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50 Years of the Jetsons: Why The Show Still Matters
The Jetsons title slate from 1962 It was 50 years ago this coming Sunday that the Jetson family first jetpacked their way into American homes. The show lasted just one season (24 episodes) after its...
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Recapping “The Jetsons”: Episode 01 – Rosey the Robot
Jane Jetson working out her strained fingers in the premiere episode of “The Jetsons” (1962) This is the first in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original...
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Recapping “The Jetsons”: Episode 02 – A Date With Jet Screamer
45 RPM record of the Jetsons theme song and “Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah” from 1962 (misspelled “OOP”) This is the second in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original...
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Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 03 – The Space Car
Screenshot from the third episode of The Jetsons, The Space Car (originally aired October 7, 1962) This is the third in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the...
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A New Great Depression and Ladies on the Moon: 1970s Middle School Kids Look...
People in a space colony of the future (by Rick Guidice, 1977) The February 26, 1977 edition of the Herald-Star in Steubenville, Ohio published dozens of predictions for the year 2000 made by the...
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Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 06 – The Good Little Scouts
This is the sixth in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. As a child, did you ever think that one day you might be able to vacation on...
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Aldous Huxley’s Predictions for 2000 A.D.
There seems to be two occasions when people most enjoy making predictions: anniversaries (think the American Bicentennial, New Year’s, etc) and dates that include round numbers (any year ending in...
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Garrison Keillor’s 1996 Predictions for the Future of Media
“Nostalgia Man” by Amy Crehore 1996, oil painting (9 1/2″ x 10 1/2″) www.amycrehore.com There are many different ways to talk about the future, but few are more self-centered than guessing how the...
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3D-TV, Automated Cooking and Robot Housemaids: Walter Cronkite Tours the Home...
Walter Cronkite gives a tour of the home office of 2001 on his show The 21st Century (1967) Legendary news anchor Walter Cronkite’s regular half-hour CBS documentary program “The 21st Century” was a...
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$18 for a Dozen Eggs by 2010? Inflation Fears in 1982
Cover of the 1982 book Omni Future Almanac (Source: Novak Archive) The Omni Future Almanac was published in 1982 — a year when America would see double-digit inflation and double-digit unemployment....
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