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It was Hanna-Barbera's Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones back in the 60's

The original cartoon series had technology that did not exist at the time and now are common things like flatscreen TVs, video chat, tanning beds, and more

The Jetsons ❤️

'Tis Doodle O'Clock ~☆

@sayomgwtf I lived in Studio City as a teen, not too far from the Hanna-Barbera studios. Once I stopped by there and went dumpster diving (it was unlocked, totally open to the elements), and came back with a large box filled of discarded Flintstone cels, most of them in sequence. Also a couple of indoor water color backgrounds. I set up my Super-8 camera and reanimated several of the sequences for fun.

Unfortunately, a few years later my mother did a Spring cleaning and tossed the entire box!

David Fox 🌻🥸

@sayomgwtf Pretty sure I was about 13 years old at the time, and rode my bike there (I had a basket in the front). I just checked Google Maps and it would have been about 4.5 miles each way.

@sayomgwtf Animating the stacks of sequential Flintstone cels was probably my first foray into animation. Taking the work of the masters and trying to reassemble it to see how it worked. Tedious but fun. Had to wait a week to see the results when the film reel came back from the film lab. I bet I still have that film somewhere in my garage.