List of The Jetsons episodes

The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing in primetime from 1962 to 1963, then later as part of the weekday/weekend morning programming block called The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, until 1987. New episodes were produced from 1985–87 as well. It was Hanna-Barbera's Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones.[1]

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired	Network
	1	24		September 23, 1962	March 3, 1963	ABC
	2	41		September 16, 1985	December 13, 1985	Syndication
	3	10		October 19, 1987	November 12, 1987

Episodes

Season 1 (1962–63)

In the original closing credits, George came home and tried to walk Astro, the family dog, but when Astro noticed a cat by the electronic dog walk, he began to chase it, and George got caught into the dog-walk. Astro and the cat both looked on as George is trapped on the dog walker running for his life while crying out "Jane, stop this crazy thing! Help! JANE!" This was a counterpart to The Flintstones' closing credits in which the saber-toothed cat Baby Puss puts Fred Flintstone out for the night. This ending was parodied in an episode each of Animaniacs, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Family Guy, Clarence, and Jim Henson's Muppet Babies.

Season 1 contained a laugh track, which was removed when the episodes were released for syndication in 1985. The syndicated episodes were also "updated" with a re-recorded theme song, episode title cards, and a new closing sequence (see "Season 2," below). The title cards and the closing sequence featured the character of Orbitty, who did not appear in any of the original episodes.

