Things Only Adults Notice in the Flintstones
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The Flinstones was a classic cartoon that ran for six seasons in the 1960s. It has been loved by kids and adults alike for generation after generation. The show works on many levels, but what are the things that only adults notice in the Flintstones?
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In this video, we’ll take a look at some of the elements of the Flinstones that are only picked up by adults. For instance, how come the Flintstones celebrated Christmas when they lived tens of thousands of years before Jesus was born? And what about the puns? There were some very adult jokes in the show that could at times be a little bit blue.
And what about the origins of the show that kids may not pick up on? The show was based on a sitcom called The Honeymooners that was popular from the mid-1950s onwards.
We’ll take a look at the tale of Dino and Juliet- how the show made a pastiche of the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet (which many younger viewers won’t have heard of) but more to the point, many adults will have found themselves wondering whatever happened to Dino the Dinosaurs children after that episode.
Then there are the hints of domestic violence. Fred always seems to be threatening Wilma, and Wilma thinks nothing about clocking Fred over the head.
The story of Barney and Wilma’s desire to have children is a sad story that will no doubt have gone over the heads of children. We’ll look at the lengths the prehistoric couple went to when trying to adopt Bamm Bamm and the fact that the whole situation pushed Barney towards suicide.
So what do you think about The Flinstones? Was it made for kids, or does it work better as an animated sitcom for adults? Let us know in the comments. If you like this video, remember to hit like and subscribe to our channel.
Things Only Adults Notice in the Flintstones
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I thought the using of CARTOON animals was super creative and added to the humor of the show for both kids n adults.
But now we are told how taken advantage of the animals are, this is a sick trend and one we need to stand up against.
@@stephenfitzgerald8779 cartoon animal rights!!✊
Cartoon animal rights....LOL😀
Seems ridiculous that people would get uptight about what these cartoon animals are doing. Then again they had to remove the bars on Animal Cracker boxes to please the people with very little going on in their lives.
@@rickloera9468 damn I forgot all about animal crackers. Classic 👍😁
I am 60 ++ and still love the Flinstones. Rocky and Bullwinkle too. Oh and the Jetsons!
Whacky Races, Johnny Quest,
Rocky and Bullwinkel were and still are my favourites. I could watch things like 'Fractured Fairytales' all day.
@@ilanamillion8942 You are sooo right!
Rock and Bullwinkle. Tap in for birdie.
Still watching them now on YT for a laugh before work. Especially the Fractured Fairy Tales. When I was a pup they were entertaining but as an adult they are hilarious.
don't forget George of the Jungle, MR. Peabody and Sherman. oh and Super Chicken!!!!!
Why does the concept of “family entertainment” seem to be over your heads. The Flintstones, like most shows of the time, was written to be entertaining for the whole family with aspects that would appeal to kids (the cartoons, slapstick humor) and elements that would also entertain their parents, and during the tween and teen years provoke important conversations.
Travis Brewer - A lot of Bugs Bunny's humour was also geared as much to adults as kids. For example, Rabbit of Seville was obviously based on the opera Barber of Seville but very few kids would have been aware of that; only the adults would "get" that joke.
*I down Voted this Vid!!!*
Much smarter writing than most of the lecturing churned out on TV today
Some kid's shows are so annoying it's hard to even let the kid's watch. That's why I love the Flintstones!
@@hughmungus1767 bugs bunny like dressing up as a woman lol
I never thought about it, as a kid OR an adult. It's just cartoon humor.
I think The Flintstones were created for adults to watch WITH their children, hence the adult humour here and there in the episodes!
*I Negative Voted!!!*
I never thought about it either, I'm 57 yrs old now, and at this point, I really don't care.
Lighten up It was funny
It still is! And if Pebbles was born in 1963, that would make her about 58? 🤔
💯💯👍🤗
It was programming
@@madviking33 for what?
@@survivalsuiters5982 It's obvious, for some of the issues we suffer today!
Absent fathers, suicide, obscene jokes (for children? Come on people!)! We were definitely being programed, and some folks from that era still don't see it, unfortunately. Wake up, people! How do you think we got in the delema we're in today? By sleeping through it all and casarasara, what will be will be!
I loved the Flintstones as a kid, and I still do. I watch it anytime I can find it. And I never cared about little adult puns, or “dark” humor. I’ll always love it.
At first, it was geared more towards adults. As time went on, the shift towards a more kid friendly show happened. The Flintstones made millions off of products geared towards kids: Welch's Grape juice, Flintstones Vitamins, Pebbles Cereal, etc.
