Wait Till Your Father Gets Home Cartoon Opening Titles

[clayaikenlover08]

I was born in 1992 and I still remember this show and they said it came on in the 70's?? o.O

[wolfumz]

wait 'till your father gets home... so he can whip your ass with a belt

[michellehill94]

Amen

[Offthbadan]

For some reason this came to mind earlier. I remember this slightly back in the 70's. I think it came on in re-runs on Saturday afternoons when all of the other cartoon finished running. The jingle (opening) I remember well.

[mingebatter]

hated it..used to come on when my dad was due home from work and i been a little bastard for my mum.lol back then it was cry out loud with a fookin red ear..

[LivingFit365]

For some reason I liked this show back then. Wikepedia says it aired Sunday nights at 10:30, but it seems as though I remember watching this earlier in the evening. In was on in 1972 when I was in grade school and I never stayed up that late. I think maybe it was rebroadcast in re-runs a few years later in an earlier time slot and that's when I watched it. I remember thinking to myself back then, that I never thought I'd like an evening, sitcom cartoon. But this one I did.

[magicbus144]

Sunday afternoons sat with my parents watching this.

 Good memories

[cardlink62]

This memory of this cartoon just came to me. I watched this when i was 10 or 11. I knew i would find it on You Tube. Everything is on here. Almost 40 years later and I even remembered the words to the theme song. One of the things I remembered most was the voice of Tom Bosley. Howard Cunningham from Happy Days fame. He was also spokesman for the mail-order business opportunity SMC (Specialty Merchandise Corporation). I loved growing up in the 60's, 70's and 80's. Classic.

[BearCubster]

@cardlink62 Yeah, the Fathers voice was driving me crazy because I've been so familiar with it before. So, it's Tom Boseley, huh?

[thefrecklepuny]

Loved the Nixon lookalike next door neighbour too!

[thefrecklepuny]

I do remember tis pretty well on BVritsh TV. Yep a pre Family Guy / Simpsons. In some ways more adult too. NOT a kids prog really despite being a cartoon!

[outofthegreenmist]

Ah, the original Simpsons!

[Keezie27]

I remember watching this on the Cartoon network in the 90's! Love this theme

[HypercatZ]

Is it just me or the daughter looks A LOT like Welma from Scooby Doo?

[RetroTony1959]

@HypercatZ Yeah, it was Shaggy that did that to her when she comes back from the date.

[ElGansito]

I didn't grow up in the 70's but I remember this cartoon in the 90's on cartoon network.

[waivedwench]

"The groovy way we get along." That dates it!!

[adean1993]

That's why the English are upset, they had to watch this.

[andreww1212]

Wow this is terrible...

[rocketguy64]

Little know fact, Jackie Earle Haley played the son Jamie for the first season of the show

[SKOTxFREE]

Wow I watched this show as a kid on KCOP 13 and is the reason I checked out King Of The Hill when it first came out. That's when I realized Hank Hill was Beavis and Butt heads neighbor.

[bigbadnewman]

Isn't this the cartoon where the next door neighbour is a charicature of Richard Nixon?

[shangrigreige]

crikey!

[lilmoonprincess125]

my mom keeps SINGING THIS.

FUUUUUUUUU

[torresongs2]

What happened to the daughter on her date?! Is this supposed to be a kid's show?!

[alcockell]

@torresongs2 Not quite. A lot of Hanna-Barbera content was aimed at the American "primetime" audience - effectively the equivalent of the British Peak-time. Flintstones aired int he 8:30-9:00pm slot - imagine if you will this, Top Cat, Hong Kong Phooey etc airing just after Waterloo Road or Eastenders.

[alcockell]

@torresongs2 (continued from my last one) effectively, a lot of American primetime content aired as *teatime* content over here.



[GazzTheFunkadelic]

@torresongs2 I would hash a guess at anal rape but as you say, it's a kid's show...

[sammygun]

I always thought it was "if your date likes to have his own way" at 0:45

[DickieAnginson]

I remember when this was on and the theme song so well. I was around 7 at the time and didn't understand it. Now I see why!!

