Future Tense

Future Tense
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Premiere date	November 12, 1985
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	George Atkins
Director(s)	Art Davis Oscar Dufau Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora Alan Zaslove Gordon Hunt (voices)
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'"Future Tense" is the thirty-second episode of The Jetsons season two, and the fifty-fourth overall. It aired on November 12, 1985 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by George Atkins, and directed by Art Davis, Oscar Dufau, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora, Alan Zaslove, and Gordon Hunt.

After finding out Jane's new sunglasses can foresee the immediate future, she and George turn to betting on horses, until they get into trouble with two shady-looking figures.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Astro	Don Messick
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Orbitty	Frank Welker
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Cop	N/A
Betting man	Unavailable
IRS agent #1	Unavailable
IRS agent #2	Frank Welker

Organizations

• Interspace Revenue Service

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Sky Pad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
• Bevdayo

Objects

• Le Pooch

Vehicles

• Flying cars

Music

The score was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 12, 1985 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• George breaks the fourth wall by looking at the camera when he not so subtly mentions the Interspace Revenue Service, being an allusion to the Internal Revenue Service.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • June 2, 2009: Warner Archive Collection 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.