Las Venus


 * For the location itself, see Las Venus (location).

"Las Venus" is the seventeenth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on January 20, 1963 on ABC. It was written by Tony Benedict, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Spacely forces George to work while on his second honeymoon with Jane on the planet of Las Venus.

Characters

 * 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"| Elroy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Judy Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Astro
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jane's mother
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Astro
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jane's mother
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mr. Spacely
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mel Blanc

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Orbit City
 * Sky Pad Apartments
 * Jetson residence
 * Chicago (mentioned)
 * Boston (mentioned)
 * England (indirectly mentioned)
 * London (indirectly mentioned)
 * Tower of London (mentioned)
 * Lunarville
 * The Moon (mentioned)
 * Las Venus

Objects

 * Nothing of importance

Vehicles

 * Flying cars

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

 * It's only implied that it's Jane's mother who Elroy and Judy are going to visit, not outright stated.
 * Las Venus is a parody of Las Vegas. It is not based on the planet Venus.

Errors

 * When George and Jane are first placed in the car, they only have black dots for eyes; then when Judy is placed in the car she has only black dots, but the former two's eyes are back to normal. A couple of minutes later, when George is talking about gambling to make the money back he lost last time, all three have black dots for eyes.

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.