How much of modern life was predicted by 'The Jetsons?'

[@timothyadcock5103]

I loved the intro to the show when George pulls cash out and Jane grabs the wallet. Some things never change.

[@Duffy72]

😹😹😹😹

[@MrVariant]

yeah the comic made Jane a scientist to be more politically correct, but was fun nonetheless. Though yes that wallet grab will never change lol.

[@headbull3331]

The first thing I thought of is when she took all his money in the beginning

[@bullshitstomper9417]

Still cash society in future

[@nofiltersenzafiltro9596]

My wife pays my bill she drives me around and buys me gift I wash dishes and watch the kids things do change if you want. hope you dont beat your wife

[@neondystopian]

When I was a child, shows like The Jetsons and The Flintstones were just reruns and on their way out the door. It's a shame, because I remember some of the episodes I watched as a child. They're from a happier, more civilized time.

[@tammyjohnson8161]

Technology has killed social skills and made life far to easy on past generations.

[@cashkitty3472]

Yeah I watched the re-runs in the UK too

[@armydoc11301966]

They have been around all my life except 15 years. I'm a Sixtys child. Same with Star trek

[@CaliWeHo]

I grew up in the 60s and The Jetsons was my favorite cartoon - now I'm *in* my 60s and it still is. None of all this woke crap back then!

[@andret5418]

I just said the same thing so sad 😞 😔 😟

[@campsiteministries]

If the grid ever goes down, all these modern “conveniences” that we have allowed ourselves to become completely dependent upon will quickly become totally useless. I believe that it might be better for us in the long run to learn/remember how to do things the “old-fashioned way”.

[@neondystopian]

Unfortunately, that's a particular lesson most people learn only when they have to. Heck, even a lot of us who have prepared for such an eventuality won't really be ready for it when it finally hits.

[@campsiteministries]

@@neondystopian I think that those who have already chosen to go off-grid will be way ahead of the rest of us who are only waiting for it to happen.

[@neondystopian]

@@campsiteministries Indeed, but no one is ready for the collapse of civilization. Not really. The only thing we can do is try to plan for potential eventualities. When it happens, it's going to be completely out of our control.

[@neondystopian]

@trumps hairflap you actually made a funny joke. I didn't think you were capable.

[@debbie4766]

@@orilion1820 Zzz Zzz

[@janos5408]

Don't forget about the treadmill. Sure, the Jetsons used it to walk the dog, but we have them.

[@aprildice1064]

They invented the tv, dogs, trump and the sidewalk on that show

[@christiansoldier77]

Janos Treadmills are not new

[@sawme7772]

People use the modern day treadmills to walk their dogs now so nothing's changed since the Jetson's !! LOL !!😂🤣

[@club4ghz]

They forgot to predict humans eating maggots and owning nothing

[@MikeHunt-no2kt]

Is their space pad owned by Black Rock?

[@scottmantooth8785]

*that was for the deplorable mutants and zombies that lived below the pristine cityscapes...you never saw them but they were there*

[@n07w4tU7hnk]

excellent comments here

[@Hunter-lt2sb]

"Don't forget your car, Mr. Jetson!"

[@JusNoBS420]

Love you people like you can take a fun cartoon from the past and make some ridiculous negative comments

[@sunshinehippie70]

I remember being a child and watching the Jetsons!

[@yankee2666]

So what?

[@rossmeldrum3346]

I remember watching them first run on Saturday mornings I was 8 years old.

[@intellivisionmaster7999]

Yes, it was my favourite cartoon!

[@emilyhopemeechem4183]

My dad watched that when he was a younger boy during the 1970s

[@Turbo_TechnoLogic]

just wow

[@izzyplusplusplus1004]

Alex Jones was right more than the Jetsons.

[@faith4freedom76]

God was right more than the jones & Jetsons

[@Egrebal76]

Alex Jones “exposed” many things accurately.!

[@sandie1112]

@Edd yes he predicted many things

[@abhishekdev258]

@Edd a broken clock is correct twice.

[@catbreath8361]

@@abhishekdev258 Not a digital clock

[@charlesxavier5681]

Jetsons, Flintstones, & Scooby Doo are some of my favorite cartoons of all time.

[@catbreath8361]

Thanks and who cares?

[@MikeHunt-no2kt]

I was just watching the Scoobs the other night. Nostalgia is the best anti-depressant. That and the outdoors.

[@luislaplume8261]

@@catbreath8361 Spoken like a true Millennial!

[@scottaustin4035]

The Flintstones and the Jetsons were the first prime time cartoons.