I remember, when it first came out it was hailed as the first cartoon show intended for adults. In fact, one of the early sponsors in the U.S. was Winston cigarettes. They even had an ad where Fred and Barney plug the brand. But the kids loved it too,and it began to become more kid oriented, albeit with many situations and puns that only adults would detect.
The Flintstones also plugged Busch beer on the show.
@@dsmith9964 Really??? I knew about the cigs, but not the beer. You can find the cigarette ads on youtube. I'll have to search for the beer one. Was born in '67 so only remember the 'stones at lunch in the 70's.'
@@briansauer6695 The Busch beer ad is on UA-cam. I'll try to dig for it and post a link. 👍
@@dsmith9964 Thanks. I checked them out. Hard to believe the cute cartoon characters I watched as a kid in the 70's did the smokes and beer ads in the 60's! As stated, they DID start off as adult entertainment.
I have heard of that before. I wasn't yet born though.
I say it served an entertainment for both adults and children
Yep it works on both levels, like The Simpsons. If there hadn't have been Flintstones there might not have been Simpsons
I say both, however, Barney & Fred did an old Winston cigarettes commercial...
@@marcstevens3761 it also aired prime time. It was literally something the whole family can enjoy
@@stormwatcher1299 well, if there hadn't been loony toons none of these could have existed either....
That’s the sign of good entertainment.
I never really thought about it. I just enjoyed the cartoon. When you watch cartoons( or t.v in general) you watch it to escape the real world for a little while.
True. Why go to all the trouble of picking apart a cartoon made 50 years ago? Is this how stupidly PC our society is now? 1984, here we come.
@@ufafgd No, but I think we are "adult" enough now to acknowledge the wrong doings in certain societal behaviors that were accepted as "norms"...
Touche'.
Yep, just a cartoon to me. Just as all the old ones were. I did not and still do not see the racism in some of the cartoons. Not denying there is some but, there is a saying - If you look for racism, you will find it.
There are several groups wanting us divided and at odds with each other. I say deny them.
@@anthonythorp7291 Agreed, you hit the nail on the head. Thank you.
The Flintstones was originally shown during prime time as an adult show. It was never meant as a cartoon for children. But ended up as one later.
...sort of like Odd Squad on PBS. Odd Squad started off as a witty, clever "children's show" with lots of puns and jabs at adult culture but after three seasons now its just another kid show.
At first it came on at 10:00 p.m. -- definitely for adults.
@@Lunafallsaccording to Wikipedia The Flintstones aired on ABC Friday Nights at 7:30 PM Pacific which is what I remember from my youth.
I was born in 1959. When my family moved in 1970 we were carrying the furniture out to the moving van. After picking up the couch and turning it upside down to fit it through the door, an old TV Guide fell out of the bottom. I looked through the 8 year old guide and saw the Flintstones listed with the description beside it as "Adult Cartoon".
I loved the Flintstones as a child and still do and the Flintstones movies are amazing and i definitely agree that it was to entertain anyone of all ages
Back then families were together and most only had one TV so yes shows were designed to entertain all ages.
Listen, the Flintstones was one of my best childhood cartoons.. Not once did I look deep into these episodes.. it was fun to watch and anyone who chooses to look deep into it needs to get a life...
The only thing that bugged me, was who cleans the poop from the garbage disposal, shower, oven, etc.? Other then that, i had no issues.
Agreed!
why you act as if it was made for kids kids cartoons did not come on at night back in the 60s... so whatever dude sounds as if you need a life at least to read up on the flintstones history - The Flintstones premiered on September 30, 1960, at 8:30 pm Eastern time... 8:30 at night is not a kids cartoon, it was designed for adults... if you still haven't grasped that there is no help for you... lol
@@skaetur1 How about this. IF- animals were used for all of household appliances... Was one used for the commode? And if so, which one?
Fred was an animated Ralph Kramden. How come "The Honeymooners" are considered classic comedy, while "The Flintstones" are now offensive?
My niece really got into scooby doo ... I remember the first time I showed her the flintstones she looked at me and said since when did the guys from the cereal box get there own show.....classic
lol.
THAT Adorable!!!!!
Being 63, I remember BOTH Television Shows.......
"The Flintstones" was aired back in my day.
"The Honeymooners" were re-runs, but I watched it anyway.
(I sure can't help but to think about the Jetsons, too.)
