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Time After Time: 70 Years of Broken Smartwatch Dreams

Welcome to the future! a Samsung rep proclaimed during the company’s new product presentation in Berlin yesterday. Yes, something out of sci-fi! he beamed. The rep was wearing the new Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch, proudly showing it off for the journalists in the room and the tech geeks watching along at home. The future has…

Gadgets Matt Novak Sep 5

A Peek Into the Jetsons Archive at Warner Brothers Animation

Earlier this week I had the rare opportunity to meet with archivists from Warner Brothers and got a peek at their archive of Jetsons material. As you can imagine, I was in paleofuture nerd heaven. I shot a segment here in L.A. with “CBS Sunday Morning” (airing this Sunday April 28th) about the impact of…

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 28

Why There’s No 1960s Jetsons Art in Tomorrow’s Big Animation Auction

On Wednesday there’s an enormous animation art auction in L.A. that includes some gorgeous pop culture history. It will include original animation cels from Fleischer Studios, concept art from Disney legend Mary Blair, and an original production drawing from Winsor McCay’s classic 1914 film Gertie the Dinosaur. There’s even some 1970s and 1980s Jetsons art…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 30

Who Would You Cast In a Live-Action Jetsons Movie?

Kanye West is making the rounds again claiming that he’s the creative director for a live-action Jetsons movie that’s currently (sort-of, kind-of, not really) in development. Beyond the fact that “creative director” isn’t actually the title for a job on any movie — but something you’d find at an advertising agency — consider this retrofuture…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 27

Why Are There No Black People On The Jetsons?

One of the most common questions I hear about the original 1962-63 run of “The Jetsons” is where are all the people of color? Scan any crowd shot in the first season of “The Jetsons” and you’d be hard pressed to find any non-white faces. Were the animators at Hanna-Barbera in the 1960s all racists?…

Tech News Matt Novak May 21

The Jetsons Get Schooled: Robot Teachers in the 21st Century Classroom

This is the last in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The final episode of the first season (and only season until a mid-1980s revival) of “The Jetsons” originally aired on March 17, 1963, and was titled “Elroy’s Mob.” In the opening sequence of…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 29

Sad Jetsons: Depression, Buttonitis and Nostalgia in the World of Tomorrow

This is the 23rd in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The 23rd episode of “The Jetsons” originally aired on March 3, 1963 and was titled “Dude Planet.” In the year 2063, the people in the Jetsons’ universe work just a few hours a…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 25

Projection Chic: Jane Jetson Tries on Clothes in the Future

This is the 22nd in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The 22nd episode of “The Jetsons” originally aired on February 24, 1963, and was titled “Private Property.” Like many that would come before it, this episode of “The Jetsons” centers around the business…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 20

Mid-21st Century Modern: That Jetsons Architecture

This is the 21st in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The 21st episode of “The Jetsons” originally aired on February 17, 1963 and was titled “TV or Not TV.” Much like both “Elroy’s Pal,” and “Elroy’s TV Show,” this episode ostensibly gives viewers…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 14

George Jetson Navigates a Series of Tubes

This is the 20th in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. “We may take it for granted that every well-equipped business office will be in direct communication, by means of large-calibred pneumatic tubes, with the nearest post-office. And however rapidly and however frequently the…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 25

Automating Hard or Hardly Automating? George Jetson and the Manual Labor of Tomorrow

This is the 19th in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. “Yesterday, I worked two full hours!” George Jetson complains. “Well, what does Spacely think he’s running? A sweatshop!?!?” Jane replies. The 19th episode of “The Jetsons” first aired on February 3, 1963, and…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 19

Jane Jetson and the Origins of the “Women Are Bad Drivers” Joke

This is the 18th in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. “The problem with these skyways is that by the time they’re built they’re obsolete. This traffic is the worst I’ve seen yet,” George Jetson proclaims as he zips around in his flying car.…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 14

Viva Las Venus: The Jetsons and Wholesome Hedonism

This is the 17th in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The January 20, 1963, episode of The Jetsons was titled “Las Venus” and along with the second episode of the series, “A Date With Jet Screamer,” is a great futuristic example of what…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 8

Future Calling: Videophones in the World of The Jetsons

This is the 16th in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The Jetsons episode “The Little Man” originally aired on ABC on Sunday January 13, 1963. The story revolves around the accidental shrinking of George to no more than a foot high by Mr.…

Tech News Matt Novak Jan 28

The Jetsons and the Future of the Middle Class

This is the 15th in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The world of “The Jetsons” is fundamentally a conservative vision of the future. Whenever I mention this people tend to give me a strange look. But what I mean by “conservative” is not…

Tech News Matt Novak Jan 14

George Jetson Gets A Check-Up

This is the 14th in a 24-part series looking at every episode of The Jetsons TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The 14th episode of “The Jetsons” originally aired in the U.S. on December 30, 1962, and was titled “Test Pilot.” This episode (like so many others) centers around the competition between Spacely Sprockets…

Tech News Matt Novak Jan 2

The Decline and Fall of the Space Action Hero

This is the thirteenth in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The 13th episode of “The Jetsons” originally aired on December 16, 1962, and was titled “Elroy’s Pal.” The episode looks at Elroy’s obsession with the fictional TV show “Nimbus the Greatest,” about a…

Tech News Matt Novak Dec 18

A Futuristic Golf Game in the Sky

This is the twelfth in a 24-part series looking at every episode of The Jetsons TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The 12th episode of “The Jetsons” originally aired in the U.S. on December 9, 1962 and was titled “Astro’s Top Secret.” Personally, this is my least favorite episode in the entire series. It…

Tech News Matt Novak Dec 11

Grandpa Jetson is Way Cooler Than Grandpa Simpson

This is the eleventh in a 24-part series looking at every episode of The Jetsons TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The 11th episode of The Jetsons opens with a police officer pulling over Montague Jetson — George’s grandfather and a man whose abundant energy and enthusiasm for life dominate the episode. The cop…

Tech News Matt Novak Dec 4

Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 09 – Elroy’s TV Show

This is the ninth in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. When I was a kid I didn’t quite understand how TV and movies were made. Around the age of four or five, I had a basic understanding of how live TV was recorded…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 19

Time After Time: 70 Years of Broken Smartwatch Dreams

A Peek Into the Jetsons Archive at Warner Brothers Animation

Why There’s No 1960s Jetsons Art in Tomorrow’s Big Animation Auction

Who Would You Cast In a Live-Action Jetsons Movie?

Why Are There No Black People On The Jetsons?

The Jetsons Get Schooled: Robot Teachers in the 21st Century Classroom

Sad Jetsons: Depression, Buttonitis and Nostalgia in the World of Tomorrow

Projection Chic: Jane Jetson Tries on Clothes in the Future

Mid-21st Century Modern: That Jetsons Architecture

George Jetson Navigates a Series of Tubes

Automating Hard or Hardly Automating? George Jetson and the Manual Labor of Tomorrow

Jane Jetson and the Origins of the “Women Are Bad Drivers” Joke

Viva Las Venus: The Jetsons and Wholesome Hedonism

Future Calling: Videophones in the World of The Jetsons

The Jetsons and the Future of the Middle Class

George Jetson Gets A Check-Up

The Decline and Fall of the Space Action Hero

A Futuristic Golf Game in the Sky

Grandpa Jetson is Way Cooler Than Grandpa Simpson

Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 09 – Elroy’s TV Show

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