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'{{infobox Television | | show_name = The Flintstones! | image = [[Image:The Flintstones.jpg|220px]] | caption = Title screen from Seasons 1 & 2 in color. | | format = [[Animated sitcom]] | runtime = approx. 30 minutes (per episode) | creator = [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]] | starring = [[Alan Reed]] (voice of Fred)<br>[[Jean Vander Pyl]] (voice of Wilma)<br>[[Mel Blanc]] (voice of Barney)<br>[[Bea Benaderet]] (voice of Betty, Seasons 1-4)<br>[[Gerry Johnson]] (voice of Betty, Seasons 5-6) | theme_music_composer = [[Hoyt Curtin]] | country = {{USA}} | network = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] | current network = [[Boomerang]], a division of [[Cartoon Network (United States)|Cartoon Network]] | first_aired = September 30, 1960 | last_aired = April 1, 1966 | num_seasons = 6 | num_episodes = 166 | preceded_by = | followed_by = ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'' (1971-1972) | list_episodes = List of The Flintstones episodes }} '''''The Flintstones''''' is an [[animated]] [[United States|American]] television [[sitcom]] that ran from 1960 to 1966 on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. Produced by [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]] (H-B), ''The Flintstones'' is about a working class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next door neighbor and best friend. This show played like a [[prehistoric]] ''[[The Honeymooners|Honeymooners]]'' and its popularity rested heavily on its juxtaposition of modern-day concerns in the [[Stone Age]] setting.<ref>CD liner notes: Saturday Mornings: Cartoons’ Greatest Hits, 1995 MCA Records</ref> The first prime-time animated series geared for adults, the show originally aired from 1960 to 1966 on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] network. ==Overview== The show is set in the town of [[Bedrock (The Flintstones)|Bedrock]] [in some of the earlier episodes, it was also referred to as "Rockville"] in the [[Stone Age]] era. The show is an [[allegory]] to [[American society]] of the mid-20th century; in the Flintstones' [[fantasy]] version of the past, [[dinosaur]]s, [[saber-toothed tiger]]s, [[Mammoth|woolly mammoths]], and other long extinct animals co-exist with barefoot [[caveman|cavemen]], who use technology very similar to that of the mid-20th century, although made entirely from pre-industrial materials and largely powered through the use of various animals. The characters drive [[car]]s made out of stone or wood and animal skins and powered by [[foot]]. [[Image:Flintstones car model at 2008 NY Auto Show.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Model of Flintstones car at 2008 [[New York International Auto Show]].]] One source of the show's humor was the ways animals were used for technology. For example, when the characters took [[photograph]]s with an [[instant camera]], the inside of the camera box would be shown to contain a bird carving the picture on a stone tablet with its bill. In a [[running gag]], the animals powering such technology would, [[Fourth wall|breaking the fourth wall]], look directly into the camera at the audience, shrug, and remark, "It's a living," or some similar phrase. Other commonly seen gadgets in the series included: *a baby woolly mammoth being used as a [[vacuum cleaner]] *an adult woolly mammoth would act as a shower by spraying water with its trunk *lifts being raised and lowered by ropes around brontosaurs' necks *"automatic" windows are powered by monkeys that dwell on the outside windowsill *birds configured as "car horns" and activated by pulling on their tails *an electric razor is depicted as a clam shell housing a honey-bee vibrating it as the edges are rubbed against the character's face. ===Hollyrock=== Travel to "Hollyrock," a parody of [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood, California]], usually involved an "airplane" flight&mdash;the "plane" in this case often shown as a giant [[pterodactyl]]. (Other familiar place names are similarly contorted: [[San Antonio]] becomes Sand-and-Stony-o; the country to the south of Bedrock's land is called Mexirock; and so forth.) [[Image:AnnMargrock.jpg|150px|thumb|[[Ann-Margret]] as "Ann