A Visit from Grandpa

A Visit from Grandpa
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Network	ABC
Premiere date	December 2, 1962
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Howard Morris
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Walter Black
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"A Visit from Grandpa" is the eleventh episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on December 2, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Walter Black and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

George's energetic 110-year-old grandfather, Montague, comes for a visit.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Montague Jetson	Howard Morris
Officer Oranium	Don Messick
Emily Scopes	Jean Vander Pyl
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Astro	Don Messick
Celeste Skylar	Janet Waldo
Egbert Skylar	N/A
Montague Jetson's wife

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Milky Way Bowling Center
      • Dep't of Asteroids
      • Skylar residence
• Venus (mentioned)

Objects

• Cosmic Cola
• Rocking chair
• Moonscape hat
• Cosmonautress hat
• Venus off the Face hat
• Nuclear Look hat
• Montague's talking wristwatch

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 1985, and the original episodes were given title cards for consistency when they were all packaged together for The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera. Notably, they all include Orbitty, who wasn't in the original series.

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 2, 1962 on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: September 11, 1963 at 6:05 pm on ITV

Behind the scenes

• Celeste looks like Betty Rubble from The Flintstones.

Errors

• When Jane asks Montague why he didn't tell them everything, to begin with, it comes out of Judy's mouth.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	パパのおじいちゃん	Dad's Grandpa

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • March 17, 1997: First Independent Films releases The Jetsons: Bumper Edition on VHS.
• 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.