The Space Car

"The Space Car" is the fourth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on October 14, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Barry E. Blitzer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joe Barbera, the creators of the show and the co-founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

A mix up causes George and Jane to get into the identical flying car of bank robber, Knuckles Nuclear.

Characters
In order of appearance:

Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics


 * George Jetson (George O'Hanlon)
 * Jane Jetson (Penny Singleton)
 * Elroy Jetson (Daws Butler)
 * Judy Jetson (Janet Waldo)
 * Gloria (Jean Vander Pyl)
 * Knuckles Nuclear (Daws Butler)
 * Knuckles Nuclear's moll (Jean Vander Pyl)
 * Bank guard 1 (Don Messick)
 * Bank guard 2 (Howard Morris)
 * Bank manager (Don Messick)
 * Henry Orbit (Daws Butler)
 * J.B. (Don Messick)
 * Board member 1 (Don Messick)
 * Board member 2
 * Police officer (Howard Morris)
 * Judge (Don Messick)
 * Car dealer (Don Messick)
 * Alice (Penny Singleton)
 * Alice's husband (George O'Hanlon)
 * Alice's mother (Jean Vander Pyl)
 * Jane's mother
 * Sergeant

Locations

 * Earth
 * Orbit City
 * Skypad Apartments
 * Jetsons' apartment
 * 1st National Fly In Bank
 * Molecular Motors
 * Mars

Objects

 * Fooder-Aca-Cycle
 * Visaphone
 * Morning masks
 * Baby gas gun
 * Come Clean

Vehicles

 * Space cars

Development
When The Jetsons originally aired no title cards were present. The were only added when the series was revived in the 1980s, and the original episodes were given title cards for consistency. Notably, the all include Orbitty, who wasn't in the original series.

Behind the scenes

 * The first season didn't have title cards when it originally aired. The title card comes from when the series was revived in the 1980's for a second season.
 * In this episode, Spacely's middle initial is given as "G," although in "The Good Little Scouts", it is "Q."
 * This is the first time Mrs. Spacely appears outside of the visaphone.
 * On The Jetsons: The Complete First Season, this is the fifth episode.

Errors

 * When talking through the visaphone, Jane still has to tell George it's her, but this may have be done as a joke more than anything else.