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  Don Markstein's Toonopedia: The Jetsons
And that's why we met George Jetson, as the song goes, as well as the rest of his family.
The Flintstones was The Honeymooners in the Stone Age, whereas The Jetsons was Blondie in the future — even to the point of Penny Singleton, who played Blondie in films and on TV, providing the voice of Jane Jetson.
Other voices were George O'Hanlon (better known as a face actor than a voice actor) as George, Janet Waldo (Penelope Pitstop, Morticia Addams) as daughter Judy, Daws Butler (Huckleberry Hound, Peter Potamus) as son Elroy, and Don Messick (Scooby-Doo, Atom Ant) as the dog, Astro.
www.toonopedia.com /jetsons.htm   (360 words)

  
  The Jetsons: The Complete First Season (DVD)
A companion show to H-B's prehistoric sitcom The Flintstones (which was a big hit on ABC the year before), The Jetsons was a JFK-era Simpsons tailored to America's love affair with the then-burgeoning Space Age - and a show that managed to lampoon rampant consumerism, the corporate rat-race and the public fascination with mass media.
In "Millionaire Astro", the Jetsons are drawn into an ownership dispute with an elderly tycoon who claims their dog Astro (a lovable but stupid Great Dane who talks) is his long-lost "Tralfaz".
She mistakenly claims that the Jetsons' "food-a-rac-a-cycle" predated the microwave oven, when in fact the microwave debuted in 1947.
www.scifidimensions.com /Jun04/jetsons1dvd.htm   (1062 words)

  
  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : The Jetsons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Housekeeping was seen to by a robot maid, Rosie; she only appeared in two episodes of the original 1960s show, excluding her appearance in the closing credits, but made many appearances on the 1980s show.
George Jetson was ranked #4 in TV Guide's list of the "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" (1 August 2004 issue).
Jetsons: the Movie is dedicated to the memories of Mel Blanc and George O Hanlon (the voices of Mr.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /The_Jetsons   (909 words)

  
 The Jetsons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jetsons: The Movie pins the series as taking place "late in the 21st century." In the movie The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, Elroy wanted to time travel into the future to visit the 25th century, indicating the Jetsons live no later than the 24th century.
In season 2 of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, though it was used for comedic purposes, the Jetsons claim to live in "the magnificent far-off year of 2002", and to have come "back in time" to 2004.
The Jetsons and the Legend of Robotopia (Amiga, 1990)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Jetsons   (1345 words)

  
 The Jetsons - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
George Jetson worked 3 hours a day and 3 days a week for a short, tyrannical boss named Cosmo G. Spacely, owner of the company Spacely Space Sprockets.
Though no dates are ever specified, The Jetsons was originally supposed to take place in the year 2062, which is a hundred years after the show's debut.
In season 2 of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, the Jetsons claim to live in "the magnificent far-off year of 2002", and to have come "back in time" to 2004.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/The_Jetsons   (1116 words)

  
 Filmtracks: Jetsons/Jonny's Golden Quest (John Debney)
Jetsons: The Movie/Jonny's Golden Quest: (John Debney) When Hanna-Barbera's The Jetsons debuted in 1962, only 24 episodes were made before public attention moved back to the much-longer running counterpart, The Flintstones.
Revived in the 1980's, The Jetsons was given several new similarly-generated episodes in 1984 and 1987, followed by a handful of animated films late in the decade.
At least 30 minutes of music from both The Jetsons and Jonny's Golden Quest would appear together on Debney's first official promotional CD released in 1996, and unless you're a significant fan of Debney's cartoon adaptation work, this duo is among the least appealing.
www.filmtracks.com /titles/jetsons.html   (886 words)

  
 The Jetsons
Housekeeping was seen to by a robot maid, Rosie; she only appeared in two episodes of the original 1960s show, excluding her appearance in the closing credits, but made many appearances on the 1980s show.
Jetsons: The Movie pins the series as taking place "late in the 21st century." In the movie The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, Elroy wanted to time travel into the future to visit the 25th century, indicating the Jetsons live no later than the 24th century.
Jetsons: the Movie is dedicated to the memories of Mel Blanc and George O Hanlon (the voices of Mr.
www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/The_Jetsons.php   (1015 words)

  
 The Jetsons: The Complete First Season (1962)
The Jetsons were the very first family, animated or not, to have a big-screen home entertainment system decades before it became a reality.
The Jetsons was cancelled in 1963 but its popularity in syndication led to a new version to air in the Eighties.
GI Jetson: “Private Jetson is drafted, and since George is a family man he gets a full two minutes to report for duty.
www.dvdmg.com /jetsonsseason1.shtml   (3891 words)

