The opening jingle of the Jetsons cartoon series sums up what the series was about; the opening scnese show the family flying through the air in a spaceship style car and the corresponding jingle goes: “Meet George Jetson.” “His boy Elroy.” “Daughter Judy.” “Jane, his wife;” and indeed the cartoon chronicled the lives of the Jetson family living in what was then a science fiction future where buildings were built in a day and video phone calls were made on a regular basis. And of course this was years and years before Skype and the Internet came into existence!
The series, which debut in Prime Time (in the evening), followed the Jetsons during their daily lives. And the concerns of the collective members of the Jetson family weren’t really that much different from the daily concerns of average Americans of the era – or of today; the parents George and Jane were just basically trying to get through the Monday to Friday work week and take care of their kids and their household and the kids just wanted to get through the school week. The difference was, of course, that the Jetsons were living in the future so the family had a neat series of futuristic things to assist them in living their daily lives like “Rosie, the robot” who was the Jetson’s maid, flying cars and video phone call displays.
Here’s a link to a YouTube clip of the opening scenes of the Jetsons which gives you an idea of what the series was like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyinD6ZDqeg
And a link to a TV webpage which offers additional information on all seasons of the show which ran on TV from 1962 to 1987:
http://www.tv.com/shows/the-jetsons/
And if you’d like to check out the series the library owns the first season on DVD so you can check it out at the library.
Have a great day!
Linda R.
References
The Jetsons. TV. Online. Accessed September 23, 2013, http://www.tv.com/shows/the-jetsons/
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