A Visit from Grandpa

"A Visit from Grandpa" is the eleventh episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on December 2, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Walter Black, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joe Barbera, the creators of the show and the co-founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

George's energetic 110-year-old grandfather, Montague, comes for a visit.

Characters
In order of appearance:

Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics


 * Montague Jetson (Howard Morris)
 * Police officer (Don Messick)
 * Emily Scopes (Jean Vander Pyl)
 * George Jetson (George O'Hanlon)
 * Elroy Jetson (Daws Butelr)
 * Jane Jetson (Penny Singleton)
 * Judy Jetson (Janet Waldo)
 * Astro (Don Messick)
 * Celeste Skylar (Janet Waldo)
 * "Egbert" Skylar
 * Montague Jetson's wife

Locations

 * Earth
 * Orbit City
 * Skypad Apartments
 * Jetsons' apartment
 * Milky Way Bowling Center
 * Dep't of Asteroids
 * Skylars' apartment
 * Venus

Objects

 * Cosmic Cola
 * Rocking chair
 * Moonscape hat
 * Cosmonautress hat
 * Venus off the Face hat
 * Nuclear Look hat
 * Montague's talking wristwatch

Vehicles

 * Flying 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

 * This is the first appearance of Montague.
 * Celeste Skylar looks like Betty Rubble from The Flintstones.

Errors

 * When Jane asks Montague why didn't tell them everything to begin with, it comes out of Judy's mouth.