[moonsault2506123]

never missed this,1972 dad's voice tom bosley of happy days.

[niiicckkmaheeya]

did anyone notice the date rape???

[cronauer1985]

we need a classic kids tv channel 60s, 70s and 80s.

[michiyoyoshiku]

@cronauer1985

Boomerang isn't enough for you?

[cronauer1985]

@michiyoyoshiku but you need sky tv for them. need em on free tv

[michiyoyoshiku]

@cronauer1985

Oh see I live in the US and here in the states we have Boomerang which is exactly what you described

[MrMegaFredzeppelin]

I LOVED THIS SHOW AS A KID!!!!!!!!

[1962drob]

@MrMegaFredzeppelin Dude, I used to watch this show every Saturday Morning. Back when cartoons were cool!! Thanks for sharing man!!!

[MrHeatgap]

This is epic! I have thought for a long time that this has to be at least a tiny inspiration for Family Guy. When Family Guy came out this is the first thing I thought of.

[trillination]

@MrHeatgap for some rason the characters look similar

[VinnyMonster1]

@MrHeatgap I thought it was an inspiration for The Simpsons. Maybe we're BOTH right?

[RG7621]

AWESOME CARTOON

[trystyng]

A fantastic old cartoon. Another one I used to love!

[allanscot1]

I haven't seen this for years! There was nothing like it before for kids back in the 70s and I used to love it. Great to hear that song again. Thanks for posting, great memories.

[NYG4LIFE123]

Whoa Whoa Whoa!!! Did the daughter get raped?!?!?! I totally never put two & two together there as a kid.

I do have to acknowledge though that this show was far ahead of its time.

[RULO86]

Yeah it´s not a Rip-off it´s only "inspired" on All in the Family.

[sergejisd]

In 1972 Hanna & Barbera created the animated series that would become the matrix for cartoons like The Simpson, Family Guy, American Dad, etc. etc.

And the funny thing is they were inspired by All in the Family tv series.

[alcockell]

@sergejisd .. which in turn was a Transatlantic Adaptation of Till Death Us Do Part.

[sergejisd]

@alcockell True! and it's a shame that many episodes from theTill Death Us Do Part first three series no longer exist. His creator, Johnny Speight, should get the credit he deserves: actually I'm surprised no one ever wrote a book about him and his work.

[shortandbald]

oh how family guy has changed lol

[perfectionless]

my mother told me once that this show was to her what Family Guy is to us

[NewYorkS4U]

Me and my brother used to find it funny when the father was driving on those words in the opening.

[Jez32uk]

that fat girl is SO the inspiration behind Meg Griffin

[MTTT19]

I remember the next door neighbour, Ralph. What a douchebag, one of those steryotypical American patriots who thinks America is the only country in the world. Then again alot of Americans were like that in the 1950's. Some still are today.

[Squizz2011]

Used to lurrrrvew this.....so funneeee :) x x

[PuerInsanus]

Daughter looks like an obese Velma. Nice reminiscing with you YouTube. 

[wwe1234567890qqa]

i never watched this at all i was born on jan 2 1997

[ThePierpaolo72]

RIP Tom "Howie Cunningham" Bosley

[runeboyz7]

i remember not going to sleep and watching this on late night cartoon network

[LanguageFreak88]

@runeboyz7 soooo doooo IIIII lol

[LanguageFreak88]

@runeboyz7 soooo doooo IIIII lol

[mariethebest09]

@runeboyz7 Yeah, that was back when Cartoon Network used to play the classics. I wish they'd still do that.

[golga14]

@runeboyz7 That was like 15 years ago, I was in 9th grade lol

[Babspace]

I LOVED this show!!!!!

[wnesbitt1]

I really liked this cartoon as a kid. 'see what I meeeeean!'

[310sucks]

Rape at 0:48

[crysjumar1]

@310sucks Naw, just banged hard.