Margrock" was one of many famous names who lent their likenesses and voices to the series. She later appeared in ''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas]]''.]] The [[Stone Age]] setting allowed for gags and [[pun]]s involving rocks; the names of the various characters being "rock" puns. These included celebrities of the 1960s such as: *"Gary Granite" ([[Cary Grant]]) *"Stony Curtis" ([[Tony Curtis]]) *"Ed Sulleyrock/Sulleystone" ([[Ed Sullivan]]) *"Rock Quarry/Hudstone" ([[Rock Hudson]]) *"Ann-Margrock" ([[Ann-Margret]]) *"Alvin Brickrock" ([[Alfred Hitchcock]]) *"Perry Masonary/Masonite" ([[Perry Mason]]) *"Bronto Burger" ([[Hamilton Burger]], Mason's courtroom adversary) *"Mick Jadestone and The Rolling Boulders" ([[Mick Jagger]] and [[The Rolling Stones]]) *"Hollyrock Bowl" ([[Hollywood Bowl]]) *"Candlestone Park" ([[Candlestick Park]]) *"The Olymprocks" ([[Olympics|The Olympics]]) *"Jimmy Darrock" ([[James Darren]]) *"Clark Gravel" ([[Clark Gable]]) *"The Cartrocks" ([[Bonanza|The Cartwrights]]) *Samantha and Darrin - One time neighbors of the Flintstones (Samantha and Darrin of ''[[Bewitched]]'') ==The characters== The Flintstones live at 323 Cobblestone Lane in Bedrock. (However, in the season 2 episode, "The X-Ray Story," their address is given as "25 Stone Cave Road." Also, in the season 1 episode, "No Help Wanted" their address is shown as "201 Cobblestone Lane". An additional address of 342 Gravelpit Terrace is given, repeatedly, in episode 151, "The Masquerade Party", which aired in season 6.) ===The Flintstones=== * '''[[Fred Flintstone|Frederick Joseph "Fred" Flintstone]]''' - The main character of the show. * '''[[Wilma Flintstone|Wilma Pebbles Slaghoople]]''' ([[maiden name|née]] Pebble, later Slaghoople) - (Fred's wife.) * '''[[Pebbles Flintstone]]''' The Flintstones' infant daughter. * '''[[Dino (The Flintstones)|Dino]]''' - The Flintstones' [[pet]] [[dinosaur]], who barks like a dog. * '''[[Baby Puss (The Flintstones)|Baby Puss]]''' - The Flintstones' [[pet]] saber toothed cat. * '''[[Pearl Slaghoople|Pearl Pebbles-Pebbles Slaghoople]]''' - Wilma's mother. * '''[[Tex Hardrock]]''' - Fred's uncle on his mother's side. * '''[[Jemina Hardrock]]''' - Fred's uncle's sister * '''[[Eddy Alfaro]]'''- Fred's Butler * '''[[Zeke Flintstone]]''' - Fred's uncle that owned Sandstone Cemente, a pun on the California town, San Clemente, that was the site of Richard Nixon's "Western White House." * '''Ed Flintstone''' (Fred's Father) * '''Edna Hardrock''' (Fred's Mother) ===The Rubbles=== * '''[[Barney Rubble]]''' - Fred's best friend and next door neighbor * '''[[Betty Rubble]]''' (née Elizabeth Jean McBricker) - Barney's wife. * '''[[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]]''' - the Rubbles' abnormally strong adopted son. * '''[[Hoppy (The Flintstones)|Hoppy]]''' - The Rubbles' [[pet]] Hopparoo (a kangaroo/dinosaur combination creature) ===Other characters=== * '''[[Mr. Slate]]''' - Fred Flintstone's hot tempered boss at the [[stone quarry]]. * '''Arnold''' - the paper boy. A running gag is Fred being outsmarted by Arnold * '''[[Joe Rockhead]]''' - a friend of Fred's. * '''[[Sam Slagheap]]''' - the Grand Poobah of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes. * '''[[The Great Gazoo]]''' - an [[Extraterrestrial life|alien]] exiled to [[Earth]] who helps Fred and Barney, often against their will. * '''[[The Gruesomes (fictional characters)|The Gruesomes]]''' - the Flintstone's strange next-door neighbors (inspired by the then-popular monster sitcoms ''[[The Addams Family (TV series)|The Addams Family]]'' and ''[[The Munsters]]'') * '''[[Uncle Giggles]]''' - Fred's eccentric uncle who lived on nightmare hill. {A spoof of [[House on Haunted Hill]]{!