[@Stylez-13]

Ah so hanna barbera cartoons are your thing lol

[@Kjones238]

in my household we named our roomba Rosey because of the robot from the jetsons lol

[@sawme7772]

LOL !!😂 Awesome !! Love that !!🙌😁

[@Stylez-13]

Many people forget that the jetsons had an actual "roomba" doing the vaccum but stop using it after they got rosie

[@Anne.411]

3 hour work days. Now thats what Im talking about

[@rageangerman1432]

I remember a lot of people in the 80s thinking we were going to be like the Jetsons by the year 2000. 😂

[@tonybayarea]

That was me in 1980's, 1990's thinking we gonna be like the Jetson is 10, 15 years or so. 30, 40 years later (2022) were still not there completely. 😂

[@AikawaMartialArts]

In many ways they went beyond it....

[@edwardm9227]

With Brandon it's going to be more like The Flintstones!

[@webdev217]

Absolutely, that dude is pushing us into nuclear winter.

[@bloodysabbath1984]

K…

[@edwardm9227]

@@bloodysabbath1984 Oh I'm sorry! Your glorious leader is doing so phenomenally, in fact no one in the history of the US has exceeded any of his FAILURES! close the door behind you 🤡

[@bigbird4481]

@@bloodysabbath1984 it's true though

[@BigSmoke-bu6ib]

Except that joke when George says "These three hour days are killing me" that joke has aged like a diamond.

[@steve.57]

Been saying this for years now about the 'Jetson's'. Grew up in the 60's watching this.

[@HUYI1]

I'm from the 80s and I've been saying this for years too!

[@jessekoch3480]

I like the last point. The first to pick-up the phone pats the bill, that's GOLD.

[@profx23]

Fantastic Idea.

[@mathematics557]

Luv this idea 💯💯

[@lanakopeikin4014]

Ahh, the good old days!

[@write4life100]

Rosie was the best, she did the housework and was also sarcastic.

[@sphexism]

The Jetsons also showed a world where people were getting less poor and less overworked thanks to technology rather than the other way around like today.

[@MikeHunt-no2kt]

I have made that same observation. Life seems more difficult with more technology.

[@FP194]

Then the technology people become dependent on makes them lazy

[@skycloud4802]

It depicted technology in a positive way, something to look forward to. Instead of a dystopian future.

[@rayrocher6887]

Excellent show, great News, Jetsons good TV

[@hispanocubanoamericano3388]

Such a great show! The Jetsons is a show I'll never forget!

[@MAY777ABLE]

One of my favorites back in the 60's I miss last century time of living

[@emilyhopemeechem4183]

The Jetsons was made in 1962 but is set in 2062 George (40 years old) was born in 2022 Jane (33 years old) was born in 2029 Judy (15 years old) was born in 2047 Elroy (6 and a half years old) born in 2056 Hanna Barbara made this to show families imagining what the future will look like! I would be in my late 50s and early 60s at the time 2062 comes! Back to the Future predicted what 2015 would look like from 1985 but now that it is 2023, there is no futuristic city with high tech technology like the one in back to the Future but SsniperWolf shows us some cool inventions!

[@petra8396]

ich liebe die Jetsons 😍😍

[@AmericanActionReport]

According to Screen Rant, at least ten futuristic movies were set in the year 2022. Before you sit down to eat in a restaurant, remember that one of those ten was "Soylent Green."

[@mrsbluesky8415]

I saw it when it first came on TV in the 70s and thought no way could that ever happen. Now I’m not so sure.

[@AmericanActionReport]

@@mrsbluesky8415 I saw it no more than a few times. During the 1970s, I didn't want a television and rarely watched one. It wasn't until video tape machines came along that I thought it worth having a TV.

[@stevesibaja3123]

The Jetsons Predicted are Technology

[@danielcollins5194]

I think the movie "idiocracy" better predicted our future

[@johnbernstein7887]

@@charlieschultz9232 He like money too!

[@MachiavellisThePrince]

Idiocracy definitely had an accurate send up of FOX News and the dumbing down of society.

[@danielcollins5194]

@@MachiavellisThePrince if a guy like joe biden can get the biggest job in the world, idiocracy came true. Whats worse is people relate to a guy that can't speak English for 1 though

[@gardenkitty]

These things were already discovered back then but not delivered to the general public.

[@canman5060]

The internet started in 1973 but not commercially available until 1994.

[@AkSonya1010]

What are you smoking?

[@Duffy72]

@@canman5060 the intranet 😂

[@davekuebler8782]

One of my childhood favs.

[@heru-deshet359]

Happy birthday George Jetson!

