The
Jetsons

The Jetsons is a prime-time animated sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera.

George Jetson works 3 hours a day and 3 days a week for his short, tyrannical boss named Mr. Cosmo Spacely, owner of the company Spacely Space Sprockets.

As found in Season 2, Episode 23, A Jetson Christmas Carol, George Jetson and Cosmo Spacely have been friends since their childhood.

Typical episodes involve Spacely firing, rehiring, promoting and demoting Jetson. Spacely has a competitor, H. G. Cogswell, owner of the rival company Cogswell Cogs.

The Jetson family live in Skypad Apartments in Orbit City, where all homes and businesses are raised high above the ground on adjustable columns in the Googie style, reflective of Seattle's Space Needle and the Theme Building of the Los Angeles International Airport.

George commutes to work in an aerocar that resembles a flying saucer with a transparent bubble top.

Daily life is characterized as being comically leisurely because of the incredible sophistication and number of labor saving devices, which occasionally break down with humorous results.

George's work day consists of pressing a single computer button. Despite this, characters often complain of exhausting hard labor and difficulties of living with the remaining inconveniences.

Other Jetson family members include Jane Jetson, the wife and homemaker; teenage daughter Judy; and genius preteen son Elroy.

Housekeeping is seen to by a robot maid, Rosie. She only appears in two episodes of the original 1960s show, excluding her appearance in the closing credits, but makes many appearances on the 1980s Jetsons.

The Jetson's dog Astro can mumble and say his words beginning with R's. Astro's catch phrases are Ruh-roh!, Right, Reorge!, and Rats Rall Right Reorge!

Later Hanna-Barbera cartoon dogs including Scooby Doo and Muttley would use speech as well; voice actor Don Messick played all three.

In the first episode of the Jetson 80s show, an alien named Orbitty joined the family after Elroy discovered him on a field trip to an asteroid.

Orbitty speaks in his own garbled dialect, has coil springs for legs, and changes colors according to his mood.

Jetsons episodelist

1 Rosey the Robot
2 A Date with Jet Screamer
3 The Space Car
4 The Coming of Astro
5 The Jetsons Nite Out
6 The Good Little Scouts
7 The Flying Suit
8 Rosey's Boyfriend
9 Elroy's TV Show
10 Uniblab
11 A Visit From Grandpa
12 Astro's Top Secret
13 Elroy's Pal
14 Test Pilot
15 Millionaire Astro
16 The Little Man
17 Las Venus
18 Jane's Driving Lesson
19 G.I. Jetson
20 Miss Solar System
21 TV or Not TV
22 Private Property
23 Dude Planet
24 Elroy's Mob
25 Elroy Meets Orbitty
26 Rosie Come Home
27 Solar Snoops
28 Judy's Birthday Surprise
29 SuperGeorge
30 Family Fallout
31 S.M.A.S.H.
32 The Mirrormorph
33 Mother's Day for Rosie
34 Jetson's Millions
35 Fugitive Fleas
36 Rip-Off Rosie
37 Far-Out Father
38 Astro's Big Moment
39 The Cosmic Courtship of George and Jane
40 Fantasy Planet
41 S'no Relative
42 Instant Replay
43 Haunted Halloween
44 Future Tense
45 The Wrong Stuff
46 Judy Takes Off
47 A Jetson Christmas Carol
48 Dog Daze Afternoon
49 Robot's Revenge
50 To Tell the Truth
51 Judy's Elopement
52 Grandpa and the Galactic Golddigger
53 Boy George
54 The Vacation
55 The Swiss Family Jetson
56 Winner Takes All
57 Elroy in Wonderland
58 High Moon
59 Team Spirit
60 Space Bong (Secret Agent Double O-Oh)
61 Little Bundle of Trouble
62 Dance Time
63 Hi-Tech Wreck
64 One Strike, You're Out
65 The Century's Best
66 Crime Games
67 ASTROnomical I.Q.
68 The Jetsons 9 to 5 to 9
69 Invisibly Yours,
70 Father/Daughter Dance
71 Clean as a Hound's Tooth
72 Wedding Bells for Rosey
73 The Odd Pod
74 Two Many Georges
75 Spacely for a Day



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