  
 The Jetsons at AllExperts
Housekeeping was seen to by a robot maid, Rosie; she only appeared in two episodes of the original 1960s show, excluding her appearance in the closing credits, but made many appearances on the 1980s show.
Jetsons: The Movie pins the series as taking place "late in the 21st century." In the movie The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, Elroy wanted to time travel into the future to visit the 25th century, indicating the Jetsons live no later than the 24th century.
In season 2 of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, though it was used for comedic purposes, the Jetsons claim to live in "the magnificent far-off year of 2002", and to have come "back in time" to 2004.
en.allexperts.com /e/t/th/the_jetsons.htm   (1382 words)

  
 Astro (The Jetsons) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Astro the dog is a canine character on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, The Jetsons.
Astro was found by Elroy in the fourth Jetsons episode, "The Coming of Astro".
When a cat burgler tried to rob the Jetsons, the electronic dog attacked him (which he did to anyone wearing a mask).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Astro_the_Dog   (323 words)

  
 The Jetsons: The Complete First Season (1962)
The Jetsons were the very first family, animated or not, to have a big-screen home entertainment system decades before it became a reality.
The Jetsons was cancelled in 1963 but its popularity in syndication led to a new version to air in the Eighties.
GI Jetson: “Private Jetson is drafted, and since George is a family man he gets a full two minutes to report for duty.
dvdmg.com /jetsonsseason1.shtml   (3891 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The animated television series The Jetsons was the futuristic counterpart of The Flintstones.
All homes and businesses were raised high above the ground on narrow poles, and George commuted to work in a flying saucer shaped like a Volkswagen Beetle, but with a transparent top.
Other Jetson family members included Jane Jetson, the wife and homemaker, raising teenage daughter Judy and preteen son Elroy.
wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_jetsons.html   (292 words)

  
 The Attempted Militarization of the Jetsons - Mises Institute
A lesser known episode of "The Jetsons" speaks directly to our current plight: the relentless but eternally floundering attempt to militarize a bourgeois society that is more interested in consumption and leisure than serving a mythical national ethos.
The gizmos in the Jetsons, in particular, are a consequence of entrepreneurship, a vastly expanded division of labor—expanded by planets and galaxies—and a rivalrous capitalist economy engaged in free trade.
The Jetsons foresaw the future of microtechnology, and so little things are always flying around, but the show did not foresee the microchip, so it was unclear to the makers of the show exactly what would cause things to zip here and there.
www.mises.org /story/1920   (1639 words)

  
 Jetsons, The @ Toonarific Cartoons
The Jetsons were led by the bread-winning patriarch George, who worked at Spacely Sprockets for the short and short-tempered Cosmo Spacely (voiced by Mel Blanc).
Due to rival programming, the Jetsons only lasted a year in prime time, but their futuristic ways and their catchy, easy-to-memorize theme song made them popular enough to play for 14 years on Saturday mornings.
Throughout the years, the Jetsons have reigned, along with the Flintstones, as one of the most beloved cartoon families of all time, inspiring countless toys and dolls, two television specials, and the 1990 theatrical release, Jetsons: The Movie.
www.toonarific.com /show.php?show_id=1847   (387 words)

  
 Retroland | The Jetsons
Like The Flintstones, The Jetsons was based on the premise of a typical family placed in an atypical situation.
The Jetsons were led by the bread-winning patriarch George, who worked at Spacely Sprockets for the short and short-tempered Cosmo Spacely (voiced by Mel Blanc).
Throughout the years, the Jetsons have reigned, along with the Flintstones, as one of the most beloved cartoon families of all time, inspiring countless toys and dolls, two television specials, and the 1990 theatrical release, Jetsons: The Movie.
www.retroland.com /pop_view.php?eid=105   (396 words)

  
 MovieFreak.com - "The Jetsons - Season 1" DVD Review
It was mainly the futuristic aspect of the show that appealed to me. I was envious of the characters somewhat, especially little Elroy.
She tells some nice stories and reveals a few neat tidbits, but also covers voice work and collaboration with the cast, among other things.
The Jetsons - The Family of the Future is an 8-minute featurette with interviews of both William Hanna and Joseph Barbera discussing the show and other things.
www.moviefreak.com /dvd/j/jetsons_s1.htm   (539 words)

  
 Dusko.net - The Jetsons
The Jetsons live in the 21st century when automation and robotic gadgets make life easier but no less comic.
The Jetsons were the third Hanna-Barbera cartoon to air in prime time.
Sort of a futuristic Flintstones, the family consisted of George Jetson the father, Jane, his wife, daughter Judy, his boy Elroy, their talking dog Astro, & a robot maid named Rosey.
www.dusko.net /jetsons   (146 words)

