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Elroy's TV Show
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Network	CBS
Premiere date	November 18, 1962
Starring	George O'Hanlon; Penny Singleton; Daws Butler; Don Messick; Janet Waldo; Mel Blanc; Jean Vander Pyl; Dick Beals
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Warren Foster
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"Elroy's TV Show" is the ninth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on November 18, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Warren Foster, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Elroy and Astro get their own TV show.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mr. Transistor	Don Messick
Charlie
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Astro	Don Messick
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Mr. Spacely	Mel Blanc
Stella Spacely	Jean Vander Pyl
Arthur Spacely	Dick Beals
Zero	Unavailable
Mr. Lunar	Unavailable
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Charlie, TV director	Unavailable

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Orbit City
    - Asteroid TV Productions studio
    - Skypark Casino
    - Skypad Apartments
      - Jetson residence
      - Lunar residence
    - Spacely Space Sprockets building
  - Australia (mentioned)
    - Melbourne (mentioned)
Jupiter

Objects

Jupiter drinks
Moonglow drinks

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: November 18, 1962 on ABC
United Kingdom and Ireland: August 28, 1963 at 6:05 pm on ITV

Behind the scenes

Errors

Why confuse things with two different Charlies?

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	エルロイ坊やテレビ・スターに	Elroy Boy TV Star

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

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-'''"Elroy's TV Show"''' is the ninth episode of ''[[The Jetsons (1962 TV series)|The Jetsons]]'' season one. It aired on November 18, 1962, on [[ABC]]. It was written by [[Warren Foster]], and produced and directed by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]], the creators of the show and the co-founders of [[Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera Productions]].
+'''"Elroy's TV Show"''' is the ninth episode of ''[[The Jetsons (TV series)|The Jetsons]]'' season one. It aired on [[November 18]], [[1962]] on [[ABC]]. It was written by [[Warren Foster]], and produced and directed by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]], the creators of the series and the founders of [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]].
 Elroy and Astro get their own [[Spaceboy, Zoom... and His Dog, Astro|TV show]].
 ==Detailed summary==
 ==Memorable quotes==
 ==Characters==
 {{CastTop}}
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 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[George O'Hanlon]]
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+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mr. Spacely]]
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mel Blanc]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mrs. Spacely|Stella Spacely]]
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Daws Butler]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Jean Vander Pyl]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Arthur Spacely]]
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 ==Organizations==
 * [[Asteroid TV Productions]]
-* Australian Ratchet Company
+* [[Australian Ratchet Company]]
 ==Locations==
 * [[Earth]]
-** [[Orbit City]]
+** [[United States]]
-*** Asteroid TV Productions studio
+*** [[Orbit City]]
-*** [[Skypark Casino]]
+**** Asteroid TV Productions studio
-*** [[Skypad Apartments]]
+**** [[Skypark Casino]]
-**** Jetsons' apartment
+**** [[Skypad Apartments]]
-**** Mr. Lunar's apartment
+***** [[Jetson residence]]
-*** [[Spacely Space Sprockets]]
+***** [[Lunar residence]]
-** Melbourne, [[Australia]]
+**** Spacely Space Sprockets building
-* Jupiter
+*** [[Australia]] (mentioned)
+**** [[Melbourne]] (mentioned)
+* [[Jupiter]]
 ==Objects==
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 ==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.
+===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: November 18, 1962 on ABC
+* [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]: [[August 28]], [[1963]] at 6:05 pm on [[ITV]]
 ==Behind the scenes==
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 ==Critical reception==
 ==In other languages==
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 ! Meaning
 |-
-|
+| '''Japanese'''
-|
+| エルロイ坊やテレビ・スターに
-|
+| Elroy Boy TV Star
 |}
 ==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==
 <references/>
+[[Category:1962]]
+[[Category:ABC]]
 [[Category:Directed by Joseph Barbera]]
 [[Category:Directed by William Hanna]]
 [[Category:Episodes]]
-[[Category:The Jetsons (1962 TV series) episodes]]
+[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
+[[Category:Jetsons (franchise)]]
+[[Category:Jetsons episodes]]
 [[Category:The Jetsons episodes]]
+[[Category:Written by Warren Foster]]