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 Joseph 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

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Montague Jetson
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Howard Morris
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Police officer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Emily Scopes
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| 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"| Jane Jetson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Penny Singleton
 * 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:#clear"| Celeste Skylar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| "Egbert" Skylar
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Montague Jetson's wife
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Astro
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Celeste Skylar
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Janet Waldo
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| "Egbert" Skylar
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Montague Jetson's wife
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| "Egbert" Skylar
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Montague Jetson's wife
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Montague Jetson's wife

Locations

 * Earth
 * Orbit City
 * Skypad Apartments
 * Jetson residence
 * Milky Way Bowling Center
 * Dep't of Asteroids
 * Skylar residence
 * 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

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

Behind the scenes

 * Celeste Skylar looks like Betty Rubble from The Flintstones.

Errors

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