The Odd Pod

The Odd Pod
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Premiere date:	November 6, 1987
Run time:	22:00
Starring:	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Don Messick Jean Vander Pyl Mel Blanc Dick Beals Lorenzo Music
Music composed by:	Hoyt Curtin
Writers:	Barry Blitzer
Directors:	Art Davis Charlie Downs Oscar Dufau Paul Sommer Gordon Hunt (voices)
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'"The Odd Pod" is the eighth episode of The Jetsons season three, and the seventy-first overall. It aired on November 6, 1987 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Barry Blitzer, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

George buys Jane a new plant called the Martian Creeper to win at the annual Garden Club show, but it has a mind of its own and is impossible to get rid of.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Astro	Don Messick
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Squeaky
Mrs. Spacely	Jean Vander Pyl
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Florist	Lorenzo Music
Martian Creeper	Unavailable
Einstein	Unavailable
R.U.D.I.	Don Messick
Three of the barbershop quartet	Unavailable
Arthur Spacely	Dick Beals
Martian cop	Unavailable
Garden Club host	Unavailable
Judges	Unavailable

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Sky Pad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Spacely residence
      • Far-Out Florists
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building
      • The Garden Club Exhibit Hall
• Mars

Objects

• Visaphones

Vehicles

• Flying cars

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 6, 1987 in syndication

Behind the scenes

Errors

• George says "Far-Out Florists," when the sign says "Far-Out Flowers."
• "Garden" is spelled "Gahden" on the garden club building.

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.