Does anybody remember a cartoon–probably Warner Brothers–that featured a futuristic house full of servant robots? They were not humanoid, they were more like what you might see in today’s car factories, although they were mobile. They did mundane household tasks, and then at some point they started running amok and doing senseless and destructive things. Not to be malicious–they weren’t sentient–just because they went haywire. I remember seeing this when I was a kid in the 60s. I don’t believe there were any people in the cartoon–just the robots doing their thing.
I have been doing searches but can’t find anything other than Bugs Bunny et al, and Rosey from the Jetsons.
Thats a great one,there’s also one that has ‘the two dogs who don’t talk’ (Think early WB) in one of those famous Houses of the Future.
Im also in my head seeing machines throwing records at too fast a speed, they shatter on the wall, the robot maid comes out to clean ,gets overwhelmed…I think its the same one.
It’s very simple. As soon as you said “futuristic house” and “robots” I immediately thought Of the cartoon classic music Powerhouse. All you need to do is check a list of cartoons that used Powerhouse and pretty soon you’ll have more matches than you can imagine.
I actually do look like that, except the hair I have left is a bit wilder and whiter. I dress like that too.
I like riding public transport because little kids think I’m Santa Claus. I’m sure the image of having seen St Nick on the way to Walmart will stick with them the rest of their lives.
