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• Actors: Henry Corden, George O'Hanlon, Jean Vander Pyl, Penny Singleton, Janet Waldo
• Directors: Don Lusk
• Format: NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Good Times Home Vide
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301311957
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,435 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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All those Saturday mornings ago, did you ever wonder what would happen if the Jetson family was jettisoned back in time? Or how Fred and Wilma would fare in the future? Well in 1987 the good folks at Hanna-Barbera put their heads together and came up with this animated answer. You might predict that boy-crazy Judy would get a crush on a prehistoric himbo or that Fred would elbow Barney out of the way to appear on the Joan Rivers Show. (Remember it was 1987.) But would you guess that Dino and Astro would become such pals? It all starts when a work-weary George agrees to pile the family into Elroy's time machine, never dreaming it will actually work. Landing outside Bedrock, the family is rescued by the prehistoric couples, who give them shelter in exchange for some high-tech help, as the fellows are having job troubles of their own. Long story short: Due to a technical glitch Fred and friends wind up in the Jetsons' futuristic home with Rosie the Robot and an angry Mr. Spacely, while the Jetson clan stages a Bedrock takeover. This 92-minute caper is suitable for any age. --Kimberly Heinrichs

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the ultimate get together, February 27, 2003

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This review is from: The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones [VHS] (VHS Tape)

i remember when TBS/TNT used to air this cartoon every Thanksgiving. i always loved it because it combined two opposite families and it provided the ultimate get together. imagine The Jetsons meeting the Flintstones...it was a logical step. in the story we see Elroy (voice of legend Daws Butler) building a time machine that transports the entire clan to Bedrock. chaos soon ensues as the Flintstones get transported into the future. Fred and George become "celebrities" with their appearances: Cosmo Spacely, George's boss, (voice of legend Mel Blanc) wants to make a killing with nostalgia buffs with authentic people from the stone-age with the leopard suits and fashion. meanwhile, "a million miles back that way" as Fred would say, the Jetsons are impressing the folks of Bedrock with their space age methods prompting Mr. Slate, Fred's boss (voice of legend John Stephenson), to hire George for his time and money saving ideas. soon, boredom sets in and both sets of families yearn for their natural habitat and each family returns to their respective residence. other voice legends who also share the spotlight: Henry Corden is Fred; Jean Vanderpyl is Wilma, Mrs. Slate, and the Jetson's robotic maide Rosie. Don Messick is Astro and R.U.D.I. as well as an announcer on the P.A. system {p.s: Don's real voice was used for Ranger Smith of "Yogi Bear" as well as countless narration jobs on early Hanna-Barbera cartoons mostly notably "Ruff and Ready" and "Quick Draw McGraw"}. Mel Blanc, in addition to Mr. Spacely, also voiced Dino and Barney Rubble. Daws Butler, in addition to Elroy, also voiced Henry Orbit, the mechanic in the Jetson's apartment as well as Cogswell, the competitor of Mr. Spacely. this video is wonderful and it should bring back memories of the "good ol' days" of simple characters and simplistic stories designed for adult entertainment as well as for children.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars RockSolid, July 27, 2011

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Michael Lachman "Mike" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones (DVD)

The Jetsons and The Flintstones are arguably the two best-known Hanna-Barbara television series after Scooby-Doo. And with vitamins, cereal, and the upcoming prime-time television series still keeping The Flintstones in the public eye, one doesn't have to be an Albert Einstone to guess that a Flintstone/Jetsons crossover movie would sell well on DVD. Yet, for some odd reason Warner Bros. has decided to release The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones only through their burn-on-demand Warner Archive program.

It's a hour-and-a-half long TV movie from 1987, part of the Hanna-Barbara Superstars 10 series. The plot has young Elroy Jetson building a time machine and going with his family back in time to the "modern stone age," where the they meet the Flintstones and the Rubbles. This meeting, though, doesn't even take place until a third of the way into the film; up until that point it just feels like someone is changing the channels between a typical Jetsons episode and an equally typical Flintstones episode. In the former, George Jetson is accused of leaking Spacely Sprocket secrets to Mr. Spacely's competitor and is fired even though Mr. Spacely has no proof that George is responsible. (Apparently they don't have HR departments in the future.) Meanwhile (if you can use that word when talking about a time-travel story), Fred has come up with yet another get-rich-quick scheme, this time by disguising Barney in drag and himself as some rich southern man in an attempt to bilk his boss out of money by cheating at cards. (They want to do this so they can take the girls to Honolurock. No, really.) Of course, everything goes wrong, and Fred and Barney get fired but don't tell the girls about it.

Back in the future, George Jetson discovers that his best friend, Rudy, is responsible for the leak. Only after he heads home does Elroy test out his time machine with the whole family, sending them to the past. The families meet each other, hilarity ensues, the Flintstones get sent back to the future instead of the Jetsons, hilarity ensues yet again, and that's pretty much all you need to know. By the end of the movie the Jetsons make it back home, George gets his job back as Spacely Sprockets' newest product, a replica of Fred Flinstone's car, sells like hot cakes due to the nostalgia value, and through a deus ex machina, Fred and his friends make it back to Bedrock and he gets his job back too. Happy endings all around.

This is far from a perfect film. At times it drags; Pebbles and Bam-Bam feel oddly absent; many of the jokes are corny; Fred comes off as downright selfishly manipulative (more so than usual); and there are plot holes galore. Yet I really enjoyed it, probably for the same reason people with flying jet-packs, moving sidewalks, and no roads to speak of would want a car that's foot-powered: nostalgia. It's just great to see the characters you know and love doing what they do. And having them crossover in a way that still feels entirely natural? Well, that's even better. It's a double-pack of average Jetsons/Flintstones hijinks, but mixed together and heavily expanded. If you're a nostalgia junkie or just love either of these two shows, you'll really enjoy yourself here. It's nothing special, but it sure is nice.

I find it especially puzzling that this didn't get a regular release, and I can see this film getting a standard retail release at some point in the future. If you're unsure whether or not to get this, go watch an episode or two of The Jetsons or The Flintstones on Boomerang before making a decision. This film isn't all that different. And that's it's strong suit.

5.0 out of 5 stars charles smith jr, February 18, 2012

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charles smith jr - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones (DVD)

it was a good good good movie to see for me and my kids just like VHS AND IT ON DVD