This is Why the Jetsons was Cancelled (10 Facts)

Jokes about flying cars and jetpacks are a common thing in America and these jokes find their origin in the 1962-animated sitcom The Jetsons. The show aired from September 23, 1962, to September 22, 1963, and was never renewed for a second season. Even then, The Jetsons played a crucial role in defining the way Americans think of the future as well as their expectations of technology. It wouldn't be wrong to say that The Jetsons is one of the most important and defining pieces of 21st-century futurism.
The Jetsons narrates the story of an upper-middle-class family residing in Orbit City. George Jetson is a Digital Index Operator and his wife, Jane, is a homemaker. The couple lives in their Skypad apartment with their teenage daughter Judy and son Elroy. The family has a dog named Astra and a robot maid named Rosie. The show did not only deliver relevant humor but also became popular for its imaginative space-age living. It's easy to fall in love with a world where domestic tasks are performed by robots, ozone-scrapping homes groom and dress their inhabitants, and people use spaceships to commute. The Jetsons raised America's hopes for the future.
At the time it first appeared on TV screens, many critics were quick to dismiss The Jetsons as just another cartoon. However, over the years, the show has had a profound impact on the way we think of the future. Though the show ran for a single season, its influence has been immense. After its premiere run, the show continued on ABC, CBS, and NBC for years. Between 1985 and 1987, many new episodes were produced for syndication. Unfortunately, in 1989, George O' Hanlon, who served as the voice of George Jetson on the show, passed away, and thereafter, no new shows were produced. The series finale came in 1990, in the form of a film titled Jetsons: The Movie. 27 years later, a direct-to-video animated movie titled Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania! released and witnessed mediocre success.
The Jetsons may not be as funny as The Flinstones, but they provided good humor and elicited many laughs. While The Flintstones explored an era that was already well known and understood, The Jetsons forayed into unknown territory and used creative imagination to create a world that was unseen and unknown. Great animation, innovative ideas, and an absolutely fantastic theme make this show memorable in every way. In this video, we go into the future with The Jetsons and tell you ten interesting facts you didn't know about the show. Make sure to subscribe to Facts Verse!
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[@georgeohanlon9239]

Great bunch of facts! I loved the Jetsons. Our family saw it in color in Los Angeles when it first came out. My little sister used to cry at the end of the episodes, when George was caught on the dog walker, yelling for Jane to “stop this crazy thing!”. You see, that was our dad, George O’Hanlon. Very much enjoyed reading everyone’s comments. Dad would have loved them, too. George O’Hanlon, Jr.

[@HanakoFairhall]

That was your dad? Wow! He was brilliant as George Jetson, even in the 1990 movie (looking back, I can see that it [and possibly the 80s revival] was inferior to the 1960s TV series, but I don't agree with what people say regarding his age and health catching up with him and causing a decline in his performance[even if it did cause a bit of decline, people don't have the right to judge him harshly for that, he had no control over these things, nobody does] while recording for the movie, he was good in that too! Him and Mel Blanc) I can totally see why you're proud of him 💚💜

[@snickpickle]

Thank you for chiming in on this tribute, Mr. O’Hanlon, Jr! It would be great to meet you at some point in the future, unlikely though it may be. All the best to you from Minnesota!

[@prilljazzatlanta5070]

So cool. I still have my movie ticker from 1990 when my dad took me to see the move in Phenix City, AL

[@JJP316]

No one would have been a better George Jetson. Penny Singleton was perfect, too.

[@Foolishpleazure]

I just recently discovered something your Dad did that I now LOVE.....Joe McDoakes!!!!

[@shackdaddy7106]

The big thing that this video fails to mention is that in fact there was a Jetsons movie released in 1990. It brought in about $20.3 million, five dollars of that being my money.

[@tgirl1762]

Yeah i was wondering why they didn't mention it

[@papagreenemusic]

@Larry Shackle So therefore, what percentage of the movie's overall revenue did you cover? 😉

[@shackdaddy7106]

@@papagreenemusic According to my iPhone calculator that would be .000025%.😀😀😀

[@papagreenemusic]

@@shackdaddy7106 lol... You deserve 1 share of stock in the movie!

[@shackdaddy7106]

@@papagreenemusic In fact I own one share of Spacely Space Sprockets, the company that George Jetson worked for. That share of stock should be worth a lot in the year 2365. Here’s another little known fact for you: Astro, who was the family dog of the Jetsons was a direct descendent of Scooby Doo. “I ruv you Rorge!”😀😀😀

[@figmo397]

What I always wondered was “If they do everything in the sky, what’s on the ground?”

[@josephclegg3562]

They are a billion feet in the sky, so they probably dont know what's on the ground.

[@chaturongarchary9773]

U could see some good stories showing their camping in the woods and many more below in comic book Gold Key.

[@dragondude9637]

The ground is polluted from war and garbage...plus it's where the minorities live, seeing as only Caucasians are seen in the show. Man, that's nott only dark, but racist and sexist too, as all the women stay home and can't drive.

