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Hi-Tech Wreck
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Premiere date	October 17, 1985
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Bill Allen
Director(s)	Art Davis; Oscar Dufau; Carl Urbano; Rudy Zamora; Alan Zaslove; Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"Hi-Tech Wreck" is the nineteenth episode of The Jetsons season two, and the forty-second overall. It aired on October 17, 1985 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Bill Allen, and directed by Art Davis, Oscar Dufau, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora, Alan Zaslove, and Gordon Hunt.

A successful investment opportunity between Spacely Space Sprockets and a major corporation rides on George keeping R.U.D.I. from overloading, which, of course, means the end of his job, if he fails.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Tow truck guy	Unavailable
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Astro	Don Messick
Mr. Megabucks	Unavailable
R.U.D.I.	Don Messick
Starla	Unavailable
Orbitty	Frank Welker
Rosie	N/A

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Orbit City
    - Spacely Space Sprockets building
    - Sky Pad Apartments
      - Jetson residence
    - Megabucks Intergalactic Financial Corp. building
Outer Moongolia

Objects

Fooder-Aca-Cycle

Vehicles

Moongolian Express
Flying cars

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The score was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: October 17, 1985 in syndication

Behind the scenes

Some of the animation is clearly the work of John K.
Rosie is treated nothing more than a household appliance in this episode.
U-Fly is a parody of U-Haul.

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- November 11, 2011: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: Season 2, Volume 2 on DVD.
- 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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 ** [[November 11]], [[2011]]: [[Warner Archive Collection]] releases ''[[The Jetsons: Season 2, Volume 2]]'' on DVD.
 ** [[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.
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