The 24 episodes from the 1960s were released to DVD in Region 1 in May 2004[2] with the laugh track, original closing sequence, and original opening theme intact. However, the DVD release still featured the 1980s "Orbitty" title cards, and the original Flintstones-style teaser intros were not reinstated. (The versions of "The Space Car" and "The Coming of Astro" available on Amazon Video on Demand retain the original opening teasers.)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Rosey the Robot"	Story by : Larry Markes Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	September 23, 1962
Tired of housework, Jane hires a robot maid named Rosey, unaware that George is bringing his boss Mr. Spacely home to plead poverty and ask for a raise.
2	2	"A Date with Jet Screamer"	Story by : Harvey Bullock Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	September 30, 1962
Fed up with Judy's obsession over the Ricky Nelson-esque pop idol Jet Screamer (Howard Morris), George sabotages her entry into a song-writing contest by substituting Elroy's secret code "Eep, Opp, Ork, Ah-ah".[3]
3	3	"The Space Car"	Story by : Barry E. Blitzer Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	October 7, 1962
George and Jane go car shopping, unaware that they've accidentally switched cars with a bank robber.
4	4	"The Coming of Astro"	Tony Benedict	October 14, 1962
When the rest of the family wants to keep Astro, a stray dog Elroy brought home from the park, George brings home robotic dog 'Lectronimo as a compromise.
5	5	"Jetson's Nite Out"	Story by : Harvey Bullock & R.S. Allen Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	October 21, 1962
Mr. Spacely asks George to join him at the championship robot football game, but they must lie to their wives to get out of prior commitments.
6	6	"The Good Little Scouts"	Story by : Larry Markes Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	October 28, 1962
George reluctantly takes Elroy's scout troop on a trip to the moon—and promptly gets lost.
7	7	"The Flying Suit"	Tony Benedict	November 4, 1962
The rivalry between Spacely Sprockets and Cogswell Cogs comes to a head when Cogswell's chief inventor, Moonstone, reveals the prototype of a suit that enables its wearer to fly.
8	8	"Rosey's Boyfriend"	Story by : Walter Black Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	November 11, 1962
Rosey finds a beau in Henry Orbit's mechanical assistant, named Mac.
9	9	"Elroy's TV Show"	Story by : Warren Foster Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	November 18, 1962
When Elroy lands a starring role in the new television show "Spaceboy Zoom and His Dog Astro", George becomes an over-enthusiastic stage father.
10	10	"Uniblab"	Story by : Barry E. Blitzer Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	November 25, 1962
George fumes at having to work under the electronic sycophant Uniblab. Episode later retitled "Microchip Chump"
11	11	"A Visit from Grandpa"	Story by : Walter Black Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	December 2, 1962
George's 110 year old grandfather Montague arrives for a visit and gets caught up in a series of misadventures.
12	12	"Astro's Top Secret"	Tony Benedict	December 9, 1962
When he accidentally swallows Elroy's new flying car toy and gains the ability to fly, Astro is given the third degree when Cogswell suspects him to be party to a new Spacely Sprockets invention.
13	13	"Las Venus"	Story by : Barry E. Blitzer Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	December 16, 1962
On their second honeymoon, George must divide his time between taking Jane out and wooing Gigi Galaxy, a potential client of Spacely Sprockets.
14	14	"Elroy's Pal"	Story by : Walter Black Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	December 23, 1962
Elroy is enamored of TV superhero Nimbus the Great, who may not be as great as he seems.
15	15	"Test Pilot"	Story by : Harvey Bullock & R.S. Allen Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	December 30, 1962
A mishap at the doctor's office has George believing he is about to die, so he volunteers for hazard duty, testing an "indestructible" jacket.
16	16	"Millionaire Astro"	Tony Benedict	January 6, 1963
Astro is caught in a custody battle between the Jetsons and millionaire J.P. Gottrockets, Astro's original owner, who had named the dog Tralfaz.
17	17	"The Little Man"	Tony Benedict	January 13, 1963
George is shrunk down to a height of six inches by Spacely's new Minivac machine. But when the machine malfunctions, George must sneak into Cogswell Cogs to steal a part to repair it and get back to his original size.
18	18	"Jane's Driving Lesson"	Story by : Joanna Lee Teleplay by : Dalton Sandifer and Tony Benedict	January 20, 1963
After one too many trips on the bus, Jane demands George allow her to take driving lessons.
19	19	"G.I. Jetson"	Story by : Barry E. Blitzer Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	January 27, 1963
George's Space Guard unit is brought up for training, where George finds himself under the command of his boss, Major Spacely.
20	20	"Miss Solar System"	Story by : Barry E. Blitzer Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	February 3, 1963
Jane enters a beauty pageant to prove to her husband that she is just as beautiful as movie star Gina Lolajupiter.
21	21	"Private Property"	Story by : Barry E. Blitzer Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	February 10, 1963
When Cogswell opens a new office next door to spy on Spacely Sprockets, George is charged with finding a way to get rid of Cogswell.
22	22	"Dude Planet"	Story by : Walter Black Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	February 17, 1963
When Jane gets overly tired from doing housework, her doctor prescribes a vacation at a dude ranch.
23	23	"TV or Not TV"	Tony Benedict	February 24, 1963
George and Astro witness a bank robbery and go into hiding, unaware that the robbery was actually just actors shooting a scene for a television show.
24	24	"Elroy's Mob"	Story by : Barry E. Blitzer Teleplay by : Tony Benedict	March 3, 1963
After a mix-up with his grades causes him to be grounded, Elroy and Astro run away from home.

Season 2 (1985)

