The Jetsons Dvd Review

The Jetsons (DVD) Review

Summary: If the Flintstones are the modern stone-age family, then the Jetsons are the quintessential post-modern futuristic family, complete with flying cars. Following the massive commercial success of the animated classic The Flintstones (), Hanna-Barbera followed with additional prime-time cartoon series Top Cat () and The Jetsons (). Cancelled after one season on ABC, The Jetsons lived on through the success of syndicated reruns on Saturday morning cartoons, through TV...

the jetsons dvd review

Article Body: If the Flintstones are the modern stone-age family, then the Jetsons are the quintessential post-modern futuristic family, complete with flying cars. Following the massive commercial success of the animated classic The Flintstones (), Hanna-Barbera followed with additional prime-time cartoon series Top Cat () and The Jetsons (). Cancelled after one season on ABC, The Jetsons lived on through the success of syndicated reruns on Saturday morning cartoons, through TV movies and specials, comic books, games, and toys. Its enduring success prompted Hanna-Barbera to revive the series from to , using many of the same animation techniques and characters as found in the original

The Jetsons follows the lives of George Jetson and his average middle-class family. George is a bumbling, yet kind-hearted family man who works for Spacely Sprockets, a sprocket manufacturing concern owned and run by the slave-driving dwarf Mr. Spacely. George's wife Jane is a homemaker who dials up breakfast for the family and pushes all the proper buttons necessary for cleaning the house and taking care of the domestic affairs. Son Elroy is a boy genius, and daughter Judy is a typical teenage rock-and-roller. Throw in a sarcastic robot maid named Rosie and a talking dog named Astro, and The Jetsons has all the elements of a modern TV classic. With flying cars, stilted high-rise houses, and automated gadgets for almost every conceivable form of work, the show matches The Flintstones pound-for-pound in respect to the artist/producers' breadth of creativity and imagination

The Jetsons DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the series premiere "Rosie the Robot" in which Jane urges George to buy a robot maid, but George feels they can't afford it. And with his boss, Mr. Spacely, due to come over for dinner, George doesn't think he can get raise out of Mr. Spacely if he sees a robot maid at the Jetson home. Meanwhile, Jane has taken a free one-day trial of an older-model 'Rosie' who makes Spacely the best dinner he's ever had, but not before he fires George, prompting Rosie to runaway from home. When the Jetson family finally tracks Rosie down, she decides to stay with the family permanently Other notable episodes from Season include "Rosie's Boyfriend" in which Rosie falls in love with the building super's rag-tag robot assistant, and "Miss Solar System" in which Jane enters the Miss Solar System pageant against George's wishes, not knowing that George is one of the secret judges

Below is a list of episodes included on The Jetsons (Season ) DVD:

Episode (Rosie the Robot) Air Date: -- Episode (A Date with Jet Screamer) Air Date: -- Episode (Jetsons Nite Out) Air Date: -- Episode (The Space Car) Air Date: -- Episode (The Coming of Astro) Air Date: -- Episode (The Good Little Scouts) Air Date: -- Episode (The Flying Suit) Air Date: -- Episode (Rosie's Boyfriend) Air Date: -- Episode (Elroy's TV Show) Air Date: -- Episode (Uniblab) Air Date: -- Episode (A Visit From Grandpa) Air Date: -- Episode (Astro's Top Secret) Air Date: -- Episode (Las Venus) Air Date: -- Episode (Elroy's Pal) Air Date: -- Episode (Test Pilot) Air Date: -- Episode (Millionaire Astro) Air Date: -- Episode (The Little Man) Air Date: -- Episode (Jane's Driving Lesson) Air Date: -- Episode (G.I. Jetson) Air Date: -- Episode (Miss Solar System) Air Date: -- Episode (Private Property) Air Date: -- Episode (Planet Dude) Air Date: -- Episode (TV or Not TV) Air Date: -- Episode (Elroy's Mob) Air Date: --