It’s Monday, October 5, 2000. Mars has the Q-Bomb and some politician is blathering on about tax cuts. Instead of smell-o-vision, the newspaper carries smell-o-ads (and sex-o-ads, too). There’s a four-hour work day (with a two-hour lunch), a push button desk, and lots of other delights (not to mention some very retro gender stereotyping) in this clip from “Your Safety First” (1956), a promotional film from the Automobile Manufacturers of America. If you’re a fan of The Jetsons, it’ll seem strangely familiar—especially that voice!—but “Your Safety First” pre-dated the cartoon series by six years.
