Dance Time

Dance Time
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Premiere date	October 3, 1985
Run time	22:00
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Don Messick Jean Vander Pyl Mel Blanc Frank Nelson John Stephenson
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	George Atkins
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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"Dance Time" is the thirteenth episode of The Jetsons season two, and the thirty-seventh overall. It aired on October 3, 1985 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by George Atkins, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

George takes dancing lessons so he can dance at Judy's party, but ends up using experimental automatic dance shoes which turns him into a sensation.

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
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Orbitty	Frank Welker
Robot repairman	Don Messick
Dance teacher	Frank Nelson
Cop	John Stephenson
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Mr. Spacely	Mel Blanc
Mrs. Cogswell
Principal	Unavailable
Board members	Unavailable
Director	John Stephenson
Dancer	N/A
Studio chief	Unavailable
Assistant director	Unavailable

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets
• Nebulous Broadcasting System

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Intergalactic Dance Studios
      • Little Dipper School
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building
      • Nebulous Broadcasting System building
• Zook (mentioned)

Objects

• Space decorating kit
• Dancing shoes
• Visaphone

Vehicles

• Flying car

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 3, 1985 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• The Intergalactic Dance Studios is a parody of the dance studio chains of Arthur Murray.

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.