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THE JETSON'S COLLECTIBLES #03 |
Updated: April 13, 2013
The Jetsons was a prime-time animated television
series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and
aired on Sunday nights on ABC from September 23,
1962 to March 3, 1963.
Like The Flintstones, it was a half-hour family
sitcom projecting contemporary American culture
and lifestyle into another time period. While the
Flintstones lived in a world with machines powered
by birds and dinosaurs, the Jetsons lived in a
retro-futuristic utopia of elaborate robotic
contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical
inventions.
The original series, comprising 24 episodes, was
made between 1962 and 1963 and was re-run on Saturday
morning for decades. Its continuing popularity led
to further episodes being produced for syndication
between 1985 and 1987.
The series was extensively merchandised and followed
by two made for-TV movies and two theatrical feature
films.
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