Jane, His Wife. And, Her Hats.

Over on the Smithsonian’s Paleofuture blog — “A history of the future that never was” — they’re halfway into a 24-part series covering the first season of The Jetsons. Not just recaps, the pieces interlace themes in each episode with actual early- to mid-twentieth century news reports about the future. Episode 11, “A Visit from Grandpa,” deals with fashion, sports, and aging, and features this spooky prediction from a 1950 AP story: “Medicine by the year 2000 will have advanced the length of life of women to an expectation of nearly 80 and of men to over 75.”