• For the 1980s incarnation of the show, new characters were introduced, including Orbitty (the Jetson family's alien pet) and Spacely's inventive nephew Orwell. George's work computer R.U.D.I. (the "Referential Universal Digital Indexer"), who appeared in one 1960s episode, was reintroduced.
• The opening credits featured a rerecorded version of The Jetsons theme song, which features the use of electronic drums to create percussion typical of 1980s music.
• The closing credits are static picture captions (like most of Hanna-Barbera's shows of the time). This format replaced the original credit sequence described above when the 1960s episodes were rebroadcast.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original air date
25	1	"Elroy Meets Orbitty"	Mark Young	September 16, 1985
During a school field trip to a remote asteroid, Elroy finds an odd pink rock, which turns out to be an egg that hatches into Orbitty, a spring-legged creature.
26	2	"Rosie Come Home"	Glenn Leopold	September 17, 1985
Due to a malfunction in her systems, Rosie believes that she is about to be replaced, so she runs off and is nearly crushed within a car destroyer, until the Jetsons are able to convince her that she is a part of the family.
27	3	"Solar Snoops"	Barry E. Blitzer	September 18, 1985
An unknown package delivered to Spacely Sprockets contains a robot sentry dog named "Sentro", and Spacely decides to use it to guard his "Chocolate Microchip Cookie". However, the "Galactic Sneak"—a spy for Cogswell Cogs—has pulled a Trojan Horse–type move by hiding inside Sentro's body to infiltrate Spacely's plant. When he and Sentro steal the prototype Microchip Cookie, it is up to George Jetson—who discovers a want-ad in the news for an executive secretary for Cogswell Cogs—to become "Georgina Jetstream", infiltrate Cogswell Cogs, and get Spacely's cookie back.
28	4	"Judy's Birthday Surprise"	Mark Young	September 19, 1985
Judy seems to think that nobody remembered her birthday, until one of the more unpopular kids shows her that she is indeed loved; and is shocked to discover that nobody said anything about her birthday, but was surprised when everyone, including Mr. Spacely, throws her one of the best surprise parties ever.
29	5	"SuperGeorge"	George Atkins	September 20, 1985
The Jetsons buy a Thinko machine that breaks out a wish giving George superpowers for a day. Other wishes include, Jane and George being waited on; Judy wishes that she can be a winner of the Teen Star of the Year awards; Elroy's wish was to be a basketball player (but he was too tall for the goal); Astro wishes that dogs (including him) would act like humans, and vice versa.
30	6	"Family Fallout"	Mark Seidenberg	September 23, 1985
After some chicanery by Mr. Spacely, the Jetsons appear on a game show called "Family Fallout" (based on Family Feud), facing off against the Spacelys. The Jetsons win a new Foodarackacycle in the end, while the shocked and dismayed Spacelys receive a lifetime supply of Cogswells Cogs.
31	7	"Instant Replay"	George Atkins	September 24, 1985
An elderly man on the bus home offers George a better life with a special invention called "Replayola", but when George accidentally erases his wedding day with Jane, he must make a choice to either keep his newfound wealth and power or forego it and regain his normal family life.
32	8	"Fugitive Fleas"	Barry E. Blitzer	September 25, 1985
A rock band of fleas take refuge on Astro to escape the tyrannical Solarini's flea circus.
33	9	"S.M.A.S.H."	Barry E. Blitzer	September 26, 1985
Jane accidentally crashes Mr. Spacely's car that she borrowed, which causes him to merrily blame George, making him a virtual slave and groveler, until it was discovered that the brakes are jammed by a piece of fine space china from one of Spacely's space china collections. This absolves the Jetsons, and then the tables are turned and a furious and humiliated Spacely becomes the reluctant servant of George.
34	10	"One Strike, You're Out"	Mark Young	September 30, 1985
When Spacely discovers that his rival Cogswell has won the "Tycoon of the Day" Award, he goes all out to beat him, forcing all his employees to work a "Triple-Shift". After 24 hours of work and severe hounding by Spacely, George accidentally convinces the human employees of Spacely Sprockets to go on strike. Meanwhile, George is faced with his own problems when he destroys Elroy's athlete robot, "Jocko", and then tries to impress his son by portraying the robot himself.
35	11	"Mother's Day for Rosie"	Harvey Bullock	October 1, 1985
It is Mother's Day in Orbit City, but Rosie is in no mood for celebrating, as it reminds her of her own deactivated mother. But George is determined to find the blueprints of the "XB-400" (predecessor of the XB-500, Rosie's model number) and give Rosie back her happiness.
36	12	"S'No Relative"	Barry E. Blitzer and Tony Benedict	October 2, 1985
