Uniblab

For the character himself, see Uniblab (character).

Uniblab
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Network	CBS
Premiere date	November 25, 1962
Starring	George O'Hanlon Penny Singleton Daws Butler Janet Waldo Don Messick
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Barry E. Blitzer
Director(s)	William Hanna
Voice director(s)	Joseph Barbera
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"Uniblab", also known as "Microchip Chump", is the tenth episode of The Jetsons season one. It aired on November 25, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Barry E. Blitzer, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Mr. Spacely pays for a new, expensive robot to take George's promotion as an office supervisor, who double-crosses him at every turn.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jane Jetson	Penny Singleton
Elroy Jetson	Daws Butler
Judy Jetson	Janet Waldo
Buddy Blastoff	Don Messick
Nicky Nosecone
George Jetson	George O'Hanlon
Doctor Ken Racey	Don Messick
Henry Orbit	Daws Butler
Miss Gamma	Janet Waldo
Cosmo Spacely	Mel Blanc
Uniblab	Don Messick

Organizations

• Spacely Space Sprockets

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Orbit City
      • Skypad Apartments
        • Jetson residence
      • Spacely Space Sprockets building
• Venus (mentioned)

Objects

• Encyclopedia microbook
• Supersonic Dress-O-Matic

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 25, 1962 on ABC
• United Kingdom and Ireland: September 4, 1963 at 6:05 pm on ITV

Behind the scenes

• The episode was released on home video under the name "Microchip Chump" with a modified version of the 1985 title card, both in the 1990 VHS and 2004 standalone DVD releases.
  • For The Jetsons: Complete First Season DVD, the episode went back to using the title card from the 1985 reruns.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	パパ 課長さんに昇進	Daddy Promoted to Section Chief

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • June 28, 1990: Hanna-Barbera Home Video releases The Jetsons: Microchip Chump on VHS.
  • June 8, 2004: Warner Home Video releases The Jetsons: Microchip Chump on DVD.
  • 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.