The Space Car

The Space Car
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Premiere date	October 14, 1962
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Barry E. Blitzer
Director(s)	William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
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"The Space Car" is the fourth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on October 14, 1962 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.

A mix-up causes George and Jane to get into the identical flying car of the bank robber, Knuckles Nuclear.

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
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Gloria	Jean Vander Pyl
Knuckles Nuclear	Daws Butler
Knuckles Nuclear's moll	Jean Vander Pyl
Bank guard #1	Don Messick
Bank guard #2	Howard Morris
Bank manager	Don Messick
Henry Orbit	Daws Butler
J.B.	Don Messick
Board member #1	Don Messick
Board member #2	N/A
Officer Oranium	Howard Morris
Judge	Don Messick
Car dealer	Don Messick
Alice	Penny Singleton
Alice's husband	George O'Hanlon
Alice's mother	Jean Vander Pyl
Jane's mother
Sergeant	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Sky Pad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • 1st National Fly In Bank
      • Molecular Motors
• Mars

Objects

• Fooder-Aca-Cycle
• Visaphone
• Morning masks
• Baby gas gun
• Come Clean

Vehicles

• Space 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: October 14, 1962 on ABC

Errors

• When talking through the visaphone, Jane still has to tell George it's her, but this may have be done as a joke more than anything else.

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 Compete 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.