The Flying Suit

The Flying Suit
Network	ABC
Premiere date	November 4, 1962
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Mel Blanc Howard Morris Jean Vander Pyl
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"The Flying Suit" is the seventh episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on November 4, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Tony Benedict, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

George thinks Elroy has made flying pills, so he takes them to Spacely to turn into a fortune and put Spacely's competitor, Cogswell, out of business for good.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Miss Galaxy	Jean Vander Pyl
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Mr. Cogswell	Daws Butler
Moonstone	Daws Butler
Harlan	Howard Morris
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Herbie	Mel Blanc
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Officer Ozone	Mel Blanc
Homeless man	Mel Blanc

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets, Inc.
• Cogswell Cogs

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • • Orbit City
        • Spacely Space Sprockets building
        • Cogswell Cosmic Cogs building
        • 30 Second Cleaners
        • Skypad Apartments
          • Jetson residence

Objects

• Cogswell's hover chair
• X-1500
• Flying pills

Vehicles

• Flying cars

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 4, 1962 on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: August 14, 1963 at 6:05 pm on ITV

Behind the scenes

• This episode reveals that George only works three days a week.
• Cogswell Cosmic Cogs is also called Cogswell Cogs and Cogswell Company.
• This is the first time a law enforcement officer is given a name.
• Oddly, this episode chooses Sky Pad Apartments to have its name above the building, as well as the only time.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	エルロイ博士の発明	Dr. Elroy's Invention

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.