A Visaphone is a video phone booth that Mr. Spacely used to apologize to George about the pineapple cake incident and told George to bring back Rosey the robot.
Appearances[]
The Jetsons episodes:
- 101. "Rosey the Robot"
- 103. "Jetson's Nite Out"
- 104. "The Space Car"
- 105. "The Coming of Astro"
- 121. "Private Property"
- 122. "Dude Planet"
- 123. "TV or Not TV"
- 124. "Elroy's Mob"
- 202. "Rosie Come Home"
- 203. "Solar Snoops"
- 204. "Judy's Birthday Surprise"
- 205. "SuperGeorge"
- 208. "Fugitive Fleas"
- 209. "S.M.A.S.H."
- 210. "One Strike, You're Out"
- 310. "Spacely for a Day"
The film:
Comic stories:
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In the Real World[]
Some have speculated The Visaphone is probably based on the Video Phone used at the 1964 World's Fair in New York - The Visaphone is shown in the first episode of The Jetsons, broadcast in 1962. According to Britannica, the Picturephone from AT&T was the first complete experimental video phone, released in 1963, so it's possible that early news accounts and publicity of the development of AT&Ts The Picturephone influenced The Visaphone - in fact, querying Google on the matter ("the picture phone att 1961") results in this return from the generative AI: "In 1961, AT&T released a short film that showcased the futuristic technology they were imagining, including videophone shopping. The film is available on the AT&T Tech Channel..." So it seems certain the possibility exists that The Visaphone is based on AT&T's design.
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