[@beckoning-chasm]

The ground was for bums, mostly. I think the episode "The Flying Suit" showed the suit falling to the ground and being taken by a bum.

[@jonmcinnis1645]

In my version of a Live action Jetsons it canonizes Thru the World building of the backstory for the Jetsons in this (in my version of a live action Jetsons/Jetsons live-action reboot) here it is It will be revealed that the world of the Jetsons takes place that the Jetsons live in was created through WW3 that lasted from 2062 till 2070 and it takes place 699 years after it ended & Orbit city and the other floating buildings and floating cities were built by the survivors of WW3 Who retreated into the first few floating cities and buildings and space stations and space ships that were built & orbit city and floating buildings and cities became a home away from home for humanity to survive but the plot twist will reveal that the eye is the true cause of the Third World war after it turned sentient and declare war on humanity and in the aftermath of the Third World War it took control of the human race after a trick them and a large chunk of the Milky Way and it’s up to the Jetsons to defeat the Eye save the Milky Way

[@Shadowcat107]

I’m sad that The Jetsons was cancelled. I loved this cartoon show. 💜🥺

[@nicoleknight9412]

Yet the Flintstones, which was also in color, lasted six years.

[@RocStarr913]

It did well on reruns on Saturday mornings, then it finally got revived in 1985 for new episodes that aired five times a week on broadcast syndication. However, the new episodes were different from the original prime-time season.

[@ILL-aL]

If they do a Jetson movie. Danny DiVeto as Mr spacely please

[@mikeandmars2345]

Yessssss

[@terrysyvertson9205]

i highly doubt they could even afford danny diveto

[@mikeandmars2345]

@@terrysyvertson9205 what make u say that

[@josephclegg3562]

Yes, most definitely, and Johnny Depp can as George.

[@ILL-aL]

@@josephclegg3562 or Steve Carell as George n Tina fey as Joan

[@galebailey5583]

It’s interesting you mention The Jetsons being cancelled due to being a color cartoon in a black and white world. When I was growing up, all we had were black and white TVs. The show I watched most was The Flintstones. I still remember the day I finally saw it in color in the eighties. It blew me away!

[@RayPointerChannel]

This guy does not know what he is talking about. Take it from someone who saw the show when it was new. It was television history, and I saw it the first time.

[@termitesc.aardwolf3644]

Weren't there several color cartoons around that Time Period? Rocky & Bullwinkle, Looney Tunes, Tom And Jerry, Hanna Barbera. It wasn't just The Jetsons, you know.

[@galebailey5583]

Termites C Aardvark Yes, absolutely. That’s why saying The Jetsons was canceled due to its color format is pure B.S..

[@galebailey5583]

Termites C Aardwolf Sorry, got your name wrong. My bad 🙃😜

[@martinphilip8998]

You were lucky. My older siblings “watched” television through the windows into the neighbor’s house. My dad was a snob and was holding out. When he finally bought one he was hooked. It was the center of evening entertainment. As time went on we begged our dad for color. He said we would when PBS went color. Fat chance! We only got two stations.

[@imkluu]

I didn't realize it had only been one season.

[@Dinosaurprince]

It was given more episodes in the 80s.

[@JesseH]

Got lucky when I was a kid to enjoy it every Saturday morning

[@docadams7099]

"JETSON, YOU'RRRRRREEEEEE FIRED!" always cracks me up. Mr. Spacely is so comical. Same goes for the rest of these great characters.

[@josephclegg3562]

It would be funny when he would fire George and then something would happen to make him realize he needs George back, and he would rehire him.

[@dragondude9637]

I noticed Mr Spacely has a hitler-stash. 😳 Never saw it as a child.

[@jladdyost]

That's my only good Mel Blanc imitation. I shake my jowls as I say it.

[@HardKore5250]

Trump Vince

[@jladdyost]

@@josephclegg3562 Hehhehheh

[@horowizard]

All those elevated walkways and nobody ever falls off.

[@SciHeartJourney]

And they never mention how tall those columns are. If you notice, they never, ever show the ground or real animals. Not even Astro is real dog.

[@realazduffman]

@@SciHeartJourney Astro is a real dog. You are thinking of Orbit from the similar Partridge Family cartoon.

[@josephclegg3562]

I know, right? I would be scared considering how high up in the sky they are.

[@MsTimothyswan]

you have just stated a common misconception - people are falling off all the time

[@SciHeartJourney]

@@MsTimothyswan LOL! I meant to their deaths, but okay, I'll accept that too.

[@richardbpuentes]

Why does the robot 🤖 emoji look like the robot on the Jetson’s? She better be getting her paycheck! LoL

[@jamessawyer8889]

Next to the Flintstones my sister and I still love the Jetsons in fact we even had a color TV when we lived in Chicago so it made the show so much better compared to what was on in black and white

[@pfyiadministration1263]

I love the flintstones as well. They work together as a community

[@MichaelGrizzley]

Did you see that Elroy's classmate who got him in trouble with the other kid's grades. The rotten kid was watching the Flintstones on his TV watch

[@fluffykitten992]

The part where Jane takes George’s wallet instead of the bill he hands her is hilarious

[@TrueSolunar]

Typical women, right..?