George and Jane's nephew, Hunky Moonrock, is scheduled to visit Earth, but when a research team loses an inhabitant from the planet Polaris, everything is turned upside down when that alien is thawed out right at the Jetsons' back door.
37	13	"Dance Time"	George Atkins	October 3, 1985
Jane convinces George to take dancing lessons so he won't embarrass Judy at her housewarming party, but his uncoordinated moves lead a mechanic to offer him some help with Automatic Dancing Shoes.
38	14	"Judy Takes Off"	Mark Young	October 7, 1985
When Judy is offered a chance to get away from her family and visit her cousin Melissa, she is at first reluctant, but thinks differently when she sees how much her cousin has changed, leading George to inadvertently assume the role of "Space Ace" to spy on his daughter to keep her out of trouble. Meanwhile, Jane and Mrs. Spacely both vie for the "Woman of the Year" Award.
39	15	"Winner Takes All"	Pamela Burton and Laura Numeroff	October 9, 1985
George is duped into an Olympic-themed showdown with Cogswell Cogs, but when Cogswell pulls a twin-brother substitution, can George come out on top when he doesn't know who is who?
40	16	"The Mirrormorph"	Glenn Leopold	October 11, 1985
The Jetsons contend with a transmuting alien called the Mirrormorph, who can become an exact duplicate of that person, but remains mute.
41	17	"The Cosmic Courtship of George and Jane"	John Semper	October 14, 1985
George forgets his and Jane's wedding anniversary, and the twosome reminisce about how they fell in love. Later on, the couple find out that the minister that married them was a fraud, so they must set things right and renew their vows in Las Venus. George realizes that it will be difficult when Spacely and Jane's ex-boyfriend are also present in Las Venus. After the successful wedding, Spacely catches George and almost fires him, but Jane convinces Spacely to change his mind by telling him that she didn't see Mrs. Spacely.
42	18	"High Moon"	Bill Allen	October 15, 1985
George is fed up with his son Elroy's fixation with a television star named Roger Mars, so he decides to take the family on a road trip to rediscover the roots of the Old West.
43	19	"Hi-Tech Wreck"	Tony Benedict	October 17, 1985
When R.U.D.I. malfunctions one time too many, Spacely orders George to relocate his family to "Outer Moongolia"—but is forced to eat crow when R.U.D.I. threatens to destroy his factory.
44	20	"Little Bundle of Trouble"	Kerry Ehrin and Ali Marie Matheson	October 18, 1985
The Jetsons take in an abandoned baby they found on their doorstep, but are surprised when this "baby" turns out to be a dwarf of a jewel thief in disguise.
45	21	"Elroy in Wonderland"	Mike Dirham	October 22, 1985
A take on both "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Wizard of Oz". When Elroy and Astro are forced to be separated while on vacation at Club Mellowstar, they wind up in a dream world where antique robots resembling our modern-day appliances are at war with each other.
46	22	"The Swiss Family Jetson"	David N. Gottlieb and Herb Engelhardt	October 23, 1985
When George is laid off by Spacely for six months, the family convinces him to live off the land on Planet Paradisio—but get the shock of their lives when a redevelopment company turns their quaint little paradise into condo estates.
47	23	"Rip-Off Rosie"	George Atkins	October 24, 1985
George is hailed a hero when he repairs a malfunctioning shipping robot, but when Rosie starts to malfunction afterwards and steal everything she can find, the Jetsons must reprogram her "Jekyll-and-Hyde" personality.
48	24	"Fantasy Planet"	Lane Raichert	October 28, 1985
With all the problems the Jetson family have, they decide to take a trip to Fantasy Planet. The host—named Mr. Rocket (played by Sonny Melendrez and a take on "Mr. Roarke" from Fantasy Island)—has each family member in capsules to live out their fantasies: George: Boss of Jetson's Sprockets Jane: Queen of an asteroid where she does absolutely nothing Judy: World-renowned pop star Elroy and Astro: Superhero team After realizing their fantasies aren't really what they were looking for, they use a special "stop watch" that can end their fantasies.
49	25	"Space Bong"	Alex Lovy	October 30, 1985
It is a case of mistaken identity when George is kidnapped by an enemy spy organization called SNEAK. During his ordeal as their captive, George discovers his exact doppelganger, a secret agent named Space Bong (a take on James Bond), who aids him in escaping their grasp.
50	26	"Haunted Halloween"	Mark Young	October 31, 1985
The curator of a museum takes a special interest in Orbitty wanting to make him his special project in time for Halloween.
51	27	"Astro's Big Moment"	Chuck Coach and Alex Lovy	November 1, 1985