[rexleej]

@310sucks I was thinking the same thing

[aoarecruiter]

I would love to see what Peter and Lois would say if Meg became overly and openly promiscuous like Alice.lol

[DrewBludd]

are they implying the daughter's out giving it away by walking home like that?

[diamondogz]

A kid with image issues, a stoner and a young conservative. This is the Family Guy prototype.

[aliensintheloft]

The woman who sings this sounds rather like Sarah Palin.

[Se7enBeatleofDoom]

i love the line what daddy does not know wont hurt him.

[xchampbearx]

I forgot about this!! (And Bonanza!) The bit where the daughter walks in looking like she's been attacked is a bit creepy though, I never noticed that before..

[FruittisMaris]

I remember this cartoon! Thank you!

[Newzionis]

wow... I cant forget this song for years..and always ringing in my head....

[johnalang]

Please release the remaining episodes on DVD

[shmuli9]

Oh wow... I never realised this, but this is RATHER like "Family Guy" (mother with a nasal voice, fat father, kind of dumpy daugther, slouchy older son). Remember the next door neighbour Ralph, who called everybody a "pinko"?

[johnbarry1965]

@shmuli9 i seem to remember that he resembled Richard Nixon!

[shmuli9]

@johnbarry1965 Yes, he did! And he appeared to have a whole "posse", including an old lady...

[JetJockey87]

Belt off. Begin the SPANKING SESSIONS!!

[pattifanalwayz]

a 70's version of family guy

[HarryPotter87]

@pattifanalwayz I was thinkin' the same thing!

[vrz07]

this cartoon has family values with no hint of immoral brain washing suggestions like family guy. the NWO has arrived

[fangsteen]

@linklex7 actually i dont really care that

much I have Insomnia stay awake for days

and sometimes dick around online

yeah most sit coms have had the same formula since time began that is exactly why

i rarely watch them. But i dont get why you

would go out of yer way to tell me YOU DONT CARE! I am just a girl who cant sleep why so serious? over an ancient

TV show that you dont care about?

and if you do care thats SAD

[VinnyLT9000]

I respect the older Generation who had this when they were kids. but i also remember watching this in the early 90s on cartoon network.

[moonodude17]

@VinnyLT9000 Oh, my God, me too! What year were you born? I was born in 1991, and I vaguely but definitly remember watching this as a toddler. The theme song always stuck with me =)

[VinnyLT9000]

@moonodude17 I was born in 87'. But i specifically remember when i stayed home from school cartoon network would play this, the hair bear bunch, inch high private eye, hong kong fooey, and Jabber Jaw among others.

[Uubahh]

I guess I wasn't the only one. At random moments in my life this song would pop up in my head. I know that I never watched the show, but I watched the opening on tv whenever it was on. When the actual episode starts, I change the channel.

[dthain]

@ Skulldini and fangsteen

And all in the family was based on the honeymooners with jackie Gleason. that is where the original idea started for all these shows....Started with honeymooners, went to all in the family, then married with children, now family guy. its all the same stuff re-packaged.

[GeoffBaxi17]

brill

[RedcoatMic24]

WHAT AN ANNOYING INTRO.

Good lord, what annoying voices.

[Steven197981]

I am seventeen years old, and I vaguely remember watching this on Cartoon Network in the 1990s. I believe this show is now on Boomerang.

[theScrubsloverr]

our maths teacher showed us this in class one time. we were all like WHAT IS THAT?? and after, we were singing it for the rest of the day :D

[fangsteen]

Cool to see this, the theme has been stuck

In my memory most of my life the song is

Exactly how i remember it. Damn i guess i

Really might have a brain cell left afterall!!!

[fangsteen]

@skulldini.

I am sure yer right Its just the first time i

Saw family guy i was kinda flooded w/ weird

Memories of this show more to the point

Lois/meg vs the mom/daughter i only really

Remember the theme song and the mother/

Daughter. Is ralph the one that said" commie

Pinko"alot? I shouldnt even comment, I am

An insomniac and barely remember.. I am

Turning into you tube Zombie girl!!