} ==Voices== {{unreferenced-section|date=July 2009}} It has been noted{{Who|date=March 2008}} that Fred Flintstone physically resembled voice actor [[Alan Reed]], and also [[Jackie Gleason]]. The voice of Barney was provided by legendary voice actor [[Mel Blanc]], though five episodes during the second season employed Hanna-Barbera regular [[Daws Butler]] while Blanc was incapacitated by a near-fatal car accident. Blanc was able to return to the series much sooner than expected, by virtue of a temporary recording studio for the entire cast set up at Blanc's bedside. It should be noted, however, that Blanc's portrayal of Barney Rubble had changed considerably after the accident. In the earliest episodes, Blanc had used a much higher pitch. After his recovery from the accident, Blanc used a deeper voice. Additional similarities with ''The Honeymooners'' included the fact that Reed based Fred's voice upon [[Jackie Gleason]]'s interpretation of [[Ralph Kramden]], while Blanc, after a season of using a nasal, high-pitched voice for Barney, eventually adopted a style of voice similar to that used by [[Art Carney]] in his portrayal of Ed Norton. The first time that Art Carney voice was used was for a few seconds in "The Prowler" (the 3rd episode produced!). In a 1980s ''[[Playboy]]'' interview, Jackie Gleason said that Alan Reed had done voice-overs for Gleason in his early movies, and that he (Gleason) considered suing Hanna-Barbera for copying ''The Honeymooners'' but decided to let it pass.{{Verify source|date=March 2008}} Supposedly, Jackie Gleason intended to sue Hanna-Barbera for plagiarizing his program. According to Henry Corden, who took over as the voice of Fred Flintstone after Alan Reed died, was a friend of Gleason’s. “Jackie’s lawyers told him that he could probably have The Flintstones pulled right off the air. But they also told him, “Do you want to be known as the guy who yanked Fred Flintstone off the air? The guy who took away a show that so many kids love, and so many parents love, too?” [[Henry Corden]] handled the voice responsibilities of Fred after Reed's death in 1977. Corden had previously provided Fred's singing voice in ''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]'' and later on Flintstones' children's records. After 1999, [[Jeff Bergman]] performed the voice of Fred. Since Mel Blanc's death in 1989, Barney has been voiced by both [[Frank Welker]] and [[Kevin Richardson]]. Various additional character voices were created by [[Hal Smith]], [[Allan Melvin]], [[Janet Waldo]], [[Daws Butler]], [[Howard Morris]], among others. ===Voice cast=== * [[Fred Flintstone]] - [[Alan Reed]] * [[Wilma Flintstone]] - [[Jean Vander Pyl]] * [[Pebbles Flintstone]] - Jean Vander Pyl (1963-1966) * [[Barney Rubble]]/[[Dino (The Flintstones)|Dino]] - [[Mel Blanc]] * [[Betty Rubble]] - [[Bea Benaderet]] (seasons 1-4/1960-1964) * [[Betty Rubble]] - [[Gerry Johnson]] (seasons 5-6/1964-1966) * [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]]/Hoppy/Arnold - [[Don Messick]] (1963-1966) * [[Mrs. Slate]] - Jean Vander Pyl and Bea Benaderet * [[The Great Gazoo]] - [[Harvey Korman]] * [[Mr. Slate]] - [[John Stephenson (actor)|John Stephenson]] ==Production history== Originally, the series was to have been titled ''The Flagstones'', and a brief demonstration film was created to sell the idea of a "modern stone age family" to sponsors and the network.<ref name="BarberaAutoBio">{{cite book|last=Barbera|first=Joseph|title=My Life in "Toons": From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century|year=1994|publisher=[[Turner Publishing]]|location=Atlanta, GA|isbn= 1-57036-042-1}}</ref>{{rp|3}} When the series itself was commissioned, the title was changed, possibly to avoid confusion with the Flagstons, characters in the [[comic strip]] ''[[Hi and Lois]]''. After spending a brief period in development as ''The Gladstones'' (GLadstone being a Los Angeles telephone exchange at the time),<ref name="DreamTeam">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1237649.stm|title=The cartoon dream team|date=2001-03-21|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=2008-08-13}}</ref> Hanna-Barbera settled upon ''The Flintstones''. Aside from the animation and fantasy setting, the show's scripts and format are typical of 1950s and 1960s [[United States|American]] [[situation comedies]], with the usual family issues resolved with a laugh at the end of each episode. Although most ''Flintstones'' episodes are standalone storylines, the series did have a few [[story arc]]s. The most notable example was a series of episodes surrounding the birth of [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]]. Beginning with the episode "The Surprise", aired midway through the third season (1/25/63), in which Wilma reveals her [[pregnancy]] to Fred, the arc continued through the trials and tribulations leading up to Pebbles' birth in the episode "Dress Rehearsal" (2/22/63), and then continued with several episodes showing Fred and Wilma adjusting to the world of parenthood. The Flintstones also became the first primetime animated series to last more than two seasons;<ref name="FLINSE">[http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/C/htmlC/cartoons/cartoons.htm Cartoons<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> this record wasn't surpassed by any other primetime animated tv series until The Simpsons aired their third season in 1992.