[@mylovesongs2429]

Sorta like a cartoon version of Al Bundy handing Peggy money and she takes the wallet.

[@jigs4668]

Kitten hillary duff

[@TrueSolunar]

The Robot Chicken spoof of this was HILARIOUS...

[@josephclegg3562]

I wonder how much George intended to give Jane. It must not have been much considering she took the wallet instead.

[@robertchandler5055]

jet screamer...EEP OPP ORK AH-HA THAT MEANS I LOVE YOU ,JUDY JETSON!

[@raymondhaley8156]

As far as I'm concerned, today's cartoons fall far short of these classics

[@BUENDIAYBUENASNOCHES]

Big time

[@msn64man1]

The jetsons an American classic for all

[@jsl151850b]

Well... I know it was a different era, but I don't know if they ever showed any brown persons. Even the movies!

[@sumbeech1484]

@@jsl151850b Really makes the future look good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SOUL TRAINNNN"

[@Clevelands-finest]

@@jsl151850byou have a great point right there no brown people insight at all !?

[@jsl151850b]

@@Clevelands-finest One of the movies set on a Spacely asteroid had Judy with a POC friend. Blue. A corporate meeting had robots as members. Apparently *THE ROBOTS* had attained equality, or at least citizenship.

[@kristiwright427]

I loved the Jetsons as a child and would love to see not only a movie, but an updated animated series. This show was so before it's time! Would need to have writers that are imaginative and very up on all futuristic ideas. Would still need to be fun and quirky!

[@julymiller2308]

There wasn't ten reasons it was cancelled.... You only gave ONE. Once again, interesting facts and some I didn't know, but again with the clickbait.

[@threynolds2]

Either the title was changed or you didn't read it correctly.

[@uuouuo5480]

@@threynolds2 "This is Why the Jetsons was Cancelled (10 Facts)" The title could be seen as ambiguous.

[@victorsamuelson3589]

@arcanesage Yeah they were lying they had no reasons what it was in color I’m gonna stop watching facts first they stink

[@michaelblaine6494]

Facts are a concept by which we measure....😅

[@RayPointerChannel]

And none of them right.

[@davidlewis7267]

The Jetsons actually went back into production from 1985-87, creating new episodes for syndication. But, for my money, the "Classic 24" are far better than the newer ones.

[@jsl151850b]

Was the 'Viva Las Venus' episode taken out of rotation for encouraging gambling?

[@sacredwolf2011]

That's a tough call if season 1 of The Jetsons was better then the season 2 & 3 of The Jetsons. Cause remember, Taft Broadcasting, which was Hanna-Barbera's parent company back in 1985 got The Jetsons back on the air. Even though season 1 was ok, season 2 & 3 were a little bit better.

[@abc-dh7xp]

Yes I remember them, I just posted a comment about Orbitty, they were terrible, the originals were great, the 80s ones were just cringeworthy, sorry to any 80s kids who liked the newer versions.

[@RayPointerChannel]

@@jsl151850b No.

[@AndreiTãtaruthebeautifulman]

For me too. But I love all the three seasons! ❤️

[@billt.3299]

I grew up in Downey, CA and remember that McDonald's. Also had a neighbor who was Sound Effects editor for Hanna-Barbera, and he asked my Dad (who was a computer designer) to record some "futuristic" sounds for a new show in development - The Jetsons. Rosie the Robot and the Food-a-rackacycle were some of the more often used FX my Dad and I recorded for the show.

[@cindygreene3353]

you and your dad did great work!

[@steveofsportcoat3024]

Today is July 31, 2022. Today George Jetson will be born today

[@mackstertube]

I used to love watching the Jetsons. It is one of my favourite cartoons of all time. I can still remember what all their voices sounded like to this day. Elroy had a very distinct voice. There was something so great about the sounds, the music & that futuristic but wholesome feeling. One of the best cartons for sure. You made me feel very nostalgic.

[@DocDoccus]

While this was an interesting nine minutes, "10 Facts Why" is totally BS. And the ONE reason given was "the show was produced in color and there weren't enough color TV sets in America at the time"??? Bah, get outta town! Even Ruff and Reddy was in color!!!

[@racheln8563]

Doc Doccus So was The Flintstones, and it began two years earlier.

[@OrangPasien]

First he says viewership and ratings were up and then that it was a lack of color sets that caused its cancellation. How does this make any sense? If the numbers are up it tells you that people didn’t care if it was in b&w. For us EVERYTHING was in b&w anyway because we didn’t have a color set. We watched Bonanza and World of Disney in b&w ( both “transmitted In Living Color”) because they were good shows and we enjoyed them, even in b&w. They managed to stay on the air in spite of the lack of color sets, in Bonanza’s case for 14 seasons.

