Astro's Top Secret

Astro's Top Secret
Premiere date	December 9, 1962
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict
Director(s)	William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
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"Astro's Top Secret" is the twelfth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on December 9, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Tony Benedict, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the show and the co-founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

After Astro swallows Elroy's flying toy car, Mr. Cogswell gets him dognapped to figure out the secret, as he thinks Spacely will try to put him out of business.

Characters

In order of appearance:

Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics

• George Jetson (George O'Hanlon)
• Astro (Don Messick)
• Jane Jetson (Penny Singleton)
• Cosmo Spacely (Mel Blanc)
• Mr. Cogswell (Daws Butler)
• Harlan (Howard Morris)
• Elroy Jetson (Daws Butler)
• Moonstone (Daws Butler)
• Marilyn (Jean Vander Pyl)

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets, Inc.

Locations

• Orbit City
  • Skypad Apartments
    • Jetsons' apartment
  • Moonside Country Club
  • Cogswell Cogs
  • Spacely Space Sprockets
    • Spacely's office
    • George's office

Objects

• Oral computer

Vehicles

• Flying cars

Production

Development

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

• Judy is absent.

In other languages

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