I would have hoped that this channel would have known that The Flintstones was initially a Prime Time animated television show intended for adults, not children.
I just toldemthat i remember it on at night
The Flintstones in it's say was as much of a 'kids' show as the Simpsons are now.
It was meant for families...adults AND children. Something that is sadly lacking nowadays.
@@WrenFaithBridger The Simpson's are meant for adults and children now, just as the Flintstones were in it's time. Don't look back in rose colored glasses at these things. Kids can watch any sitcom that is on at 8 o'clock today, just like in the 60s, the kids just don't get the adult references.
The Flintstones also starred in a cigarette commercial I mean they were relaxed about smoking in the 50's but not that relaxed that kids could use them.
No animal activist back then.
No animals were harmed in the making of these cartoons, unlike Walt Disney.
Much like Bugs Bunny, the humor went over the heads of even the adults...sheesh, what a maroon!
Same with the 30's and 40's Popeye shorts.
I loved the Flintstones as a child, and still do, as an adult. It’s timeless. Haha
Beasts of burdens? You have to be kidding?! People need to get a life.
IKR
They were also all white with no gay or trans. I think our generation is the warped ones, to even look for such nonsense.
I protest that Dino usually got the best of Fred, and the cat always locked Fred out of the house at the end of every episode.
@@markinman8156 Mark, I had forgotten about Dino and the cat! Still smiling.
@@bradrowland7687
Unfortunately the few intelligent ones like you aren't nearly vocal enough.
You are outnumbered by the insincere virtual signalling shit bricks like the idiots that wrote this fucking tripe.
I was one of those kids who watched this show back in the day and I actually got most of the stuff covered in this video without needing to have it explained to me. That was the thing about kids in my generation; they GOT stuff and didn't need every little thing explained to them. We also didn't make a habit of overthinking shit that didn't need to be overthought.
@airedale snowtires Jr.
Well, you did NOT have to be an @$$ wipe with your answer, prick. 😒😒😒😒
I enjoyed The Flintstones as a child, and even though I'm an adult . . . . . . I STILL enjoy that show.
@Airedale Snowtires Jr.
With all due respect and then some.
Kid's aren't stupid or frail. They don't need to be spoonfed.
My son will be paying taxes for your retirement and end of life care, the people he elects will be deciding if your and your sibling's Social Security and Medicaid should be matching inflation or remaining under it as it is now.
Show some respect and vote in people who will make his life livable.
And the rant.
Frankly. Kids do GET things. A lot more than they get credit for.
They overthink because the latest generations of parents were born into/inherited TWELVE economic crises since 1990
Are living in and through the highest unemployment rates since the great depression. Higher than the great recession of 2009
The highest suicide rates of any prior generation with our children showing even higher trends coming.
Gen alpha turn 11 this year. There has been a 60% spike in their suicide rates.
Combine that with the highest spike in death rates since 1918 and the year of the single most us deaths ever.
And the most cases of civil unrest since vietnam.
505 school shootings/bombings since 1990
The millenials turning 24-40 years old are the parents of Gen Z (24-6yo) some are grandparents to Gen Alpha (2010-) it's been a rough couple generations. It's a lot of financial hardship to pile on a family... 11 godblessed times.
When the parents try to hide stress, the children get anxiety.
You want the kids to be better off *like your generation was?*
Elect officials that will bring back your living conditions of the time.
-Vote in a livable minimum wage like it was originally instituted to be.
-Lower the stupidly high cost of medicine with a Federal health department negotiator, like the rest of first world countries
-Bring back federal regulations on lenders like that f*ing Sallie Mae again. The moment it left federal hands and made bankruptcy and death unable to lower student debit (even the stimulus checks weren't safe) Sallie Mae specifically was able to go from owning 400billion in debit to 1.6 Trillion
And in kind the cost of public and private institutions rose by 65% and 50% respectively.
To paint a simple picture:
In 1990:
Average US wages were 26k ($13/hr, almost 4x minimum wage)
Minimum wage was $3.80 (that's $7.85 in today's money)
Average rent $450 -1.7% wage
Median house $79k -3 years wages
Average medical costs 2.5k -10%
Tuition in Harvard was 15k -0.57 years wage
As of 2020
Average wages are 40k ($19/h 2.5x minimum wage)
Minimum wage $7.25
Average rent $1,078- 2.3% wage
Median house 383k -9.7 years
Average medical costs over 10k -25%
Harvard is 50k -1.25 years wages
(73k (1.83y) with room, board and fees, excluding books)
You don't see an uneven playing field here? You don't see how that would effect a family and their children?
