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Like The Flintstones, The Jetsons borrowed heavily from
live-action sitcoms, notably The Donna Reed Show and Hazel. The
21st century became a Futurelux vision of a '60s suburb. George Jetson (voiced
by George O'Hanlon) pushed buttons for the penny-pinching Mr. Spacely (Mel
Blanc). Judy (Janet Waldo) was a typical teenager with a crush on rock &
roll singer Jet Screamer. Elroy (Daws Butler) was a bright little boy whose
experiments always blew up. Astro (Don Messick) was one of the first
anthropomorphic dogs that became a Hanna-Barbera standard. Jane (Penny
Singleton, basically reprising her role in the Blondie films) kept
everyone and everything on course. The Flintstones used rocks and animals
to approximate everyday appliances; The Jetsons had high-tech gadgets that
invariably malfunctioned and clobbered George.
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