What is “The Jetsons”?
A: The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom.
It was produced by whom?
A: Hanna-Barbera Productions.
It originally aired in prime time from September 23,
1962, to when?
A: March 17, 1963, on ABC.
It was Hanna-Barbera's Space Age counterpart to what?
A: The Flintstones.
While the Flintstones lived in a world which was a
comical version of the Stone Age, the Jetsons live in a what?
A: A comical version of a century in the future.
The original had how many episodes?
A: 24.
When did it air?
A: It aired on Sunday nights on ABC beginning on September 23, 1962, with
prime-time reruns continuing through September 22, 1963.
It debuted as the first program broadcast how on ABC?
A: In color. (Only a handful of ABC stations were capable of broadcasting in
color in the early 1960s.)
In contrast, The Flintstones, while always produced in
color, was what for its first two seasons?
A: Broadcast in black-and-white.
The show was scheduled opposite what?
A: Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color and Dennis the Menace.
It did not receive much attention and was cancelled
after one season, moved to Saturday mornings, where it was what?
A: Very successful.
Following its primetime run, the show aired on Saturday
mornings for decades, starting on ABC for the 1963–64 season and then where?
A: On CBS and NBC.
New episodes were produced for syndication from 1985 to
when?
A: 1987.
No further specials or episodes of the show were
produced after what year?
A: 1989.
Most of the core cast (George O'Hanlon, Mel Blanc and
Daws Butler) had what?
A: Died in 1988 and 1989.
The 1990 film Jetsons served as what?
A: The series finale to the television show.
Where does the Jetson family reside?
A: In Orbit City.
All homes and businesses are raised high above the
ground on what?
A: Adjustable columns.
George Jetson lives with his family in what apartments?
A: The Skypad Apartments.
His wife Jane is a what?
A: A homemaker.
Their teenage daughter Judy attends Orbit High School,
and their son Elroy attends what?
A: Little Dipper School.
Housekeeping is performed by a robot maid named what?
A: Rosie.
Rosie handles chores not otherwise rendered trivial by
the home's what?
A: Numerous push-button Space Age-envisioned conveniences.
The family has a dog named what?
A: Astro that talks with an initial consonant mutation in which every word
begins with an "R", as if speaking with a growl.
George Jetson's work week consists of what?
A: An hour a day, two days a week.
His boss is Cosmo Spacely, the bombastic owner of what?
A: Spacely Space Sprockets.
Spacely has a competitor, Mr. Cogswell, owner of what?
A: The rival company Cogswell Cogs (sometimes known as Cogswell's Cosmic
Cogs).
Jetson commutes to work in a what?
A: An aerocar with a transparent bubble top.
Daily life is leisurely, assisted by numerous what?
A: Labor-saving devices, which occasionally break down with humorous
results.
Despite this, everyone complains of what?
A: Exhausting hard labor and difficulties living with the remaining
inconveniences.