The Jetsons
Judy's Birthday Surprise
TV Flash files “Judy's Birthday Surprise” as hour 28 of 75 in the TV Flash guide — The Jetsons (1962–1963) on ABC, season 2, episode 4, aired 1985-09-19, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E04: listed hour 28 of 75 in the The Jetsons guide, hour 4 of 41 in season 2. It aired 1985-09-19 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Solar Snoops” (S02E03). Next is “SuperGeorge” (S02E05).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Finding herself alone on the night of her 16th birthday, Judy tells her robot diary all about the events that lead up to her special day.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Judy's Birthday Surprise sit in the The Jetsons guide?
S02E04 is listed hour 28 of 75 — hour 4 of 41 in season 2, season 2 episode 4.
When did The Jetsons S02E04 air?
Judy's Birthday Surprise aired 1985-09-19 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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