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🎄 It’s 1985, but we’re rocketing into the future, when apparently urgent veterinary care no longer exists.
It’s Scrooge Sunday, so join us for a glimpse into the space-age year of 2062 to find out if 3 robotic ghosts of Christmas can convince Mr. Spacely to change his stingy ways, while the clock is ticking for the Jetsons’ dog, Astro, on his deathbed. Â
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🎙 Guest: ÂJack Ford (The Total Christmas Podcast). Â
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đź’¬ Topics & Tangents: Â1. George Jetson apparently was/will be born at the end of July 2022. Â
2. George O’Hanlon (George Jetson) as Joe McDoakes in a series of instructional parody short films from the 1940s and ’50s. Â
3. The Jetsons’ “laser tree.” Â
4. “Bongo Feet and Zip,” the classic Hanna-Barbara running sound effect, is heard 9 times in this episode. Â
5. This episode marks the last appearance speaking appearance of the Jetsons’ pet alien, Orbitty. Â
6. Astro’s supposed fever is normal for dogs. Â
7. How the Flintstones movie teenage Spacely and his future wife watch changes the theory that both shows take place in the same time period. Â
8. The robotic Ghost of Christmas Past, Present (literally a talking wrapped Christmas present), and “Yet to Be.” Â
9. I had to look up whether Spacely even had a pet to warrant having a personal veterinarian. Meet Zero. Â
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đź“Ľ Retro Commercial Break: ÂGeorge Jetson’s Air Pollution PSA, National Clean Air Coalition, 1990. Â
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🎤 And Now, These Messages: ÂCool Kids Club, a nostalgia-fueled trip back to the ’80s and ’90s. Â
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“The Jetsons” and “A Jetson Christmas Carol” © 1985 Hanna-Barbara Productions, Inc. Â
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Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost. Â
Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house.
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