My brother has this running joke and, like most older brother jokes, it's at his younger brother's (that is, my) expense. The joke is a simple one line, "Did you knoooowww?"It refers to my reputation as being a depository of useless information and is usually accompanied by a roll of the eyes.
The seed for this joke was planted years ago, when I happened to say--completely out of context--"Did you know that The Jetsons took place in the 1990s?"
So, it disheartens me to know that, while doing research for this blog post, I've been wrong all of these years.
The truth is, the show actually takes place in 2062, one hundred years after its debut on ABC (Did you knooowww, interestingly enough, that it was the first program to ever broadcast in color on ABC?).
The reason I am spending time discovering that George Jetson's robot Rosie (age 45) is older than he is (George is 37) is because I want to run on this theme I've been chewing the last week or so about the future of homes. What will home life be like when I'm 82 in 2062?
But before we look ahead, let's first look back. What did the folks in 1962 think homes would be like in 2010?
Well, looking around, I found some pretty accurate predictions, including:
- Plastic Pod Houses
- Electric Tables Rising From the Floors
- Robot Maids
- Sawdust For Breakfast
- Dissolving Dishes
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