Jane's Driving Lesson

"Jane's Driving Lesson" is the eighteenth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on January 20, 1963 on ABC. It was written by Joanna Lee and Dalton Sandifer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Jane goes for driving lessons to get a second car and ends up with Knuckles Nuclear as her driving instructor.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George O'Hanlon
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Woman driver
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Barber impersonator
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Henry Orbit
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Elroy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bobby
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * 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:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Sonic
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Titus T. Tweeter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Howard Morris
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank teller
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Knuckles Nuclear
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Officer O'Jetski
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Officer O'Jetski's partner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| TV reporter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Police officer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Police sergeant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mayor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judge
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ariel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Officer O'Jetski's partner
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| TV reporter
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Police officer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Police sergeant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mayor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judge
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ariel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mayor
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judge
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ariel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ariel
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl

Organizations

 * Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Orbit City
 * Spacely Space Sprockets building
 * Barber shop
 * Sky Pad Apartments
 * Henry Orbit's residence
 * Jetson residence
 * Spaceys Department Store
 * Aero-Space Driving School
 * Bank
 * Police station
 * Bus stop

Objects

 * George's talking wristwatch
 * Chutes
 * Menulator
 * Courage pill

Vehicles

 * Flying cars
 * Buses

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: January 20, 1963 on ABC

Behind the scenes

 * Driving learner's permit can be given at eight years old.

Errors

 * The judge says George slammed into his car, but the car resembles the one Jane was driving from the Aero-Space Driving School.
 * Both the officers in the car following Jane refer to each as O'Jetski.

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.