Trivia and Quotes
Quotes
 [the doorbell rings]
Jane Jetson: Who could that be?
Judy Jetson: Probably one of our invisible Moongolian neighbors.
George Jetson: That makes it kinda hard to look`em in the eye. George Jetson: What a doll. She`s got everything. Too bad all girls aren`t like her, oh well, somebody`s got to be in the PTA.
Astro: Who`ll Rotect me?
George Jetson: [after Astro has jumped on him] Who`ll protect you? The SPCA, that`s who.
George: Yum, it`s been lightyears since you programmed synthetic brownies.
Cogswell: There`s only one thing worse than war and that is business, and Spacely has declared business on us.
Judy Jetson: Daddy, if you dance like that in front of my friends I have to go live in another galaxy. Oh daddy, your dancing went out with pop-up fuels it is practically 20th century.
Mr. Spacely: Are you out of your orbit?
Jane: Our home food dispenser broke and I had to wait 20 seconds at the check out counter, such inefficiency.
R.U.D.I.: I can`t stand humans cry it makes my diodes all gooey.
Mr. Spacely: No hurry, any time in the next 5 minutes is fine.
Mrs. Spacely: Traffic is thicker than a cloud of meteors today.
George: We wouldn`t last on unemployment checks, a 1000 a week doesn`t strech very far these days.
Judy Jetson: Promise you won`t tell?
Rosie: I swear on my mother`s rechargable batteries.
George Jetson: Nobody could dial a breakfast like mother.
[Elroy had broken one of Jane`s favorite vases. George is "congratulating her on not getting mad immediately]
George Jetson: And because you kept cool, you warmed his heart.
Jane Jetson: I`d prefer to warm his bottom.
George Jetson: Jane. Stop this crazy thing.
George: If it wasn`t for bad luck, I`d have no luck at all.
George: You`re kidding.
Elroy: Nope.
George: Then lie to me and say you`re kidding.
Mr. Spacely: JETSON. YOU`RE FIRED.
George: A man`s gotta do what a man`s gotta do.
[Later]
George: Ha, "a man`s gotta do what a man`s gotta do". I should`ve won three space Oscar awards.
George Jetson: Everything, EVERYTHING you bought goes back to the store.
Jane Jetson: But George, you said our ship has come in.
George Jetson: It sunk.
George Jetson: I`m going to Cogswell Cogs to see about a job.
Mr. Spacely: You mean you`d work for Cogswell after all this? You`d forget your dignity and go crawling to him for a job? You`d do THAT for a few miserly dollars a week?
George Jetson: Uh-huh.
Mr. Spacely: Wait for me, Jetson, I`ll go with you.
George Jetson: We`ve got to think about our old age.
Elroy: What if we don`t reach an old age?
Judy Jetson: Then we`re stuck with all that money.
Judy Jetson: Hey nice clothes, Elroy. Designer diapers.
George Jetson: Honey, you asked me for $20 yesterday, now what did you do with that?
Jane Jetson: You didn`t give it to me.
George Jetson: Excuses, excuses, that`s all I hear.
Mr. Spacely: Cogswell has the same jacket.
Professor Lunar: Impossible. Why I`ve spent every minute of the last 58 years of my life on this invention.
Mr. Spacely: Well take a look.
Professor Lunar: Oh well. Easy come, easy go.
George Jetson: You`re going to broadcast pictures of my insides?
Dr. Radius: That`s right. The Peek-A-Boo capsule will send back on-the-spot reports of everything.
George Jetson: You ought to play some background music like, "Liver Come Back to Me", or maybe, "I Get A Kidney Out of You"? How about, "Lung Ago And Far Away"?
Dr. Radius: Open your mouth, please. That should be easy for you.
George Jetson: Jane, this morning you wanted to buy some silverware. Here
[hands her a wad of cash]
George Jetson: Get it in gold.
Jane Jetson: Gold silverware?
George Jetson: Judy, you wanted some stereo-phonic tapes,
[Hands her a wad of cash]
George Jetson: go get yourself a band. Now what can I do for you, son?
Elroy Jetson: If I had known you were filling requests, I`d have brought a list.
George Jetson: You wanted a toy space fire engine.
[Hands him a wad of cash]
George Jetson: Get yourself a real fire engine.
