Episode
The Jetsons: ASTROnomical I.Q.
Overview
Elroy invents an evolution machine. By mistake his evolutes Astro by 10,000 years, increasing his I.Q. by 4000 points. George bets everything he owns by playing chess with a little help of Astro. At that moment Astro is caught by the dogcatcher. When that doesn't work he enters a brainy game show where the contestants can win millions.
Details
- Series
- The Jetsons
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1987-10-21
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
ASTROnomical I.Q. is Episode 2 in Season 3 of The Jetsons. It aired on 1987-10-21. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 1: Crime Games
A malfunction of the TeleViewer causes Elroy to discover a robbery plot by "The Gripfather" (a take on "The Godfather"), and George ends up trapped in the middle of it.
Episode 3: 9 to 5 to 9
Rocky Retro is the new hunk in school and Judy loses him to Marcia because she has a car. Judy wants her own car and has to find a job to pay for that. She accepts three jobs: walking dogs through space, doing construction work and taking orders at a fly-thru burger joint in a nearby solar system.
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