Difference between revisions of "Elroy's Pal"

Elroy's Pal
	File:.png;
Network	ABC
Premiere date	December 16, 1962
Starring	George O'Hanlon; Penny Singleton; Daws Butler; Janet Waldo; Howard Morris
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Walter Black
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
	Episode navigation
← Previous	Next →
	Title card

Latest revision as of 23:01, 6 April 2024

"Elroy's Pal" is the thirteenth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on December 16, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Walter Black, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

When Nimbus the Great is too sick to meet Elroy in a contest he won, George takes his place.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Nimbus the Great	Howard Morris
Announcer	Unavailable
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Willy Lightyear	Howard Morris
Henry Orbit	Daws Butler
Joe Moon
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Clyde	Unavailable

Organizations

Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Orbit City
    - Skypad Apartments
      - Jetson residence
    - Spacely Space Sprockets building
    - KLMN

Objects

Moonies

Vehicles

Flying cars

Production

Development

Filming

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: December 16, 1962 on ABC
United Kingdom and Ireland: September 25, 1963 at 6:05 pm on ITV

Behind the scenes

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	テレビの英雄	TV Hero

Home availability

In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
- March 17, 1997: First Independent Films releases The Jetsons: Bumper Edition on VHS.
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.

References

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{Episode infobox
+{{Infobox episode
-| mainimage= Elroy meets Nimbus.png
+|image= [[File:.png|300px]]
-| titlecard= Elroy's Pal title card.png
+|caption=
-| series= The Jetsons
+|prodno=
-| episodenum= 14
+|channel= [[ABC]]
-| seasonnum= [[Season one|One]]
+|premiere= [[December 16]], [[1962]]
-| airdate= December 23, 1962 ([[ABC]])
+|run_time=
-| runtime=
+|cast= [[George O'Hanlon]]<br />[[Penny Singleton]]<br />[[Daws Butler]]<br />[[Janet Waldo]]<br />[[Howard Morris]]
-| storyby= [[Walter Black]]
+|music= [[Hoyt Curtin]]
-| directedby= [[Joseph Barbera]]<br />[[William Hanna]]
+|writers= [[Walter Black]]
-| previousepisode= "[[Las Venus (episode)|Las Venus]]"
+|directors= [[William Hanna]]
-| nextepisode= "[[Test Pilot]]"
+|vodirectors= [[Joseph Barbera]]
+|previous= Astro's Top Secret
+|next= Test Pilot
+|title_card= [[File:TJ 114 title card.png|300px]]
 }}
-'''"Elroy's Pal"''' is the fourteenth episode of [[Season one|season one]].
+'''"Elroy's Pal"''' is the thirteenth episode of ''[[The Jetsons (TV series)|The Jetsons]]'' season one. It aired on [[December 16]], [[1962]] on [[ABC]]. It was written by [[Walter Black]], and produced and directed by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]], the creators of the series and the founders of [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]].
-==Premise==
+When Nimbus the Great is too sick to meet Elroy in a contest he won, George takes his place.
-When [[Nimbus the Great]] is too sick to meet [[Elroy Jetson|Elroy]] in a contest he won, [[George Jetson|George]] takes his place.
-==Synopsis==
+==Detailed summary==
-''Insert details here.''
+==Memorable quotes==
+==Characters==
+{{CastTop}}
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Elroy Jetson]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Daws Butler]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Nimbus the Great]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Howard Morris]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Announcer
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Jane Jetson]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Penny Singleton]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[George Jetson]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[George O'Hanlon]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Willy Lightyear]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Howard Morris
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Henry Orbit]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
+|-
+|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Joe Moon]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Judy Jetson]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Janet Waldo]]
+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Clyde (Elroy's Pal)|Clyde]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|-
+{{CastBottom}}
-==Characters==
+==Organizations==
-* [[Elroy Jetson]]
+* [[Spacely Space Sprockets]]
-* [[Nimbus the Great]] (only appearance)
-* Announcer (only appearance)
-* [[Jane Jetson]]
-* [[George Jetson]]
-* [[Willy Lightyear]] (only appearance)
-* [[Henry Orbit]]
-* [[Joe Moon]] (only time mentioned)
-* [[Judy Jetson]]
-* [[Clyde]] (only appearance)
 ==Locations==
 * [[Earth]]
-** [[Orbit City]]
+** [[United States]]
-*** [[Skypad Apartments]]
+*** [[Orbit City]]
-**** [[Jetson home]]
+**** [[Skypad Apartments]]
-*** [[Spacely Space Sprockets]]
+***** [[Jetson residence]]
-*** [[KLMN]] (only appearance)
+**** Spacely Space Sprockets building
+**** [[KLMN (Elroy's Pal)|KLMN]]
 ==Objects==
-* [[Moonies]] (only appearance)
+* [[Moonies]]
-* Chute
 ==Vehicles==
 * Flying cars
-==Cast==
+==Production==
+===Development===
+===Filming===
+===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 (syndication block)|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: December 16, 1962 on ABC
+* [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]: [[September 25]], 1963 at 6:05 pm on [[ITV]]
+==Behind the scenes==
+*
+==Errors==
+*
+==Critical reception==
+==In other languages==
 {| class="wikitable"
-! [[George O'Hanlon]]
+! Language
-| [[George Jetson]]
+! Name
-|-
+! Meaning
-! [[Penny Singleton]]
-| [[Jane Jetson]]
-|-
-! [[Daws Butler]]
-| [[Elroy Jetson]]<br />[[Henry Orbit]]
-|-
-! [[Janet Waldo]]
-| [[Judy Jetson]]
 |-
-! [[Howard Morris]]
+| '''Japanese'''
-| [[Nimbus the Great]]<br />[[Willy Lightyear]]
+| テレビの英雄
+| TV Hero
 |}
-==Notes/trivia==
+==Home availability==
-* The first season didn't have title cards when it originally aired. The title card comes from when the series was revived in the 1980's for a second season.
+* In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
-* On ''[[The Jetsons: The Complete First Season]]'', this is the thirteenth episode.
+** [[March 17]], [[1997]]: [[First Independent Films]] releases ''[[The Jetsons: Bumper Edition]]'' on VHS.
+* In the United States:
-===Errors===
+** [[May 11]], [[2004]]: [[Warner Home Video]] releases ''[[The Jetsons: The Complete First Season]]'' on DVD.
-* None known.
+** [[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.
-==Home media==
+** [[October 13]], [[2020]]: Warner Home Video releases ''[[The Jetsons: The Complete Series]]'' (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
-* US: ''[[The Jetsons: The Complete First Season]]'' DVD released by [[Warner Home Video]] on October 15, 2004.
+** [[June 21]], [[2022]]: Warner Home Video releases ''The Jetsons: The Complete Series'' on DVD.
-==Quotes==
+==References==
+<references/>
+[[Category:1962]]
+[[Category:ABC]]
+[[Category:Directed by Joseph Barbera]]
+[[Category:Directed by William Hanna]]
 [[Category:Episodes]]
+[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
+[[Category:Jetsons (franchise)]]
+[[Category:Jetsons episodes]]
+[[Category:The Jetsons episodes]]
+[[Category:Written by Walter Black]]