The Flintstones and The Jetsons are 2 similar cartoon series. The Flintstones was created and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and was produced between 1960 and 1966. The series shows the life of a typical American working class family, but the action takes place in the Stone Age. The Jetsons is a parallel series with exactly the same idea, but the family lives in the future. The first season of Jetsons was produced and aired between 1962 and 1963 and the second and the third seasons from 1985 to 1987.