Rosey's Boyfriend

Rosey's Boyfriend
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Network	CBS
Premiere date	November 11, 1962
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Jean Vander Pyl Howard Morris
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Walter Black
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"Rosey's Boyfriend" is the eighth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on November 11, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Walter Black and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Rosie falls in love with Henry Orbit's new robot assistant, Mac.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Booster Pendelton	Howard Morris
Officer Oranium	Don Messick
Henry Orbit	Daws Butler
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Mac	Don Messick
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Mrs. Lightyear	Jean Vander Pyl
Robot nurse	Unavailable
Robotologist	Unavailable
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Nicky Nebula

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Robot clinic

Objects

• Carry belt

Vehicles

• Flying cars
• Flying scooter

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: November 11, 1962 on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: August 21, 1963 at 6:05 pm on ITV

Behind the scenes

• This is the second and last appearance of Rosie in the season. If it had not been for the '80s revival, this would've been her last appearance period.
• This also would've been Mac's only appearance if it weren't for the '80s revival.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マックとロージー	Mac and Rosie

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • March 17, 1997: First Independent Films releases The Jetsons: Bumper Edition on VHS.
• 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.