Spacely for a Day

Spacely for a Day
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Premiere date	November 12, 1987
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Haskell Barkin
Director(s)	Art Davis Charlie Downs Oscar Dufau Paul Sommer Gordon Hunt (voices)
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'"Spacely for a Day" is the tenth episode of The Jetsons season three, and the seventy-third and final overall. It aired on November 12, 1987 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Haskell Barkin, and directed by Art Davis, Charlie Downs, Oscar Dufau, Paul Sommer, and Gordon Hunt.

After Spacely is guilted into taking a thirty-year long overdue vacation with his wife, he is forced to find a substitute to run his plant, with George fulfilling the requirements necessary. With Spacely out the way, Mr. Cogswell sees this as the perfect opportunity to ruin the company.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
R.U.D.I.	Don Messick
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Professor Nebula	Unavailable
Mrs. Spacely	Jean Vander Pyl
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Astro	Don Messick
Drill sergeant	Unavailable
Miss Galaxy	Jean Vander Pyl
Mr. Cogswell	Daws Butler
Harlan	Howard Morris
Customer #1	Unavailable
Customer #2	Unavailable

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets
• Cogswell Cogs
• Universal Galactic Products Unlimited

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building
      • Sky Pad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Cogswell Cogs building
      • The 4 Club
      • Universal Galactic Products Unlimited building

Objects

• Visaphones
• Fooder-Aca-Cycle

Vehicles

• Flying cars

Music

The score was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 12, 1987 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• The Jetsons continued their lives in subsequent movies, beginning with The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, which aired three days later.

Errors

• For some reason, the animators couldn't just reuse the Orbit City Golf Club. Instead, they replace it with The 4 Club.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • May 13, 2014: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: Season 3 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.