[@fernandomenchu-428]

It takes me back to when I first saw it on Boomerang. Nowadays, I see it on me TV every Sunday.

[@subliteral]

George's life as a replaceable drone in an over- corporatized world , while played for laughs on the show , remains a potent modernist nightmare to this day. The Jetsons had no contact with the natural world , never even walked on the actual ground within the series. The fears about a growing industrialized world were born right after WW2 , grew through the 50's & flowered in the youth movements of the 60's. There was much more to the Jetsons than a few cartoon laughs.

[@crotalusatrox7931]

So very true...good point.

[@me1965]

Happy birthday, George! Lol

[@HUYI1]

wow, this is wild, this show is definitely onto something!

[@christinalynn8143]

Every child was convinced that the cartoon WAS the future. 🙂 Nostalgia.

[@bethbnolan]

Yes I did!

[@AkSonya1010]

This is hilarious, my co-workers and I were talking about the Jetsons & all the inventions that have come true & what we are still missing. I remember my first trip to Disney World in 1995, they showed the vision of talking on a computer & our watch aka face time & I was thinking why would I want to do that? My son was young so I wasn't thinking about grandchildren. I also didn't think about the Jetsons coming up with the idea.

[@Alexander_Kale]

Don't remember much of the Jetsons, but is there really all taht much that DID come true? The flying cars and all that stuff obviously didn't, no antigavity and such... But no robots either. Rosie would probably react annoyed if you compared her to a Rumba. ^.^ IIRC, most screens on the show weren't flatscreens either, and they were pushing buttons on all those future machines, not touchscreens...

[@JHW44]

Loved this show growing up lol

[@wdbldr67]

Georges Job was to press one button when a red light went off at Spacely Sprockets. It seems some of the new Generation are looking for just that kind of job. Hand them a broom or a mop and ask them to use it and they quit because they are meant for more, of course taking a selfie as they say it.

[@leonardpearlman4017]

I think he might push the button when UNIBLAB tells him to? He's pictured as sitting around playing cards with Uniblab in at least one episode. In another he complains that he had to push that button several times that day, and is exhausted!

[@taylormickelson225]

Ok boomer go take a nap 😴

[@wdbldr67]

@@taylormickelson225 I'm sorry, was that a little to close to home?

[@subliteral]

You may remember the old experiment where rats were given a button that releases food whenever they pressed it , which ended up producing a society of obese lazy rats. The Jetsons was peppered with references to this kind of thing in my view . They made jokes about a future of indolence & the lack of physical activity that reflected real doubts about how beneficial technical advancements would be. I think there was more to the writing of the Jetsons than is apparent on the surface.

[@BettyWhite2171]

They didn't predict anything. Things take decades to be out to the public. Back then they were already working on all this technology. It just takes time to perfect it.

[@ccg1171]

If he was born in 22 & he's 40 that would be 2062 which is still a ways off to compare.

[@jpstudios-11]

Happy Birthday George Jetson

[@lilbigmick2004]

I am totally watching the jetsons after this

[@loro3849]

The Jetsons was my favorite

[@hwelsh64]

I was in 1970 and when I use to watch that show. I would always was one day we will live like this and people use to say i was crazy. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@lukedziuball2298]

Finally something FOX NEWS viewers can ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND!

[@wolfgangdevries127]

What do you mean???

[@stimpy_thecat]

Waiting for someone to come along and comment about solving the Pat puzzle 🤣

[@lukedziuball2298]

@@wolfgangdevries127 Are you a FOX NEWS viewer? Don't you UNDERSTAND? :)

[@deboraballes9044]

@@lukedziuball2298 😅😅😅👍

[@mikestephens5200]

Exactly! A cartoon written for a child.

[@crazypilot4017]

“Back to the Future” movie, predicted modern day things as well.

[@courtjester1135]

Yeah, if your mom marries Biff he'll make sure she gets breast enhancements.

[@crotalusatrox7931]

Meet George Jetson His Boy Elroy Daughter Judy Jane his Wife Favorite cartoon back in the day.

[@rextucker3184]

I liked the episode where George was hit with a shrink ray and zapped down to where he was just about three inches tall. Instead of just freaking out like a typical lefty, Elroy and Astro immediately started laughing and chanting "look at the shrimp! look at the shrimp!" until George made them go to their room. That's how you toughen a guy up when he's been shrunk down to three inches. George didn't run to any safe space, he stood up straight and laid on the discipline.

[@shirleymatthews2980]

The jetsons was my favorite cartoon back in the day

[@esclad]

Predicted or inspired?

