The Jetsons Season 1, Episode 4
"The Space Car"
Original Airdate: Oct. 14, 1962
Writer: Barry E. Blitzer
Directors: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Cast: George O'Hanlon, Penny Singleton, Daws Butler, Janet Waldo, Don Messick, Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc
The concept of airborne automobiles is anything but new. From Moulton Taylor’s Aerocar to the “flying carpet” showcased in the April 1958 edition of Closer Than We Think, this petrol-free pipe-dream has lived rent-free within the societal subconscious for decades. Pointing to a future free of road rage and bumper-to-bumper commutes, flying cars were another plausible reality awaiting mankind in the gloriously optimistic world of tomorrow – and nowhere was this notion more flagrantly put on display than in a little ’60s sitcom called The Jetsons, which did a heck of a lot to convince us we’d all have a shiny saucer sitting in the garage by the early 2060s!