The Jetsons
Elroy Meets Orbitty
TV Flash files “Elroy Meets Orbitty” as a desk essential hour — The Jetsons (1962–1963) on ABC, season 2, episode 1, aired 1985-09-16, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E01: listed hour 25 of 75 in the The Jetsons guide, first listed hour of season 2. It aired 1985-09-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Elroy's Mob” (S01E24). Next is “Rosie Come Home” (S02E02).
Essential hour: “Elroy Meets Orbitty”. Elroy Meets Orbitty is the 1980s revival door — proof the one-season brand never parked, still hop-friendly gadget farce.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Elroy finds a weird rock and takes it home, where it hatches into a furry little creature that the family adopts, although Astro doesn't feel as loved anymore and runs away, getting taken to the dogpound in the process.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Elroy Meets Orbitty sit in the The Jetsons guide?
S02E01 is listed hour 25 of 75 — first listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 1.
When did The Jetsons S02E01 air?
Elroy Meets Orbitty aired 1985-09-16 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
The original 24 ABC episodes are the whole 1960s assignment: Orbit City, Spacely, Rosie, flying car. Later 1980s episodes are a revival, not the first-run text.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Jetsons sold the space-age suburb in one ABC season: George at Spacely Space Sprockets, Jane, Judy, Elroy, Rosie the robot, and a flying car as family sedan. Hanna-Barbera's future sitcom is optimistic gadget comedy, not dystopia. A short original run became a permanent brand — push-button labor jokes that still define cartoon tomorrows.
One ABC season. **Twenty-four original episodes, 1962–1963.** That is the whole first window, and it was enough to mint brand immortality: George at Spacely Space Sprockets, Jane, Judy, Elroy, Rosie the robot, a flying car as family sedan. Hanna-Barbera's The Jetsons sold the space-age suburb as optimistic gadget comedy, not dystopia — George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Janet Waldo, Daws Butler, Mel Blanc's Mr. Spacely. Future gadgets satirize present suburbia; tomorrow as sitcom. Rex will call it a color-set…
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