Although Harry considers Ralph a close friend, he is annoyed at Ralph's extreme attitudes and rarely hesitates to dispute his opinions or preempt his more threatening ambitions. Following Ralph with his cause is senior citizen Sara Whittaker, whom he addresses as "Sergeant." They have both turned one end of the block into, basically, an armed camp. Despite it all, Harry loves his family, and usually tries to support them.ĭespite Harry's conservatism, it pales against his neighbor Ralph Kane, who is a John Birch-like ultra-right-winger who is fanatically anti-Communist and obsessed with every absurd conspiracy theory. Harry often bickers with the more liberal Alice and Chet over various social issues of the day, with Irma endeavoring to remain neutral while Jamie is more sympathetic to his father's beliefs. The Boyle family consists of father Harry wife Irma pretty-faced teen feminist daughter Alice who is amply contoured but usually okay with her figure lazy and perpetually unemployed long-haired post-adolescent son Chet and precocious, yet rather greedy, younger son Jamie. The series stars Tom Bosley as Harry Boyle, a long-suffering suburban everyman dad and restaurant equipment dealer. This program was made during the Seal of Good Practice, as several themes were limited for television until 1983. The series aired on the USA Network's Cartoon Express block from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s and on Cartoon Network from 1993 until 2000, when it along with most of the network's classic animation library was moved from Cartoon Network to the new Boomerang network.ĭespite being classified as an adult animated program, this show is considered tame in today's standards, unlike the newer prime time animated shows with even edgier adult themes, such as Family Guy and South Park.
The series was the first primetime animated sitcom to run for more than a single season since The Flintstones more than ten years earlier and would be the only one until The Simpsons fifteen years later.
The series originated as a one-time segment on Love, American Style titled "Love and the Old-Fashioned Father." The same pilot was later produced with a live cast (starring Van Johnson), but with no success. 1974 Wait Till Your Father Gets Home is an adult animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired in first-run syndication in the United States from 1972 to 1974.
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