How come "Wait 'Till Your Father Gets Home" is not on the 1970s sitcom list? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

um · 02-20-2017, 02:53 PM

Sitcomsonline may have a separate category for cartoons but "Wait 'Till Your Father Gets Home" was not on on Saturday mornings and was meant to be a cartoon more for adults who watch TV in the evenings.
And from what I recall, the same was true with The Flintstones, and "Where's Huddles?"

Also, I know that The Flintstones was shown during the evening hours back in the late 60s ( or that is what I best recollect) but I also recall that "Wait 'Till Your Father Gets Home" seemed to be an attempt to make another cartoon show like the Flintstones. The adventures that the family had were not suitable for children actually. I recall one episode in which the daughter of the family, "Alice" once went on a date and came back with her clothes torn. And the son of the family, Chet, joined a bunch of protesters and got in trouble with the police. In another episode a male nudist visited the family. It even seemed to be a cartoon version of "All In The Family."
But I looked up on the internet both "Where's Huddles" and "Wait 'Till Your Father Gets Home" and was surprised to see that "Where's Huddles" premiered , and was only briefly on the air for the summer of 1970 (or that is what I understand) but "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" was on the air from 1972 to 1974.
I don't recall hearing of Where's Huddles before Wait 'Till Your Father Gets Home.

Anyway, The Flintstones even tackled the subject of Wilma getting pregnant and having a baby.
"Where's Huddles" handled the subject of Huddles thinking that his neighbor and (male) football teammate, "Bubba" was pregnant .

No big deal, but it seems that these cartoons were sitcoms and not just Saturday-morning kids stuff.

Zoneboy · 02-20-2017, 03:13 PM

All animated series whether prime-time or Saturday morning are discussed in the cartoons/animated series board. If WTYFGH is moved to the 70's board then The Flintstones, The Simpsons, King of the Hill and others will need to be moved as well. I do wish that WTYFGH had it's own separate board along with the other prime-time animated series.

bgolala · 02-24-2017, 05:28 AM

I broke out my dvd's a week ago. Love that cartoon.

02-20-2017, 02:53 PM	#1
um Member Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 26, 2015 Posts: 906	How come "Wait 'Till Your Father Gets Home" is not on the 1970s sitcom list? Sitcomsonline may have a separate category for cartoons but "Wait 'Till Your Father Gets Home" was not on on Saturday mornings and was meant to be a cartoon more for adults who watch TV in the evenings. And from what I recall, the same was true with The Flintstones, and "Where's Huddles?" Also, I know that The Flintstones was shown during the evening hours back in the late 60s ( or that is what I best recollect) but I also recall that "Wait 'Till Your Father Gets Home" seemed to be an attempt to make another cartoon show like the Flintstones. The adventures that the family had were not suitable for children actually. I recall one episode in which the daughter of the family, "Alice" once went on a date and came back with her clothes torn. And the son of the family, Chet, joined a bunch of protesters and got in trouble with the police. In another episode a male nudist visited the family. It even seemed to be a cartoon version of "All In The Family." But I looked up on the internet both "Where's Huddles" and "Wait 'Till Your Father Gets Home" and was surprised to see that "Where's Huddles" premiered , and was only briefly on the air for the summer of 1970 (or that is what I understand) but "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" was on the air from 1972 to 1974. I don't recall hearing of Where's Huddles before Wait 'Till Your Father Gets Home. Anyway, The Flintstones even tackled the subject of Wilma getting pregnant and having a baby. "Where's Huddles" handled the subject of Huddles thinking that his neighbor and (male) football teammate, "Bubba" was pregnant . No big deal, but it seems that these cartoons were sitcoms and not just Saturday-morning kids stuff.

02-20-2017, 03:13 PM	#2
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02-24-2017, 05:28 AM	#3
bgolala Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Feb 06, 2017 Location: GA Posts: 4	I broke out my dvd's a week ago. Love that cartoon.