When folks speak about visions of the long run, “The Jetsons” is commonly the go-to reference. The Hanna-Barbera cartoon ran for one season of 24 episodes in 1962 and 1963 as a follow-up to “The Flintstones,” a present about folks dwelling in a prehistoric age.
“The Jetsons” was later rebooted for one other 51 episodes from 1985 to 1987, as IMDB tells us.
“The Jetsons” depicts a future world the place we have now speaking robotic maids, flying automobiles and loos outfitted with automated toothbrushes. What’s attention-grabbing is that the long run is neither dystopian nor utopian.
“The Jetsons” is predicated on the concept regardless that humanity has developed technologically, George Jetson nonetheless has to take care of the identical household and profession troubles that every other sit-com dad had within the ‘60s.
On the planet of “The Jetsons,” the extra issues modified, the extra they stayed the identical.
“We nonetheless converse concerning the future in Jetsons phrases,” Jared Bahir Browsh, creator of the 2021 guide “Hanna-Barbera: A Historical past,” informed The New York Submit. “A present that initially ran for one season had such an influence on the way in which we see our tradition and our lives.”
A Twitter person by the title of Brendan Kergin went viral just lately for mentioning that George Jetson was in all probability born on Sunday, July 31, 2022. The announcement of the beginning of probably the most well-known man of the long run felt to many like a defining milestone in human historical past. Have we lastly reached the long run? Have we begun our march towards true progress as a species?
me and the boys on our option to witness the beginning of george jetson pic.twitter.com/K4uoyBujEc
— stanley yelnats (@slimeoperative) July 29, 2022
In Kergin’s authentic tweet, “The Jetsons” web page on Wikipedia claimed he was born on July 31, 2022. Since then, the web page has been modified to 2022, with no particular date given.
In line with Snopes, the present debuted in 1962 and was set 100 years sooner or later. In an episode that ran within the first yr, George claims to be 40 years previous, placing the yr of his beginning firmly in 2022.
On a deeper stage, that implies that, as a species, we have now 40 years to get our high quality of life as much as Jetsons’ requirements.
For many who are fretting that humanity has veered off target and is much from hitting the cartoon’s timeline, there’s hope. Simply take into consideration how far expertise has come previously 40 years.
To all of the folks questioning the place their flying automobiles are, bear in mind what the world was like in 1982?
— Brendan Kergin (@BKergin) July 30, 2022
Someone must chunk the bullet and title their new child George Jetson tomorrow
— BeeBricks (@BeeBricks) July 29, 2022
I have to know ASAP as a result of if I’ve a child on July thirty first, I AM naming him George Jetson.
— Connor (@connorclark21) July 29, 2022
However lots of people nonetheless need to know why we do not have flying automobiles but.
FINALLY The Jetsons are catching as much as actuality!!!
WHERE’S MY FLYING CAR?!?!?!?!
— Brandon Hilton (@BRANDONHILTON) July 29, 2022
Oh, crap… that implies that we’re getting near flying automobiles.
A ton of individuals cannot management a automobile on the bottom in a secure and managed method. We’re doomed. Doomed, I say.
— Free Agent Kevin🇺🇦 (@sportsjunkie007) July 29, 2022
The place are the flying automobiles? pic.twitter.com/VtmHN49zj8
— Hieronymus McGillicuddy (@HieronymusMcG) July 29, 2022
If George Jetson was simply born, then his grandfather, Montague Jetson, is in our midst.
This additionally implies that Mr. Spacely is strolling amongst us and making dance movies on TikTok.
— Nick Sestanovich (@Nsestanovich) July 29, 2022
One Twitter person discovered one thing attention-grabbing within the present’s timeline relating to the beginning of the Jetsons’ daughter, Judy.
Which implies that in about 30 to 40 years the earth shall be so uninhabitable, we have now to stay in buildings constructed approach up within the sky. So, checks out.
— Detective Bagabitch (@RunMizzou11) July 29, 2022
Additionally gender and household dynamics will revert to a Nineteen Fifties paradigm. So yeah, checks out.
— not right now devil (@basketokittens) July 29, 2022
I am guessing we’re about to learn how International Warming is solved. . .by placing each constructing on the planet on stilts
— Okay.Waza 🔞 (Commissions OPEN 6/7 slots Crammed) (@KWaza94874843) July 29, 2022
I imply this checks out with our present timeline. pic.twitter.com/mJugIAs3hD
— Anya Johanna DeNiro (@adeniro) July 29, 2022
We’ve come near re-creating a number of expertise that appeared in “The Jetsons.” We might not have sassy speaking robotic maids, however we do have Roombas that robotically hold the home tidy. We even have video calls, flat-screen TVs, and TV watches.
Ultimately, “The Jetsons” might function a warning to watch out about how we envision our future as a result of we would simply get it.
“[“The Jetsons”] speaks to this concept that as human beings we’ll all the time have one thing to complain about,” Danny Graydon, creator of “The Jetsons: The Official Information to the Cartoon Traditional,” informed The New York Submit. “One of many issues with utopia, in case you create an ideal world, that world could be fairly boring.”
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