[@tomsayen9295]

Being a teenager when the show debuted, no one in my circle of friends had a color TV and if they did, they watched "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" at the same 7:30 pm eastern time slot. Disney already had a large audience before The Jetsons premiered. Ironically, ABC owned Disneyland when it opened in 1955 but Disneyland moved their show to NBC because all NBC affiliates could show it in color. Made sense because NBC was owned by RCA, the only company making color sets back then since their patent had yet to run out. Also, The Jetsons had no continuing, week to week sponsor. Many times you would hear "The Jetsons...brought to you by ABC where you can see (name of a popular ABC prime time show). In the advertising business that was known as "unsold spots" which meant no guaranteed revenue stream for the show. Also The Jetsons had to vision to introduce other gadgets we take for granted now: The "Visaphone" used in episode 1 is now today's FaceTime/Skype/ZOOM. Students' grades were on a cassette, called "TeleTape" played on a home player, while the compact cassette was not introduced until 1964. Their flat screen TV was known as the "Televiewer" which George used to tune in the news much like we tune into CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, etc. Lektronimo, their apartment approved, nuclear powered dog is reincarnated by Sony as a $3000 robotic dog.

[@todshi]

I have to agree on the color issue. Many TV shows in the 50's produced color episodes, such as "The Adventures of Superman", predicting that color TVs would be the next step in TV evolution. Hanna Barbera even produced color episodes of "The Flintstones" before 1966, the year that television networks stopped broadcasting in B/W...

[@RayPointerChannel]

Yes, RUFF N' REDDY went to color broadcasts in the September return in 1958. It premiered in December 1957 in black and white.

[@jeromeemil]

How about the wrist watch television Elroy's school mate had in class.

[@robertchandler5055]

dick tracy had a WRISTO RADIO IN THE 1940'S

[@josephclegg3562]

I remember that episode. Elroy's classmate was watching The Flintstones.

[@nicoleknight9412]

@@josephclegg3562 The swimming pool episode to be exact.

[@sammylane21]

It's weird right?? I mean after watching THE JETSONS MEET THE FLINTSTONES movie. So, would Elroy's friend have a watch that could see backwards in time??

[@exoressdelivers70]

You forgot the Jane Jetson face mask that she puts on to look presentable when on a video call. Today Zoom has an editing feature that lets you tweak your appearance so that your skin looks smoother and younger and you look more radiant when you're on a Zoom video call.

[@mrruffles7849]

J Smith more like the Americans copying the Chinese ✌️😁

[@coachrichg]

yes I think of that everytime I do a zoom call! Would love a clip of that.

[@superdavid002]

a show ahead of its time, literally!

[@jubalcalif9100]

As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point !

[@magovenor]

In 1962 we had two television sets, both black and white.

[@sandydegener6436]

"The Jetsons" WAS a sitcom.

[@AvoidsPikes-]

Kind of like "Married With Children," except much earlier.

[@josephclegg3562]

"The Flintstones" was a sitcom, too.

[@sandydegener6436]

@@josephclegg3562 , on yes and VERY hip at the time!

[@MoeJaxon]

True! That’s all it is

[@sandydegener6436]

@@MoeJaxon "Rou Retcha!"

[@andrewwanner6829]

In essence, it was a futuristic remake of Blondie and Dagwood, complete with Penny Singletons' voice as Jane.

[@Mynamesalexa]

And Joe Doakes as George

[@makedadobson4110]

I miss that cartoon was one of my favorite

[@josephclegg3562]

Me too.

[@bkrbyex4339]

Wasn't there a movie, called "the Jetsons meet the Flintstones"?...it was the first cartoon "crossover"

[@positive___soul]

Me too. Awesome cartoon during my childhood.

[@brianpiotrowski7221]

The jetsons meet the flintsones

[@josephclegg3562]

I wish they did a live action movie of this, but they should have Pebbles and Bamm Bamm in it as teenagers to hangout with Judy and Elroy.

[@missrita1826]

I loved the Jetsons back in the good old days.

[@obnoxiousoboe]

So back in 1973, Hanna-Barbera had tried to resurrect the Jetsons like they did with the Flintstones a couple years back for the 1974-75 season, and revamp it to make it a lot more like the Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show with Elroy as a teenager this time, but due to creative differences with CBS's then-president Fred Silverman, they decided to make an animated version of The Partridge Family instead, and that's how Partridge Family 2200 AD came into existence.

[@alanstrong3295]

I got bothered one Sunday eve when we did not get back home in time to watch The Jetsons. Such is life.

[@DavidNPS]

Very Odd there was NO Mention of "Jetsons, The Movie" from 1990 . When he was on the topic of a potential Jetsons Movie I kept waiting for it to be mentioned.

[@LLandP]

I couldn't believe that the Jetsons only ran for one season until I came across the set around 1998 or so. I could have sworn that it ran for at least 3 seasons! Thank goodness for reruns!

[@jubalcalif9100]

Most people (including me) thought the show's original network run was longer. I think most people think it ran longer is because has been playing in reruns (both on the network & in syndication) for decades.

