Boy George

'"Boy George" is the thirty-eighth episode of The Jetsons season two, and the sixtieth overall. It aired on November 25, 1985 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Charles M. Howell, IV and Alan Burnett, and directed by Art Davis, Oscar Dufau, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora, Alan Zaslove, and Gordon Hunt.

Feeling his age, George takes some youth potion, but the experimental concoction turns him into a child.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jane Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penny Singleton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Rosie
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| George O'Hanlon
 * 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:#clear"| Cosmo Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jack Nova
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Rob Paulsen
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Henry Orbit
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Astro
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Orbitty
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Frank Welker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jackson Rocket
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Scientist
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Liverspot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robot teacher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bully
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Cogswell
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miss Booster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Contempo Computers president
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cop
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robot teacher
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bully
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Cogswell
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miss Booster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Contempo Computers president
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Miss Booster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Contempo Computers president
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Contempo Computers president
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Contempo Computers
 * Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Orbit City
 * Sky Pad Apartments
 * Jetson residence
 * Contempo Computers building
 * Spacely Space Sprockets building
 * Nucleon Nutrition Center
 * Little Dipper School
 * Mars (mentioned)
 * Martian Institute of Technology (mentioned)

Objects

 * Fooder-Aca-Cycle
 * Rejuvenex

Vehicles

 * Flying cars

Music
The score was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 25, 1985 in syndication

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a reference to Boy George, the British singer who gained fame in the 1980s.
 * The Martian Institute of Technology is a parody of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 * Miss Booster fills in for Miss Galaxy without explanation.
 * Rob Paulsen is uncredited.

Everlasting influence

 * The design of George as a kid was reused for when George was a real kid in a flashback in "A Jetson Christmas Carol."

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.