The Jetsons
The Jetsons is an animated television series depicting a family living in a futuristic world of flying cars, robot maids, and push-button conveniences.
First aired in 1962, it became the space-age counterpart to The Flintstones.
The show's vision of automated domestic life makes it a cultural touchstone for retro-futurism: This smart home setup is very Jetsons.
Classic cartoon production studio
- AstroCelestial-themed proper name
- ElroyMale name, royal meaning
- JudyCommon female name
- JaneFemale given name
George · Rosie · flying car · robot maid · treadmill · moving sidewalk · videophone · push-button
Traditional male name
- JaneFemale given name
- JudyCommon female name
- ElroyMale name, royal meaning
- AstroCelestial-themed proper name
Rosie · household · domestic · sitcom · suburban · middle-class · nuclear family · working dad
- jetpackBack-mounted flying apparatus
- hovercarLevitating vehicle concept
- videophonePhone showing caller's face
- space stationOrbiting crewed research facility
domed city · moving walkway · automatic · gadgetry · atomic age · mid-century modern · optimistic · utopian
- bossWorkplace superior
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- automationSelf-operating system design
- conveyor beltEndless loop transporter
commute · firing · rehiring · rivalry · corporation · office · workweek · labor-saving
Hanna-Barbera
Classic cartoon production studio
Jane · George · Rosie · flying car · robot maid · treadmill · moving sidewalk · videophone · push-button · Saturday morning
George
Traditional male name
Astro · Rosie · household · domestic · sitcom · suburban · middle-class · nuclear family · working dad · homemaker
robot maid
- jetpackBack-mounted flying apparatus
- hovercarLevitating vehicle concept
- videophonePhone showing caller's face
space station · domed city · moving walkway · automatic · gadgetry · atomic age · mid-century modern · optimistic · utopian · 1960s
George Jetson
- bossWorkplace superior
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- automationSelf-operating system design
conveyor belt · commute · firing · rehiring · rivalry · corporation · office · workweek · labor-saving
- 70s CartoonsScooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, Jabberjaw, Space Ghost
- Fictional FamiliesThe Simpsons, The Addams Family, The Flintstones, The Munsters, The Sopranos
- Sci-Fi AnimationAkira, Cowboy Bebop, Futurama, Astro Boy, Robotech
- cartoonsBugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, Simpsons, Donald Duck
- Warner BrosBugs Bunny, Tweety, Tweety Bird, Sylvester, Porky Pig
- retrofuturismray guns, jetpacks, rocket ships, space helmets, bubble helmets
The JetsonsNineteen Eighty-Four
Dystopian totalitarianism novel
Blade Runner · The Terminator · dystopian fiction · The Matrix · Mad Max