The Little Man

The Little Man
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Network	ABC
Premiere date	January 13, 1963
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Don Messick Mel Blanc
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Tony Benedict
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"The Little Man" is the sixteenth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on January 13, 1963 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 accidentally goes through the Minavac, which shrinks him down to six inches high. The only way he can return to regular size, is by stealing a cog from Cogswell Cogs.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Narrator (voice only)	Don Messick
Mr. Cogswell's secretary	Unavailable
Mr. Cogswell	Daws Butler
Mr. Spacely	Mel Blanc
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Officer Oranium	Don Messick
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Astro	Don Messick
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Guard #1	Don Messick
Guard #2	Daws Butler
Mrs. Spacely (photo)	N/A

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets
• Cosgwell Cogs

Locations

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

Objects

• Minavac

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: January 13, 1963 on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: October 16, 1963 at 6:05 pm on ITV

Behind the scenes

• This episode establishes that Spacely and Cogswell have more than just a simple rivalry, they buy each other's main products off each other.
• This is the first time Officer Oranium's name has been used and his hair has been seen.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	パパ 受難の日	Daddy's Day of Suffering

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.