G.I. Jetson

G.I. Jetson
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Premiere date	January 27, 1963
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Barry E. Blitzer
Director(s)	William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
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"G.I. Jetson" is the nineteenth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on January 27, 1963 on ABC. It was written by Barry E. Blitzer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

George is enrolled in the space guard reserves, where his superiors are his boss, Spacely, and the conniving Uniblab.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Astro	Don Messick
Delivery boy	Unavailable
Henry Orbit	Daws Butler
Henry Orbit's grandfather
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Congressman Flameout
Colonel Countdown	Don Messick
Uniblab	Don Messick
General McMissile	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Sky Pad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
    • Chicago (mentioned)
  • England (indirectly mentioned)
    • London (mentioned)
  • France (indirectly mentioned)
    • Paris (mentioned)
• Space-Hades
• Venus (mentioned)
• Camp Nebula

Objects

• Tele-tape (voiced by Don Messick)
• Tele-tape player
• Potato pills
• Potato masher

Vehicles

• Flying car

Production

Aftermath

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.

Music

The score was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 27, 1963 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• George dealt with Uniblab in the episode, "Uniblab." Both episodes also have Henry Orbit, where he helps George tamper with Uniblab to get even; this time he seems to have blown up (off-screen).
  • Uniblab, however, returns in season two, still getting George to gamble at Spacely Space Sprockets, but in a smaller capacity and a lot more tamer.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• 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.