Elroy's TV Show

"Elroy's TV Show" is the ninth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on November 18, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Warren Foster, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Elroy and Astro get their own TV show.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Transistor
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Charlie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elroy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Astro
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jane Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penny Singleton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George O'Hanlon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stella Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Arthur Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dick Beals
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Zero
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Lunar
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Charlie, TV director
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Dick Beals
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Zero
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Lunar
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Charlie, TV director
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Charlie, TV director
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Asteroid TV Productions
 * Australian Ratchet Company

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Orbit City
 * Asteroid TV Productions studio
 * Skypark Casino
 * Sky Pad Apartments
 * Jetson residence
 * Lunar residence
 * Spacely Space Sprockets building
 * Australia (mentioned)
 * Melbourne (mentioned)
 * Jupiter

Objects

 * Jupiter drinks
 * Moonglow drinks

Vehicles

 * Flying cars

Aftermath
When The Jetsons originally aired, no title cards were present. They were only added when the series was revived in 1985, and the original episodes were given title cards for consistency when they were all packaged together for The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. Notably, they all include Orbitty, who wasn't in the original series.

Music
The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 18, 1962 on ABC

Errors

 * Why confuse things with two different Charlies?

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * May 11, 2004: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete First Season on DVD.
 * May 23, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete First Season (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
 * September 10, 2019: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: The Complete Original Series on Blu-ray Disc.
 * October 13, 2020: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
 * June 21, 2022: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete Series on DVD.
 * In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
 * March 17, 1997: First Independent Films releases The Jetsons: Bumper Edition on VHS.