Posted on 07/31/2022 11:10:00 AM PDT by DFG
Get ready to meet George Jetson — because he’s about to be born.
The button-pushing, flying-car-riding, iconic future man entered the galaxy on July 31, 2022, according to “The Jetsons” canon. While George is having his first birthday, the show itself is about to celebrate its 60th: it debuted on Sept. 23, 1962, a century before it’s set.
That means we’re supposed to be only 40 years away from the Jetsons’ world of Rosie the Robot, toothbrushing machines and apartment buildings high above the clouds.
So why are we still stuck on the ground waiting for our jetpacks? And why, all these years later, do we still hold a slightly corny, old-school animated sitcom up as a beacon of what could be?
“We still speak about the future in Jetsons terms,” said Jared Bahir Browsh, author of the 2021 book “Hanna-Barbera: A History.” “A show that originally ran for one season had such an impact on the way we see our culture and our lives.” (“The Jetsons” actually came out in two chunks: its original ’60s run was only 24 episodes, and then a reboot in 1985 gave it another 50.)
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Ruh Roh!
I guess he got his spanking today.
“It's your birthday, George.. do know how you're always asking for a boson? Wink-wink.”
They missed globohomo politics and abortion on demand.
Mr. Spacely reaching to shake Elroy’s hand, “Put it there, son”
Elroy looking at his hand, “Doesn’t look like a crabs claw to me. Let’s see you punch some pennies with it, like pop says you do.”
One of my favorites
Nothing says yesterday like cultural artifacts that used to say tomorrow.
Jetsons’ and Flintstones’ comic books were sold in the same subscription. You got both.
Many of the things they had we now have today (video phones, being able to talk to AI and get a response, microbooks, doctor “house calls” via video conference, etc.) Many other things we could possibly have technologically, but they simply aren’t economically feasible or practical to have for common use.
“What’s that, my boy?”
“Th-That boy is my son Elroy, Mr. Spacely.”
“I see...and what is that...delightful odor?”
but we will get a Liberal World Order because no one is standing up to these Tools of Klaus Schwab , they never accept that they are 100% wrong and there is no Crisis because they invented a Crisis ,LOL
The article got George’s wife wrong. Jane was his wife and Judy his hot daughter.
Still waiting for my flying car.
It’s sad that they had Janet Waldo record all of her lines for The Jetsons movie and they later dumped them to have the singer “Tiffany” re-record them because, apparently, her managers would not allow her music to be used in the movie unless she did the speaking voice of Judy Jetson as well. That apparently really hurt Janet Waldo’s feelings and I can understand why...that was an iconic role for her and to have her voice discarded like that was not respectful. They should have just dumped Tiffany’s music instead.
40 years from now, we’ll more likely be living like Flintstones than Jetsons.
What we got...
green raw deal is going to give us the flintstones
Because of "diversity," open borders, global elites, and corrupt politicians and in the media are stifling creativity.
She wasn’t all covered in body-tats. I guess they got that wrong.
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