[Hands him more cash]
George Jetson: might as well get yourself a fire too
Astro: What about re?
George Jetson: Of course, Astro, you wanted a bone.
[Hands him a wad of cash]
George Jetson: Buy yourself a meat market.
Reporter: Mr. Jetson, I guess you`re quite concerned about these tests.
George Jetson: Well, I...
Mr. Spacely: - I certainly am. Sure hope nothing happens to that life jacket.
Reporter: Oh um, Mr. Spacely, your every thought must be with the courageous man who`s risking his life for you.
Mr. Spacely: Huh? Who`s that?
Reporter: Your test pilot, Mr. Jetson.
Mr. Spacely: Oh him, yeah, I sure am worried about him. He`s wearing MY life jacket.
George Jetson: I`ll just tell Mr. Spacely I`m very sorry and that I`ll never call him names again.
[Nearly has a head-on collision with another car]
George Jetson: Why you big strata-jerk. It`s vacuum-heads like you who keep fuselage and fender shops in business. Come on out and face the music.
Mr. Spacely: [Emerges from the other car] `Morning, Jetson. Nice day isn`t it?
George Jetson: M-M-M-Mr. Spacely, I presume?
Mr. Spacely: Correct. I hope you`re wearing your watch, Jetson, BECAUSE YOU HAVE EXACTLY 5 MINUTES TO CLEAN OUT YOUR DESK.
Judy Jetson: I`m in love.
Rosie: Again?
Jane Jetson: Elroy, why aren`t you ready for school?
Elroy Jetson: I don`t feel good, Mom. I think... I think I`m coming down with Venus Virus.
Jane Jetson: Venus Virus, eh? Last week you said it was Martian Mumps. Anything to get out of taking that space calculus test.
George Jetson: I`m a big coward.
Henry Orbit: Now, now, Mr. Coward. Er, I mean Mr. Jetson, there`s lot`s of other work around. Why I got a third cousin who`s making out real well on Mars.
George Jetson: I don`t think I could take Mars, Henry. I hear those little green bosses are murder.
George Jetson: The real George Jetson finally stood up.
Mr. Spacely: Well, would the real George Jetson care to sit down?
Mr. Spacely: You can`t tempt Jetson with money, can he?
George Jetson: Yep.
George Jetson: I hope you get ulcers in your cyclotron.
George Jetson: Olé! Olé! Oy vey!
George Jetson: I`ve got a wife, two kids and 10 finance companies to support. How am I supposed to pay my bills?
Co-Worker: Did you hear Mr. Spacely`s latest plan?
George Jetson: Yeah, the slave driver. Imagine putting your back on a four day week. What does he think this is? The 20th century?
Elroy: What are you watching?
Kenny Countdown: It`s the billionth rerun of The Flintstones.
[Fred says he famous catchphrase before diving into a pool ontop of Barney]
Kenny Countdown: "Yabba Dabba Doo" Ha ha ha ha.
Mr. Spacely: Keep this up, Partner, and you`ll have money to burn.
George Jetson: [Thinks he`s dying] I was kinda hoping to go in the other direction.
George Jetson: What are you worried about? It`s my life.
Mr. Spacely: Yeah well it`s MY life jacket.
George Jetson: Alright, let`er rip!
Mr. Spacely: Don`t say that!
Mr. Spacely: [the life jacket, once put in the wash, is destroyed] It was hit by lightning. Missiles. It was indestructable!
George Jetson: But it isn`t washable. We should`ve put a label on it, "Dry clean only".
Cogswell: It`s not what you think, Spacely. I didn`t hear one word of your outrageous offer to Jetson.
Jane Jetson: Goodbye.
Elroy: Goodbye.
Judy Jetson: [angrily] Goodbye!
Jane Jetson: Why Judy, I do believe you`re jealous of your brother.
Judy Jetson: Jealous? Ha, me? Jealous of Elroy? Ha ha ha ha. Just because he`s on TV.
[laughs]
Judy Jetson: That`s a hot one! Jealous? Yes, I`m jealous. I`m only the big sister of "Spaceboy, zoom".
Jane Jetson: [Laughs]
Auto-Sorter: I hope I got that right. Oh well, I`m only inhuman.
