The Jetsons aired from September 1962 until September 1963 on ABC and also additional episodes were made for syndication during 1985-1986 and in 1987.
This Primetime animated situation comedy about a middle-class family of the future was the 21st-century eqivilent of The Flintstones and was produced by the same people. George Jetson ( voiced by George O'Hanlon) worked for Spacely Space Sprockets, Inc., commuting to the job in an atomic-powered bubble. He lived with his wife Jane ( Penny Singleton), and their children in Skypad Apartments, which were raised and lowered on huge hydraulic lifts to stay clear of bad weather. A Robot maid named Rosie ( Jean VanderPyl)packed son Elroy ( Daws Butler), off to school in a pneumatic tube each morning, while teenybopper daughter, Judy ( Janet Waldo), spent her free time learning the latest dance, The Solar Swivel. Astro ( Don Messick) was the family dog. Appearing occasionally was George's boss, Cosmo G. Spacely, voiced by the versatile Mel Blanc.
After leaving prime-time The Jetsons proved to be remarkably durable as a Saturday morning Children's show, despite the fact that only 24 episodes had been produced. In 1985, to make the series more viable in the syndication marketplace , 41 new episodes of The Jetsons were produced, with 10 more in 1987, bringing the total number of episodes to 75.
Here is George O'Hanlon's Obituary
George O'Hanlon, 76, George Jetson's Voice
AP
Published: February 15, 1989
George O'Hanlon, who became the voice of the cartoon world's man of the future, George Jetson, after unsuccessfully auditioning for the role of the cartoon caveman Fred Flintstone, died of a stroke on Saturday at St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif. He was 76 years old.
Mr. O'Hanlon had just finished recording his role as George in ''Jetsons: The Movie,'' a full-length cartoon from Universal Pictures and Hanna-Barbera Productions scheduled for release in the fall.
''George loved doing 'The Jetsons,' '' said Joe Barbera, the president of Hanna-Barbera. ''He just sounded great in our latest sessions.''
The film is based on ''The Jetsons,'' the popular 1960's cartoon situation comedy about a futuristic family.
Mr. O'Hanlon's other credits include the roles of the television commentator in the film ''Rocky'' and William Bendix's next-door neighbor on the television show ''The Life of Riley.'' He also wrote for the Jackie Gleason show for two years.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy, a son, George Jr., a daughter, Laurie, and a granddaughter.
Here is Penny Singleton's Obituary
Jane Jetson voice Penny Singleton dead
Actress also played Blondie in series of films
Friday, November 14, 2003
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Penny Singleton, who brought the comic strip character Blondie to life in a popular series of films and was the voice of the mother on "The Jetsons," has died. She was 95.
Singleton died Wednesday at Sherman Oaks Hospital, two weeks after suffering a stroke, said longtime friend Dick Sheehan.
The Blondie series, which had 28 films from 1938 to 1950, was based on the cartoon strip about the misadventures of a small town family created by Chic Young in 1930. Arthur Lake played Blondie's husband, the bumbling Dagwood Bumstead.
Among the films: "Blondie Meets the Boss," "Blondie Plays Cupid" and "Blondie Knows Best."
"I'm proud and grateful I was Blondie," Singleton said in a 1973 book on film serials, "Saturday Afternoon at the Bijou."
"She was dumb and shrewish sometimes," she said. "But she was real and sympathetic and warm, a real woman, a human being. And that's how I tried to play her."
In his "Movie and Video Guide," critic Leonard Maltin wrote that the early entries in the series were "fresh and original _ with many clever touches belying the fact that they were low-budget films." "Halliwell's Film Guide" calls Singleton and Lake "perfect screen incarnations."
No one else ever played Blondie and Dagwood on the big screen. Two later "Blondie" TV series were short-lived.
After her stint as Blondie, Singleton was the voice of Jane Jetson in "The Jetsons," Hanna-Barbera's 21st century counterpart to their highly successful "Flintstones" cartoon family. The show ran in prime time for just one season, 1962-63, but has been widely seen in reruns.
Singleton also appeared in the 1964 film "The Best Man" but spent most of her time touring in nightclubs and roadshows of plays and musicals such as "Call Me Madam."
She became active in the American Guild of Variety Artists, the union representing touring performers, chorus girls and other entertainers. As union vice president in the 1960s, she helped lead a strike by the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.
Singleton was born in 1908 -- some references say 1909 -- daughter of a Philadelphia newspaperman. She got her start in show business by winning an amateur contest and was touring in vaudeville by her early teens.
After debuting on Broadway in the late '20s, she began appearing in films, at first under her real name, Dorothy McNulty. She took the name Singleton after marrying dentist Lawrence Singleton in 1937.
In the mid-'30s, she played several roles as shady characters, and got worried she would be typecast.
"I just didn't want to be typed," she once said. "It goes to show you how you can eat your words. I became probably the most typed actress in the world. But, at least (Blondie) had some dignity."
Singleton is survived by two daughters, two grandchildren and a great-grandson.
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