[@RocStarr913]

Yes, because Hanna Barbera revived the series in 1985 and made new episodes then and in 1987 for a five times a week broadcast syndication run. It took some years before it was really fully embraced by the public, mostly by children.

[@SciHeartJourney]

In "So I Married an Axe Murderer", Mike Meyer's character uses the line and adds his twist, "Jane get me off this crazy thing, called love". LOL😂😂😂

[@gitanalightworker8505]

They were not predictions...they already knew the technology they hide from the public! I was a little kid when i watched it and i already knew. Just like in the Simpsons...they show you what is coming..it is in your face. Anyway....i love The Jetsons.

[@FactsVerse]

Good point, Gitana!

[@Jimfrenchde]

The Jetson's also predicted tunnel carpel syndrome. George Jetson's finger would get tired of pressing buttons and he would have pain in his index finger.

[@brandiliner5347]

I LOVE THE JETSONS

[@izzyporter3229]

So do I !!!

[@candysalters7853]

Me too!!

[@josephclegg3562]

Me too.

[@joem5643]

Didn’t mention Jetsons the movie back in 1990.

[@connielynes4835]

Cartoons was perfect back then and fun to watch

[@GoodStuff115]

Meet George Jetson :)

[@je-2024_1]

DA DA DA da da da...........

[@josephclegg3562]

His boy, Elroy Daughter, Judy Jane, his wife Their dog, Astro Their maid, Rosie His boss, Mr. Spacely

[@donnathomas9242]

F

[@paulwatters9225]

To us Boomers who were "cartoon watching age" when the Jetsons aired, their dog Astro's: "Rut roh, Rorge" is what we use as a signal that something is about ready to "hit the fan"...

[@BROUBoomer]

This Boomer also used Scooby-Doo's line “rot roe Shaggy!” quite often, like earlier today, and yesterday, couple days before that... Told my mom on the phone last week “Danger Will Robinson! Danger!”. Only having 4 TV channels had all of us using the same quotes. (For youngsters it was ABC, CBS, NBC, & PBS.) I remember having to explain that to a 21 year old kid at work. He didn't understand how I had so much in common with a guy my age that grew up in Puerto Rico. Told him whether it was the island, or the peninsula (FLA), there was 4 channels, and rock and roll went around the world. So when I walked in and said “Luzy I'm home!” in my best Desi Arnaz imitation, the guy answered like Lucy. We had the oldies radio station on, I'm on one end of the aisle of the stock room, PR is on the far end, and during “Hotel California” we were facing away from each other, both playing air guitar. The 21 year old says “do you guys even know your both doing the same thing?”. I turned look at PR, and said “I'm playing base, what are you doing?”, he said “I'm playing lead.”, so I turned to the kid and said “No, we're not doing the same thing. I'd be playing air drums, but I lost my sticks.”. Poor kid thought those old people have lost their minds... That is the best part of being this old, people your age all speak the same quotes and cliches. We have a common thread holding us together, the same culture, no matter where you are from. So many TV shows made in the USA got translated and shown around the world. I just wish they would syndicate more of the shows we grew up with and play them again. Anybody else want to watch Captain Kangaroo again? But with your grandkids this time. ☺️ ✌️ 🖖 😷

[@mianta55]

Absolutely!

[@davidwright1752]

BR549, OU812, Boomer wow you guys must have been in the big cities we 1 Channel in 1966. Boomers do talk a different language. I now have to ask how old people are on the phone so I know what I can talk about. When 60 year olds get together it’s bit like back in high school a lot of fun with language. Joking etc

[@BROUBoomer]

@@davidwright1752 Hi, Yes, it can seem like we are back in highschool. That's usually the best part of your life, that's when you were at your coolest, and you still had hope, and thought the whole world is ahead of you. Also most of us still think we are 18 year olds stuck in an old person's body. We're still cool. I just need some regular waisted jeans in boot cut, I was too cool for bell bottoms (especially after I tripped in them). I want my youth back, I just don't remember where I left it at.🤣 ☺️ ✌️ 🖖 😷

[@richardranke3158]

In 1969 when Scooby-Doo first came on I heard the voice and thought,"Astro!"

[@vilstef6988]

Mr Spacely was a Karen/Kevin. If all you have is termination threats on your management palate, you're a lousy boss and a crappy human being as well.

[@bobpierce115]

The Jetsons should be left alone. Anything done in the 21st century is going to be f----- up, and we all know it.

[@susieohanlon533]

I never knew that the Jeysons weren't in color. I use to make sure I didn't miss one episode, i loved them. PLEASE bring them back..

[@CaseAgainstFaith1]

Huh? It was always in color. The first all color show on its network. People just didn’t have color TVs. Well, they said many local stations only broadcast in B&W. But that was the station not the show.

[@susieohanlon533]

@@CaseAgainstFaith1 , to cool. Thank you for letting me know.

