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==Further appearances== ===Hanna-Barbera-related=== * ''[[The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (ride)]]'', Elroy Jetson is kidnapped by Dick Dastardly (from ''[[Wacky Races (1968 TV series)|Wacky Races]]'' and ''[[Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines]]'') and it is up to ride guests to save him. (1991) * ''[[Space Stars]]'', Astro appeared in the segment "[[Space Stars#Astro and the Space Mutts|Astro and the Space Mutts]]". ===Other projects=== {{more citations needed|date=May 2021}} {{trivia|date=May 2021}} * ''The Jetsons: Father & Son Day'' ([[SpΓΌmcΓΈ]], [[Adobe Flash|Macromedia Flash]]) * ''The Jetsons: The Best Son'' (SpΓΌmcΓΈ, Macromedia Flash) * Some characters appeared in commercials for [[Reckitt Benckiser|Electrasol]] and [[Tums]]. * In the late 1990s, George, Jane, and Astro appeared in [[Christmas]]-season commercials for [[Radio Shack]].{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} * In 2003, New Zealand ISP [[Xtra (ISP)|Xtra]] used ''The Jetsons'' as part of an advertising campaign, with George Jetson promoting the benefits of broadband Internet. The advert ended with George saying, "Broadband is the way, but some people will never get used to progress", and an image of [[Fred Flintstone]] using a stone shaped computer with a real mouse.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0YNmkfrBs0 | title=Xtra Jetstream Commercial | website=[[YouTube]] | date=9 March 2007 | access-date=2016-11-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211040618/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0YNmkfrBs0 | archive-date=2015-12-11 | url-status=live }}</ref> * The Jetsons have appeared in ''[[Family Guy]]'' three times, on "[[Brian in Love]]" (s2, ep4, May 7, 2000), "[[From Method to Madness]]" (s4, ep18, January 24, 2002), and on "[[Meet the Quagmires]]" (s5, ep18, May 20, 2007).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} * The Jetsons were seen in a Cartoon Network Rap in 1995. * The Jetsons characters were in a parody of ''[[I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]'' done on ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' where Rosie is accused of murdering George. * The Jetsons can be seen in the background in the "[[MetLife]]" commercial "Everyone" in 2012. * The Jetsons appear in ''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'', in the episode "Back to the Present" (s2, ep6 [16], May 16, 2004). * The Jetsons family makes a cameo appearance in the 2021 film ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy]]''. They appear among the crowd of other Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. characters as spectators during the game between the Tune Squad and the Goon Squad. While George and Jane watch from their flying car, Elroy, Judy, Astro, and Rosie watch from the ground. * The Jetsons appear in ''[[Jellystone!]]'', in the episode "Meet the Jetsons". ===Educational films=== * ''[[Hanna-Barbera Educational Filmstrips]]'' ** ''The Jetsons: Geometric Jetson'' (1978)<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5646895 ''The Jetsons: Geometric Jetsons''] at [[WorldCat]]</ref> ** ''The Jetsons: Down to Earth Nutrition'' (1980)<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/6425410 ''The Jetsons: Down to Earth Nutrition''] at [[WorldCat]]</ref> * ''[[Hanna-Barbera Educational Filmstrips|Learning Tree Filmstrip Set]]'' ** ''Learning About Work with The Jetsons'' (1982)<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9875743 ''Learning About Work with The Jetsons''] at [[WorldCat]]</ref> ===Comics=== {{Unreferenced section|date=November 2010}} * ''The Jetsons'' #1β36 ([[Gold Key Comics]], January 1963 β October 1970) * ''[[March of Comics]]'' #276 (1965), #330 (1969), #348 * ''The Jetsons'' #1β20 ([[Charlton Comics]], November 1970 β December 1973); 100-page no-number issue * ''Spotlight'' #3 ([[Marvel Comics]], 197x) * ''The Jetsons'' #1β5 ([[Harvey Comics]], September 1992 β November 1993); Big Book #1β3, Giant Size #1β3 * ''The Jetsons'' #1β17 ([[Archie Comics]], September 1995 β August 1996) * ''The Flintstones and the Jetsons'' #1β21 ([[DC Comics]], August 1997 β April 1999) * ''Scooby Doo Team-Up'' #8 (DC Comics, January 2015) * ''Booster Gold/The Flintstones Annual'' #1 (DC Comics, March 2017) * ''The Jetsons'' #1β6 (DC Comics, January β June 2018) <ref name=DC2018>{{comicbookdb|title|57650|The Jetsons (2018 series)}}</ref> ===Video games=== {{Unreferenced section|date=November 2010}} * ''The Jetsons' Ways with Words'' ([[Intellivision]] β 1983) * ''The Jetsons: George Jetson and the Legend of Robotopia'' ([[Amiga]] β 1990) * ''The Jetsons: By George, in Trouble Again'' ([[MS-DOS]] β 1990) * ''Jetsons: The Computer Game'' ([[Commodore 64]], [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Amstrad CPC]] β 1991, [[Amiga]] β 1992) * ''[[The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper!]]'' ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] β 1992) * ''The Jetsons: Robot Panic'' ([[Game Boy]] β 1992) * ''The Jetsons' Space Race'' (part of ''Hanna-Barbera's Cartoon Carnival'') ([[CD-i]] β 1993, [[Classic Mac OS|Macintosh]] β 1995, [[Windows 3.x]] β 1995) * ''[[The Jetsons: Invasion of the Planet Pirates]]'' ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] β 1994) * ''Flintstones/Jetsons: Time Warp'' (CD-i β 1994) * ''The Jetsons: Mealtime Malfunction'' (Windows β 1998, Mac β 1999) ===Home media=== In 1990, Hanna-Barbera Home Video released six episodes from the show on videocassette.