Janet Waldo, Voice of Judy Jetson, dies

[starwolf_oakley]

Janet Waldo, the voice of Judy Jetson, died at the of 96.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/arts/television/janet-waldo-voice-of-judy-jetson-dies-at-96.html?_r=0
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/06/13/janet-waldo-dies-judy-jetson-voice-dead

After the cut, some comic covers, fan art, and how I think The Jetsons should be "updated."









Issued 7 was written by Chuck Dixon. The promo says: Judy Jetson becomes an unwitting agent of industrial espionage for Mr. Spacely when the groovy guy she's dating turns out to be Cody Cogswell--son of the Mr. Cogswell of Cogswell Cogs--in "The Spy Who Grounded Me."



This is a commission I had done by Scott Neeley. Basically a "before the series" idea I had, that George got a special "assemble at home" discount when he purchased Rosie. It doesn't really "jive" with the history of the series, though.

So, how should the The Jetsons be "updated" (pun intended) if they ever do a live-action movie or another
animated series?

Judy seems to be the weak link. Being boy-crazy over rock stars is a bit dated. Maybe she wants to write songs for her favorite rock star, Jet Screamer, and is actually pretty good at it.

Jane could start her own career, maybe after having to save George from the automatic dog-walker one too many times. After all, it is implied George and Jane got pregnant with Judy when they were 17.

George: "Jane! Stop this crazy thing!"
Jane: "'Jane! Stop this crazy thing!' 'Jane! Stop this crazy thing!' I have dreams too, you know!"

Rosie. Voiced by Arleen Sorkin, thrilling fans whenever she says "Mistah J."

Astro. His talking, complete with dominant R's, is explained with SCIENCE!

Orbitty. Shut up, he could work. Give him a rivalry with Astro or something.

Comments

[coldfiredragon]

Your suggestion of having Judy write a song for one of her rock stars has actually happened. There's a full length movie in which it is the central plot.

It was made-for-tv in 1989 and called 'Rockin with Judy Jetson' and if I remember correctly the rocker she approached was Sky Rocker.

[icon_uk]

I suspect that Judy was only shown as boy crazy because they didn't know what else to make her given the time period and it served as grist for her parents plotlines.

Judy could be shown to actually be academically smart as well as interested in boys (or girls, or both, or gender nonspecific technorganic life forms, it's a new century and all) and music and just basically have more of a life.

[lonewolf23k]

You could update the Jetsons easily by stealing stuff from Futurama, actually.

[lego_joker]

I remember Dixon saying that The Jetsons (next to the Fantastic Four) is one of those franchises he'd really love to do a complete run on. Of course, as a child of the post-NASA era I'm completely baffled by earlier generations' fascination with outer space.

[ebailey140]

She also did the voice for this iconic character...


http://youtu.be/HzGiotxeecY