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Rosey the Robot - Electronic domestic maid on
the animated science fiction sitcom THE JETSONS/ABC/1962-63.
Rosey (voice of Jean Vander Pyl) was a 21st century mechanized maid
hired from the "U-Rent-A-Maid Service" to work for George Jetson and Family at their Sky Pad Apartments home in Orbit City.
On the episode "Rosey the Maid" Jane Jetsons is in the market for a
maid. She meets the sales representative at the U-Rent-A-Maid Service
who introduced her to Rosey (who was scheduled to be sent to the
scrap yard). When he mentions that Rosey is homely,
she replied "I may be
homely, but I'm S-M-A-R-T smart."
Rosey (Model XB-500) came with a one-day
free demonstration but the being an older model the store couldn't
guarantee Rosey so the sale rep reminded Jane that they were not responsible for any damages to her home.
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Stills from episode "Rosey
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Title Card |
Jane seeks a
Maid |
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Jane meets
Rosey |
Rosey plays
with Elroy |
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Judy hugs
Rosey |
Roset
scratches George |
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Rosey whips
up some leftovers for dinner |
An angry
Rosey dumps a cake on Mr. Spacely
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When Elroy came home from school and saw Rosey, he said, "He where
did you get the antique juke box." But he soon warmed up to Rosey
after she taught him to play basketball.
When daughter Judy met Rosey, she was complaining of all the homework she had
to read. Being wired for tape analysis,
Rosey helped Judy and provided the answers to
her homework in ten minutes.
That night, George Jetson brought home an unexpected dinner guest,
namely, his boss, Mr. Spacely who was looking for a good home-cooked
meal. He soon became a fan of Rosey's cooking but, unfortunately,
when Mr. Spacely berated George, Rosey defended the family honor and dumped
a pineapple upside-down cake on his head. Mad, Mr, Spacely
fired George and left for home.
Luckily, on the way home, Mr. Spacely tasted Rosey's delicious cake
and then realized he overreacted. Calling to apologize, Mr
Spacely "un"- fired George, offered him a raise and made sure he got
invited back to the Jetsons so she could get some more of Rosey's
yummy cooking.
Astro the Dog and Rosey the Robot
Rosey the Maid with the Jetson Family
Rosey the Main later appeared in new episodes of THE JETSONS
that were produced for syndication from 1985-87. Rosey the Maid had
only appeared in two of the 24 episodes in the original 1960s
series, but was a regular in the 1980s show.
The Rosey character was a robotic version of Shirley Booth who
played Hazel the maid on the situation comedy HAZEL/CBS/1961-66.
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