{"id":31155,"date":"2022-07-31T12:23:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T12:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/what-the-jetsons-predicted-right-and-wrong-about-the-future\/"},"modified":"2022-07-31T12:23:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T12:23:18","slug":"what-the-jetsons-predicted-right-and-wrong-about-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/what-the-jetsons-predicted-right-and-wrong-about-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"What &#8216;The Jetsons&#8217; predicted right (and wrong) about the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Get ready to meet George Jetson \u2014 because he&#8217;s about to be born. <\/p>\n<p>The button-pushing, flying-car-riding, iconic future man entered the galaxy on July 31, 2022, according to \u201cThe Jetsons\u201d canon.  While George is having his first birthday, the show itself is about to celebrate its 60th: it debuted on Sept.  23, 1962, a century before it&#8217;s set. <\/p>\n<p>That means we&#8217;re supposed to be only 40 years away from the Jetsons&#8217; world of Rosie the Robot, toothbrushing machines and apartment buildings high above the clouds. <\/p>\n<p>So why are we still stuck on the ground waiting for our jetpacks?  And why, all these years later, do we still hold a slightly corny, old-school animated sitcom up as a beacon of what could be? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still speak about the future in Jetsons terms,\u201d said Jared Bahir Browsh, author of the 2021 book \u201cHanna-Barbera: A History.\u201d  \u201cA show that originally ran for one season had such an impact on the way we see our culture and our lives.\u201d  (\u201cThe Jetsons\u201d actually came out in two chunks: its original &#8217;60s run was only 24 episodes, and then a reboot in 1985 gave it another 50.)<\/p>\n<p>Read on to see what \u201cThe Jetsons\u201d got right about the future \u2014 and what it got hilariously wrong. <\/p>\n<h2>On-point predictions<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>To 1960s audiences, the Jetsons&#8217; videophone \u2014 a big piece of hardware whose staticky screen gives way to an image of the person trying to reach you \u2014 seemed like a dream. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite its sci-fi setting, the show was a typical &#8217;60s patriarchal sitcom, showing how George, his wife Jane, teenage daughter Judy and young son Elroy have their needs endlessly met by automated gadgets and ubiquitous treadmills, yet still squabble over work typical and family drama.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, \u201cThe Jetsons\u201d \u201cstands as the single most important piece of 20th century futurism,\u201d according to Smithsonian magazine.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things that separates \u201cThe Jetsons\u201d so clearly from other sci-fi, according to Danny Graydon, author of \u201cThe Jetsons: The Official Guide to the Cartoon Classic,\u201d is that it&#8217;s neither dystopian nor utopian \u2014 definitely not \u201cMad Max\u201d but not the peaceful Federation of \u201cStar Trek\u201d either. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was trying to have this forward-thinking view of where we might be a century on from when the show first aired,\u201d Graydon said.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/video-conferencing-tech.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A woman in a video meeting.\" class=\"wp-image-23162853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/video-conferencing-tech.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/video-conferencing-tech.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/video-conferencing-tech.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>A woman in a video meeting.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To 1960s audiences, the Jetsons&#8217; videophone \u2014 a big piece of hardware whose staticky screen gives way to an image of the person trying to reach you \u2014 seemed like a dream. <\/p>\n<p>By 2022, we outdid that tech without even realizing it \u2014 and we&#8217;re already sick of it.  Skype came along in the early 2000s, and FaceTime followed in 2010. Thanks to the pandemic, we all have video chat trauma, even if the name \u201cZoom\u201d does sound kinda Jetsons-y. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s pretty amazing how accurate it was, especially in the Zoom age,\u201d Browsh said.  \u201cWe&#8217;re starting to, more and more, live that life.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>While sassy robot maids like Rosie aren&#8217;t hitting the market any time soon, we&#8217;ve had cleaning help in the form of Roombas \u2014 which are actually based on landmine technology \u2014 and other robotic vacuums for ages now.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/flying-drones-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"a drone\" class=\"wp-image-23162857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/flying-drones-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/flying-drones-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/flying-drones-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>A drone in the sky.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">JCRice for NYPost<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/roomba-1.jpg?resize=618%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Roomba.\" class=\"wp-image-23166641\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/roomba-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/roomba-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/roomba-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/roomba-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/roomba-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>A Roomba.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corbis via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We also have Jetsons&#8217; flat screen TVs, cameras that can look inside your body and drones that dot the sky.  In 2062, Elroy Jetson and friends watch \u201cFlintstones\u201d reruns in the back of class on a watch TV \u2014 something you can now do on an Apple Watch, which came out in 2015. While the wrist-wear devices can&#8217;t also make video calls like in the show, add-on accessories can accomplish the feat, and Apple is expected to add a camera to the watches very soon.<\/p>\n<p>Graydon said he recently tried a workout app on his Apple Watch and it reminded him of an episode where George just watches a workout program, without actually participating. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechnology literally takes away the urge to do anything properly,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<h2>Almost there, but you can&#8217;t use it<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-5.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Judy Jetson fed her family with the push of a button.\" class=\"wp-image-23162850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Judy Jetson fed her family with the push of a button.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Matriarch Judy Jetson had a household machine that delivered breakfast at the push of a button.  That technology technically has existed since 2006 in the form of 3-D food printers, but it&#8217;s limited to exhibitions, labs and experimental uses.  One startup, for instance, is using 3-D printers to make meaty steaks out of plant ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>While the world waits for such gadgets to become widely available, you can get a June Smart Oven, which costs round $1,000, operates over Wi-Fi and can sense what foods you&#8217;re cooking.  Smart fridges, meanwhile, will let you see the contents of your fridge from your phone, but you still have to cook them yourself. <\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s just the kitchen.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/june-smart-oven-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A June Smart Oven, which costs round $1,000, operates over Wi-Fi and can sense what foods you're cooking.\" class=\"wp-image-23162855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/june-smart-oven-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/june-smart-oven-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/june-smart-oven-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>A June Smart Oven, which costs round $1,000, operates over Wi-Fi and can sense what foods you&#8217;re cooking.