# Futuristic household robots in an old Saturday-morning cartoon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354 "2022-09-28T02:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/1 "2022-09-28T02:32:14Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/2 "2022-09-28T02:44:32Z")
Tom and Jerry comes to mind for some reason. Something about The House Of The Future. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/3 "2022-09-28T03:11:45Z")
Looney Tunes House Hunting Mice? > **[House Hunting Mice - video Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2tq8t)** > > Watch House Hunting Mice - tobiagorrio on Dailymotion ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/4 "2022-09-28T03:25:18Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/5 "2022-09-28T04:56:37Z")
It is. IIRC, the mice are named Mac and Tosh. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/6 "2022-09-28T05:12:15Z")
Mac and Tosh were gophers but they were in a cartoon with a futuristic dehydrated vegetable factory. The cartoon you’re talking about is 1939’s “Dog Gone Modern” and was an early directorial effort by Chuck Jones. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HepI-BgjBX0/maxresdefault.jpg "Dog Gone Modern (1939)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HepI-BgjBX0) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/7 "2022-09-28T05:17:33Z")
Aha. I stand corrected. I see on Wiki that the mice were named Hubie and Bertie. I should have remembered that, since I once owned a tape with the cartoon on it. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/8 "2022-09-28T08:20:50Z")
Both appear on HBO Max ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/9 "2022-09-28T21:31:03Z")
That may well be the one! My memories are not crystal clear but this has the elements I was remembering. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/10 "2022-09-28T21:59:48Z")
It’s very simple. As soon as you said “futuristic house” and “robots” I immediately thought Of the cartoon classic music [_Powerhouse_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ft60BtJ5sY). 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. ---
**Author:** ![atelios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@atelios](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atelios)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/11 "2022-10-24T01:43:06Z")
What is the name of this cartoon?? I am looking for it too! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/r3FLN0iQ9SQ/hqdefault.jpg "Raymond Scott POWERHOUSE in LOONEY TUNES") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3FLN0iQ9SQ) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/12 "2022-10-24T02:18:05Z")
“Oily Hare” (1952). ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/13 "2022-10-24T02:31:11Z")
Less than an hour to answer the rather obscure question. We haven’t lost our (collective) touch. 😉 Bravo @terentii !! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/14 "2022-10-24T02:38:32Z")
Sometimes I amaze even myself. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/15 "2022-10-24T02:44:51Z")
Any man (?) who resembles Earnest Hemingway as much as your portrait does probably amazes a lot of people. On a regular basis. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-household-robots-in-an-old-saturday-morning-cartoon/972354/16 "2022-10-27T00:36:51Z")
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. 🎅