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.
2 comments:
I like that parallel you made with the imaginary past and future.
And i thought of another cartoon that would be in the Top 10: Scooby Doo! (Even though we weren't supposed to watch it.)
oh oh! Thought of another one on my ride into work. Rocky and Bullwinkle definitely deserve a Top 5 slot. Hilarious, especially for adults.
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