Comments on: Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 08 – Rosey’s Boyfriend

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 03:38:53 +0000

As opposed to a maid WITH tears?

By: susan

susan — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:23:13 +0000

i also liked the 1911 ralph 124c41+. no robot,but period social sterotypes projected into a world of skype,flying cars, personal space travel, maglev trains undersea etc.

Also, the Skylark series of the 1930′s—” Get your hands off the ftl drive, you big ape”;”Activating force beams.”; “Now,you are cooking with gas”. This was echoed in the 1990′s series Stargate.

By: susan

susan — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:06:35 +0000

in fact, the jetsons mirrored the flintstones.

By: susan

susan — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:02:56 +0000

robby the robot, in forbidden planet, predates these.
robby does housework, makes dresses, and has a human personality.
As a child of the period, the most amusing thing about the jetsons, and startrek, was the 1950-1970 social sterotypes projected into the far future. As a scifi reader,i knew this intended satire.

By: Matt L

Matt L — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:01:56 +0000

I was, and still am, most amused by the phrase “Most ut” that Rosey uses after she hears Judy say “utmost” about a boy. I believe George or Jane repeat it at the end also. Another amusing part of the episode is Rosey parodying Judy’s moods in love and not in love. I still laugh at those two parts.

By: Wutzke

Wutzke — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:53:46 +0000

The “Maid Without Tears” also seems to be a maid with a couple major trip hazards hanging off her waistband… and scary that Miss Honeywell was advertised in at least one ad not merely as a robotic maid, but as a robotic *housewife*. Yikes!

By: JohnD

JohnD — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:54:08 +0000

We may never get a Rosie. Instead, we’ll get dozens of smaller, simpler robots, each suited to a single task (dusting, dish washing, vacuuming, etc.). This will happen because it is much, much easier to perform a specific process than to perform a general one.