<ref name="FLINSE" /> A postscript to the arc occurred in the third episode of the fourth season, in which the Rubbles, depressed over being unable to have children of their own (making ''The Flintstones'' the first animated series in history to address the issue of [[infertility]], though subtly), adopt Bamm-Bamm. The 100th episode made (but the 90th to air), ''Little Bamm-Bamm'' (10/3/63), established how Bamm-Bamm was adopted. About nine episodes were made before it but shown after which explains why Bamm-Bamm would not be seen again until episode 101 ''Daddy's Annonymous'' (Bamm-Bamm was in a teaser on episode 98 ''Kleptomaniac Pebbles''). Another story arc, occurring in the final season, centered on Fred and Barney's dealings with The Great Gazoo (voiced by [[Harvey Korman]]). [[Image:West-tv-flintstones.jpg|200px|thumb| Fred and Wilma advertising Winston Cigarettes at the closing credits.]] The series was initially aimed at adult audiences; the first two seasons were co-sponsored by [[Winston (cigarette)|Winston cigarettes]] and the characters appeared in several black and white television commercials for Winston (dictated by the custom, at that time, that the star{s} of a TV series often "pitched" their sponsor's product in an "integrated commercial" at the end of the episode). ''The Flintstones'' was the first American animated show to depict two people of the opposite sex (Fred and Wilma; Barney and Betty) sleeping together in one bed, although Fred and Wilma are sometimes depicted as sleeping in separate beds. For comparison, the first live-action depiction of this in American TV history was in television's first-ever [[sitcom]]: 1947's ''[[Mary Kay and Johnny]].''<ref>http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/marykay.htm</ref> The show also contained a [[laugh track]], common to most other sitcoms of the period. In the mid-1990s, when Turner Networks remastered the episodes, the original laugh track was removed. Currently, the shows airing on [[Boomerang (TV channel)|Boomerang]] and the DVD releases have the original laugh track restored to ''most'' episodes (a number of episodes from Seasons 1 and 2 still lack them). Some episodes, however, have a newer laugh track dubbed in, apparently replacing the old one. Because of this practice, the only episode to originally air ''without'' a laugh track ("Sheriff For a Day" in 1965) now has one. ==Reception== In January 2009, IGN named ''The Flintstones'' as the ninth best in its "Top 100 Animated TV Shows". <ref>http://tv.ign.com/top-100-animated-tv-series/9.html </ref> ==Films and subsequent TV series== Following the show's cancellation in 1966, a film based upon the series was created. ''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]'' was a [[musical film|musical]] [[spy]] caper that parodied [[James Bond]] and other secret agents. The movie was released to theaters on August 3, 1966 by [[Columbia Pictures]]. It was released on DVD in [[Canada]] in March 2005 and in [[United States]] in December 2008. The show was revived in the 1970s with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm having grown into teenagers, and several different series and made-for-TV movies &mdash; including a series depicting Fred and Barney as police officers, another depicting the characters as children, and yet others featuring Fred and Barney encountering [[Marvel Comics]] superhero [[Thing (comics)|The Thing]] and [[comic strip]] character [[Shmoo|The Shmoo]] &mdash; have appeared over the years. The original show also was adapted into a [[The Flintstones (film)|live-action film]] in 1994, and a prequel ''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas]]'', which followed in 2000. ==Theme parks== At least two Flintstones-themed [[amusement park]]s exist in the [[United States]], one in [[Custer, South Dakota]] and another in [[Arizona]]. Both have been in operation for decades. A stage production which opened at [[Universal Studios Hollywood]] in 1994 (the year the live action film was released), developed by Universal and [[Hanna-Barbera Productions]]. It opened at the [[Panasonic]] Theatre replacing the [[Star Trek]] Show. The story consists with Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty heading for "Hollyrock". The show ran until January 2, 1997. ==Broadcast history== <table width=100%> <tr> <td valign=top> *{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States of America|USA]] **[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1960-1966) ***September 1960-September 1963 Friday 8:30-9:00 ***September 1963-December 1964 Thursday 7:30-8:00 ***December 1964-September 1966 Friday 7:30-8:00 **[[Television syndication]] (1966-1997) **[[NBC]] (1966-1970) **[[Cartoon Network (United States)|Cartoon Network]] (1992-2001) **[[Boomerang (TV channel)]] (2000-present) *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Bulgaria]] **[[BNT 1|Kanal 1]] (early 1990s) **[[Nova Television]] (2008-Present) **[[Diema|Diema Family]] (2009-Present) *{{flagicon|Poland}} [[Poland]] **[[Cartoon Network (Europe)|Cartoon Network]] (1998-2007) **[[Boomerang]] (2005-Present) **[[TVP2]] (1990-2003) **[[TV Puls]] (2008-Present) *{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Canada]] **[[CTV Television Network|CTV]] **[[TQS]] (1986-2000) **[[TVA (TV network)|TVA]] (2004-present) **[[Prise 2]] (2004-present) **[[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] **[[Teletoon]] **[[Teletoon Retro]] **[[TFO]] <td valign=top> *{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico]] **[[Canal 5]] **[[Cartoon Network (Latin America)|Cartoon Network]] *{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]] **[[Boomerang (UK & Ireland)]] (2000-2007) **[[Cartoon Network (UK & Ireland)]] (1993-2000) **[[BBC One]] (1960s - early 1990s) **[[BBC Two]] (mid to late 1990s, 2008-present) **[[ITV1]] (2003) **[[Cartoon Network TOO]] (2006-2007) *{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]] **[[Boomerang (Australian TV channel)]] **[[Network Ten]] *{{flagicon|India}} [[India]] **[[Cartoon Network (India)]] *{{flagicon|Israel}} [[Israel]] **[[Channel 1 (Israel)]] **[[Cartoon Network (Europe)]] <td valign=top> *[[Middle East]] **[[Spacetoon]] **[[Middle East Television]] *{{flagicon|Norway}} [[Norway]] **[[TV3 (Norway)]] *{{flagicon|The Netherlands}} [[The Netherlands]] **[[RTL 4]] *{{flagicon|Peru}} [[Peru]] **[[Frecuencia Latina (Canal 2)]] *{{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany]] **[[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] **[[ProSieben]] *{{flagicon|Greece}} [[Greece]] ** [[Hellenic Radio and Television|ERT]] ** [[Star Channel|Star]] ** [[Mega channel|MEGA]] *{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Serbia]] **[[RTV BK Telecom]] *{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy]] ** [[(RAI)]] (1963-1996) **[[(Retequattro)]] (1998) **[[Italia 1]](today) *{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Croatia]] **[[Croatian Radiotelevision|HRT]] *{{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey]] **[[Turkish Radio and Television Corporation|TRT]] *{{flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuela]] **[[Radio Caracas Television|RCTV]] **[[Venevision]] **[[Cartoon Network|Cartoon Network]] *{{flagicon|Chile}} [[Chile]] **[[Television Nacional de Chile|TVN]] (1970-1987) **[[Canal 9 Television Nacional de Chile]] (1988-1990) **[[Red Televisiva Megavision]] (1991-2002) **[[RED Television]] (2003-2006) **[[Telecanal]] (2006-Today) *{{flagicon|China}} [[China]] **[[CCTV-6]] *{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Romania]] **[[TVR1]] (early 1980s) **[[Cartoon Network (Europe)|Cartoon Network]] </table> ==Production Credits== * Produced and Directed: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera * Written by: Warren Foster, Michael Maltese, Arthur Phillips * Story Director: Dan Gordon, Alex Lovy, Art Davis * Associate