Family Fallout

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Family Fallout
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Premiere date	September 23, 1985
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Mark Seidenberg
Director(s)	Art Davis Oscar Dufau Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora Alan Zaslove
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"Family Fallout" is the sixth episode of The Jetsons season two, and the thirtieth overall. It aired on September 23, 1985 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Mark Seidenberg, and directed by Art Davis, Oscar Dufau, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora, and Alan Zaslove.

Spacely conspires to win against George on Family Fallout.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Astro	Don Messick
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Orbitty	Frank Welker
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Richard Rocketeer	Frank Welker
Mrs. Spacely	Jean Vander Pyl
Mrs. Meltdown	Unavailable
Arthur Spacely	Unavailable
Zero	N/A
Mr. Cogswell
Kepler
Jet Screamer
Calvin Clone
J. Paul Galaxy
Mogzilla
R.U.D.I.	Don Messick
Doctor Ken Radius	Unavailable
John Starbuck

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets
• Cogswell Cogs
• Asteroid Productions
• Monkey Boys (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Sky Pad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building
      • Cogswell Cogs building
      • Asteroid TV Productions building
      • McDippers (mentioned)
• Las Venus
• Mars (mentioned)
• Titanus (mentioned)
• Dwarfus (mentioned)
• Squeegie (mentioned)

Objects

• Fooder-Aca-Cycle
• Supersonic Big Dipper Deluxe Menulator
• Cogswell answering machine
• TV Galactic Guide (mentioned)

Vehicles

• Flying cars
• Alpha Beta Romeo flying car

Music

The score was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 23, 1985 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• Astro's collar is apparently electronic, which Rosie can control Astro, as well as pick up her voice.
• Richard Rocketeer and Family Fallout are parodies of Richard Dawson and Family Feud, respectively.
• Jet Screamer's song "Eep Opp Ork Ah-Ah" was performed in "A Date with Jet Screamer."
• Calvin Clone is a parody of fashion designer, Calvin Kline.
• TV Galactic Guide is a parody of TV Guide.
• Mogzilla is a parody of Godzilla.
• R.U.D.I. originally appeared in "The Good Little Scouts" as simply a voice wave representation on a small rectangular monitor, whereas from this appearance, he's a face on a giant screen.
• McDippers is a parody of the McDonald's fast food restaurant chain.
• "I Left My Chip in Supernova" is a parody of the song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco".
• The Monkey Boys may be a parody of the band, Monkees.
• John Starbuck's Of Mice and Martians is a parody of the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • June 2, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: Season 2, Volume 1 on DVD.
  • October 13, 2020: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.