@@GrifoStelle Wow;.... I bet you're a barrel of fun at parties.
I get you wanted to say you were a smart kid or whatever but you dont need to singlehandedly generalize a whole generation/generations of children for the sake of a ageist comment.
Man, its not anything to do with generation. Some kids understand earlier, some later, some have things explained, others explain it to others, some 'overthink' but thats what helps creativity a lot of the time. Overthinking isnt a thing that needs to be shamed in a childs development, neither is a urge to ask why things happen or have things explained.
I highly doubt you actually did get every reference/theme fully when you were a child, most of us get parts or understand that its some secret joke when we're kids. We can guage a mood shift or how our parents laugh louder etc at social ques. I did that as a kid too- and it doesn't make you smart. It makes you a fairly inquisative, normal child. (For reference, i am not of your generation, but that just prooves my point that children have always understood about the same amount, no matter what gen you come from)
Another thing to ponder is, havent you ever wondered why society now 'overexplains/overthinks'? Because thats how we evolve to understand deeper meanings. Humans have always overthought things, thats how science breakthroughs are made, thats how art is valued. Its a pillar of society to push our understanding further.
Besides, if its all overexplained now, and wasnt back when you were a youngster (if thats what you believe) then if i wanted to be ageist in retort i would mention how that means your generation are the ones overexplaining it to youngsters now then. But thats a gross generalization that isnt needed or correct so i wont. Just like you shouldnt have.
Even as a kid I always noticed in the end credits that when Fred got locked out of the house there was no glass in the front window. And while I'm at it, how come the people on Gilligans Island were able to build all their huts but couldn't fix a 2 foot hole on a boat ? Lol
IKR? And you'd think the Gilligan's Island crew would eventually learn to quickly overpower those visitors with boats, etc., and take the vessel to escape?
Not to mention the cars passing the same houses about ten times. :)
I really think this TV cartoon show was written for BOTH adults and children alike. Back in the 60s when I was just a little kid, there was a lot of good television entertainment available. At least I thought so. And this show was certainly one of them. I'm almost in my mid-60s, and I still watch them (on my DVDs) when I have the time. As a visual artist & writer, I also take a special appreciation for the work and effort its industry brought forth in bringing it to the audience. Truly a timeless classic!
You look good for your age
I think both kids and adults. I love the Flintstones since I was small. And I still watch the cartoon today.
I had a yabba dabba do time watching the Flintstone's.
As long as it wasn't a Gay old time.
@@billgriffiths1685 The way Fred and Barney looked at each other?
@@nomikes4392 They did spend a lot of time down ot the Lodge 🦬♂️
@@billgriffiths1685 Back then, gay meant happy, it had absolutely nothing to do with sex or sexual preferences.
@@veronicasouthern7490 I know Veronica, i was playing with the theme tune. Thanks for the comment Babe.
During the episode where Wilma has Pebbles, Fred and Barney scramble to get Wilma to the hospital...Barney takes Wilma into the hospital and Fred gets caught up in the revolving door, ending up getting launched across the street to a hotel. Fred asks the desk clerk, "Did my wife and best friend just come in?" to which the clerk says, "Look buddy, we don't want any trouble over here."...I remember my parents laughing over this a bit to much and I didn't get it...till I was older of course...it was a clever reference to adultery...suprised the censors didn't catch this...😎
*YOU & the FlintStones, SUCK!!!*
@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon ...who pissed in your Cornflakes this morning? 🤔
@@melaniemills4505 Yea I'd like to know who ruined that losers breakfast too.
The censors didn't catch it back then because they didn't need to - we all had BALLS back then.
I loved the Flintstones as a kid..and I still love it now
Same here, Jacqueline!
Same her Jacqueline
Being almost 49 years old in July I remember watching the Flintstones and still like watching it but yea all those adult problems wow
*74 & I Never had Respect for Cartoons!!!*
My father was born in 1951. He absolutely could watch The Flintstones all day and not get tired. I also watched it in the 90s. Generation after generation knows The Flintstones, even if it's just the vitamins nowadays.
The cartoons written for adults were genius! I was born in the 50's and grew up on this, Bugs Bunny, and all the other cartoons written with the adult overtones. They were shows the entire family would enjoy, parents would watch them with kids creating more quality family time together.