Mr. Spacely assigns George to be the judge for the annual Spacely Space Sprockets Space Dog Show. But this leads to a very stressful situation for him as his family wants him to make Astro the winner, as well as the boss wanting him to insure his wife's poodle comes out on top, and even a mobster named Mangler Mars gets into the act by making George choose his bulldog, Starbite, as the top dog. What choice will George make? In the end, Mrs. Spacely's pooch gets taken away to give birth to puppies; Starbite is revealed to be a stolen dog which gets the mobsters arrested; and Astro wins, with a stray dog winning a consolation prize: dog food.
52	28	"Jetsons' Millions"	O. Gordy	November 4, 1985
Spacely offers George a raffle book for the Venutian Sweepstakes, but Mrs. Spacely is offended when George actually wins the grand prize of 10,000,000 Venuties.
53	29	"The Wrong Stuff"	Barry E. Blitzer	November 5, 1985
After winning a school science contest, Elroy is invited with the family to view a space shuttle launch. But he gets more than he bargains for when he and Astro get aboard the shuttle and get launched into deep space. They're able to return to Earth, but are significantly changed in terms of age. A parody of The Right Stuff.
54	30	"The Vacation"	Alex Lovy	November 7, 1985
When Jane wins a family weekend trip on "The Love Rocket", she and George find that their vacation isn't all it is cracked up to be, as they must both deal with old flames from their high-school days.
55	31	"Team Spirit"	Gary Warne	November 11, 1985
The Spacely Sprockets and the Cogswell Cogs are at war on the robot baseball field, and George is the star pitcher for Spacely's team. But when Cogswell tips the scales in his favor, will Jetson have enough energy to last the final inning?
56	32	"Future Tense"	George Atkins	November 12, 1985
When Jane tries on glasses she bought from Planet Bevdayo, she gains the power of clairvoyance.
57	33	"Far-Out Father"	Mark Young	November 13, 1985
Elroy must make a Father's Day Video for his school class, but Astro's fixation with the poodle next door causes more problems than either Elroy or George can handle.
58	34	"Dog Daze Afternoon"	Barbara Levy and Marc Paykuss	November 15, 1985
George and Jane accompany Mr. Spacely to a business convention where they hope to show off the company's latest invention, the EXIT (EXecutive Instant Transporter). Meanwhile, Judy is in charge of the household as Elroy tests his own invention, a Dog Trainer, in hopes of earning money helping the neighborhood dogs to better behave themselves. But a mix-up of program discs causes near disastrous results on both sides that could lead to George's firing and Elroy having to look for all the missing dogs.
59	35	"Grandpa and the Galactic Goldigger"	Evelyn A-R Gabai and Glenn Leopold	November 19, 1985
Grandpa Montague Jetson returns and falls in love with a young teenager named Nova Neutron, unknown to him that her boyfriend Tyco has mistaken him for Mr. Spacely and plans to rob him blind.
60	36	"Robot's Revenge"	George Atkins	November 20, 1985
After an incompetent robot named Ralph is fired from his 32nd job, he decides to take his revenge out on the person who caused his termination—George Jetson.
61	37	"To Tell the Truth"	Harvey Bullock	November 22, 1985
George convinces Elroy to tell his mother the truth about what happened to her favorite pitcher, but when Bubbles Blastoff, a guest at Spacely's plant, must leave on the red-eye back to her planet, George ends up being stranded with her on an asteroid. Will he follow his own example and tell the truth to Jane about why he never returned home until morning?
62	38	"Boy George"	Story by : Charles M. Howell IV & Alan Burnett Teleplay by : Charles M. Howell IV	November 25, 1985
When Spacely convinces George that he is too old to represent Spacely Sprockets, he tries a quick fix to become younger—with disastrous results.
63	39	"Judy's Elopement"	Jeff Hall	November 27, 1985
Spacely hires his nephew Sam to be George's new supervisor, but Sam has his own plans: to elope with Cogswell's daughter Asteroid. However, mixed messages from Rosie convince George that Judy is eloping with Sam.
64	40	"The Century's Best"	Mark Young	November 29, 1985
The Space-Time Capsule Contest is underway, and Orbitty has an entry form for qualification. However, only one story entry per form will be accepted, and the Jetsons exhaust themselves fighting for control of the contest entry. After an unlikely ally helps them combine their entries into one, the Jetsons are declared "Future Family of the Year". This episode contains clips from past Jetsons episodes "Elroy Meets Orbitty", "Judy's Birthday Surprise", "The Cosmic Courtship of George and Jane" and "SuperGeorge".
65	41	"A Jetson Christmas Carol[4]"	Barbara Levy and Marc Paykuss	December 13, 1985
Based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Scrooge Spacely orders George to work overtime on Christmas Eve, which begins to exhaust him. Meanwhile, Astro is injured in a freak accident while chasing a toy robot cat, causing him to suffer a life-threatening illness. Now it's up to the Spirits of Christmases Past, Present, and Future to convince Spacely that Christmas is a time for giving. Note: Fred and Wilma Flintstone make a cameo as characters on a movie screen.

