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Post by wildojinx on May 11, 2022 11:56:30 GMT -5
,,why was there never a "young Jetsons" cartoon?
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CMWaters
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Post by CMWaters on May 11, 2022 12:02:42 GMT -5
Well, for one thing, you'd lose two main characters of the show in Judy and Elroy.
They did have a minor bit in the Jetsons Christmas Carol showing a young George and Mr. Spacely.
Fun fact though: apparently in the 70s there was talk about going in the other direction: having a Jetsons spin-off with a grown up Judy as a businesswoman and a teen Elroy (similar but not exact to what they did with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm).
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Post by WoodStoner1 on May 11, 2022 13:35:39 GMT -5
According to a magazine article I read back in the day, there WAS a Jetsons Juniors planned.
But besides what you mentioned... when does it take place? Depending on how old George is, would it still be futuristic?
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Post by tirtefaa on May 11, 2022 14:01:35 GMT -5
You mentioned A Pup Named Scooby Doo, but no one remembers Fetal Scooby Doo
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on May 11, 2022 23:59:51 GMT -5
A young Jetsons show also has the problem of how far back you want the technology of the show to regress. Do you try for an in-between of the tech at the time and the ultra-futuristic gadgets on OG Jetsons? Do you not change anything at all? Or do you just set the show in present day and have them make jokes about all the cool inventions "right around the corner?"
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on May 12, 2022 0:03:28 GMT -5
Having all these shows around at the same time including Muppet Babies and all the baby Disney stuff (although the latter did not actually exist as an animated show on TV) makes me kinda surprised that something like Baby Looney Tunes came out far far later.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 12, 2022 0:11:35 GMT -5
There was also like Potato Head Kids >_>
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Post by WoodStoner1 on May 12, 2022 9:11:58 GMT -5
Good question...who'd be in such a show?
George and Jane can. Probably younger versions of Spacely and Cogswell. Would they try and get away with puppy Astro too?
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Post by chrom on May 12, 2022 9:26:30 GMT -5
How many times would George get fired in it?
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Post by thechase on May 12, 2022 9:30:15 GMT -5
If this came out in the 90s, it'd be called 'Cool Jets'
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Post by agent817 on May 12, 2022 9:45:51 GMT -5
Having all these shows around at the same time including Muppet Babies and all the baby Disney stuff (although the latter did not actually exist as an animated show on TV) makes me kinda surprised that something like Baby Looney Tunes came out far far later. You could also talk about Tom & Jerry Kids and Yo Yogi. The thing about Tom & Jerry Kids was a bit different because while it showed Tom as a younger cat (though I can't say he was a kitten), there were other bits with Droopy & Dripple, as well as Spike & Tyke. Hell, they didn't change the ages of those characters, either. As for Yo Yogi!, that was a little different because it depicted other Hanna-Barbera characters as hip teenagers, such as Yogi, Cindy, Snagglepuss, Huckleberry Hound, and Boo Boo. A lot of people didn't like this version because of how trendy and hip it tried to be, considering it was the early-1990s and how dated things would be later on. I also remember Ranger Smith was turned into a mall cop, while the show also had a young Dick Dastardly on there. |
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 12, 2022 12:09:54 GMT -5
Having all these shows around at the same time including Muppet Babies and all the baby Disney stuff (although the latter did not actually exist as an animated show on TV) makes me kinda surprised that something like Baby Looney Tunes came out far far later. You could also talk about Tom & Jerry Kids and Yo Yogi. The thing about Tom & Jerry Kids was a bit different because while it showed Tom as a younger cat (though I can't say he was a kitten), there were other bits with Droopy & Dripple, as well as Spike & Tyke. Hell, they didn't change the ages of those characters, either. As for Yo Yogi!, that was a little different because it depicted other Hanna-Barbera characters as hip teenagers, such as Yogi, Cindy, Snagglepuss, Huckleberry Hound, and Boo Boo. A lot of people didn't like this version because of how trendy and hip it tried to be, considering it was the early-1990s and how dated things would be later on. I also remember Ranger Smith was turned into a mall cop, while the show also had a young Dick Dastardly on there. Yo-yogi was very "How do you do fellow kids" even at the time kids realized they were being pandered too and I don't think it lasted particularly long. Besides that the bigger issue was like "Who was this for?" if kids liked the old HB cartoons well the characters didn't act anything like their regular counterparts... and if they didn't like or care about the HB characters... why would they care? |
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on May 12, 2022 12:42:33 GMT -5
Remember Pink Panther and Sons? I wish I didn't.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 12, 2022 12:50:28 GMT -5
Remember Pink Panther and Sons? I wish I didn't. and Popeye and Son |
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Post by lildude8218 on May 13, 2022 13:49:27 GMT -5
Don't forget Sanford and Son. Such a mistep after the groundbreaking "Sanford" tv series. An animated version with some snot-nosed kid wasn't needed.
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