ASTROnomical I.Q.

ASTROnomical I.Q.
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Premiere date	October 21, 1987
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Haskell Barkin
Director(s)	Art Davis Charlie Downs Oscar Dufau Paul Sommer Gordon Hunt (voices)
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'"ASTROnomical I.Q." is the second episode of The Jetsons season two, and the sixty-fifth overall. It aired on October 21, 1987 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by George Atkins, and directed by Art Davis, Charlie Downs, Oscar Dufau, Paul Sommer, and Gordon Hunt.

Elroy's new invention accidentally vastly increases Astro's intelligence being able to help George at the plant and other places, none of which last for long because Astro is still a dog. Elroy also feels put out due to Astro losing interest in playing with him.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Astro	Don Messick
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Swifty	Unavailable
Cop	N/A
Wink Martiandale	Wink Martindale

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Sky Pad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building
      • Swifty's Game Shop
      • Orbit City Dog Pound (mentioned)
• Saturn (mentioned)
  • Oxford University (mentioned)

Objects

• Evolutio
• Visaphone
• Chess-O-Matic
• Spacely Dog Cookies

Vehicles

• Flying cars

Music

The score was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 21, 1987 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• George says he works for five hours.
• Wink Martiandale is a parody of and voiced by Wink Martindale, famous for being the host of a variety of game shows.

Errors

• For some reason, the animators couldn't use a dogcatcher, so they used a policeman, instead.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • May 13, 2014: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: Season 3 on DVD.
  • October 13, 2020: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.