Test Pilot

Test Pilot
Premiere date	December 30, 1962
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Harvey Bullock R.S. Allen
Director(s)	William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
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"Test Pilot" is the fifteenth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on December 30, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Harvey Bullock and R.S. Allen, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

After George thinks he doesn't have long to live, he volunteers to test out a prototype jacket that's supposed to be indestructible.

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
George's mother
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Astro	Don Messick
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Robot secretary	Unavailable
Professor Lunar	Daws Butler
Mr. Cogswell	Daws Butler
Doctor Ken Radius	Don Messick
Announcer	Don Messick
British newscaster	Don Messick
French newscaster	Mel Blanc
Russian newscaster	George O'Hanlon

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets
• Cogswell Cogs
• Daily Orbit
• BBC
• TV Francaise

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Sky Pad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building
      • Cogswell Cogs building
  • England
    • London
      • BBC TV studio
  • France
    • Paris
    • TV Francaise studio
    • Eiffel Tower
  • Russia

Objects

• Breakfast pill
• Spacely Life Jacket
• Cogswell indestructible jacket
• Peekaboo Prober
• Daily Orbit newspaper

Vehicles

• Flying cars

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: December 30, 1962 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• The first season didn't have title cards when it originally aired. The title card comes from when the series was revived in the 1980's for a second season.
• Spacely gives his middle initial as "C."
• The BBC is a real-life TV studio in Britain.
• George is 40-years-old.

Errors

• The Fooder-Aca-Cycle that serves real food has been replaced by a dial-up machine that serves pill supplements.
• Spacely says "Cogswell Cogs," but the sign reads "Cogswell's Cogs."
• Usually, newspapers are shown through TV screens, not physically printed.
• Spacely Space Rockets went out of business at the end of the episode, but by the next episode, George and Spacely are already back at work.

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.