In "The Jetsons", people of the future are depicted as living high in the sky, in buildings mounted on huge pillars. The people are shown moving around through the clouds in flying cars, and we never get to see what's down on the ground where those pillars start from.

When I used to watch "The Jetsons", I always used to wonder what was down there on the surface of the Earth. It was probably completely deserted, now that all the people had moved up to the sky. I thought that maybe the forests and the wildlife had reclaimed the planet, what with there being no more humans there. Or maybe the world had become completely paved over with concrete and steel?

One thing I thought about what was down there, that depressed me, was that it was a barren wasteland that had been rendered completely unlivable because of humankind's damaging ways. That might have been why everyone had to move up into the sky, cause they had completely destroyed the world below them.  :(

What's everyone else think's down there?

The Flintstones?  ::)

Flintstones sounds like a good guess to me. I was thinking like what happened in 5th Element. Of course, it could simply be that given the population explosion, they were forced to expand upward and that down on the surface it's basically the same as up in the sky.

i watched an episode recently that had george and astro doing somekind of wilderness survival exercise. i assumed they were on the surface, there were in a forest. if the animators wanted to put them anywhere else, the forest would have been more alien and not the green pine trees of earth.

Hard to tell actually. I've had the impression on a number of occasions that they developed parks and forests and similar things up in the air with them.

never thought of that. maybe the earth is a barren nuclear wasteland.

The Flintstones?  ::)


LMAO ;D nice one:P Prolly by then it could have been assumned that we polluted the heck out of the earth and going high up was the only place to get some friggin air LOL....venting now from the LA smoggg:P:P

I found this Jetsons trivia:
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The Jetsons a futuristic cartoon, represent what life may be like. In the cartoon, families live above the stratosphere of the earth due to enormous pollution created by thousands of years of human habitation. Houses are built on long high rise poles with platforms at the top. The surface of the earth is no longer used for any practical purpose. Shopping centers, restaurants, schools, offices, etc., are left free floating in the sky.
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The ground does show, for example in Invisibly Yours and The Flying Suit.

It just occurred to me, at that elevation, wouldn't the air be too thin for people to breathe?  ???

It just occurred to me, at that elevation, wouldn't the air be too thin for people to breathe?  ???


It would yes, but they probably have some kind of contraption that makes the air breathable.

Another question would be ... what if those flying cars malfunctioned in mid-flight?  Everyone would go crashing to their death

I think the surface is all garbage..the maid robot put all the trash in a compactor and it all goes right straight down to the ground.
there is no more resource to dispose of trash properly in the future..
and ll the buildings are on lifts so as the refuse piles up, the house tops can rise a way from them

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You mean the Jetsons are not real?  What the fuсk is this all about?

It's real. I think BillyB000 just meant he was a cartoon.

I believe in one episode they show the earth as just being flat, desert-like, and filled with trash.  I think the explanation in bj26's post works.

Good point, I never noticed that. From what I remembered, I thought the Jetsons were set in space...but I guess I remembered wrong.

On "Harvey Birdman", it's high level of water.

Though on "Drawn Together", it's just another town like "Bedrock" and  "South Park".

Good point, I never noticed that. From what I remembered, I thought the Jetsons were set in space...but I guess I remembered wrong.


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go drink another beer...  ::)

go drink another beer...  ::)


Talking to yourself again  ::)

Talking to yourself again  ::)


and who are YOU talking to???  ::)

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Well they all took little space-ships everywhere, and they went to these huge pod-stalk things which reminded me a bit about the gas stations of Bespin in Star Wars, which hovered in the atmosphere of a gas giant.

It just occurred to me, at that elevation, wouldn't the air be too thin for people to breathe?  ???


Hang on, now that I think about it, it isn't really too clear on the show just how high above the ground that the buildings are. They might be at an elevation of several kilometres, which would place them above the clouds, but they could also just be at a level of a few hundred metres, which wouldn't be that much higher than today's skyscrapers. I kind of think it's closer to the second alternative. Otherwise, the air would definitely be too thin for people to breathe and the temperature would be way too cold.

Hang on, now that I think about it, it isn't really too clear on the show just how high above the ground that the buildings are. They might be at an elevation of several kilometres, which would place them above the clouds, but they could also just be at a level of a few hundred metres, which wouldn't be that much higher than today's skyscrapers. I kind of think it's closer to the second alternative. Otherwise, the air would definitely be too thin for people to breathe and the temperature would be way too cold.


You waited nearly two years to make that contribution?

Man, arguing if the was a earth surface on the Jetsons is like arguing if Shaggy & Scooby were potheads, we all knew the truth but never saw it or wanted to admit it...and a fruitless endeavor.

Speaking of Scooby Doo, who thinks Fred was gay (c'mon didn't that scarf give him away)? What about Thelma? I have some suspicions about Rosie the Robot too... :D