The Vacation

The Vacation
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Premiere date	November 7, 1985
Run time	21:42
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Don Messick Jean Vander Pyl
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Alex Lovy
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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'"The Vacation" is the thirtieth episode of The Jetsons season two, and the fifty-second overall. It aired on November 7, 1985 in syndicated markets that featured The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera programming blocks. It was written by Alex Lovy, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

While on a free cruise on the Love Rocket, George and Jane encounter old flames who are still burning a torch for the two. When George and Jane fail to turn them down, it's up to their kids to get rid of the old romances.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Astro	Don Messick
Emcee	Unavailable
Gus Guesser	Unavailable
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Rosie	Jean Vander Pyl
Traffic cop	Unavailable
Dog collector	Unavailable
Emcee	Unavailable
Ship captain	Unavailable
Sally Spacehop	Unavailable
Boy-Boy Nova	Unavailable

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building
      • Master Market (mentioned)
      • Planetarian Express (mentioned)
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Mud Hut Kennel (mentioned)

Objects

• Galaxy Charge it Card
• Master Market card
• Planetarian Express card
• Park-A-Car Card
• Visaphone

Vehicles

• Flying cars
• Love Rocket

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 7, 1985 in syndication

Behind the scenes

• George mentions that he works an hour a week, two days a week.
• The Love Rocket is an allusion to The Love Boat TV series on ABC.

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.