The Jetsons: A Jetson Christmas Carol

<p>🎄 It’s 1985, but we’re rocketing into the future, when apparently urgent veterinary care no longer exists.</p><p>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.  </p><p>****  </p><h2>🎙 Guest:  </h2><p>Jack Ford (<a href="https://www.totalchristmaspodcast.com">The Total Christmas Podcast</a>).  </p><p>****  </p><h2>💬 Topics & Tangents:  </h2><p>1. <a href="https://www.snopes.com/articles/352023/was-george-jetson-born-in-2022/ ">George Jetson apparently was/will be born at the end of July 2022</a>.  </p><p>2. George O’Hanlon (George Jetson) as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51H2_4esz1Q&list=PL8Q9sP0ERTn6et5Gz6vtsDydgKYiVvVmH">Joe McDoakes</a> in a series of instructional parody short films from the 1940s and ’50s.  </p><p>3. The Jetsons’ “<a href="https://christmas-specials.fandom.com/wiki/A_Jetson_Christmas_Carol?file=Jetsons_Christmas_opening_panoramic.jpg">laser tree</a>.”  </p><p>4. “<a href="https://archive.org/details/HannaBarberaCartoonSoundFX/31+Bongo+Feet+and+Zip.mp3">Bongo Feet and Zip</a>,” the classic Hanna-Barbara running sound effect, is heard 9 times in this episode.  </p><p>5. This episode marks the last appearance speaking appearance of the Jetsons’ pet alien, <a href="https://thejetsons.fandom.com/wiki/Orbitty">Orbitty</a>.  </p><p>6. Astro’s supposed fever is normal for dogs.  </p><p>7. How the <a href="https://christmas-specials.fandom.com/wiki/A_Jetson_Christmas_Carol?file=Fly-in_movie_theater.jpg">Flintstones movie</a> teenage Spacely and his future wife watch changes the theory that both shows take place in the same time period.  </p><p>8. The robotic Ghost of <a href="https://christmas-specials.fandom.com/wiki/A_Jetson_Christmas_Carol?file=A_Jetson_Christmas_Carol_-_The_Ghost_of_Christmas_Past.jpg">Christmas Past</a>, <a href="https://christmas-specials.fandom.com/wiki/A_Jetson_Chri