[@wHw_Syxx]

It's a crime that we still don't have a live action Jetsons movie. The first Flintstones movie was great with an amazing cast and this was in the 90s! I'm 35 and still want this to happen!

[@Dcuniverse60]

Indeed it is

[@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety]

I was more of a Flintstones fan, but I did like The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones movie. That movie needs a remake to fix Betty's voice though. I'm hoping Lego Ideas will produce The Jetsons Lego set to go with The Flintstones Lego set.

[@debrahubbard763]

I want a car that floats, so I can drive to Europe!

[@markcadieux3445]

I was luckier, I had an actual set of Flintstone Building Boulders. They were a little like Legos. I wish I had kept it.

[@caryheuchert]

How about a Jetson’s LEGO Movie??

[@BROUBoomer]

@@debrahubbard763 Hi, They have floating cars, have for years. Best example is the ones they use at Walt Disney World in Florida. They use them to travel from the hotel to the theme parks by the canals and lakes. Check their website to see if they have pictures of them. The ones I saw looked like old 1950's cars. 😎 Hope this helps. ☺️ ✌️ 🖖 😷

[@josephclegg3562]

I've always wanted them to do a live action movie of The Jetsons meeting The Flintstones, but with Pebbles and Bamm Bamm as teenagers to hang out with Judy and Elroy.

[@drbassface]

Always loved the Video Call Jane had come in one early morning. Both Jane and the other woman wore a “Fake Face Mask” to look better on the Video call. Something we can all relate to in modern times.

[@ItsKimNguyen]

Yes! We now have video calls and “filter” modes. Lol 😆

[@awizardalso]

The most thing I remember was when George was trapped on the dog treadmill going round and round constantly and yelling "Jane, Jane stop this crazy thing!"

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

George Jetson said, "Jane stop this crazy thing." Treadmill

[@SciHeartJourney]

In "So I Married an Axe Murderer", Mike Meyer's character uses the line and adds his twist, "Jane get me off this crazy thing, called love". LOL😂😂😂

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@SciHeartJourney yes....good one👍

[@josephclegg3562]

That always cracked me up too.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@josephclegg3562 I agree. I loved the Jetsons.

[@gabrielhalston6726]

I loved the Jetsons...I remember it airing in prime time hours, early enough for us kids that we could watch it before having to go to bed and go to school the next morning. It was in color, but we had a black & white set. Interesting to hear that's the reason it was canceled.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

The 1964 New York World's Fair featured exhibits on the future Americans would live in.

[@jamestinsley3110]

The piano riff in the Jetson's theme makes it.

[@undeadelite]

Talks about futer predictions the Jetsons got right, doesn't mention video calls. Great job

[@pameladonnelson2093]

I loved the Jetsons as a child and I was so sad when they took it off

[@sisqoguajardo1065]

I miss the Jetsons. Classic be cartoons. I hope they bring back the original show. It would be nice for memories 🙋‍♂️🙂😊🇺🇸🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈

[@FactsVerse]

us too

[@josephclegg3562]

The Jetsons characters: George Jetson Jane Jetson Judy Jetson Elroy Jetson Astro Jetson Orbitty Rosie The Robot Maid Henry Orbit M.A.C Mr. Spacely R.U.D.l Mrs. Spacely Uniblab Mr. Coswell Grandpa Jetson

[@sisqoguajardo1065]

@@josephclegg3562WOW Great MEMORIES I had forgotten some of the other names. Thanks way Kool🙋‍♂️🇺🇸🇲🇽🙂

[@donnathomas9242]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@pfyiadministration1263]

As well, for the kids today

[@robinwhitman8840]

I got to hold the antenna so we could watch

[@pameladunn7785]

I want a mask like the one Jane put on before answering the face-time phone when she hadn’t done her hair and makeup yet. 🤣

[@sandragrolock3147]

Good to know that there may still be a live action Jetsons movie someday. I won't hold my breath, but I will hold out hope for one. Loved them as a child, still love them as an adult.

[@josephclegg3562]

If there ever is a live action movie, who would you pick to play the characters? George Jetson: Jane Jetson: Judy Jetson: Elroy Jetson: Astro Jetson: Rosie The Robot Maid: Henry Orbit: M.A.C: Mr. Spacely: R.U.D.l: Mrs. Spacely: Mr. Coswell: Uniblab: Grandpa Jetson:

[@sandragrolock3147]

@@josephclegg3562 That's an ambitious list, so I'll just mention a few -- George: Jason Sudekis (probably not spelled correctly - sorry) ... Spacely: Danny Devito ... Cogsley: Gotta think on this one ... Rosie: Pamela Reed ... Astro: Gotta think on this one too ... Jane, Judy, Elroy: Not sure, thinking on these ... All the rest you mentioned: Whomever, it doesn't really matter, probably. Sorry all I could come up with was Jason Sudekis, Danny Devito, and Pamela Reed. The casting isn't something I've gave a lot of thought to, because Hollywood will cast whomever they want anyway, is the way I see it.

