Dog Daze Afternoon (Jetsons)


 * This article is about The Jetsons episode. For the Tom & Jerry Kids episode of the same name, see Dog Daze Afternoon (Tom and Jerry).

'"Dog Daze Afternoon" is the thirty-fourth episode of The Jetsons season two, and the fifty-sixth overall. It aired on November 15, 1985 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Marc Paykuss and Barbara Levy, and directed by Art Davis, Oscar Dufau, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora, Alan Zaslove, and Gordon Hunt.

A mix-up of computer disks between a new Spacely Space Sprockets transportation device and Elroy's dog training machine, makes programs George to act like a dog.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Cogswell
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Cosmo Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George O'Hanlon
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jane Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penny Singleton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Astro
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Rosie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elroy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Orbitty
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Albert Moonstein
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robot bellhop
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elroy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Orbitty
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Albert Moonstein
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robot bellhop
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Albert Moonstein
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robot bellhop
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Spacely Space Sprockets
 * Cogswell Cogs

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Orbit City
 * Spacely Space Sprockets building
 * Cogswell Cogs building
 * Sky Pad Apartments
 * Jetson residence
 * The Moon
 * Las Venus
 * Starcrust Hotel

Objects

 * E.X.I.T.
 * Nova
 * Gravity boots
 * Elroy Jetson Instant Dog Trainer
 * Visaphone

Vehicles

 * Flying cars

Music
The score was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 15, 1985 in syndication

Behind the scenes

 * Albert Moonstein is a parody of Albert Einstein.

Errors

 * George can breath in space.
 * The computer disks say what they are, so the confusion seems impossible to make.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * November 11, 2011: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: Season 2, Volume 2 on DVD.
 * 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.