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It did exist!

posted 18 years ago by cpc8472-1
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It wasn't just a figment of my delusional mind! Aside from my brother, I can't find anybody that remembers this show. Maybe that explains why it had such a brief run.

I see some definite parallels to Family Guy. I'm sure Seth must have been partially influenced by this show.

I too would love it if it came out on DVD. I'd even settle for a run on TV Land or Cartoon Network.

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UN science director:(slight French accent) This is supposed to be a peaceful exhibition of scientific breakthroughs for the betterment of all mankind, and you show up with this...this...this weapon of devastation!
Dr. Venture: Weapon!? What are you talking about?
UN science director: Well what the hell do you call it?
Dr. Venture: The Oo-ray, I mentioned that! Why, the applications are limitless!
UN science director: Are you kidding me? You blew up a model city with it! What are we supposed to think? Look, it even melted all the little people and stuff!

The Venture Brothers

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[–] cpc8472-1 18 years ago

I do remember the song and I had found a site that had it in .wav format. I just forgot where it was. If I find it again, I'll post it here.

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[–] cpc8472-1 18 years ago

They have it here in MP3 format but the sound quality is so-so. As this show predates VCRs it was probably taped off the TV with a portable tape recorder as I used to do back then.

http://www.melaman2.com/cartoons/singles/wait.html

Here they have it for RealPlayer, also so-so quality. It must all be from the same source.

http://www.toontracker.com/waittil/waittil.htm

My, there seems to be qiute a few sites dedicated to, or at least giving a mention to, this show.
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[–] human18 18 years ago

They were showing reruns of this show when I was a kid. Until now, I thought I dreamed up the show to. The only reason it sticks in my mind is because of the nature of the show.

[–] therugga 18 years ago

wow... I'm really glad you guys are talking about this show. I'd seen it once or twice as reruns on cartoon network a few years back and I was begining to wonder if I was dreaming it up. No one else here seems to have ever heard of it. I remember most the neighbour, forget his name, who always seemed to think people were kgb spies. The dialogue between him and the father was CLASSIC. They NEED to release this on dvd... or at least on VHS.

[–] Wesker2236 18 years ago

I have been trying to remember this show for a long time. I only remember it coming on Cartoon Network after the Ed Grimely show.

Ever since I saw Family Guy, I thought... Damn wasn't this already a show?

Family Guy is so much like this show, does anyone know where I can find some episodes of this show?

::Pull's my string:: You're reading me talk!

[–] insomniac_rod 18 years ago

This was a great show. Not exactly for everyone but still was highly entertaining.
I catched it's re runs on Cartoon Network.

"Hate is baggage, life's too short to be pissed off all the time".

[–] goatboy420 18 years ago

This show rocked!!! Damn, I sure do wish they'd bring it out on DVD. I remember it from somewhere in the mid seventies when I was just a little kid of about 5 or 6. Every now and again there's a video up for sale on ebay, and the prices go through the roof!

[–] mooseandsquirrel-2 17 years ago

I was definately a TV junkie as a kid. This was one of my favorites and I still remember the theme song. When ever I'm tripping TV memory lane with friends I seem to be the only person who saw this show.... Anyone know if Netflicks carries it (don't get Cartoon Network).? It'd be great to watch again to see if it's still as good as I remember.

Moose

"Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges..."

[–] Celluloid_Dreamer 17 years ago

You can watch it here!

http://video.aol.com/video-category/wait-till-your-father-gets-home/2683

[–] Zingbot_9000 17 years ago

Everybody the show is out on dvd and available at Amazon.

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[–] laxgod30-1 17 years ago

Weekdays at 3:30 AM on Bommerang!! Noone ever believed me about this show either, Family guy was definitely based on it

[–] tabaddon 18 years ago

WTYFGH was added to TVShowsOnDVD.com over four years ago, but there's never been any 'news' about it. If you have (or create) an account, you can add it to you wish list though, and the site will send you updates if they occur.

tvshowsondvd.com/showinfo.cfm?showID=4536

Articles about the show would apear beneath "More info for this show".

BTW, cpc8472-1, I love the VB sig quotes.

"Be Quicker of Mind Than of Tongue"

[–] frier7 17 years ago

lol. cpc8472-1 Thats how ive been until i thought to look it up on here. Cuz i always do stuff like that.