[@kimopuppy]

Eep, Opp, Ork, Ah-ah

[@markcadieux3445]

One story I heard was this song was the inspiration for the name of the place Mork came from.

[@kimopuppy]

@@markcadieux3445 Interesting

[@ottobaron6392]

For syndication, additional episodes were created from 1985-1987.

[@ThomasJr]

Another fun fact not mentioned here: Coldcut took a sample of George saying "Stop this crazy thing" and used it in their 80's song of the same name released in 1989: Stop this crazy thing

[@debraahumphrey5155]

I don’t care of the dresses were in color or not just so long as I can watch the Cartoon on TV. I was a huge fan. I like all of Hanna-Barbera cartoons except or superhero type.

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

Funny how all the gadgets they had then that was only in that cartoon are mostly reality now.

[@stargazeronesixseven]

Love the Jetsons cartoon while growing up in the 1970s & still loving the Jetsons in 2020! 🕯

[@cannedmusic]

The first episode, the one where they picked Rosie, was one of my favorites.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

It was canceled due to cost. The reruns kept running. In the 1980s more cartoons were made by computer. This was less expensive. The older cartoons and the newer ones were run together. It worked.

[@josephclegg3562]

The Jetsons came back in the 80s.

[@mikeandmars2345]

One of my favorite cartoons ✔✔💯💯💯

[@FrejaBlight]

Ahhhh! The good ol days! Btw I mean the show... Not the 60s..

[@pamelamays4186]

One fact: Judy and Elroy were never aged up in the series. Pebbles and Bam Bam were allowed to grow up, get married and have children of their own, while Judy and Elroy remained kids, even when the Jetsons added new episodes in the 1980's.

[@oligarchytalks]

Actually, there was a planned updated Jetsons series in the mid 70s which would star an adult Judy and a college aged Elroy however, for one reason or another, that concept never made it to fruition and we got instead The Partridge Family 2200 A.D.

[@teresapakenham2248]

Only 1 season, no time to grow older. Sad.

[@johnhungerford3814]

Thx. It blew my mind that they made so few episodes. Now I know why.

[@darlenenorris]

I want to see The Jetsons back on tv, so the younger generation can enjoy it too!

[@wnychevy09]

It is back on TV on ME-TV on Sunday mornings locally in Buffalo,NY WBBZ Ch.67

[@darlenenorris]

@@wnychevy09 Thank you for the update!

[@michaeltaylor1603]

They also had a series in the mid 1980's for a few seasons. I like the 1962 series the best. Weird how this was cancelled & the Flintstones "rolled on". Jetsons was to be a future (adaptation of the Flintstones)

[@JHollowayNetwork]

It would've lasted longer if they have a Barney Rubble counterpart (the closest they had to a Barney Rubble expy was Henry Orbit who was the building superintendent of Skypad Apartments).

[@docadams7099]

Although its original run lasted just 1 season, The Jetsons had another 3 seasons in the 1980s, making for a total of 4 seasons. The original series aired on ABC, but was a staple of NBC Saturday morning programming for years; that's how I became familiar with it.

[@FactsVerse]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing this information. What other types of video would you like to see on our channel?

[@friendofbeaver6636]

Ted Nugent stole the theme's melody for "Cat Scratch Fever."

[@SciHeartJourney]

One time my cat got scared of some dogs while I was carrying her. She clawed and bit me to get away. Later that night I got sick, my hand swole up to 3x it's normal thickness and I got a high fever. Cat scratch fever is a real thing!

[@imkluu]

Just because the intro has four notes, and Cat Scratch Fever is four syllables, does not mean Nugent stole the melody, especially when they aren't even the same notes, and pretty much nothing else about the two tunes are anything like each other.

[@pauljoyner4338]

@@SciHeartJourney You are correct. I had a cat scratch me in high school and it swole up a lymph node under my armpit up to the size of a softball. It got me out of gym for two weeks in 1988. Lol

[@mothercoyote351]

I ❤️ the Jetson's & yes grew up on the cartoon.

[@josephinegocoyo6313]

on?

[@rickhunt3183]

For anyone trying to recreate the show, all I can say is try your luck. Somethings just cant be reproduced and have the same impact as the original. When you step outside the original mold, you've changed the very thing that made the show so attractive to an audience.

[@CaAnPeSe4ever]

'The Jetsons' foreshadowed 'Skype', 'Zoom' and 'FaceTime' with the TV phone.

[@joannagonzales3127]

It would be awesome to finally see a live action Jetsons movie!!! Or even a live sitcom? Danny DeVito as Cosmo Spacely it only makes sense! Tim Allen as George, voice over for astro. Bryce Dallas Howard playing Jane, Meg Donnelly as Judy, Joel Dawson as Elroy. Just a few thoughts 😊 Loved watching it as a kid. Saturday mornings were the best.

