The Jetsons
The Wrong Stuff
TV Flash files “The Wrong Stuff” as hour 53 of 75 in the TV Flash guide — The Jetsons (1962–1963) on ABC, season 2, episode 29, aired 1985-11-05, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E29: listed hour 53 of 75 in the The Jetsons guide, hour 29 of 41 in season 2. It aired 1985-11-05 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Jetsons' Millions” (S02E28). Next is “The Vacation” (S02E30).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Elroy becomes a celebrity after he and Astro accidentally board a rocket, which is programmed to land back to Earth in five years. However, due to interference with a black hole, they return quicker than expected, with some surprising results.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Wrong Stuff sit in the The Jetsons guide?
S02E29 is listed hour 53 of 75 — hour 29 of 41 in season 2, season 2 episode 29.
When did The Jetsons S02E29 air?
The Wrong Stuff aired 1985-11-05 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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