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The Jetsons television cartoon animation
Another way The Flintstones paved the way for The Jetsons was by premiering on prime-time TV, thus sparking the first prime-time animation fad. George et al. premiered on ABC's prime-time schedule in 1962. Once the fad had run its course, however, they were relegated to Saturday morning, where the same 24 episodes were re-run over and over.
A third similarity between the two is that both took their basic set-up from pre-existing series, changing only the setting. The Flintstones was The Honeymooners in the Stone Age, whereas The Jetsons was Blondie in the future — even to the point of Penny Singleton, who played Blondie in films and on TV, providing the voice of Jane Jetson. Other voices were George O'Hanlon (better known as a face actor than a voice actor) as George, Janet Waldo (Penelope Pitstop, Morticia Addams) as daughter Judy, Daws Butler (Huckleberry Hound, Peter Potamus) as son Elroy, and Don Messick (Scooby-Doo, Atom Ant) as the dog, Astro.
The Jetsons fared better in comic books than on TV, being published on a regular basis from 1963-73, and sporadically ever since. Their publishers include Gold Key, Charlton, Harvey and Archie.
The Jetsons (Picture 1)
The Jetsons cartoon images gallery 1. The Jetsons cartoon pictures collection 1.
In the 1980s, the series enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, and new episodes were made to supplement those that had been in syndication for the past couple of decades. The family even met their spiritual ancestors, Fred and Wilma, in a two-hour 1987 made-for-TV movie, The Jetsons Meet the Flintsones. This revival reached its climax in 1990 with the theatrical release of their feature film. In these latter-day Jetsons episodes, O'Hanlon came out of retirement to play George Jetson again. He died shortly after the completion of the 1990 feature.
Is their saga now complete? Will new animated material continue to appear? Perhaps, but one thing is certain — the Jetsons material that we have seen, we will see again.
The Jetsons is a prime-time animated sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing from 1962–1963 and again from 1985–1987. It was Hanna-Barbera’s Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones, a half-hour family sitcom projecting contemporary American culture and lifestyle into another time period. While the Flintstones live in a world with machines powered by birds and dinosaurs, the Jetsons live in a futuristic utopia in the year 2062 of elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions.
The original incarnation of the series aired Sunday nights on ABC from September 23, 1962, to March 3, 1963. It comprised 24 episodes, and was re-run on Saturday morning for decades. At the time of its debut, it was the first program ever to be broadcast in color on ABC-TV (as The Flintstones, while always produced in color, was broadcast in black-and-white for its first two seasons). Its continuing popularity led to further episodes being produced for syndication between 1985 and 1987.
The Jetsons (Picture 1)
The Jetsons cartoon images gallery 1. The Jetsons cartoon pictures collection 1.
The Jetsons cartoon images gallery 1. The Jetsons cartoon pictures collection 1.
The Jetsons television cartoon animation
Another way The Flintstones paved the way for The Jetsons was by premiering on prime-time TV, thus sparking the first prime-time animation fad. George et al. premiered on ABC's prime-time schedule in 1962. Once the fad had run its course, however, they were relegated to Saturday morning, where the same 24 episodes were re-run over and over.
A third similarity between the two is that both took their basic set-up from pre-existing series, changing only the setting. The Flintstones was The Honeymooners in the Stone Age, whereas The Jetsons was Blondie in the future — even to the point of Penny Singleton, who played Blondie in films and on TV, providing the voice of Jane Jetson. Other voices were George O'Hanlon (better known as a face actor than a voice actor) as George, Janet Waldo (Penelope Pitstop, Morticia Addams) as daughter Judy, Daws Butler (Huckleberry Hound, Peter Potamus) as son Elroy, and Don Messick (Scooby-Doo, Atom Ant) as the dog, Astro.
The Jetsons fared better in comic books than on TV, being published on a regular basis from 1963-73, and sporadically ever since. Their publishers include Gold Key, Charlton, Harvey and Archie.
The Jetsons (Picture 1)
The Jetsons cartoon images gallery 1. The Jetsons cartoon pictures collection 1.
In the 1980s, the series enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, and new episodes were made to supplement those that had been in syndication for the past couple of decades. The family even met their spiritual ancestors, Fred and Wilma, in a two-hour 1987 made-for-TV movie, The Jetsons Meet the Flintsones. This revival reached its climax in 1990 with the theatrical release of their feature film. In these latter-day Jetsons episodes, O'Hanlon came out of retirement to play George Jetson again. He died shortly after the completion of the 1990 feature.
Is their saga now complete? Will new animated material continue to appear? Perhaps, but one thing is certain — the Jetsons material that we have seen, we will see again.
The Jetsons is a prime-time animated sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing from 1962–1963 and again from 1985–1987. It was Hanna-Barbera’s Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones, a half-hour family sitcom projecting contemporary American culture and lifestyle into another time period. While the Flintstones live in a world with machines powered by birds and dinosaurs, the Jetsons live in a futuristic utopia in the year 2062 of elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions.
The original incarnation of the series aired Sunday nights on ABC from September 23, 1962, to March 3, 1963. It comprised 24 episodes, and was re-run on Saturday morning for decades. At the time of its debut, it was the first program ever to be broadcast in color on ABC-TV (as The Flintstones, while always produced in color, was broadcast in black-and-white for its first two seasons). Its continuing popularity led to further episodes being produced for syndication between 1985 and 1987.
The Jetsons (Picture 1)
The Jetsons cartoon images gallery 1. The Jetsons cartoon pictures collection 1.
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