[@jonmcinnis1645]

Yeah but I think Jetsons the movie should’ve been a live action movie and should’ve been released in 1996 here’s what the cast should look like if it was live action & released in 1996 George Jetson-Billy Crystal Jane jetson-Julia Roberts Elroy Jetson-Shia labeouf Judy Jetson-Reese Witherspoon Mr. spacely-Bob Hoskins Rosie-Sigourney Weaver astro-Frank welker Directors Robert Zemeckis Producers Steven Spielberg William Hanna Joseph Barbera Production companies Hanna-Barbera productions Amblin entertainment Distributor company Universal pictures

[@josephclegg3562]

They really need to go forward with making a live action movie of The Jetsons. They did the Flintstones, why not The Jetsons. I would love to see the space car and other robotical invention from the show in 3D.

[@jonmcinnis1645]

Do we Need a Jetsons live action movie/Live action jetsons absolutely!

[@davebaker9128]

The reason buildings were on pilings way up in the air was explained on one episode when all the buildings were lifted even higher, it was to get above the air pollution

[@newclothes8165]

If Uniblab wasnt one of your favorite episodes then you are not a Jetsons fan. Please leave NOW. LOL

[@josephclegg3562]

I know, right? I love Uniblab.

[@newclothes8165]

@@josephclegg3562 'Spacely's a stoop" "Spacely's a stoop"

[@priscillagopi]

Jetsons was. The best show I ever enjoyed in my teens.....

[@sassykaren7587]

I don’t think that The Jetsons from the past would be able to be a success in this time because it never had any other races in the cartoon. I remember a saying that went around years ago, which I won’t repeat out of respect, that said awful things about other races. If it was made in this time, it would need to be open about all different kinds of people. Thank you Facts Verse for another wonderful walk down memory lane 👍

[@betsyross2.065]

I totally agree, it was for the privileged cast Culture as Oprah now calls us

[@sassykaren7587]

Betsy Ross2.0 it figures that she would say something like that. But yet she wants to say that she isn’t racist! When I was a kid and watching The Jetsons, I didn’t know anything better about it being all white characters in the show. I didn’t even know anything about racism until my parents explained it to me when I was about 13 years old. Thank you so much for your reply 🥀

[@pfyiadministration1263]

Thank you

[@sassykaren7587]

D'Vorah Jackson you’re so very welcome 🥀

[@bovinny]

what's even worse,,, the prehistoric Flintstones no people of color now that's animation

[@MsSteveeverett]

Used to watch in black and white when I was a kid, never had a colour tv until 1975

[@colehalford1893]

George Jetson was born on July 31, 2022

[@martica6755]

I miss The Jetsons .. as well as all other classic cartoons on Saturday mornings, they were the best!! These cartoons today truly sux.

[@motleycrue24]

I just thought the Jetsons creation idea was from just taking the idea of the Flintstones and flipping it to a family in the future. The idea of Kayne west being a director for a movie makes me cringe

[@darthdmc]

That's what I always thought - changing the setting from prehistoric past to space age future.

[@MoeJaxon]

Something like that

[@hughdanielson]

They also predicted green Mohawks for teenage boys 20 years before they happened.

[@seanhunt6773]

Yes I am a fan of the Jetsons

[@josephclegg3562]

Me too.

[@CarlosGuzman-bq8fr]

I loved the show and would se it whenever it was on tv.

[@amymalski]

Moving sidewalks first appeared at Chicago's World Fair in 1893...

[@jeffreyknight3884]

Pretty neat footage. Now I see all the future items on the jetsons that are in the present 2021. Flat tv, wrist watches with pictures, robots doing house work. Jetsons wa a great show. Thank you for the memories.

[@angels3848]

Wow,luve this show. And cartoons. They really dont make any great ones anymore.

[@ronaldpierce8135]

I love the jetsons it was entertaining and it was a great show

[@rosesmith3948]

I'm 64...miss being a kid in the 60's

[@ronaldpierce8135]

@@rosesmith3948 I'm 53 and I loved the show

[@brianabryant6497]

I was one of the lucky ones to only have known it in color I had no idea it was in black and white born and raised in Chicago.i feel so privileged

[@jsl151850b]

2:43 *Was there an Apple Macintosh connection? Apple using the Jetsons theme to show off their Mac's audio capabilities?* 4:40 *Flat Screen TVs were 10 years away for 40 years. Like Fusion.*

[@DFDuck55]

I don't want to see a "new" Jetsons because it would undoubtedly be "woke".

[@cannedmusic]

same with a live version, short of the flying cars, I could just go to Wal*Mart...or Meijer's Fifty Acres

[@tacoheadmakenzie9311]

Yes, Judy and Elroy would be nonbinary.

[@jonmcinnis1645]

Duck landes I think they should absolutely make a Jetsons live action movie/live action jetsons!

[@TheCoffeeCatDad]

Given how there have been a lot of shows that have been revived (G.I.Joe, My Little Pony, TMNT, Batman, Scooby-Doo, Smurfs, He-Man, you get the idea) I honestly think reviving the Jetsons in a new light might be a good move. Times have changed a lot since the 90s and new generations are unaware of how awesome this show was to us who grew up on it.

[@laurarosa3924]

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