Comments on: Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 05 – Jetson’s Nite Out http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-05-jetsons-nite-out/ A history of the future that never was Fri, 17 May 2013 21:40:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Sean http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-05-jetsons-nite-out/#comment-1077 Sean Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:00:46 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=5297#comment-1077 We even have robot sports, except that it's gladiatorial to-the-death combat instead of football. To bad they didn't go for zero-G sports. That would be expensive to show even today using live-action, but would've been easy in 1962 using animation. My Yahoo! group is all about space sports, so this was an especially interesting ep for me. Just thought I'd throw in: in the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the common people live in houses which rise above the ground at night on a pole. It isn't because of weather, though. It's to protect from assassins. We even have robot sports, except that it’s gladiatorial to-the-death combat instead of football. To bad they didn’t go for zero-G sports. That would be expensive to show even today using live-action, but would’ve been easy in 1962 using animation.

My Yahoo! group is all about space sports, so this was an especially interesting ep for me.

Just thought I’d throw in: in the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the common people live in houses which rise above the ground at night on a pole. It isn’t because of weather, though. It’s to protect from assassins.

]]> By: Chris Sobieniak http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-05-jetsons-nite-out/#comment-999 Chris Sobieniak Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:27:06 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=5297#comment-999 Room dividers keep reminding me of high school all over again (as they had them in the rooms and even the gym! Room dividers keep reminding me of high school all over again (as they had them in the rooms and even the gym!

]]> By: Chris Sobieniak http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-05-jetsons-nite-out/#comment-968 Chris Sobieniak Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:50:48 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=5297#comment-968 I also remember this episode best as the one of George screwing up and getting fired in the end. Somehow in my twisted mind, I wanted that to be the closing of every episode no matter how pathetic or ridiculous the situation got. It's a way to explain that even in the future, one can sure f--k up his life too easily if he or she wasn't careful. I also remember this episode best as the one of George screwing up and getting fired in the end. Somehow in my twisted mind, I wanted that to be the closing of every episode no matter how pathetic or ridiculous the situation got. It’s a way to explain that even in the future, one can sure f–k up his life too easily if he or she wasn’t careful.

]]> By: Max Power http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-05-jetsons-nite-out/#comment-961 Max Power Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:10:56 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=5297#comment-961 Also, were flexible room dividers a big thing in the late 50s? I see them in the Talking of Tomorrow screencap, and remember they were a feature of the kids' rooms in the Monsanto House of the Future at Disneyland. Also, were flexible room dividers a big thing in the late 50s? I see them in the Talking of Tomorrow screencap, and remember they were a feature of the kids’ rooms in the Monsanto House of the Future at Disneyland.

]]> By: Max Power http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-05-jetsons-nite-out/#comment-959 Max Power Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:06:22 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=5297#comment-959 Forming and disposing of dishes in the house was another technology demonstrated just a few years later as a near-term practical invention at the NY World's Fair as the "Dishmaker" http://www.nywf64.com/fesgas09.shtml Forming and disposing of dishes in the house was another technology demonstrated just a few years later as a near-term practical invention at the NY World’s Fair as the “Dishmaker”
http://www.nywf64.com/fesgas09.shtml

]]> By: Chakat Firepaw http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-05-jetsons-nite-out/#comment-958 Chakat Firepaw Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:52:13 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=5297#comment-958 Disposable clothing isn't a total miss: They really do get used in environments that are very hard on clothing or involve substances that cannot be safely cleaned off of fabrics, (e.g. asbestos). Disposable clothing isn’t a total miss: They really do get used in environments that are very hard on clothing or involve substances that cannot be safely cleaned off of fabrics, (e.g. asbestos).

]]> By: Mama http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-05-jetsons-nite-out/#comment-957 Mama Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:57:30 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=5297#comment-957 I love this site. I love the blog - the comparing 1962 ideas to the now. What a fantastic idea!! I love this site. I love the blog – the comparing 1962 ideas to the now. What a fantastic idea!!

]]> By: Chris Sobieniak http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/10/recapping-the-jetsons-episode-05-jetsons-nite-out/#comment-955 Chris Sobieniak Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:48:59 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/?p=5297#comment-955 You can't argue that The Jetsons were the innovators of home theatre entertainment at it's finest. Although the one thing that didn't quite stick around I suppose is the Todd-AO curved screens I've often associated theaters with ever since I've went to them as a kid. Today's digital screens do nothing for me! You can’t argue that The Jetsons were the innovators of home theatre entertainment at it’s finest. Although the one thing that didn’t quite stick around I suppose is the Todd-AO curved screens I’ve often associated theaters with ever since I’ve went to them as a kid. Today’s digital screens do nothing for me!

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