Father/Daughter Dance

Father/Daughter Dance
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Premiere date	October 29, 1987
Run time	22:06
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Don Messick Mel Blanc Howard Morris Brenda Vacarro Brian Cummings
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Haskell Barkin
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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'"Father/Daughter Dance" is the fifth episode of The Jetsons season three, and the sixty-eighth overall. It aired on October 29, 1987 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Haskell Barkin, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

Just when Judy couldn't be more humiliated by dancing with George at the father/daughter dance, he has to cancel at the last minute and sends in Grandpa Jetson as a substitute dance partner.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Marsha Van Marsdale	Unavailable
Mr. Van Marsdale	Brian Cummings
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Robot doctor	Brian Cummings
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Astro	Don Messick
George lookalike	Unavailable
Robot dance teacher	Unavailable
R.U.D.I.	Don Messick
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Montague Jetson	Howard Morris
Robot DJ	Brian Cummings

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Dance studio
      • Orbit High School (mentioned)
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building
      • Maelstrom's Depts.

Objects

• Di-Di (voiced by Brenda Vacarro)
• Visaphones
• Electronic sniffer

Vehicles

• Flying cars

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 29, 1987 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• George taking dance lessons from a robot is practically a rehash of "Dance Time."
• The dance studio is a parody of the Arthur Murray dance studio chain.

Errors

• Nobody seems to be aware of how big George has suddenly got because of the trapped large sprocket underneath his clothing.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • May 13, 2014: Warner Archive Collection releases The Jetsons: Season 3 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.