Comments on: Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 06 – The Good Little Scouts

By: Kaleberg

Kaleberg — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 04:42:01 +0000

My favorite insurance on the moon ad was Marsh & McClennan’s which featured two of the Apollo mission moon cars with the astronauts exchanging information after a fender bender. It was pretty funny.

By: Chris Sobieniak

Chris Sobieniak — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 23:21:18 +0000

alanborky said:
“Everytime I click on one of your BBC future links it always tells me a Brit I can’t see the image concerned precisely because I’m resident in Britain!

…and I did really want to see those flippin’ futuristic Hilton Hotel keys!”

A shame the interenet can’t play ball with everyone.

Chris L:
“Money isn’t mentioned because the Jetsons live in a very 1950′s type of boom economy. Capitalism has triumphed over everything and everyone is (outside of 1950′s sitcom problems) happy. So making ends meet isn’t a problem, losing the boss’ son on the Moon is.”

Funny how I left my brain at the door before coming in!

GeorgeG:
“I like how their compass pointed straight up – back at the north magnetic pole on Earth!”

Who says this cartoon wasn’t educational? There was a time in the 80′s when some stations argued that one with those concerned over children’s programming being a wasteland in such a toyetic era crowded by half-hour ‘commercials’ weekday afternoons. I still get a kick out of the Arthur kid (voiced by the late Dick Beals I believe) informing George why he couldn’t light a fire on the moon! I learned something new that day!

Michael F:
“Guess I was just a child of a test pilot (my dad) whose pals actually *went* to the moon (like the year before I saw this episode) and who understood that stuff way too much to enjoy this episode.”

Certainly a mind is a terrible thing to waste at a young age!

Edd Mark starr:
“Can you believe it? A cartoon opened my eyes to architecture! The first images I ever saw of Brasília in LOOK Magazine reminded me of a Jetson-like city on ground level.The U.N. Building in New York has a similar feel to it. Even today buildings that look cool get the “Jetsons” label from me.”

Then come to my hometown, Toledo, OH (or what’s left of it)!

By: Edd Mark Starr

Edd Mark Starr — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:37:52 +0000

Almost every kid I knew in grade school back in the 60′s mentioned the design of the buildings in this series. Episode 6 has some great examples. Notice that while the Jetsons is set in the 21st century, many of the buildings have design elements reflecting late 50′s modernist architecture.

Can you believe it? A cartoon opened my eyes to architecture! The first images I ever saw of Brasília in LOOK Magazine reminded me of a Jetson-like city on ground level.The U.N. Building in New York has a similar feel to it. Even today buildings that look cool get the “Jetsons” label from me.

By: GeorgeG

GeorgeG — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:00:44 +0000

I like how their compass pointed straight up – back at the north magnetic pole on Earth!

By: Michael F

Michael F — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:13:58 +0000

I remember seeing this as an 8 year old (or so) and thinking to myself back then “Where is their oxygen supply? Why are their hands exposed to the vacuum of space? And aren’t they freezing in those earth clothes up there?
Guess I was just a child of a test pilot (my dad) whose pals actually *went* to the moon (like the year before I saw this episode) and who understood that stuff way too much to enjoy this episode.

By: Chris L

Chris L — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:00:46 +0000

Money isn’t mentioned because the Jetsons live in a very 1950′s type of boom economy. Capitalism has triumphed over everything and everyone is (outside of 1950′s sitcom problems) happy. So making ends meet isn’t a problem, losing the boss’ son on the Moon is.

The questions you raise are good ones though. Where exactly does all the wealth to run this society come from? Is there a hidden underclass in it, and if there is, how is that term defined? Talking about the Jetsons as a real society is a fun game to play.

By: Edd Mark Starr

Edd Mark Starr — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:32:51 +0000

As a long time Jetsons fan one question continues to fascinate me; if the Jetsons live in the sky, who lives on the ground?

My school friends back in the 60′s imagined a world where elevation is tied to income, lol. There are other qualifiers, but they all assume that “the lucky” live in the clouds while the “unlucky” manage at ground level, or deeper!

Only when I got older did I realize that part of the fun with the Jetsons involved never facing the cost of living, or anything really. The only money I saw changing hands was in the show’s intro, lol.

Ain’t it amazing that a cartoon made for family fun is still engaging enough to pose questions that fall outside the bounds of Hanna-Barbera’s intentions.

By: Chris L

Chris L — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:26:02 +0000

This episode reminds me of all those Heinlein space scout stories. It has the same 50′s Boys Life vibe, only done for laughs.

By: alanborky

alanborky — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:56:31 +0000

Matt it amazes me how many science ‘purists’ there still are out there who deplore the modern equivalents of The Jetsons for their ‘bad science’.

Even they with their pefect pristine vision of what actually constitutes ‘good science’ must’ve at some stage started out having to learn what constitutes science and part of that surely’ll’ve involved watching shows like The Jetsons as kids.

One little criticism which isn’t really directed at you as such.

Everytime I click on one of your BBC future links it always tells me a Brit I can’t see the image concerned precisely because I’m resident in Britain!

…and I did really want to see those flippin’ futuristic Hilton Hotel keys!