  
 The Jetsons TV Show - The Jetsons Television Show - TV.com
She\'s one of the older-fashioned models compared to most of the advanced robot maids of the future, but the Jetsons love her and regard her as a member of the family.
Judy is the Jetsons\' teenage daughter who attends Orbit High School and goes for the latest teen fashions, trends, and music, and seems to have a different boyfriend in most episodes.
Overall, The Jetsons may not have had the supreme popularity of The Flintstones, but it did have a wide appeal for families of any generation and certainly had a place in the heart for those who would turn on and watch the series.
www.tv.com /jetsons/show/3723/summary.html   (1466 words)

  
 The Jetsons, season one - DVD Reviews - Film - Entertainment - smh.com.au
The Jetsons were to The Flintstones as Futurama was to The Simpsons.
The Jetsons were to The Flintstones as Futurama was to The Simpsons: an animated series, set in the future, that followed in the footsteps of an enormously successful precursor.
The Jetsons, however, stuck closely to its forerunner's formula, re-tooling the prehistoric sitcom for the space-age and packing the script with futuristic gadgets to deal with familiar problems.
www.smh.com.au /news/dvd-reviews/the-jetsons-season-one/2006/07/05/1151779006086.html   (284 words)

  
 The Jetsons in Jump The Shark
George O'Hanlon, the original George Jetson voice actor, came back in the late '80's to once again voice George jetson for the "Jetson's movie." By this time he was 77 years old and very ill, wheelchair bound and blind, yet, he was still in perfect voice as George Jetson.
The Jetsons is even greater now than it was when it originally aired, due to the absurdity of present times.
The Jetsons and the Flintstones were just cartoon versions of typical situation comedy stuff of that era...it wasn't supposed to be a documentary of what real life was about...
www.jumptheshark.com /topic/jetsons-general-comments/1041?chartStart=0&chartRange=500&chartOnly=true   (1719 words)

  
 The Jetsons - Nostalgia Central
The Jetsons lived at Skypad Apartments (which was raised and lowered according to the weather) in the year 3000 AD.
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.
www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/kids/jetsons.htm   (267 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Jetsons: Unbox Video: George O'Hanlon,Penny Singleton,Janet Waldo,Mel Blanc,Daws Butler,Jean Vander ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Rosey runs away from home when she thinks the Jetsons are going to replace her.
The Jetsons mistake an escaped creature for a relative until scientists recapture him.
The Jetsons use survival skills after crashing on a beautiful, uninhabited asteroid.
www.amazon.com /The-Jetsons/dp/B000HCUPF6   (572 words)

  
 Pollstar -- The Concert Hotwire
However, "The Jetsons" was set in 2062, so we still have some wiggle room.
Same with the Jetsons, while John Robinson and his "Lost In Space" kin had to rely on old-fashioned walkie talkies for wireless communication.
We may not be living in the time of "The Jetsons," but good old George never had a pocket phone that could shoot video, play music or receive radio transmissions.
www.pollstar.com /news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=6875   (739 words)

  
 Jim Hill : Scrooge U : Part XVI -- Jettison "A Jetson Christmas Carol"
But "The Jetsons" did so poorly in the ratings that it was cancelled after just one season in March of 1963.
That animation studio actually began producing new episodes of "The Jetsons." With the idea here being -- that if they could just add another 50 "Jetsons" episodes to their film library -- HB would then be able to charge top dollar for the rights to rerun this 20 year old show.
Anyway, "A Jetson Christmas Carol" was one of the episodes that was created for this second batch of shows.
jimhillmedia.com /blogs/jim_hill/archive/2006/12/08/scrooge-u-part-xv-jettison-the-jetsons-christmas-carol.aspx   (1066 words)

  
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The Jetsons do not have a mailing list or newsgroup but they do have their own home page, which can be found at: http://www.cybercomm.nl/~ivo/ it includes this FAQ, an episode guide, pictures, sound samples, links to other Jetson related pages and lots of background information.
In most other episodes she cannot, there's even an episode where Jane takes driving lessons and proves to be one of the worst drivers in the universe o Sometimes they eat normal meals, sometimes they eat pills for dinner o There are three types of phones: television, holographic and a television one can materialize from.
We're the Jetsons (Jetsons' Rap) / XXL 4:05 2.
www.cybercomm.nl /~ivo/the-jetsons.faq   (4750 words)

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