Producer: Alan Dinehart * Voices: Alan Reed, Jean Vanderpyl, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, John Stephenson, Daws Butler, Don Messick, Jerry Mann, Hal Smith * Musical Diector: Hoyt Curtin * Animation: Kenneth Muse, Carlo Vinci, George Nicholas, Ed Love, Don Patterson, Dick Lundy, William Keil * Layout: Dick Bickenbach, Walt Clinton * Production Supervision: Howard Hanson * Backgrounds: Art Lozzi, Montealegre, Robert Gentle, Dick Thomas * Titles: Lawrence Goble * Camera: Roy Wade, Norman Stainback, Frank Paiker, Charles Flekal * Film Editing: Greg Watson, Warner Leighton, Donald A. Douglas, Joseph Ruby, Kenneth Muse * THE FLINTSTONES ** © Copyright MCMLX Hanna-Barbera Productions * A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION * A SCREEN GEMS FILM PRESENTATION ** Television Subsidiary: Columbia Pictures Corporation '''Note:''' There were many more that worked on the episodes, inlcuding (for voices) Doug Young, Elliott Field, Mike Rye, Maxie Rosenbloom, Frank Nelson, Ginny Tyler, Nancy White, Howard McNear, Nancy Russell, Bob Hopkins, Willard, Lucille Bliss, Bern Bennett, Sandra Gould, Leo de Lyon, Pattee Chapman, Paula Winslow, Alan Dinehart, Herschel Bernardi, Paul Frees, Walker Edmiston, Herb Vigran, Howard Morris, June Foray, Janet Waldo, Henry Hoople, Jerry Hauser, Allen Melvin, Dick Beals, Gerry Johnson, Naomi Lewis, Nancy Wible, Henry Corden, Mike Road, Sam Edwards, and Bernard Fox, as well as countless others <ref>http://www.topthat.net/webrock/faq/faq16.htm</ref> ; the list is a collection of artists that worked the most often on The Flintstones. ==Flintstones series and spin-offs== ===Television series=== * ''The Flintstones'' (1960-66) * ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'' (1971-72) * ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Hour]]'' (1972-73) * ''[[Fred Flintstone and Friends]]'' (1977-78) * ''[[The New Fred and Barney Show]]'' (1979) * ''[[Fred and Barney Meet the Thing]]'' (1979) * ''[[Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo]]'' (1979-80) * ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980)|The Flintstone Comedy Show]]'' (1980-82) * ''[[The Flintstone Funnies]]'' (1982-84) * ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]'' (1986-88) * ''[[Dino: World Premiere Toons]]'' - featuring "Stay Out!" (1995) and "The Great Egg-Scape" (1997) * ''[[Cave Kids|Cave Kids: Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm]]'' (2000) ===Theatrical animated feature=== * ''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]'' (1966, released by [[Columbia Pictures]]) ===Television specials=== * ''[[A Flintstone Christmas]]'' (1977) * ''[[The Flintstones: Little Big League]]'' (1978) * ''[[The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone]]'' (1979) * ''[[The Flintstones' New Neighbors]]'' (1980) * ''[[The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling]]'' (1980) * ''[[The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma]]'' (1981) * ''[[The Flintstones: Jogging Fever]]'' (1981) * ''[[The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration]]'' (1986) * ''[[The Flintstone Kids' "Just Say No" Special]]'' (1988) * ''[[A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 years of Hanna-Barbera]]'' (1989) * ''[[A Flintstone Family Christmas]]'' (1993) ===Television movies=== * ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'' (1987) * ''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'' (1993) * ''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]'' (1993) * ''[[A Flintstones Christmas Carol]]'' (1994) * ''[[The Flintstones: On the Rocks]]'' (2001) ===Live action films=== * ''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]'' (1994) * ''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas]]'' (2000) ===Other media=== :''For a list of DVDs, video games, comic books, and VHS releases, see [[List of The Flintstones media]]. ===Awards for The Flintstones=== "The Flintstones" was nominated for an Emmy in 1961 for "Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor." They lost to "The Jack Benny Show." In 2006, "The Flintstones" was again nominated for TV Land Awards for "Greatest TV Dance Craze: The Twitch." ==Popular culture== In the 1960s the series had strong ties to a sponsor, [[Winston (cigarette)|Winston cigarettes]], with the characters shown smoking the product during commercial breaks. This approach was not unusual for television at that time, either with tobacco or any other product. In one memorable advertisement, Fred and Barney relaxed while their wives did housework, smoking Winstons and reciting Winston's jingle, "[[Winston tastes good like a cigarette should]]!"