[fangsteen]

NO! RIPPED OFF BY FAMILY GUY!!!

[Skulldini]

@fangsteen And THIS show, itself, was probably influenced by All In The Family. Especialy the Ralph character.

[Linklex7]

@fangsteen Pretty much every sitcom since the beginning of time has been the same. It's hard to just point out and say this is ripping of this show, and that is ripping off that show. Who cares.

[acholl980]

Tom Bosley first major series (RIP)

[manclad2]

RIP Tom Bosley

[TheChapaqua]

Ripped off by 'The Simpsons' of course.

[jorydude]

RIP Tom Bosley..

[AlbieGray]

RIP Tom Bosley (Harry Boyle).

[Trill104]

Family Guy copied and pasted this show...But the writing in this show was 2,000 times better in my opinion. I also think the writing in this show was better than the Simpsons. This show is from the 70's and it's funnier than most of the stuff I've seen on tv the last 8-10 years.

[AcidBlackLove86]

DAMN havent seen this in years! This was back when Cartoon Netweork ran real cartoons lol Oh and citizen mouse i think its called? and some other weird show i cant recall. Spaceghost was on back then too HILARIOUS STUFF.

[lateteracosmica]

The first time I saw family guy I thought they were revempin´this shit

[trainman666]

I used to watch this show all the time when I was younger. Well actually I usually recorded it. I barely remember any of it now because I haven't watched it in so long. At least I can watch it now on Youtube. Since it has been so long, I have kind of lost interest in it.

[spokar1]

OMG ! ... my first cartoon experience !!! 

[onwebcameron]

I remember feeling so grown up watching this, as I thought the adult themes were more sophisticated than the kids cartoons.

Those were the days, when a cartoon of a kid 'post-rape' was thought to be funny, and even the BBC would show it at kids time!

[MadTVNG]

Nostalgia is great. Until you start re-watching things and realize that it kinda sucks. Though sometimes shows don't suck and your nostalgic senses were right, however more often than not it's crap.

[dQbell]

@MadTVNG True, but I think for the time that it took place it was meaningful.  My childhood is filled we so many positive and fun moments that they trump one terrifying one, so to look back on such things is somewhat therapeutic.

[thekroton]

Thanks for posting this!

I loved this when i was a kid!

This has brought back a lot of happy memories!

[jesserobles]

I hated this cartoon when I was little, but now I wanna watch it... specially because of the song, this part in particular 1:05 - 1:15 so nostalgic :)

[freeballs2006]

Awesome, my favourite cartoon when i was a youngster!

[chris276100]

The original FAMILY GUY

[Hyperkid37]

....So, at 50 seconds in...is she coming home from being raped, or something? 0_o

[PCGAMEfreak]

No daddy. Stop...Oh sorry bad memories...

[estu048]

0:46 not precisely, probably only they fought.

Thanks for the memories.

[OohMitch]

1970s Family Guy......

[XxMoniePhoePhyvexX]

When i was in elementary, i used to wait till 2/3oclock in the morning to watch this..Thats when it was usually aired...

[ThoughtTraveler]

Why would the British show this STUPID American TV cartoon on their channels?

[DLAbaoaqu]

@ThoughtTraveler Did you even watch it?

[tommykopite]

The mother looks like Rose West, infact! someone told me she used to sing this to the kids whilst she waited for Fred to come home from workin down pit.

[firewaterwoman]

"...And what daddy doesn't know won't hurt him." *Wink, wink*

[damonika09]

I remember this. It came on late at night when I was younger.

[undeniablycharisse]

haven't seen this in years..used to watch it all the time! They don't show the good shows anymore

[haticK]

rofl saw this a long time ago when i was in the hospital after gettin my tonsils out

[plobzzz]

ah use to love watching this as a kid

[gow741]

I was so young when this came on, this brings backs memories and it does kinda seem Family guy formed from this cartoon.

[Avatarfan2012]

@gow741 Yep I guess this is the Proto-Family Guy.