[@brianodell5940]

Ya gotta love hard hitting journalism.....

[@MachiavellisThePrince]

FOX is purely entertainment.

[@markoconnell804]

We do have flying tic tacs 🤣

[@jukio02]

I wish I watched more Jetsons as a kid, I watched the Flintstones more and Scooby Do. Maybe, I'll watch it.

[@ashrithreddy5967]

I enjoyed the Jetsons!

[@rammtitajones5697]

I LIKE IT......IT WAS FUNNIER WHEN I WAS YOUNGER TOOO!!!

[@MiH43210]

As a server and working in restaurants. I highly doubt bartenders would prefer to chit chat with customers vs the customers using their phone. I mean without the chit chat they can get more done plus. Not everyone wants to just talk to strangers all the time

[@Tired_Momma]

As a former server and bartender - this! I had customers stay 2 hours past close just to chat. Sorry I haven’t peed in 12 hours, haven’t eaten since 8 am and my kids were in bed hours ago without me getting to say goodnight. Go home!

[@robh5789]

I love The Jetsons HBO Max has all the episodes which is awesome it's funny the FaceTime that they did back in the day flying cars crazy

[@tammyjohnson8161]

I think that people watched the Jetson’s and said “I can invent that”.

[@joycelayton4013]

Agree the Phone is everything

[@cycleguy1943]

The JETSONS were far ahead of their time back then…must watch tv back then!!!

[@johnbernstein7887]

What is really amazing is the Star Trek gadgets that we now have, like the cell phone.

[@davidpotwin1691]

I’m ready for the transporter and beam me up Scotty there is no intelligent life on this planet/ Paris for breakfast/ Tokyo for lunch/ London for dinner ! No airport’s

[@deboraballes9044]

The cell phone was actually inspired by the Star Trek one 🤓

[@lillygardens1]

Loved this show!

[@drewsirry9118]

But in the Jetsons, rock and roll has devolved and they still listen to record players

[@SuperRemi333]

I have electronic vacuum and named it Rosie after robot on the Jetsons!!!

[@marylane2026]

What about the virtual wardrobe to choose what you're going to wear? We don't have that right now but we totally could. We have the virtual shopping for Eye glasses. It's the same thing.

[@shamelessgames9158]

Fun fact : George Jetson was born in 2022..

[@DREQON2005]

Me being an introvert I love when I go to the bar with my phone. I’m looking down in my phone nobody has to talk to me. I love it leave me alone.

[@aoandd]

We were saying this a long time ago, we've been making this comparison. Alot of movies too. ..and Ms. Rachel, mother of nine and that's phenomenal. It must be why you're glowing like that so well. Congrats to you and your fambam, Mada'am. This was a fun segment, everyone.

[@andret5418]

We're here to help I hear ya thx..

[@bondjovi4595]

"That poor old Crow." 😆

[@BeeBlot]

Weird. I was just thinking about this the other day.

[@stimpy_thecat]

Jane! Stop this crazy thing! JAAANE!

[@KayJay940]

They nailed the modern day worker as a slave.

[@FP194]

Working 3 hours a day ? Seriously

[@bretstanley8931]

They didn't predict transgender fascism!

[@smorgasbroad1132]

We aren't there yet. The Jetson's was set in 2062.

[@lorettagallegos3377]

Taking your phone to the table is called disrespect.

[@sawme7772]

Y'all are wrong about the flying cars !! There are a couple companies who are building them as we speak. They just haven't gone mainstream "YET".😉 I CAN'T wait till they do !!😁

[@mrsbluesky8415]

So we’ll not have have regular car accidents we’ll be falling from the sky too.

[@melissayoung7270]

The 60s was the best decade!

[@marjn1030]

They didn't predict hourly wages being ridiculous and doesn't help with expenses or inflation.

[@EndlessTravels]

One thing you didn't mention They where a family..you know mother father, kids... ... sorry had too lol

[@user-mf7zo7sw8g]

What a timeless cartoon Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 Mr Jetson we got so much better cartoons 🥰🙏

[@adaminfinity1733]

Flying cars exist, they are called helicopters. If you don't think a helicopter is a flying car, tell me why. It fits the definition of a flying car. It is a vehicle that fits a small group of people that is capable of flying , hovering, and taking off and landing vertically.

[@tonivergara5725]

Absolutely!!🚁🚁

[@BettyWhite2171]

It doesn't work on land. A flying car would work on air AND land. But definitely close enough.

[@adaminfinity1733]

@@BettyWhite2171 in the Jetsons, the flying cars were never seen driving on land. So again helicopters or large drones for people would work as flying cars in that universe.

