List of The Jetsons episodes

The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing in primetime from 1962–63, then later as part of the weekday/weekend morning programming block called The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera, until 1987. New episodes were produced from 1984–87 as well. It was Hanna-Barbera’s Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones. Reruns can be seen frequently on Boomerang. Over its three season run, 75 original episodes were aired.

Season 1 (1962-63)
In the original closing credits, George came home and tried to walk Astro, the family dog, but when Astro noticed a cat by the electronic dog walk, he began to chase it, and George got caught into the dog-walk. Astro and the cat both looked on as George is trapped on the dog walker running for his life while crying out "Jane, stop this crazy thing! Help! JANE!" This was a counterpart to The Flintstones' closing credits in which the saber-toothed cat Baby Puss puts Fred Flintstone out for the night. This ending was parodied in an episode each of Animaniacs, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Family Guy, Clarence, and Jim Henson's Muppet Babies.

Season 1 contained a laugh track, which was removed when the episodes were released for syndication in 1985. The syndicated episodes were also "updated" with a re-recorded theme song, episode title cards, and a new closing sequence (see "Season 2," below). The title cards and the closing sequence featured the character of Orbitty, who did not appear in any of the original episodes.

The 24 1960s episodes were released on DVD in 2004 with the laugh track, original closing sequence, and original opening theme intact. However, the DVD release still featured the 1980s "Orbitty" title cards, and the original Flintstones-style teaser intros were not reinstated. (The versions of "The Space Car" and "The Coming of Astro" available on Amazon Video on Demand retain the original opening teasers.)

Season 2 (1985)

 * For the 1980s incarnation of the show, new characters were introduced, including Orbitty (the Jetson family's alien pet) and Spacely's inventive nephew Orwell. George's work computer R.U.D.I. (the "Referential Universal Digital Indexer"), who appeared in one 1960s episode, was reintroduced.
 * The opening credits featured a rerecorded version of The Jetsons theme song, which features the use of electronic drums to create percussion typical of 1980s music.
 * The closing credits are static picture captions (like most of Hanna-Barbera's shows of the time). This format replaced the original credit sequence described above when the 1960s episodes were rebroadcast.