Far-Out Father

Far-Out Father
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Premiere date	November 13, 1985
Run time	22:05
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Don Messick Jean Vander Pyl Frank Welker Howard Morris
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Mark Young
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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'"Far-Out Father" is the thirty-third episode of The Jetsons season two, and the fifty-fifth overall. It aired on November 13, 1985 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Mark Young, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

While Elroy makes a class project about his father, George has to contend with Astro's spring fever, which has made him obsessed with the new neighborhood dog, Jezebel.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Astro	Don Messick
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Bus driver	Howard Morris
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Kenny Countdown	Unavailable
Miss Gyro	Unavailable
Orbitty	Frank Welker
Jezebel	Frank Welker
Mr. Countdown	N/A
Miss Brainmocker	Janet Waldo
Space jogger	Unavailable
Astro's puppies	Unavailable

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
        • Miss Gyro's residence
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building
      • Little Dipper School
      • City dump

Objects

• Laund-O-Matic
• Visaphone

Vehicles

• Flying cars

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 13, 1985 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• Judy is absent for the third time.
• Astro becomes a father in this episode.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • June 2, 2009: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: Season 2, Volume 1 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.