The Space Car

"The Space Car" is the fourth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on October 14, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Barry E. Blitzer and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

A mix-up causes George and Jane to get into the identical flying car of the bank robber, Knuckles Nuclear.

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:#d2d2ff"| Gloria
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Knuckles Nuclear
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Knuckles Nuclear's moll
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank guard #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank guard #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Howard Morris
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank manager
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Henry Orbit
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| J.B.
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Board member #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Board member #2
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Officer Oranium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Howard Morris
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judge
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Car dealer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Penny Singleton
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice's husband
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| George O'Hanlon
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice's mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jane's mother
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Officer Oranium
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Howard Morris
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Judge
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Car dealer
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Penny Singleton
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice's husband
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| George O'Hanlon
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice's mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jane's mother
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Alice's mother
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Jane's mother
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sergeant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Orbit City
 * Sky Pad Apartments
 * Jetson residence
 * 1st National Fly In Bank
 * Molecular Motors
 * Mars

Objects

 * Fooder-Aca-Cycle
 * Visaphone
 * Morning masks
 * Baby gas gun
 * Come Clean

Vehicles

 * Space 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 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: October 14, 1962 on ABC

Errors

 * When talking through the visaphone, Jane still has to tell George it's her, but this may have be done as a joke more than anything else.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * May 11, 2004: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete First Season on DVD.
 * May 26, 2009: Warner Home Video releases Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1970s Volume 1 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.
 * In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
 * March 17, 1997: First Independent Films releases The Jetsons: Bumper Edition on VHS.