A Jetson Christmas Carol

A Jetson Christmas Carol
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Premiere date	December 13, 1985
Run time	22:01
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Don Messick Jean Vander Pyl Frank Welker Mel Blanc Allan Melvin
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Marc Paykus Barbara Levy
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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'"A Jetson Christmas Carol" is the forty-first and final episode of The Jetsons season two, and the sixty-third overall. It aired on December 13, 1985 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Marc Paykuss and Barbara Levy, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

As a result of showing his dislike of all things Christmas, three ghostly robotic apparitions visit the greedy Spacely to show him the error of his ways, from his past mistakes to what his current mistakes are and how it will affect his future.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Astro	Don Messick
Uniblab	N/A
R.U.D.I.	Don Messick
Mr. Spacely	Mel Blanc Frank Welker (kid and teen Spacely)
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Orbitty	Frank Welker
Marsley	Allan Melvin
Ghost of Christmas Past	Don Messick
Fred Flintstone	N/A
Wilma Flintstone	N/A
Mrs. Spacely	Unavailable
Ghost of Christmas Present	Allan Melvin
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Be	N/A
Vet	Unavailable

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Mall
        • Mooningdale's
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building

Objects

• Visaphone
• Spacely Lemonade

Vehicles

• Flying cars

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 13, 1985 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• As the episode title suggests Spacely's story is a parody of Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol.
• In this episode, technology is so advanced and the kids have become so lazy, that they are being fed and wiped without using their own hands.
• Mooningdale's is a parody of Bloomingdale's.
• Young George is drawn the same way he looked when the Rejuvenex de-aged him in "Boy George."
• Fred and Wilma, from The Flintstones, cameo as fictional characters at the drive-in movie theater, even though two years later they met the Jetsons in the crossover movie, The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones.

Errors

• Spacely is clearly at least a decade older than George, yet in the flashback, they are about the same age.
• The only excusable reasoning for spirit robots is that it's a dream.
• Mrs. Spacely has gone back and forth between being called Stella and Petunia, but in this episode, she's out of the blue called Starla.
• Even as a flashback, Mrs. Spacely looks awfully differently, from somewhat changed facial features, to brown hair and a tan.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 11, 2011: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: Season 2, Volume 2 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.