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⤴ The legacy of 'The Jetsons' is about a lot more than dreams of flying cars

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⤴ The legacy of 'The Jetsons' is about a lot more than dreams of flying cars

The influential work of postwar futurism set a pro-progress cultural expectation that endures 60 years later

James Pethokoukis
Aug 1, 2022
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⤴ The legacy of 'The Jetsons' is about a lot more than dreams of flying cars

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The Jetsons (TV series) - Hanna-Barbera Wiki

Belated birthday wishes to George Jetson, born July 31, 2022. Of course, we’re all more familiar with his life and adventures in the year 2062, as chronicled in perhaps the most important work of postwar futurism, The Jetsons. The cartoon premiered on September 23 in 1962, a pretty Up Wing year in an extraordinarily Up Wing decade. (Up Wing is my shorth…

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