A similar joke runs in the Carousel Of Progress at Walt Disney World:

FATHER: You know, I predict that day that millions of people will learn Latin and Greek sitting in front of their TV sets.
GRANDMA: (To grandpa.) Are you awake dear?
Grandpa continues to snore which is a quick answer to Grandma’s question. She quickly turns the channel to a show which she would rather be watching. A boxing match.
GRANDMA: Give him a left you big lug!
Diorama closes.
FATHER: Ah yes, a new age of electronic civilization is upon us!

http://carouselofprogress.tripod.com/dscript2.html

Yes, that future ground we hope will still be there in another 50 years!

“Of course, many of these FCC regulations are still on the books, but the 1980s declawing of the FCC meant that media deregulation advocates largely won that battle, arguing that TV networks should answer only to the market rather than what regulators deem to be the public interest.”

In other words, echoing what a Surgeon General in 1961 had already stated of television being “A Vast Wasteland” in of itself.

“In fact, that’s what this episode argues, as Jane Jetson says that she doesn’t watch TV anymore since it’s “over her head.” Instead she wants more “doctor and cowboy shows.” When a TV producer named Mr. Transistor visits Jane to pitch a show based on the adventures of her son Elroy and her dog Astro, she says that she doesn’t want any more education on TV. Mr. Transistor replies, “I don’t blame you.””

Unlike today when reality-based programming is all “over my head”! A few years after that “Vast Wasteland” statement I Just mentioned, we did end up getting a few cartoons churned out to placate those demands for education like Tennessee Tuxedo & His Tales or The Funny Company, though it was few and far betwee and it wasn’t long until Peggy Charren and the Action for Children’s Television had to step in sooner or later. I suppose the “E/I” programming of today is the sole answer any broadcaster has of skirting the rules despite an already diverse media market for education outside the broadcast spectrum.

“Apparently it was somewhat scandalous for an adult woman to be voicing a cartoon boy, though it’s obviously quite common and not at all controversial today.”

Lord knows where people like Nancy Cartwright may have gone if not for the efforts of those that came before. Reminded of the interview Bliss did for the Academy of American Television on the matter. Basically they wanted Bliss to appear like she was an actual “little boy” voicing the role. Typical.