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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 30
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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 30

by Mark Frauenfelder
April 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
176 pages
7h 53m
English
Make: Community
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By Mark Frauenfelder

George Jetson’s Wild Ride

THE JETSONS WAS AN ANIMATED PRIME-time sitcom that debuted in 1962 as a time-warp twist on Hanna-Barbera’s previous hit, The Flintstones. The Jetsons depicted family life in the year 2062. One of the reasons I loved the show was the futuristic technology it featured in every episode.

The show’s end title sequence has an exemplary roundup of Jetsonian-age conveniences. The scene opens with George Jetson gliding home to the Sky Pad Apartments in Orbit City. As George slides through the front door on a moving sidewalk, Rosie, a robot housekeeper dressed in a maid’s outfit, greets him and takes ...

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