If you’re a Jetsons fan on the internet these days, you’re probably living the dream right now. Because, if you look really closely at the futuristic cartoon show’s backstory, the main character, George Jetson, may have just had his birthday.
Today was the day in 1962 that “The Jetsons” premiered on ABC. Fitting for a show about the future, it was the first color broadcast for the network. Plus: it's National American Pot Pie Day - though the world record in the category for “Largest pie, meat” belongs to a group of catering students from the UK.
“The Creeping Horak” is reputedly the worst punishment of ancient times but mostly sounds like a middle manager who needs to be reported to HR. Oh, hello, most timely recapping [...]
Skeletor is the new mother of dragons. Does he have to fall for Jon Snow now?
Skeletor’s evil scheme is a Bob Dylan song: everybody must get stoned!
He-Man uses his leg strength to crush a mountain and bury the demon for another twenty years in an avalanche. I hope the lesson at the end of today’s episode is: never miss leg day at the gym.
Evil-Lyn uses the Shaping Staff to turn Orko into a cricket. The bad guys are on track to win this round, unless Pinocchio happens to be visiting Eternia.
This is a surprisingly Kumbaya episode of “He-Man,” everybody’s holding hands and talking about their feelings, even the villains.
Skeletor has a magic engagement ring that can zap He-Man's friends into a mirror. He-Man has to squish the ring before it makes him disappear. Also, Man-at-Arms is covered in eggs.
Today's the 60th anniversary of the first broadcast of that landmark cartoon show from the town of Bedrock, which aired in the 1960s, stayed on in reruns for decades, and continues to sell cereal and vitamins to this day. Plus: a man in England gets so lonely he starts putting ads in the paper so someone will email or call him - and fortunately he gets some good responses.
