The Jetsons is a Hanna-Barbera animated series that first aired in 1962, following George Jetson and his family in the automated sky-high world of Orbit City. Its comedy relied on push-button homes, robot help and gadgets that promised effortless living while often creating extra work. That contrast made its bright electronic whirs, boings and mechanical rattles widely recognisable as shorthand for retro futurism. Clips from the show still circulate on soundboards because a single gadget noise can instantly signal futuristic technology going comically wrong without any visual context.