<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtEciS9CZ2E Video of the commercial] on [[YouTube]]</ref> In 1963, Winston pulled their sponsorship from the show when Wilma became pregnant;{{Fact|date=October 2007}} after that point, the main sponsor was [[Welch's]] [[Grape juice|Grape Juice]]. This is probably because of a shift from adult to family audiences. Welch's advertised their product with animated commercials featuring the cartoon cast and they were often pictured in print ads and on grape juice containers. In a few episodes, Pebbles is given grape juice as a treat. The characters from the series were used in an [[industrial film]] designed to promote the 1967 [[beer]] advertising campaigns for [[Anheuser-Busch]]. This film was released to the Anheuser-Busch distributors, and it was not seen by the general public until years later when bootleg copies began to circulate.<ref>{{cite news | author =Phil Hall | title =The Bootleg Files: Busch Advertising 1967 | publisher =Film Threat | date =August 27, 2004 | url =http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=features&Id=1187 | accessdate=2009-02-15}}</ref> The series spawned three [[breakfast cereal]]s: [[Fruity Pebbles]] and [[Cocoa Pebbles]], and the discontinued [[Dino Pebbles]] (later revived as "[[Marshmallow Mania Pebbles]]"). An enduring license has been a line of children's [[multivitamin]]s called "[[Flintstones chewable vitamins|Flintstones Complete]]" (more popularly known as Flintstones Vitamins); the first seasons of the series were, in part, sponsored by [[Miles Laboratories]].<ref>Advertisements for the product are included in the DVD release for season 1.</ref> Miles' corporate successor, [[Bayer Corporation]], continues to market Flintstones vitamins. More recently, the Flintstones have been seen in commercials for [[GEICO]] automotive insurance and [[Midas (automotive service)|Midas]] auto repair shops. Fred Flintstone's exclamation 'Yabba Dabba Dooo!', shouted in the opening credits as well as any time Fred became happy or excited, is widely known and repeated. [[The Screaming Blue Messiahs]] had a song called ''I Wanna Be a Flintstone'' on their album ''Bikini Red''. It was later rereleased on the soundtrack album of the 1994 live action film [[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]. [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] paid homage to the Flintstones in "Bedrock Anthem", a combined parody of "Under the Bridge" and "Give it Away", both by the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]], that even featured Flintstones voices and sound effects. It also was rereleased on the soundtrack album of the 1994 live action film ''The Flintstones''. ==See also== * [[List of The Flintstones episodes]] * ''[[Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue]]'' - Hanna-Barbera characters honor Fred in an all-star celebrity roast for his birthday (1977) * ''[[The Jetsons]]'' * ''[[The Roman Holidays]]'' * ''[[The Simpsons]]'' * ''[["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'' - "[[Bedrock Anthem]]" == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/F/htmlF/flintstones/flintstones.htm Museum of Broadcast Communications: ''The Flintstones''] * [http://www.topthat.net/webrock/index.htm Webrock: The Flintstones and Hanna-Barbera Site] * [http://www.toonopedia.com/flintstn.htm The Flintstones page at Toonopedia] * [http://video.aol.com/video-category/the-flintstones/2563 Watch ''The Flintstones'' episodes] * [http://bedrock.deadsquid.com A Flintstones World] - Fansite * [http://www.kevinmccorrytv.com/flint.html ''The Flintstones'' (1960-6) Page] - Written by Kevin McCorry. * {{imdb title|0053502|The Flintstones}} * {{tv.com|3642|The Flintstones}} {{The Flintstones}} <!-- this show has its own category. 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