The Wrong Stuff

The Wrong Stuff
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Premiere date	November 5, 1985
Run time	22:03
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Don Messick Jean Vander Pyl Frank Welker Mel Blanc
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Barry E. Blitzer
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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'"The Wrong Stuff" is the twenty-ninth episode of The Jetsons season two, and the fifty-first overall. It aired on November 5, 1985 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Barry E. Blitzer, and directed by Art Davis, Oscar Dufau, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora, Alan Zaslove, and Gordon Hunt.

Elroy becomes a celebrity after he and Astro accidentally board a rocket, which is programmed to land back to Earth in five years. However, due to interference with a black hole, they return quicker than expected, with some surprising results.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Astro	Don Messick
Mr. Spacely	Mel Blanc
Humanoids	Unavailable
John Glenn
Ham the Chimp
Ham the Chimp's great-great-great grandson	Unavailable
Doctor Fritz Farout	Unavailable
Colonel Chuck Upchuck	Unavailable
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Orbitty	Frank Welker
Marsha Meteorite	Unavailable
Doctor	Unavailable
Rip Van Wrinkle

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Orbit City Space Center
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Centrifugal Force Chamber
• Jupiter (mentioned)
• Saturn (mentioned)

Objects

• John Glenn's sweat socks
• My Life in the Black Bowl
• Visaphone

Vehicles

• Flying cars

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 5, 1985 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• Elroy turns nine in this episode.
• George breaks the fourth wall at the end of the episode, telling the audience that they save Elroy and Astro just in time.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • June 2, 2009: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: Season 2, Volume 1 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.