[@mrsbluesky8415]

By gosh you’re right ! But I don’t like the thought of thousands of helicopters in the sky at the same time any more than cars.

[@joycelayton4013]

My favorite show, we had big dreams

[@likits1999]

ALL OF IT!!!

[@kidcopper7941]

Oh absolutely. I have said that the that for years. The talking to your appliances and technology like Alexa. Nonthing of it suprises me at all I learned about it 62yrs ago. I also know what is coming.

[@rmorgan4358]

We have flying cars!!

[@CmdrCorn]

Flying cars are literally here... From paramotors to some of these electric VTOL man-moving drone copters... I encourage everyone to look up 'personal flight'.... Theres even a unit called the Jetson One that you can buy and fly without a license... To put my hat on, I think THIS is the kind of stuff "they" are terrified of in the near future, hence the crippling power grab and destruction of the middle class... Im talking about flying cars you can build in your garage for the price of a Tesla... It will be wild. Add to that the biohackers, people ordering CRISP edited yeast online that produces spider silk foe their spiderman dreams to people injecting themselves, again in their garage, with modified viruses that give them better blood-oxygen saturation and you can really start to get the picture....

[@neondystopian]

They're here, it's just the way we direct air traffic is so hectic and confusing that we're just not ready to facilitate that type of travel for everyone yet. You can fly some of them without a license for now, but once these things become popular the legislation for regulations and required licensing will start rolling in.

[@SmokeyTreats]

Daddy why are there no B's or M's on the Jetsons? Because it's the future son.

[@Macsreptilesandmore]

They invented a flying vehicle called JETSON ONE

[@deboraballes9044]

Remember the first space shuttle was called The Enterprise 😅👍

[@Aireck174]

"Demolition Man" got the most correct.

[@FP194]

Yes it predicted woke culture

[@MachiavellisThePrince]

It did predict Wesley Snipes going to prison and the forfeiture of liberty to corporations in favor of the veneer of safety...

[@lloydchristmas6611]

Since the launch 25 years ago on October 7, 1996, Fox News has never been more accurate on reporting real news. Congrats!

[@SirManfly]

Sure sure, now run along back to fake news CNN 🙄

[@lloydchristmas6611]

@@SirManfly is cnn still around? i thought it died under operation desert storm. thanks. forever grateful😁

[@mikestephens5200]

Fox has the least informed viewers of any news source. Look it up.

[@SirManfly]

@@lloydchristmas6611 they meme very well and fired a bunch of overpaid clown 🤡 anchors but other than that they are pretty much irrelevant 🤣

[@ghostsquid8971]

Try Logan’s Run. 🤔🦑

[@cooperhowz2]

We could have flying cars. We choose not to. We have machines that spit out breakfast. They're called microwaves.

[@Slixbrah]

Old cartoons were amazing

[@sandicoleman1222]

Lol 😆 I loved the Jetsons and that dog lol Great Dane. It was a great time.

[@cynthiabeckenbaugh5189]

Astro

[@richardcheek2432]

I refuse to become a cellphone drone. Mr Hurd, you are correct, hand washing is better.

[@Cooter4]

Due to all the "inclusion, AND stolen history of today, we will NEVER see all the innovations of the Jetsons! Why haven't we been back to the moon since 1972, I know but can't tell you why. We, Western Europeans and of European decent, took off and ran, starting in the 1800's through to the 1990's then NOTHING! We innovated and Invented the things we use today! That time is OVER! We have now DUMBED DOWN ALL the people that could've made these things predicted. We, Western Europeans, born in the mid 20th century are getting older and dying off. We are becoming the Luke Wilson movie IDIOCRACY from 2004!

[@polardiscoball]

Kansas is coming everywhere in November

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

Love those old TV shows. . Has anyone but me noticed that a great majority of commercials these days feature one or more of the following: 1. Use of the word "family." 2. Showing or mentioning dogs (usually showing) regardless of the product. 3. Prescription drugs with side effects. 4. Showing some type of water and mentioning the word "hydrate" 5. References to gastrointestinal issues (everything from probiotics to toilet paper. 6. Showing people wearing some type of colorful workout clothing - frequently some overweight bald guy walking around carrying a clipboard and high fiving everyone he sees for no discernible reason.

[@tonybayarea]

"Meet George Jetson, his daughter Judy, Jane his wife, his boy Elroy 🎶".

[@malmjonas]

Wacky Races reminds me of F1

[@edselduran9686]

In the early 70's, i heard this from a local news network that by the year 2000, we will have flying cars. 😳 "What happened?"