Dude Planet

Dude Planet
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Network	ABC
Premiere date	February 17, 1963
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Don Messick Jean Vander Pyl
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Barry E. Blitzer
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"Dude Planet" is the twenty-third episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on February 17, 1963 on ABC. It was written by Barry E. Blitzer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Jane needs a break from all the button-pushing house chores, so she takes a vacation on Beta Three Dude Planet.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Nurse	Jean Vander Pyl
Doctor McGravity	Don Messick
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Henry Orbit	Daws Butler
Cab driver	Unavailable
Travel agent	Don Messick
Helen	Jean Vander Pyl
Harry
Beta Three Express driver	Unavailable
Jetsons' cat	Don Messick
Ranch manager	Unavailable
Bald Al Furr	Don Messick
Phone operator	Unavailable
Driver #3	Unavailable
Slinky blonde	Unavailable

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets
• Cogswell Cogs

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Universal Travel Service
    • Tahiti
    • New York (mentioned)
• Beta Three Dude Planet
  • Beta Bar Ranch
• Jupiter (mentioned)

Objects

• Medical evaluator
• Retract-o-beds
• Visaphone
• Wash-O-Ramic
• Atom Smash
• Space-a-Cola

Vehicles

• Flying cars
• Beta Three Express

Production

Aftermath

When The Jetsons originally aired, no title cards were present. They were only added when the series was revived in the 1980s, 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: February 17, 1963 on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: December 4, 1963 at 6:05 pm on ITV

Behind the scenes

• The cat from the closing credits makes an appearance, although it looks more like one of the cats from Hanna-Barbera's other TV series Top Cat, than the more realistic one from the aforementioned closing credits of The Jetsons.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ママの休日	Mom's Holiday

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.