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What family lives in an adjustable columned house in a futuristic utopia full of sophisticated labor saving devices and elaborate robotic contraptions? If you said the ‘Flinstones’, put down that peace pipe and think a little harder. The answer is none other than the Jetsons; the 1960’s animated television series by Hannah Barbara that ran in syndication well into the 80’s. This half-hour family sitcom projecting contemporary American culture and lifestyle from another time period was one of the few cartoons that got us fantasizing of full course minute made dinners from the palate of the imagination and instant communication with hologram images of friends in faraway places.

Each Saturday morning, young children with impressionable and curious minds gathered their bowls of Life and Honey Combs and plopped down on their colorful bean bags to travel into the exciting yet predictable future where lead character George Jetson was almost guaranteed to either be promoted, demoted, fired or rehired by his boss Mr. Spacely at Spaceley’s Space Sprockets. Young rocket scientists watched in laughter as another one of the child character Elroy’s whimsical invention went up in smoke after robot maid Rosie accidentally tried to turn it on. Parents lingered in the background wondering if the designers of such a cartoon were really predicting the future or just creating a story line full of fictitious ideas and silly imaginings.

Whether we were fans or foes of this labor-challenged and happy go lucky family, one thing is for sure; if any of us could order, change, create or eliminate an object or idea with the push of a button, most of us would gladly jump at the opportunity. In fact, with the modern technologies that exist today, most of us already do.

We welcome you to take a journey with us back into the future with our nostalgic and fun selection of The Jetson's novelty fabric right here at J&O.

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Q.What does Peppermint Patty call Charlie Brown?

A.Chuck

Q.What sport does the Peanuts gang most frequently play?

A.Baseball

Q.What breed of dog is Snoopy?

A.Beagle

Q.What color is Linus's security blanket?

A.Blue

Q. When did Charlie Brown hit his first homerun?

A. March 30, 1993

Q.When did Snoopy first walk on two legs?

A.January 5, 1956

If you scored 100% on this Peanuts Trivia quiz, congradulations! Your claim as a fan of this comic strip and animated series is in good standing. If your score looked like the D- Peppermint Patty feared most on her tests, better luck next time. Not everyone can be a Charlie Brown & Snoopy aficionado.

Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz, which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000. The strip is considered to be one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, with 17,897 strips published in all, making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being," according to Professor Robert Thompson of Syracuse University. At its peak, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. On a deeper more meaningful level, Peanuts could very well have been one of the first, if not the only comic, that explored and disected the influence of socialism amongst the youth of America.

Whether you loved the famous Charles Schultz characters and animated comic strip for its view of adults and the world from a childs mind, or simply for the comedic exchanges between each notable character, thoughts of a trombone sounding teacher and a thumb sucking child who found utter security in his blue blanket, ultimately bring nostalgic memories of the innocence of youth and simpler days to all who grew up in the 50's - 70's era.

Peanuts is for some, the fabric of American culture. For others, it is the never ending story that found character similarities in all of us. So in ode to this history making comic strip and the legacy of cartoonist Charles Schultz, J&O offers selected novelty prints for Peanut groupies young and old world wide. Now you can create your own tribute to Snoopy, Lucy, Woodstock and the whole Peanuts gang with our 100% cotton fabric prints. Make wonderful craft items and memorbilia for a piece of animation history that’s gone but not forgotten.

Oh yeah, since we are in baseball season, here's one more trivia question:

Q. Who is Charlie Brown's favorite baseball player?

A. You guessed it, Joe Shlabotnik.

Time Line History

October 2, 1950

Peanuts debuts in seven newspapers

December 14, 1999

Charles Schulz officially retires

2000

50th Anniversary of Peanuts

February 12, 2000

Charles Schulz dies Saturday evening, of complications from colon cancer in Santa Rosa, CA.

He was 77 years old.

February 13, 2000

The final Sunday Peanuts newspaper strip appears