Jetsons

Fun Facts About Jetsons

• When The Jetsons premiered on ABC-TV in 1962, it was the first time the network broadcast in color. But many affiliate stations had to air it in black and white because they lacked color broadcast equipment.
• According to original promotional and press materials, The Jetsons is set in the year 2062 — or 100 years after its 1962 premiere. In the first episode George Jetson says he's 40 years old. That means George was born in 2022.
• The Jetsons was originally created as a futuristic counterpart to The Flintstones. The producers basically flipped the Stone Age setting into a Space Age one.
• George Jetson's job at Spacely Space Sprockets required him to work just one hour a day, two days a week. His only task was to push a single button on a giant computer named RUDI.
• The Jetsons ran for only one season in 1962–1963 due to low ratings. But the original 24 episodes became so popular in syndication and Saturday morning reruns, it lead to two more seasons decades later (51 additional episodes in 1985–1987).
• The family dog Astro speaks with a distinctive "R" growl at the start of words. This same voice technique was later used for Scooby-Doo, who was voiced by the same voice actor.
• The Jetsons predicted several real technologies that later came true, including flat-screen TVs, video chatting, robot vacuums, and smartwatches.
• The flying car design in The Jetsons was partly inspired by a real 1954 Ford concept car called the FX-Atmos which featured its own bubble canopy, jet-age tail fins and radar-like displays.