George Jetson birthday

Meet George Jetson. No, I'm not signing the theme song. I mean, get ready to meet him, because he is supposed to be born today. Or, ya know, maybe not.

There are few things more exciting to pedantic fans like myself than watching a piece of media that takes place in the future slowly become anachronistic. Since the show came out in 1962, fans have come to believe that The Jetsons takes place in 2062. The whole conversation began when studious fans of The Jetsons noticed that the show was supposed to take place a hundred years from its original airdate.

A fan theory claims that today, July 31, 2022, is George Jetson's birthday. With the The Jetsons animated series supposedly taking place in 2062 and George ...

New episodes were produced in syndication from 1985 to 1987 resulting in a total of 72 episodes for The Jetsons. The series originally ran for just one season — 24 episodes — airing in prime time from September 23, 1962, to March 17, 1963. The Jetsons was an animated sitcom by Hanna-Barbera Productions that followed the Jetsons family in a comical version of the future — one in which homes and businesses are in the skies high above the ground and humans live with elaborate robot contraptions, aliens, holograms, and flying cars.

Apparently, the future is here, and people are on Twitter celebrating the cartoon character's birth.

During the episode, George goes to the doctor, who claims that he should "live to be 150." The Jetsons premiered two years after another classic cartoon first aired, that prehistoric family The Flintstones, and ran for only one season, from 1962 to 1963 with a showing of 24 episodes. After an online fan took to Twitter to announce that George Jetson from the classic 1960s animated series The Jetsons will be born on Sunday, July 31, 2022, people lost it.

So, this firmly sets The Jetsons in 2062. But, how did fans calculate George Jetson's age? Well, it comes down to Season 1, Episode 15, "Test Pilot." In this ...

Still, despite the worries modern generations have about the future of Planet Earth, The Jetsons were part of a trend in the 1960s that dreamed of an optimistic future. So, happy literal birthday George Jetson. The world has a long way to go to get to flying cars. When the show first launched in 1962, however, the marketing materials revealed the show was set 100 years in the future. We'll also soon be living in space-age houses in the sky. The first hit was the stone-age comedy The Flintstones, and The Jetsons came along two years later, a kind of 'opposite' series set in the future. In the 1980s they made more episodes culminating in a feature film in the 1990s.

According to memes circulating on the internet, today is when George Jetson was born. He was the father in the 1960s television series "The Jetsons," set in ...

Well, let's just say there's a 1-in-365 chance the memes are right. As for the specific day itself? Memes have been circulating claiming that today — July 31, 2022 — is the birthday of the dopey patriarch from the vintage cartoon, "The Jetsons."

According to memes circulating on the internet, July 31, 2022 may just be the birthday of the dopey patriarch from the vintage cartoon, "The Jetsons."

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George Jetson has been causing a stir online thanks to a widely-circulated meme putting his birthday as July 31, 2022.

The Jetsons, which was revived in the 1980s after the popularity of its one season airing in re-runs on Sunday morning for decades, hit the big screen with their own movie in 1990. It was widely reported at the time that network ABC and the show’s promotional materials set The Jetsons in 2062, exactly 100 years into the future, meaning this year would be the birth year of George. That’s right, Sunday July 31 2022, is the day that legendary cartoon George is said to have graced the world (or should we say universe?) with his presence – and flying cars aren’t quite the main mode of transport, as predicted back in the 1960s.

Fans of the animated series 'The Jetsons' were pleasantly surprised to discover that July 31, 2022, is allegedly George's birthday.

The brand wrote in response, "Fun fact: on The Jetsons George is 40 years old in the year 2062! Although the majority of users spent time arguing about which day was George Jetson's birthday, others pointed out that George's birth indicates a much darker future than previously anticipated. not sure if this is a bad edit passed around, or ..." In his Twitter bio, Willis claims to be the reason Wikipedia states George Jetson's birthday, giving them some authority over the matter. One user wrote, "FINALLY The Jetsons are catching up to reality!!! Now, an eagle-eyed fan has pointed out on social media that George Jetson's birthday takes place on July 31, 2022, sparking a conversation about the future and societal progress. Renewed excitement for The Jetsons sparked on Twitter when user Brendan Kergin pointed out an exciting detail about the show on Thursday, July 29, 2022.

In the immortal words of Hanna-Barbera... Meet George Jetson! The iconic animated character made his debut when The Jetsons first aired in September of 1962 ...

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