Position number nine is a difficult decision, so a pair of twins was chosen:
The Flintstones and the
Jetsons. These two cartoon series share a common studio, and are mirror images of each other.
The Flintstones arrived first, and is a situation comedy about family life in an imaginary past with clever animal and human powered primitive machines and conveniences. Many people believe that the cartoon was based on
The Honeymooners, because it does have several similarities in characters.
The
Jetsons is a family comedy about life in an imaginary future with clever takes on imagined advanced technology and lifestyles. George has similar problems with his boss, Mr. Spacely as Fred Flintstone does. The voice of Mr. Spacely was done by the famous
Looney Tunes voice artist, Mel Blanc. Go As the mirror image of and subsequent to the
Flintstones, the
Jetsons isn't quite as original.
Both series have very good theme music and scores.
Hanna-Barbera produced both cartoons, and both had a decent animation quality, unlike several other fairly successful cartoons from that studio about the same time, such as
Huckleberry Hound, Quickdraw McGraw, and Yogi Bear. Spoiler alert: None of these cartoons appear in the top ten.