The Jetsons (1962)


The Jetsons
Release Date23 September 1962
GenreAnimation, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeSeries
Film ClassDomestic Comedy, Sci-Fi Comedy
Niche GenreChildren's/Family
MoodJust for Laughs
TonesWhimsical, Madcap, Light
TagsEmployer/employee, Family, Family Dynamics, Future, Robot

The Jetsons is a prime-time animated sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing from 1962–1963 and again from 1985–1987. It was Hanna-Barbera’s Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones, a half-hour family sitcom projecting contemporary American culture and lifestyle into another time period. While the Flintstones live in a world with machines powered by birds and dinosaurs, the Jetsons live in a futuristic utopia in the year 2062 of elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Jane Jetson

Elroy Jetson

George Jetson

Judy Jetson

Cosmo S. Spacely

Rosie the Robot

Astro

Orbitty

Montique Jetson

Additional Voices 

Additional Voices 

John Stephenson
Additional Voices

Andre Stojka
Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Dick Forman
Additional Voices

Danny Mann
Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Director

Arthur Davis

Oscar Dufau

Writer

Barry E. Blitzer

George Atkins

Mark Young

Tony Benedict

Harvey Bullock

Glenn Leopold

Walter Black

Larry Markes

Barbara Levy

Alex Lovy

Marc Paykuss

Haskell Barkin

Chuck Couch

Evelyn Gabai

Producer

producer / executive producer

producer / executive producer

Alex Lovy
associate producer

Jeff Hall
associate producer / producer

Bob Hathcock
producer

Original Music

Hoyt Curtin

Editor

Greg Watson

Joe Ruby

Casting Director

Andrea Romano

Production Manager

Howard Hanson
production supervisor

Jayne Barbera
executive in charge of production

Joed Eaton
post-production supervisor

Art Department

Iraj Paran
graphics

Tom Wogatzke
graphics

Sound Department

Pat Foley
dubbing supervisor

recording director

Visual Effects

Dennis Bonnell
assistant computer supervisor

Donald Greenberg
computer graphics technical consultant

Bennett Leeds
computer animation system designer

Marc Levoy
computer animation system designer

Chris R. Odgers
computer animation system designer

Ann Tucker
computer animation supervisor / special effects scene planning

Bruce Wallace
computer animation system designer

Camera and Electrical Department

Roy Wade
camera operator

Charles Flekal
camera operator

Frank Paiker
camera operator

Norman Stainback
camera operator

Animation Department

Charles A. Nichols
animation director

Carlo Vinci
animator

Richard Bickenbach
layout artist

Hugh Fraser
animator

layout supervisor

Fernando Arce
background artist

Robert Gentle
background artist

Art Lozzi
background artist

Dick Lundy
animator

Bill Perez
layout artist

Jack Huber
layout artist

layout artist

Frank Andrina
animation director / animator

Oliver Callahan
animation director / animator

Davis Doi
character designer

Joan Drake
animation director / animator

Lee Evans
character designer

Andrew Gentle
key layout artist / layout artist

Al Gmuer
background supervisor / key background supervisor

Bob Goe
animation director / animator

Rick Leon
animation director / animator

Alison Leopold
color designer / ink and paint supervisor

Don Patterson
animation director

Bill Proctor
background artist / key background artist

Joanna Romersa
animation director / assistant animation supervisor

Jay Sarbry
animation director / animation supervisor

Paul Strickland
checking and scene planning

James T. Walker
animation director / animator

Star Wirth
xerographer

Gloria Wood
background artist / key background artist

David Feiss
animation supervisor

Gerard Baldwin
animator

Kenneth Muse
animator

Editorial Department

Larry C. Cowan
supervising film editor

Music Department

Hoyt Curtin
musical director / conductor

composer: theme music

composer: theme music

Other Crew

Alex Lovy
story director

Arthur Pierson
story supervisor

Arthur Alsberg
story editor

Jeff Hall
story director

Gil Iverson
show editor

Lewis Marshall
story director

Don Nelson
story editor

Ray Patterson
supervising director

Bill Perez
story director / titles

Production Company

Hanna-Barbera Productions
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Screen Gems
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Toei Animation Company

Distributor

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Cartoon Network

CBS Television

DFS Program Exchange
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Hanna-Barbera Home Video

Image Entertainment

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Nederlandse Televisie Stichting (NTS)

Screen Gems Television
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Taft H-B Program Sales
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Telepictures Distribution
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Turner Program Services (TPS)

Warner Bros. Television
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Worldvision Enterprises
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