THEN: CARTOONS
NOW: CAR TUNES
Ah – those good old weekend morning cartoons. Remember those days? The ones before cable TV, before 24/7 broadcasting. When a station would go off the air and play that test pattern. Well, back in those ancient times, cartoons aired only on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
And that is where my sister and I would be – in front of that small old fashioned television. It didn’t come with a remote control, let alone HD or DVR capabilities. But it brought us into all sorts of fantasy worlds for a few wonderful hours each weekend.
Of all the cartoons, my favorite was the Jetsons. That family that lived in 2062 in their Skypad, complete with holograms, robots and flying cars. With each episode my imagination soared higher and higher.
Well, I have to say – move over Jetsons. The world in which we now live is rapidly approaching that cartoon landscape, especially as it relates to cars.
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Please! This sounds completely insane to me, but years back I couldn’t believe we would ever have to pay to watch TV.
So, of course, whenever there is the prospect of our welfare being in danger, out come the men in the lab coats. Well, in this case the EV (Electro-Voice) Audio coats. And these guys are currently hard at work on CarTunes, the sounds that will emanate from our chosen mode of transportation.
These will probably start off simple and with limited choices. Just as cell phone ring tone options were when they were introduced to the public.
Remember when a phone simply rang instead of exclaiming “it’s your mother-in-law” or playing a few bars of the “Theme From Rocky?”
Well, anyway, if this is the case, the sound emanating from our cars will be yet another option available when purchasing a new vehicle, along with rain-sensing wipers and massaging seats.
Imagine pulling up to your friend’s house sounding like Barbra Streisand singing “People” or maybe flapping like a gaggle of flying geese. Or like a booming thunderstorm. Perhaps to the sound of popcorn popping. Or with the energy of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
As you can see, the possibilities are limitless.
I’d like to have my car sound like the Jetsons Theme Song. After all, I used to pretend I was living in their world.
What about you? How would you like your car to sound?
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Janie, I used to love lying on my tummy, elbows bent, chin propped on my knuckles watching Saturday morning TV. To this day I have problems with too many choices, and I think it goes back to when we only had 3-5 TV choices. I get overwhelmed easily.
I have often dreamed of having a Jetson’s styled car where I could rise above the traffic and move ahead on the freeway.
As for making sounds for cars – it smacks of ridiculous! Wouldn’t a more quiet world be wonderful?
Going along with my “too many choices” problem, I also detest noise/sensory overload.
Shees – stop the world, I want to transfer to the moon.
From your rant to mine. 🙂
Lynne – I agree. Sometimes I wish we could just turn back the clock and go foward again in a different direction.
Since I have a battery operated car, my response is F##%@*&^&$ you, if you can’t take a joke!!!!