Dr. Lunarby: Impossible, Professor, there are too many of them to contain!
George Jetson: Not when you have a roomy new Spacion Wagon.
George Jetson: Ready, R.U.D.I?
R.U.D.I.: R.U.D.I`s ready.
George Jetson: Alright, what are my chances of getting a two week vacation this year?
[R.U.D.I processes, then prints out a card]
George Jetson: "Your weight is 168 pounds". I don`t get it, what`s my weight got to do with getting a vacation?
R.U.D.I.: Fat chance.
George Jetson: Ah, what do you know, you big junk pile!
[Kicks R.U.D.I then hops around, holding his foot in pain]
George Jetson: Now don`t get too close to the edge of this crater. Look out, Orbit. That rock you`re standing on is loose, Orbit. Orbit!
[the rock gives way]
George Jetson: Oh no. Now why didn`t Orbit pay attention?
Elroy: Because that was Anode.
George Jetson: Oh. Sorry, Anode!
Henry Orbit: The Space Guard is known for rapid promotions.
George Jetson: That`s right. I`ve been here two hours. I`m overdue.
George Jetson: [after getting squashed in the life jacket]
[nasally]
George Jetson: That must have been the vertical. Here comes the horizon-hal!
Mr. Spacely: [referring to his destroyed car, on the phone] All of it? OF COURSE I WANT ALL OF IT!
[under his breath]
Mr. Spacely: Dumb mechanic!
Lawyer: Let`s sue him for stupidity!
[George gets stuck in rush hour traffic on his way home from work]
George Jetson: Well, here we go again. Another night, another traffic jam. Boy, this spaceway traffic gets worse every night. Hey, looks like an opening up ahead.
[he finds the opening and takes it, only to get stuck in more traffic]
George Jetson: There`s another one.
[he tries to take that one, only to find someone else has taken it first. He crashes with it]
George Jetson: Space hog! I better cut around and try and slide in.
[he does just that]
George Jetson: Sunday astronaut!
[he then looks forward with a start]
George Jetson: Yikes!
[he crashes through a sign advertising for Cosmic Cola]
Traffic Cop: Hey, you! What do you think this is, the Indianapolis 500,000?
[he gets George to pull over]
Mr. Spacely: Jetson! Thank goodness you`re still here! I`ve got some good news and some bad news...
George Jetson: What`s the bad news, Mr. Spacely?
Mr. Spacely: We`ve discovered a very dangerous computer virus that you have to stop right away!
George Jetson: But that could take months! By the way... what`s the good news?
Mr. Spacely: The good news is I don`t have to do it! Bye now!
Trivia
Originally ran for only 24 episodes during the 1962-1963 TV season. In 1985 the program was revived, with new episodes designed to syndicate alongside the originals.
The Jetsons` phone number is VENUS-1234.
George and Jane`s wedding anniversary is 2 June.
If one does not pay the parking meter, a hand comes out and bangs the faulty parked space car.
An episode of another Hanna-Barbera show, "The Flintstones" (1960), in which the Flinstones and the Rubbles use a time machine at the Worlds` Fair to travel to the future (episode 4.18 "Time Machine," 15 January 1965) features a distinctly Jetson-esque 21st century.
Astro does not appear until episode 1.5 "The Coming of Astro" (21 October 1962), in which he is found by Elroy.
The host of the "Love Rocket", a popular show, is named Gamey McGameGame.
The character `George Jetson` was ranked #4 in TV Guide`s list of the "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" (1 August 2004 issue).
Based on the "Blondie" comic strip and series. Penny Singleton, who played Blondie in the 1940s series, was the voice of Jane Jetson.
Ruth Buzzi`s first TV job.
George and the rest of the Jetson clan appeared in print ads for Electrasol Dish Washer tabs and were the subject of a series of collectible tins. (2004-05)
Jane Jetson appears in print ads and circular coupons for Electrasol 2in1 Tabs Automatic Dishwasher Detergent (2004)
The design of the Jetsons` flying car was inspired by a 1954 Ford concept car, the FX-Atmos, notable for its all-glass bubble canopy, dashboard radar screen and jet-plane-like tail fins.
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George O`Hanlon
(as George Jetson)
with Penny Singleton
(as Jane Jetson)
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