Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home!
| Wait till Your Mother Gets Home! | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by |
David Eyre Bill Persky |
| Directed by | Bill Persky |
| Starring |
Paul Michael Glaser Dee Wallace Tamar Howard Robert Jayne Joseph Lawrence |
| Music by | Ken Harrison |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Blue André Vanessa Greene Alice Gwyn Pardo |
| Producer(s) | Albert J. Salzer |
| Cinematography | Frank Stanley |
| Editor(s) | Gerald Shepard |
| Running time | 97 min. (approx.) |
| Production company(s) |
NBC Blue Greene Productions |
| Distributor | NBC |
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| Original network | NBC |
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Wait till Your Mother Gets Home! is a 1983 American made-for-television comedy film based on a true story about role reversal and support, starring Paul Michael Glaser and Dee Wallace. The film deals with the popular question of whether or not men and women can successfully take on the other's traditional roles in society, i.e. breadwinner vs. caretaker.
Robert "Bob" Peters Sr. (Paul Michael Glaser) works as a High School football coach, and physical education teacher to support his family financially while his wife Patricia "Pat" Peters (Dee Wallace) fulfills her full-time duties as a stay-at-home mom. Each day, Pat takes care of their three lovely but lively children by the names of Jennifer (Tamar Howard), Robert Jr. (Robert Jayne), and Christopher (Joseph Lawrence), but still manages to tend to husband Bob's actual needs, and wants, as soon as he comes home from work everyday. Now without any gain of support, Pat now has constantly growing frustrations, also is now completely stressed out, and without rest, with the status questioning now in her life are not being helped by her husband Bob finally winning the election for the "Man of the Year Award".
On the one night that her husband receives his award, from the high school principal Herman Ohme (David Doyle), inquires if Pat would be available during the summer months to fill in for another secretary during her leave of absences, but Bob decides for Pat, that the last thing she needs is to take on a job outside their home. Feeling her personal development, indeed even her own personal identity, has come to a screeching halt through marriage and parenthood, Pat wants more for herself and informs her husband she seriously considers taking on the summer job. Now Machoman Bob feels that all Pat needs are a few lessons in making their household management better to rejuvenate her enthusiasm for her daily tasks. If she'd only keep to a very tight schedule, which means her time of chores, she'd even be able to create some time for herself without the stress, perhaps for a game of tennis. Bob's slightly condescending and non-understanding attitude only to fuel the spark inside Pat to take on a new challenge now outside their home. When Bob is informed that his summer job of driving lessons is cancelled, Pat stands up for herself, and takes on the secretarial job at the school. Since child care costs are too high, Bob then decides to prove to her and makes a bet, that it's an easy job with plenty of time for yourself when you stick to a schedule, takes on the challenge to care for the house and his children, while Pat has her summer job.
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