The BEST episodes of The Jetsons season 1

Every episode of The Jetsons season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Jetsons season 1!

The Jetsons is an animated sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera. 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. The Jetsons live in a futuristic utopia in the year 2062 of elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions.

Last Updated: 4/1/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Miss Solar System
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8.37
56 votes

#1 - Miss Solar System

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/3/1963

Jane decides to enter the Miss Solar System contest without George knowing. However, Spacely Sprockets is sponsoring the contest. George & Mr. Spacely are judges, but Mrs. Spacely removes her husband from the judges' stand & George is the ""Mystery Judge"".

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Jane's Driving Lesson
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7.77
26 votes

#2 - Jane's Driving Lesson

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/20/1963

Jane gets fed up with public transportation and decides to take driving lessons. After all, Elroy can get a learner's permit when he's 8 years old, so Jane should be able to get driving lessons, can't she? Her talents scare the teacher so much, he goes back hunting wild lions again. Accidentally Jane thinks she's got a new instructor while that persons turns out to be a crook on the run ...

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Rosey the Robot
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7.69
235 votes

#3 - Rosey the Robot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1962

Jane wants a maid but George says they can't afford it.

Writer: Larry Markes
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Las Venus
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7.45
31 votes

#4 - Las Venus

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1962

George and Jane visit Las Venus for gambling and entertainment. The trip is paid by Spacely because George has to try to sell some sprockets to a female client. Now George has to please his wife and the client.

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Astro's Top Secret
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7.43
30 votes

#5 - Astro's Top Secret

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/9/1962

Another tale of Big Business competition: At the Moonside Country Club, Spacely and Cogswell each vow to put the other out of business. Spacely thinks his ticket is Astro the flying dog. He ultimately discovers that Astro has only swallowed a flying toy.

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The Flying Suit
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7.42
45 votes

#6 - The Flying Suit

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1962

Spacely's competitor Cogswell invents a flying suit. Meanwhile, Elroy thinks he's invented a flying pill. When George picks up the wrong suit at the cleaners, he is convinced Elroy's pills actually work.

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The Coming of Astro
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7.41
75 votes

#7 - The Coming of Astro

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1962

Jane and the kids want a dog for personal protection, George doesn't believe in that but wants to keep everyone happy. To George the answer is an apartment approved electronic dog, one of those nuclear powered trouble free dogs: Electronimo! At the same moment the rest of the family found a biological dog. A contest should point out the superior dog. Astro proves to be the superior dog when he unwittingly tackles a burglar terrorizing the apartment building.

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Private Property
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7.38
24 votes

#8 - Private Property

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/1963

A new building is built next to Spacely's company. The owner of the new plant turns out to be Cogswell and George finds out the new building is 6 inches over Spacely's property. Spacely makes Cogswell walk on his hands and knees, Jetson is promoted. That is until it turns out Spacely's existing building is actually 6' over Cogswell's ground ...

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Jetsons' Nite Out
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7.36
66 votes

#9 - Jetsons' Nite Out

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1962

George Jetson and his boss Cosmo Spacely attend a robot football game. George fools his wife into thinking he's working late so that he won't be able to attend a PTA meeting.

Writer: R.S. Allen
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Uniblab
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7.35
40 votes

#10 - Uniblab

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/25/1962

Spacely buys a new robot 'Uniblab'. This means George actually has to work the full three hour work day. Or so it seems, until but George's janitor finds a solution.

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The Space Car
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7.34
127 votes

#11 - The Space Car

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1962

George and Jane go shopping at Molecular Motors. The Supersonic Suburbanite turns out to be too much for them so the buy a car similar to their old model. They get mixed up with bad guy Knuckles Nuclear and his gun Moll.

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A Date with Jet Screamer
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7.32
220 votes

#12 - A Date with Jet Screamer

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1962

Pop star 'Jet Screamer' organizes a quiz, first prize: a date with the celebrity himself. George tries to make sure Judy won't win, but Judy is the lucky girl. Without her knowing it George acts as a chaperone.

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Elroy's TV Show
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7.28
47 votes

#13 - Elroy's TV Show

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1962

The future TV producers got bored with cowboy and doctor's programs, so the want Elroy as 'Space boy Zoom and his dog Astro'. Of course Spacely wants his son and dog on TV instead, badly ...

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Millionaire Astro
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7.26
23 votes

#14 - Millionaire Astro

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/6/1963

Astro turns out to be the long-lost dog of a millionaire. The Jetsons have to let Astro go. Now Astro has everything a dog can wish for, except the love of the Jetson family ...

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Rosie's Boyfriend
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7.26
43 votes

#15 - Rosie's Boyfriend

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1962

Judy and Rosie find boyfriends. The problem with love is that you're either up or down ... and the animated junk pile being Henry's assistant gets a little confused.

Writer: Walter Black
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TV or Not TV
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7.23
22 votes

#16 - TV or Not TV

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/1963

George and Astro accidentally see and robbery. That is: they THINK they witness a robbery. It turns out they were in a movie-set. To prevent a law suit the producer does everything to buy them out, while George and Astro do everything possible to avoid being caught by the 'robbers'.

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Test Pilot
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7.18
22 votes

#17 - Test Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/30/1962

Spacely wants to test a new everything-proof jacket. By mistake George's doctor tells him he has only a couple of days left to live. Now who would be a better victim to test the jacket than George?

Writer: R.S. Allen
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The Little Man
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7.13
23 votes

#18 - The Little Man

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/13/1963

Compression technique explained The Jetson way. Without the decompression mechanism working George is reduced to a mere 6 inches. The only way to fix the decompression system is by replacing parts manufactured by the big competitor: Cogswell Cogs.

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Elroy's Pal
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7.10
29 votes

#19 - Elroy's Pal

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/23/1962

Elroy's wins a contest to meet his big hero 'Nimbus the Great' from the TV show. Unfortunately the player is very ill and cannot come. George stands up for Elroy and visits 'Nimbus' to prevent a disappointment for Elroy. The only solution is to have George wear a Nimbus suit and visit Elroy ...

Writer: Walter Black
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G.I. Jetson
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7.04
23 votes

#20 - G.I. Jetson

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/27/1963

Private Jetson is drafted, as George is a family man he gets a full two minutes to report for duty. They're all given an aptitude test, and one not-so-bright recruit jams a square peg into a round hole, whereupon the automated grading program determines that his 'original thinking shows leadership potential' and makes him a general. Spacely turns out to be the commanding officer and the site is a full 10 minutes away.

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Dude Planet
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7.04
25 votes

#21 - Dude Planet

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/17/1963

Jane badly needs some rest and goes to 'Dude Planet' with a friend. The rest of the family stays at home and tries to run the household.

Writer: Walter Black
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Elroy's Mob
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7.00
23 votes

#22 - Elroy's Mob

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/3/1963

A bad sneaky student switches Elroy's report tape with his own, which consists of 4 D's, a "F", and a "H", but Elroy's family doesn't believe him so he runs away with Astro and gets mixed up with a mob who's robbing a bank.

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The Good Little Scouts
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6.99
74 votes

#23 - The Good Little Scouts

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1962

The only way George can get a vacation out of Mr. Spacely is to accompany Space Cub Troop #54 on their camping trip on the moon. George proceeds to get lost, but is rescued by Mr. Spacely's son, Arthur.

Writer: Larry Markes
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A Visit from Grandpa
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6.83
64 votes

#24 - A Visit from Grandpa

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1962

George's father visits. On his way he fixes a lady's vehicle, they exchange addresses. Because of some miscommunication the Jetson family think they got involved while in reality grandpa just baby-sits for someone else.

Writer: Walter Black
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