Season 3 (1987)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Written by	Original air date
66	1	"Crime Games"	Haskell Barkin	October 19, 1987
A malfunction of the TeleViewer causes Elroy to discover a robbery plot by "The Gripfather" (a take on "The Godfather"), and George ends up trapped in the middle of it.
67	2	"ASTROnomical I.Q."	George Atkins	October 21, 1987
Elroy invents a machine that can accelerate evolution, and Astro is turned into a super-genius. (Special guest voice: Game show host Wink Martindale voices "Wink Martiandale")
68	3	"9 to 5 to 9"	Barry O'Brien and Bob Smith	October 23, 1987
When Judy's latest crush, Rocky Retro, falls for Marsha VanMarsdale's new car, Judy is determined to earn enough money to pay for her own car—even if it means she has to work around the clock.
69	4	"Invisibly Yours, George"	Bruce Howard	October 27, 1987
Several mishaps with Spacely's new "Spot Remover" cause George to become invisible.
70	5	"Father/Daughter Dance"	Haskell Barkin	October 29, 1987
Judy does not want to be embarrassed at this year's Father/Daughter Dance, so George makes arrangements with Grandpa Jetson to replace him as Judy's partner.
71	6	"Clean as a Hound's Tooth"	George Atkins	November 2, 1987
George discovers that he has become stressed out lately due to his teeth, so his dentist creates special false teeth to relax him—but end up stressing him out even more.
72	7	"Wedding Bells for Rosey"	Mark Young	November 4, 1987
When Mac is marked for permanent deactivation, George discovers that Henry's robot must marry another with an updated BEBOP or be recycled.
73	8	"The Odd Pod"	Barry E. Blitzer	November 6, 1987
Jane buys an alien plant meant for an exotic plant contest, but it wreaks havoc on the apartment. Meanwhile, George tries to perfect his Barbershop Quartet performance.
74	9	"Two Many Georges"	Harvey Bullock	November 10, 1987
George is convinced by Orwell, Spacely's nephew, to clone himself and improve his traits. But this new-and-improved George leads the original into believing that his family doesn't need him anymore.
75	10	"Spacely for a Day"	Haskell Barkin	November 12, 1987
Spacely convinces all his employees to take an aptitude test and makes sure George scores the lowest. But when Judy, Elroy and Astro alter his father's score to be higher than everyone else's, George is given charge of Spacely's plant for the day when his boss is forced to take an impromptu vacation. Upon discovering that George is in charge of Spacely's plant, Cogswell makes plans to destroy Spacely Sprockets once and for all and attempts to ensure that George takes the fall. Series Finale

References

1. CD liner notes: Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, 1995 MCA Records
2. "The Jetsons - Season 1". TV Shows on DVD. May 11, 2004. Archived from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
3. "Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah!". TV ACRES. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved March 19, 2009.
4. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 152–153. ISBN 9781476672939.

External links

• The Jetsons – list of episodes at IMDb
• The Jetsons at epguides.com
• The Jetsons at TheTVDB
• The Jetsons at the Big Cartoon DataBase