[PooPoo2U]

man, i remember when they used to play this on cartoon network. i watched it, but now in hindsight i wonder what the fuck i was thinking.

[UniQueLyEviL]

I love the into to this song and show.

[Darkshine42]

I swear, I look at this and I wonder if this spawned the idea, in some small way, for Family Guy

[00RockyAngel00]

ROTFLMAO TaterMySalad! "Kids TODAY like to have their own way" - I guess in previous generations kids DIDN'T like to HAVE THEIR OWN WAY!!!!!

[Skulldini]

@00RockyAngel00 All older generations say THAT about the current one.

[novaescion]

Oh my God, :46 is horrifying

[parkman35]

I seem to remember this being on NBC back in the early 70's and came on at 7:30eastern time prior to the prime time show lineups...I don't think it lasted that long and never became as popular a prime time cartoon as the Flintstones did..

[Steven197981]

I like this theme song. It is a catchy tune.

[xIdlersdreamx]

.... did the daughter like get raped on her date or something? Like look her lol. her sweater is like half ripped off her glasses are fucked up.

[Skulldini]

@xIdlersdreamx And just get a gander at her date too !!

[wataf211110]

Ahead of its time, I remember this...to compare these these like a cross between the Simpsons & Married With Children !

[SourApplez1211]

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home is in my top 5 worst TV shows of all time, heavy metal is better.

[EminemFan202]

Man "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" was the credo my mother lived by, but my dad never did shit.

[zapkvr]

Was he constipated? I reccomend prune juice.

[EminemFan202]

you knucklehead lol

[respectovaacheck]

Man, I remember watchin this back n tha 90s. Lol. Dis shit's so timeless.

[HippieNiecey]

This was a great cartoon and my favorite. Who would know and care if the daughter was a slut when this airred and we were kids? There were alot of short skirts and stuff back in the day. Is it any better now? LOL .........

~Hippie Niecey~

[lifeisublime]

that daughters a slut, wearing see through shirts and no bra, and coming home from dates looking like she was at an orgy. just awful.

[amiec1011]

she posed naked once too!

[wdh4721]

willie ammes from eight is enough did the little kid./

[Eddie62070]

I thought it was Jackie Earl Haley

[TaterMySalad]

their house is a nightmarish murderhome floating in the vast nothingness of space

where nobody can hear your father get home

[00RockyAngel00]

@TaterMySalad

ROTFLMAO!

[U9B]

@TaterMySalad

The very undertone of this opening screams scary. You can tell he beat everybody when he got home.

[TaterMySalad]

@U9B I'm pretty sure Velma got date-raped too.

[Linklex7]

@TaterMySalad I was thinking the same thing.  As a kid, I didn't think much of it, but now as a grown up I wonder. Just what the hell happened on the daughters date to have her come back all ragged and bruised?

[crysjumar1]

@U9B He was a nice guy.....he didn't beat the children. If he did, he would not have had a hippie son.

[orchidtender]

@crysjumar1 yeah, what about Manson's dad?

[ahoovah100]

@U9B in my house,it was mom who everybody was afraid of.when she wasn't home,dad would let us eat whatever we wanted , run throughout the neighborhood terrorizing any and every poor soul we came across. hang suspended from every tree in the neighborhood,and go sledding down that infamous steepest hill that everybody had in their childhood. just so long as we didnt make too much noise in the house,he was absolutely cool with it.i love and miss my dad.Still,i am truly my daddys girl.

[mariethebest09]

@U9B Well, this was the 70s.

[sierria64]

was'nt the dad tom bosely ..mr c from happy days

[LordBullGod]

That fat chick returns from the dork fingerbanging her in 0:48

[Yusukespiritgun]

@LordBullGod, yo your crazy fam lol

[ItsMichaelW]

I remember watching the repeats of this in the 90's

[FlorrieDugger]

Yeah I remember it on Global TV in Southern Ontario on saturday around 4pm in 84 and 85.

[623058]

this started off on ITV back in the mid 70s, I wonder why BBC wanted to show it?