Difference between revisions of "Miss Solar System"

Miss Solar System
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Network	ABC
Premiere date	February 10, 1963
Starring	George O'Hanlon; Penny Singleton; Daws Butler; Janet Waldo; Mel Blanc; Jean Vander Pyl
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Barry E. Blitzer
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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Latest revision as of 23:08, 6 April 2024

For the event itself, see Miss Solar System (event).

"Miss Solar System" is the twentieth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on February 10, 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.

Jane enters the Miss Solar System pageant after George doesn't pay attention to her.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Sally	Unavailable
Gloria	Unavailable
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Fred Solarvan	Unavailable
Gina Lolajupiter	Janet Waldo
Mr. Spacely	Mel Blanc
Mrs. Spacely	Jean Vander Pyl
Yogi Bear
Emcee	Unavailable
George's mother

Organizations

Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Orbit City
    - Sally's Satellite Dress Shoppe
    - Skypad Apartments
      - Jetson residence
    - Spacely Space Sprockets building
Venus City
- Venus City Convention Hall

Objects

Tele-tape
Tele-tape player

Vehicles

Flying car

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: February 10, 1963 on ABC
United Kingdom and Ireland: November 13, 1963 at 6:05 pm on ITV

Behind the scenes

Judy does not appear for the second time this season.
Fred Solarvan is a parody of Ed Sullivan.
Daws Butler reprises his Yogi role of sorts when George does an impression of him.

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	美の栄冠はだれに	Who is the Crown of Beauty?

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.

References

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-:''You may also be looking for the pageant, [[Miss Solar System]].''
+:''For the event itself, see [[Miss Solar System (event)]].''
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 |name= Miss Solar System
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-|premiere= [[February 3]], [[1963]]
+|channel= [[ABC]]
+|premiere= [[February 10]], [[1963]]
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+|cast= [[George O'Hanlon]]<br />[[Penny Singleton]]<br />[[Daws Butler]]<br />[[Janet Waldo]]<br />[[Mel Blanc]]<br />[[Jean Vander Pyl]]
 |music= [[Hoyt Curtin]]
-|writtenby= [[Barry E. Blitzer]]
+|writers= [[Barry E. Blitzer]]
-|directors= [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]]
+|directors= [[William Hanna]]
+|vodirectors= [[Joseph Barbera]]
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-|next= Private Property
+|next= TV or Not TV (Jetsons)
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-'''"Miss Solar System"''' is the twentieth episode of ''[[The Jetsons (TV series)|The Jetsons]]'' season one. It aired on [[February 3]], [[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|Hanna-Barbera Productions]].
+'''"Miss Solar System"''' is the twentieth episode of ''[[The Jetsons (TV series)|The Jetsons]]'' season one. It aired on [[February 10]], [[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]].
-Jane enters the [[Miss Solar System]] pageant after George doesn't pay attention to her.
+Jane enters the Miss Solar System pageant after George doesn't pay attention to her.
 ==Detailed summary==
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 |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Janet Waldo]]
 |-
-|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Cosmo Spacely]]
+|style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mr. Spacely]]
 |style="background-color:#clear"| [[Mel Blanc]]
 |-
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 *** [[Orbit City]]
 **** [[Sally's Satellite Dress Shoppe]]
-**** [[Sky Pad Apartments]]
+**** [[Skypad Apartments]]
-***** Jetson residence
+***** [[Jetson residence]]
 **** Spacely Space Sprockets building
 * [[Venus City]]
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 ==Production==
 ===Development===
+===Filming===
 ===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.
+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 score was composed and conducted by [[Hoyt Curtin]].
+The music was composed and conducted by [[Hoyt Curtin]].
 ==Release==
 Dates are in order of release:
-* United States: February 3, 1963 on ABC
+* United States: February 10, 1963 on ABC
+* [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]: [[November 13]], 1963 at 6:05 pm on [[ITV]]
 ==Behind the scenes==
 * Judy does not appear for the second time this season.
 * Fred Solarvan is a parody of Ed Sullivan.
-* [[Daws Butler]] reprises his Yogi role of sorts when George does an impression of him.
+* Daws Butler reprises his Yogi role of sorts when George does an impression of him.
 ==Errors==
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 ! Meaning
 |-
-|
+| '''Japanese'''
-|
+| 美の栄冠はだれに
-|
+| Who is the Crown of Beauty?
 |}
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 ** [[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 Compete Original Series]]'' on Blu-ray Disc.
+** [[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:1963]]
+[[Category:ABC]]
 [[Category:Directed by Joseph Barbera]]
 [[Category:Directed by William Hanna]]
 [[Category:Episodes]]
 [[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
+[[Category:Jetsons (franchise)]]
 [[Category:Jetsons episodes]]
-[[Category:Jetsons]]
 [[Category:The Jetsons episodes]]
 [[Category:Written by Barry E. Blitzer]]