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The Jetsons
The Jetsonsoriginally aired in prime time from September 23,
1962, to March 17, 1963, then later in syndication.
In an attempt to recreate the success ofThe
Flintstones, Hanna-Barbera studios reversed the formula and
instead of a stone-age family gave us a futuristic space-age cartoon family. The Jetsons lived at Skypad
Apartments (which was raised and lowered according to the weather) in the year 3000 AD.
Father George Jetson worked as Digital Index Operator at the
Spacely Space Age Sprockets plant. Shopaholic wife and mother, Jane, kept the apartment neat and looked after
the children Judy and Elroy and their dog Astro.
While most space shows were full of scary aliens and morbid existential concerns, The
Jetsons was a reassuring fantasy of the future. Their apartment was full of space 'conveniences'; a hydraulic lift
which kept the apartment clear of bad weather; the pneumatic tube which delivered Elroy to school; Rosie the robot
maid and the atomic powered bubble car. George worked only three hours a day, even if it was (according to George)
three hours too many.