Astro's Top Secret

Astro's Top Secret
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Network	ABC
Premiere date	December 9, 1962
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Don Messick Mel Blanc Howard Morris Jean Vander Pyl
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"Astro's Top Secret" is the twelfth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on December 9, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Tony Benedict and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

After Astro swallows Elroy's flying toy car, Mr. Cogswell gets him dognapped to figure out the secret, as he thinks Spacely will try to put him out of business.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Astro	Don Messick
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Mr. Cogswell	Daws Butler
Harlan	Howard Morris
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Moonstone	Daws Butler
Marilyn	Jean Vander Pyl

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets, Inc.
• Cogswell Cogs

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
    • Moonside Country Club
    • Cogswell Cogs building
    • Spacely Space Sprockets building

Objects

• Oral computer

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 9, 1962 on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: September 18, 1963 at 6:05 pm on ITV

Behind the scenes

• Judy is absent.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	秘密兵器アストロ	Secret Weapon Astro

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.