Rosey the Robot

This article is about the episode. For the character, see Rosie.

Rosey the Robot
Premiere date	September 23, 1962
Writer(s)	Larry Markes
Director(s)	William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
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"Rosey the Robot" is the first episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on September 23, 1962 on ABC at 7:30PM. It was written by Larry Markes, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the show and the co-founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Jane insists that she needs a robot maid. They take in Rosie, who's attitude and expense, put George's job on the line.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jet Jackwash	Howard Morris
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
George's mother
Jane's mother	Jean Vander Pyl
Secretary	Jean Vander Pyl
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Mrs. Spacely	Jean Vander Pyl
Sales clerk	Don Messick
Agnes	Jean Vander Pyl
Mr. Chips
Blance	Jean Vander Pyl
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Jimmy	Mel Blanc

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets, Inc.

Locations

• Earth
  • Orbit City
    • Skypad Apartments
      • Jetson residence
    • Spacely Space Sprockets
    • Mall
      • U-Rent a Maid
    • Space bus stop
  • Acapulco
  • Hawaii
  • Europe
    • Siberia
    • Great Britain
    • France
• The Moon

Objects

• Ejector bed
• Instant stretch bikini
• Space boots
• Fooder-Aca-Cycle
• Visaphones
• Pineapple upside-down cake
• Public visaphone booth

Vehicles

• Space cars

Production

Development

TV Guide's ad for the first episode.

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.

Behind the scenes

• Rosie was at first spelled "Rosey" for this episode and "Rosey's Boyfriend", until it was changed for subsequent episodes such as "Rosie Come Home" and Jetsons: The Movie.
• "Rosey's Boyfriend" is the only other appearance of Rosie in season one.
• Judy is fifteen in this episode.
• Jane is thirty-three in this episode.
• Elroy is six and a half in this episode.
• Janet Waldo, the voice of Judy, provides audio commentary for this episode on the original first season DVD set and the Blu-ray transfer.

Errors

• When Jane says to Judy she couldn't go swimming after school, the former has long purple sleeves.

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.
  • October 13, 2020: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
  • September 10, 2019: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: The Compete Original Series on Blu-ray Disc.