<ref name="Services 1990 w542">{{cite web | title=SHORT TAKES : 'Jetsons' Videos to Be Released | website=Los Angeles Times | date=June 13, 1990 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-13-ca-411-story.html | access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref> [[Warner Home Video]] released season 1 on DVD in Region 1 on May 11, 2004; upon its release, [[James Poniewozik]] wrote that it is "as much about [[New Frontier]] 1962 as about the distant future. Its ditzy slapstick is like the peanut-butter-and-jelly mix [[Goober (brand)|Goober Grape]]βif you didn't love it as a kid, you're not going to acquire the taste as an adultβand the pop-culture gags ... have not aged well. But the animation is still a classic of gee-whiz [[Atomic Age|atomic-age]] modernism."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Meet George JetsonβAgain|author=James Poniewozik|date=May 17, 2004|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,994200,00.html|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=2010-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101105163420/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,994200,00.html|archive-date=November 5, 2010|url-status=dead|author-link=James Poniewozik}}</ref> The review of the DVD release from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' said the show "trots through surprisingly dated sitcom plots about blustery bosses, bad lady drivers, and Elvis Presleyesque teen idols, all greeted with laugh tracks" but points out "it's the appeal of the retro-prescient gadgets (recliner massagers, big-screen TVs, two-way monitors) that still carries the show."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Jetsons & Jonny |author=Steve Daly |date=May 14, 2004 |url=https://ew.com/article/2004/05/14/jonny-quest-jetsons/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=2010-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021002834/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,634128,00.html |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> Season 1 was released on DVD in Region 4 on July 5, 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/dvd-reviews/the-jetsons-season-one/2006/07/05/1151779006086.html |title=The Jetsons, season one |author=Philippa Hawker |date=July 5, 2006 |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |access-date=2010-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629173922/http://www.smh.com.au/news/dvd-reviews/the-jetsons-season-one/2006/07/05/1151779006086.html |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> Season Two, Volume 1 was released on DVD almost three years later, on June 2, 2009, for Region 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Jetsons-Season-2-Volume-1/11266 |title=The Jetsons DVD news: Box Art & Extras for The Jetsons β Season 2, Volume 1 |publisher=TV Shows On DVD|date=2007-05-25 |access-date=2010-07-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311055909/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Jetsons-Season-2-Volume-1/11266 |archive-date=2010-03-11 }}</ref> On November 8, 2011, Warner Home Video (via the [[Warner Archive Collection]]) released ''The Jetsons: Season 2, Volume 2'' on DVD in Region 1 as part of their [[List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions#Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection|Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection]]. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Jetsons β Tomorrow Sees Warner Archive's Release of 'Season 2, Volume 2'|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Jetsons-Season-2-Volume-2/16188|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114212931/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Jetsons-Season-2-Volume-2/16188|archive-date=2012-01-14}}</ref> Warner Archive followed up by releasing Season 3 in the same way on May 13, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/n/19748 |title=The Jetsons DVD news: Announcement for The Jetsons β Season 3 |publisher=TV Shows On DVD|date=2014-04-28 |access-date=2014-06-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429050413/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/n/19748 |archive-date=2014-04-29 }}</ref> The complete ABC series was released on [[Blu-ray]] on September 10, 2019, by Warner Home Video (again via the Warner Archive Collection), sourced from new [[2K resolution|2K]] scans of the original broadcast masters while maintaining the show's original [[Aspect ratio (image)#4:3 standard|4:3]] aspect ratio.<ref>[https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Jetsons-The-Complete-Original-Series-Blu-ray/239966/#Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902025125/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Jetsons-The-Complete-Original-Series-Blu-ray/239966/#Review|date=2019-09-02}}. ''Blu-ray.com''. 31 August 2019.</ref> {|class="wikitable" |- ! DVD Name ! Ep # ! Release date |- | Season 1 | style="text-align:center;"|24 | May 11, 2004 |- | Season 2, Volume 1 | style="text-align:center;"|21 | June 2, 2009 |- | Season 2, Volume 2 | style="text-align:center;"|20 | November 8, 2011 |- | Season 3 | style="text-align:center;"|10 | May 13, 2014 |}
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