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">San Francisco Chronicle via Gett<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe Jetsons\u201d promised us a morning routine filled with automated hygiene machines that comb your hair and brush your teeth at the same time.  Instead, we have some electric toothbrushes that are advertised on podcasts and still use AA batteries.<\/p>\n<p>Skincare is a little more advanced \u2014 we do have masks that shoot LED light at your face and home lasers that resurface your skin.  \u201cThe Jetsons\u201d definitely underestimated how much everyone would be concerned with aging in 2022. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/jetsons-11.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A machine to brush your teeth on &quot;The Jetsons.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-23166426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/jetsons-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/jetsons-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/jetsons-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>A machine to brush your teeth on \u201cThe Jetsons.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">A B C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-6.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Judy Jetson gets her nails done by a machine.\" class=\"wp-image-23166683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-6.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Judy Jetson gets her nails done by a machine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When it comes to transportation, experimental military \u201cjetpacks\u201d also technically exist in a clunky form, but you can&#8217;t use one.  And self-driving cars might hit the market before 2062 if they can ever stop killing people on the streets. <\/p>\n<p>Many fans \u2014 including Browsh and Graydon \u2014 cite flying cars as the Jetsons&#8217; invention they most long for.  But they&#8217;re also realistic about the challenges. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[A flying car] also looks like a lot of fun,\u201d Browsh said, \u201cuntil that first accident occurs.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/flying-cars-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A prototype of flying car that a Japanese firm tested in September 2020.\" class=\"wp-image-23166815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/flying-cars-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/flying-cars-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/flying-cars-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>A prototype of flying car that a Japanese firm tested in September 2020.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">SkyDrive\/CARTIVATOR\/AFP via Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Capitalism still exists in the future, though George Jetson only works a three-hour, three-day workweek, pushing a button at the sprockets factory.  The depiction of a work day is where reality most diverges from the world of \u201cThe Jetsons,\u201d Browsh said, at least in America, which still lags way behind European countries in working hours, work-life balance and paid family leave. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this era, I think many of us are working more than ever,\u201d he said.  \u201cThis idea that automation was not only going to make our lives easier has led to panic that it&#8217;s going to replace work.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>No more &#8216;wow&#8217; factors<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-1.jpg?resize=618%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The family in their flying car.\" class=\"wp-image-23162843\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/the-jetsons-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The family in their flying car.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ll never have a new show quite like \u201cThe Jetsons,\u201d Graydon said, because we&#8217;ll never be that naive about the future again. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s more challenging to create really starting views of the future,\u201d he said.  \u201cTechnology is moving so fast, it&#8217;s actually very challenging to achieve the &#8216;wow&#8217; factor.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>By 2022, our optimism for the future has also given way to a clear-eyed view of the roadblocks: endless energy demands, supply chains, climate change, socio-economic gaps, governmental gridlock and chimerical tech billionaires with their hands on all the buttons .  Our science fiction has become decidedly glum.  Apple TV&#8217;s \u201cSeverance\u201d envisions a world where the workday technically never ends, while \u201cWestworld\u201d is full of murderous robots. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rosey-jetsons.jpg?resize=618%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rosie the robot maid\" class=\"wp-image-23166886\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rosey-jetsons.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rosey-jetsons.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rosey-jetsons.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rosey-jetsons.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/rosey-jetsons.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>While sassy robot maids like Rosie aren&#8217;t hitting the market any time soon, we&#8217;ve had cleaning help in the form of Roombas.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">A B C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, savvy audiences would demand to know what the world looks like beyond the Jetsons&#8217; space-age home. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about the people on the ground?\u201d  Brow wondered.  \u201cAre they still living there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show heavily implies the Earth was wrecked by smog, pollution and extreme weather, which makes for a bleak reality where humanity decided to live above their problems rather than make lifestyle changes to fix them. <\/p>\n<p>When you think about it, all of the show&#8217;s tech advances suggest a lazier future, a possible precursor to the world of Pixar&#8217;s \u201cWALL-E,\u201d where clueless humans live sedentary lives, oppressed by scheming robots.  In \u201cThe Jetsons,\u201d moving walkways and automated chairs are everywhere;  sky-based buildings make walking impossible anyway. <\/p>\n<p>In the cartoon, everything is amazing, and yet no one is happy \u2014 but that&#8217;s how the creators planned it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt speaks to this idea that as human beings we&#8217;ll always have something to complain about,\u201d Graydon said.  \u201cOne of the problems with utopia, if you create a perfect world, that world might be quite boring.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready to meet George Jetson \u2014 because he&#8217;s about to be born. The button-pushing, flying-car-riding, iconic future man entered the galaxy on July 31, 2022, according to \u201cThe Jetsons\u201d canon. While George is having his first birthday, the show itself is about to celebrate its 60th: it debuted on Sept. 23, 1962, a century &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/what-the-jetsons-predicted-right-and-wrong-about-the-future\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What &#8216;The Jetsons&#8217; predicted right (and wrong) about the future<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[3547,13411,109,13412,13413,13414,327,398,2261],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30532,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/fine-lets-actually-work-out-whether-george-jetson-will-be-born-tomorrow\/","url_meta":{"origin":31155,"position":0},"title":"Fine, let&#8217;s actually work out whether George Jetson will be born tomorrow","date":"July 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a breast circulating online this weekend\u2014and which has been kicking around for the last few months, long enough to have got the snopes treatment already\u2014that tomorrow, July 31, 2022, is the birthday of cartoon future-man George Jetson. 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