The Century's Best

The Century's Best
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Premiere date	November 29, 1985
Run time	21:56
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Don Messick Jean Vander Pyl Frank Welker
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Mark Young
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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'"The Century's Best" is the fortieth episode of The Jetsons season two, and the sixty-second overall. It aired on November 29, 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.

After Orbitty gets randomly picked to decide who is the best person to represent the 21st century a thousand years later, each of the Jetson family vie for his attention by recounting to him a favorite moment in their lives.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Orbitty	Frank Welker
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Jane Fondue
Astro	Don Messick
Roddy Rocket	Unavailable
Gary Gammaray	Unavailable
Albert Isotope	Unavailable
Dolly Perfect	Unavailable
Curly Quasar	Unavailable
Andy Andromeda	Unavailable
Mickey Meteorite	Unavailable
Nick Nova	Unavailable
Mimsy Boragrove	Unavailable
Flash Flotsam	Unavailable
Maitre'd	Unavailable
Francois	Unavailable
Pookums	Unavailable
Pookums's owner	Unavailable
Milo McRocket	N/A
Awards presenter	Unavailable

Organizations

• Galactic Expo

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Little Dipper School (mentioned)
• Haley's Comet Health Haven
• Galactic Expo building

Objects

• Dream-O-Matic
• Di-Di
• Plutonian Poetry Vol. 1
• Fooder-Aca-Cycle
• Morning mask

Vehicles

• Flying cars

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 29, 1985 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• There are flashbacks to "Elroy Meets Orbitty," "Judy's Birthday Surprise," "The Cosmic Courtship of George and Jane," and "SuperGeorge."
• The Jane Fondue workout is a parody of Jane Fonda's workout.
• Albert Isotope is a parody of Albert Einstein.
• Dolly Perfect is a parody of Dolly Parton.
• Spacely appears in a single flashback from "Judy's Birthday Surprise", but it's from a group "Happy birthday", drowned out by the rest of the cast, so Mel Blanc's voice isn't used.
• When the Jetsons are declared as the best family of the 21st century, the presenter announces them the same way they are announced in the theme song.

Errors

• The morning mask in this episode is different from the way it looked in "The Space Car," which realistically matched the wearer's face and included hair, unlike the one in this episode, which is now blue without hair.

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.