Published 22:57 IST, September 6th 2019

5 reasons why ‘The Jetsons’ Will Always Be Our Favorite Space Cartoon

'Chandrayaan 2' landing makes us imagine life in space. With that thought in mind, we talk about 'The Jetsons', one of the best space-age cartoons ever made.

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Tomorrow on seventh of September, in early hours of day, ‘Chandrayaan 2’ will finally make its landing on moon.  landing of ‘Chandrayaan 2’ makes us wonder how life would be in future when travel would actually become a reality. re is one show that comes to our mind when talking about a futuristic world -  Jetsons. '90s kids, does a bell? 

Jetsons started serialisation in 1962 and was on air all way up to 1987. show was set in and followed ventures of Gorge Jetson and his family who lived in a futuristic society where everyone lived in houses in sky and travel was merely an everyday experience. It showed a world where one was scared or intrigued by anymore. ‘ Jetsons’ will always be our favourite cartoon. Here we list five reasons that we love ‘ Jetsons’ and why it is still worth watching even after all se years.

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‘Chandrayaan 2’ Landing makes Us Remember cartoon ‘ Jetsons’

‘ Jetsons’ is our present as seen by 60’s:

‘ Jetsons’ is actually a depiction of future as predicted by people of 1960s. People back n actually thought that world will be full of jetpacks, planes, cities in skies, and easy travel in just a few deces. Remember portrayal of 2010s in ‘Back to Future 2’?  That was mild compared to what was actually predicted to be future. So in summary ‘ Jetsons’ is actually a representation of 21st century as predicted in 20th century. It makes show so much more interesting and hilarious to think about that fact in retrospect.

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Relatable and all American even in :

Jetsons are supposed to be an all-American family in . And indeed y still behave like an all American family, with same tendencies that an aver American family does w. show frequently has line, “Where’s my jetpack,” which is commonly said by Gorge Jetson. Just like an aver man in our generation gets frustrated over his missing bag, so does Gorge. In fact, Gorge works only for two days a week, and only for an hour each day, yet he considers his boss a tyrant who makes him work for long hours. This makes characters relatable but also makes an amusing commentary on fact that even in , people will still behave same.

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Highly re-watchable:

Jetsons was on air from 1962 to 1987, however from 1962 to 85’ re were only 24 episodes in circulation. New episodes for show were me only in 1985. That means that same 24 episodes were re-run in ’60s, ’70s, and half of ’80s. Yet for all those years, Jetsons was extremely popular, proving that show has an amazing re-watch potential.

first colour cartoon on ABC network:

show was first colour cartoon to run on ‘American Brocast Channel’. Of course, when it was released, most Americans did t have a colour TV. That was why it did t become as popular as or shows from its producer ‘Hanna-Barbera’. That let to its cancellation only after one season. However once colour TV became more widespre, show regained popularity, and as we stated before same one season was rerun for deces.

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Timeless:

‘ Jetsons’ is t a show that is limited by a time period or a certain trend that is popular at moment. ‘ Jetsons’ is timeless; it is a show that can be re-watched at any time irrespective of trends that define popularity. Even to this day its simplistic hand-drawn animation stands strong. So even in 2019, Jetsons is absolutely a show worth your time.

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So here are five reasons for loving Jetsons. Have you seen show? And if t did we convince you to finally go see it? And what are your thoughts on Chandrayaan 2 landing on moon? If you are interested to kw more about what is going on with Chandrayaan 2 n stay tuned with us for updates.

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16:44 IST, September 6th 2019