The Good Little Scouts

"The Good Little Scouts" is the sixth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on October 28, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Tony Benedict and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

George is too busy at work to help Elroy with his Space Cub training, but when his boss's son is in the same troop, he is forced to go on a hiking trip with them to the Moon.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jane Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penny Singleton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jimmy
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elroy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George O'Hanlon
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| R.U.D.I.
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Cosmo Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Arthur Spacely
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dick Beals
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Orbit
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Werner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Anode
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Orbit's mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Werner's mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Anode's mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mrs. Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lana Luna
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Moon taxi driver #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Moon taxi driver #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Moon garbageman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Moon ranger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Anode's mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mrs. Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lana Luna
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Moon taxi driver #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Moon taxi driver #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Moon garbageman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Moon ranger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Moon garbageman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Moon ranger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Moon ranger
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Spacely Space Sprockets, Inc.
 * Space Cub Scouts
 * Troop Zlgph
 * Martian and Chowder Club

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Orbit City
 * Skypad Apartments
 * Jetson residence
 * Spacely Space Sprockets building
 * Grand Central Spacion
 * The Moon
 * Moon Port
 * Moonhattan Tilton Hotel
 * Lunar Park
 * Copernicus Crater
 * Carpathian Mountains
 * Mercury (mentioned)
 * Venus (mentioned)
 * Mars (mentioned)
 * Spaceway Cafe

Objects

 * Laundrojet
 * Space Cub manual

Vehicles

 * Moon shuttle

Aftermath
When The Jetsons originally aired, no title cards were present. They were only added when the series was revived in the 1980s, and the original episodes were given title cards for consistency. 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: October 28, 1962 on ABC

Behind the scenes

 * This is the first appearance of Mr. Spacely's son, Arthur.
 * This is the first episode not to use space cars.
 * The Moon has parodies of American places such as the Moonhattan Tilton Hotel and Lunar Park in reference to the Hilton Hotel and Central Park, respectively.
 * Spacely's middle initial is given as "Q," while in "Jetson's Nite Out", it was "G."

Errors

 * Mrs. Spacely looks nothing like she did in her previous two appearances.
 * When George is about to split them up, there are four troop members, instead of five.
 * The plot ending with Arthur being happy about the badges he's earned implies that he didn't like being on the trip, but his mood seemed to vary between being happy and unhappy.

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.
 * October 13, 2020: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
 * September 10, 2019: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: The Compete Original Series on Blu-ray Disc.