I said I wasn't going to lose my head, but the POP! goes my heart!

[–] BryanCanada 17 years ago

I remember this show as a child. It premiered a year before I was born but I saw it a few years later in reruns. Talk about memories. I would love for reruns of this show to be back on t.v. today.

[–] AngelCake56FJS 17 years ago

The only thing I remember was the theme son-I was born in 1987

[–] jms39172 17 years ago

As much TV as I watched in my 40+ years of life and this show completely slipped under my radar. That is, until recently. I recognized Tom Bosley as the voice of Harry Boyle when I watched my first episode even before the credits rolled. I remember thinking, " So this is what Tom Bosley did after Happy Days". Then, to my amazement, I saw a copyright date of 1972 in the credits. I did a subsequent Internet search where I discovered that the show ran for 2 seasons, in 1972-73 ! This would mean that it was just prior to Happy Days, which I believe began in 1974.

What a funny and cute show ! And I also love the theme song !

Perhaps, the show failed to gain proper viewership because it was in syndication at that time. Many shows that take that route have difficulty establishing an audience because they are on at many different times in local markets.

An interesting bit of trivia: Both 'Father' and 'Days' were spun off from original episodes on Love, American Style, and both included Tom Bosley in a paternal role.

[–] l-grandy 17 years ago

I remember this show. It was kind of The Family Guy of its day. The first thing I ever noticed was hey its Mr.C talking! (Tom Bosley from Happy Days)

[–] kristelyne 17 years ago

There was another cartoon that aired about the same time as WTYFGH that was very similar to it. There was a dad and mom, an overweight daughter, a slacker son, and a younger son, but they were all HIPPIES, all the time.

I am not referring to the episode of WTYFGH called "The Hippie" (where Chet brings home a hippie friend who won't leave, and the dad dresses up like a hippie and pretends to quit his job to get rid of him). In the cartoon I'm remembering, all of the characters in the family were dressed like hippies all the time.

I just got the first season of WTYFGH on DVD and have not seen all the episodes yet. So, it is possible that there is an episode where the whole family dressed up like hippies. Or, was there really another cartoon that was very similar to this one, only with a family of hippies?

I was only 7 years old when this show came out, so my memories are spotty. I remember WTYFGH in concept, but as I am watching the episodes, nothing seems familiar. So, I could have dreamed up this other show.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

[–] Daria_McCloud 15 years ago

There was another cartoon that aired about the same time as WTYFGH that was very similar to it. There was a dad and mom, an overweight daughter, a slacker son, and a younger son, but they were all HIPPIES, all the time.

I am not referring to the episode of WTYFGH called "The Hippie" (where Chet brings home a hippie friend who won't leave, and the dad dresses up like a hippie and pretends to quit his job to get rid of him). In the cartoon I'm remembering, all of the characters in the family were dressed like hippies all the time.

I just got the first season of WTYFGH on DVD and have not seen all the episodes yet. So, it is possible that there is an episode where the whole family dressed up like hippies. Or, was there really another cartoon that was very similar to this one, only with a family of hippies?

I was only 7 years old when this show came out, so my memories are spotty. I remember WTYFGH in concept, but as I am watching the episodes, nothing seems familiar. So, I could have dreamed up this other show.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

There was a Saturday morning cartoon called The Barkleys that aired around the same time that also got its inspiration from All In The Family. The big difference was they were a family of dogs.

http://www.myspace.com/saneguy

[–] SPUNKY15 9 years ago

The Barkley's have just been released on DVD it is combined with another series called the Houndcats.

[–] bonehunter7 17 years ago

Back in the days when we only had three channels, this was on at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday evenings. It was a great show, and I never missed it. Glad to see it's finally on DVD.

[–] voodooloa_812 16 years ago

when I found out that this show was on TeleToon Retro I was so excited. The last time I saw this show was 20 years ago.

I can remember one episode where the next door neighbor was spouting his typical paranoid American rhetoric and the father said to him something like, "when you were a kid you were abducted by aliens and brainwashed and it (his brain) shrunk." That would explain why he's such a dough-head.

Man, I hope I see that episode again now that the show's back on T.V.

[–] MyWifeMorganFairchild 15 years ago

I remember watching reruns of this show on Cartoon Network! (back when CN played real cartoons)I barely even remember what it was about, only a little of the opening song.

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