marked the show as adult-oriented and hence appropriate for an evening, rather than Saturday AM slot.

Jack Burns, the voice of Ralph, was a familiar presence at the time. During the late sixties, he and Avery Schreiber had a successful comedy partnership in nightclubs and a prime-time summer replacement show. He also was the short-lived replacement for the beloved Don Knotts after the latter's 1965 departure from the ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. (Interesting degree of separation there: Knotts would guest-star on WAIT TIL.) Burns is still alive and active.

I hear that the episode title sactually were displayed on screen, and "The Fling", the very first, September, 1972, was RERUN at least worth its "dedicated" open title! Makes me wonder if ANY HB shows, at least, that ran thirty minutes orginally bore the titles on-screen, but that's a topic for a another thread here.

I can't recall if all episodes of WAIT TIL have title cards. But since "The Fling" was supposedly the pilot, that might explain why it was prefaced by one.

The earliest H-B full half-hour shows- that is one half-hour episode rather than three seven-minute shorts- lacked title cards. That would be THE FLINTSTONES, TOP CAT and THE JETSONS, all aired on ABC prime-time. (When the JETSONS was revived for new episodes in 1985, the 'Classic 24' 1962-63 received episode title cards. Problem was, the same title card showing the dreaded Orbitty was used for both the old and new episodes. The recent WHV DVD set of the Classic 24 retains these title cards.) JONNY QUEST, also originally a prime-timer, did have episode title cards.

The next full half-hour H-B show was 1966's SPACE KIDETTES, which aired on NBC Saturday AM ,and for some reason has hardly ever been rerun in syndication or on cable. So it's not clear whether it had episode title cards. The following season's FANTASTIC FOUR, which was the only one of the flood of H-B action-adventure shows that was a full half-hour, did.

Pretty much all full half-hour H-B shows through 1971 bore an episode title card: NEW ADVENTURES OF GULLIVER, SCOOBY-DOO, JOSIE, HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS, HAIR BEAR BUNCH, PEBBLES & BAMM. Exceptions were the prime-time summer replacement WHERE'S HUDDLES and the outsourced FUNKY PHANTOM. Episode title cards then disappeared from all H-B shows until 1977- even those comprising eleven or seven-minute shorts (HONG KONG PHOOEY, WHEELIE AND THE CHOPPER BUNCH, TOM AND JERRY/GRAPE APE).

On a side note, it always drove me crazy while watching the Emmy Awards and hearing the directorial and writing nominations for some of my favorite shows by episode title. Clips were seldom shown to orient the viewer. You'd have to guess. "Is that the one where Hawkeye and Potter go to the front?"

[ROBOTRON]

Awesome.

Its about time. It was ahead of its time.

*Continues to wait for Space Sentinels*