I saw it as something the whole family could enjoy and left it at that. A cartoon for the kids but had a few adult jokes in there that'd go over the kid's heads and entertain the adults that watched it with them. Of course this will have those kids coming back to it when they're old enough to understand so they can appreciate a different side of the show.
Watching cartoons back in the day as kids we don't pick up on adult stuff because kids don't care kids just like the funny stuff .. I never picked up on adult humor .
I remember seeing the suicide episode as a kid.
Don't recall being confused or questioning it. Suicide was just another thing some characters in a story did or tried to do in certain situations in a story.
I'm old enough to have seen the original shows. I watch them now from time to time, and one thing I notice that I never noticed back then was the amount of crime in Bedrock. Jewel thieves, burglars, piano thieves, etc.!
Who can forget 88 fingers Louie, the piano thief? ( LOL )
As I recall, the reason the dinosaur puppies were never seen again is because Fred and the neighbor make up at the end and work together to find them good homes, much as one would with a litter of puppies.
The Grand Canyon as a tiny trickle. “It will be a big thing one day .”
Really funny when they said they couldn't see it really happening!
Even though the Canyon took millions of years to form and was around in the Stone Age.
This was great! I grew up watching this show and I loved the Honeymooners reruns
I remember in one episode where The Beau Brummels were guest stars on The Flintstones parodied as The Beau Brummelstones. I had no idea that they were a real group until I heard the song Laugh Laugh playing on the radio.
Didn't know that Rock Pile was a play on Rock Hudson
I loved The Flintstones when I was growing up. I was quite young,, but I do remember when they aired Friday nights around 7:00 pm in Prime Time. Then as I grew older and started elementary school I would come home after school and watch it in the afternoons in syndication. I have ALWAYS enjoyed The Flintstones and have ALWAYS thought it as a pure, fun loving, entertaining show for people of ALL ages! I love the fact that their scripts were written to include humor for people of ALL ages. This way it could encourage family members of ALL ages to sit down together as a family to watch & enjoy this show! In THIS way The Flintstones were W A Y ahead of its time! 🤠❤😃❤
Hey, I just want to thank you for posting this video. I grew up watching the Flintstones so this was a nice trip down memory lane.
I remember that as a child being disturbed about the change in Barneys voice. I loved the deep voice better.
Me, too!! LOL. I kept wondering, as a kid: "What's WRONG with Barney's voice??" ....and it would FLIP back and forth?!! I later found out, as an adult, that it was the same man with both voices! Barney was voiced by Mel Blanco, who did ALL the voices of the Loony Toons characters! He was dubbed as: The Man Of 1,000 Voices!
@@taramoonshadow363 Mel Blanc. No "o". But yeah he was amazing!!!
Shortly after the series premiered, Mel Blanc was in a nearly fatal car accident. For a short time, Daws Butler took over. That’s partly why Barney had two voices, but I believe Blanc also modified the voice as the series went on.
@@stephenkehl7158 Yogi Bear stood in for Barney Rubble!
My favorite was the long cartoon with Pebbles and BamBam finally getting married. At the end, you see a brief conversation between two male wedding guests calling each other Joe and Bill, with one saying, "Well, I always knew these two kids were made for each other." Joseph Hanna and William Barbera made a cameo .
I stopped watching when all that 'babies and bottles' stuff started.
That's when they lost the plot.
I watched the show when it was new. My parents watched it with me, we all were entertained. Very similar to the "modern" Toy Story, Cars, etc. family movies. Back in the early '60s we just watched tv to be entertained, without looking for much deeper meaning.
I'd say this awesome show was for both. Kids, and adults. I watched it as a kid in the 90s. I enjoyed it. As an adult, before showing it to my own son, I'd love to rewatch it... where though.
Thanks for watching!
Makes me want to go watch the shows for the jokes I missed as a kid
Considering this was released as an adult show during prime time with the characters doing commercials like cigarettes it's not surprising the jokes were also adult oriented.
I loved the Flintstones as a child & I love them now in my 50’s & will always.
The education system has really failed,as a kid in the sixties I totally understood all of that,even the Shakespeare reference
It really failed us, Anthony
@@FactsVerse It didn't fail. The Rockefeller school system was designed to dumb down the people and train them to be obedient bell followers just like Pavlov's dogs. Charlotte Iserbyt exposed all of the people involved in creating this wicked system such as William Wundt, and the Leipzieg connection. It is deep psychological warfare on innocent children. Read her book "Dumbed Down By Design" or see her interview documentary on UA-cam.
It was my favorite cartoons growing up. Me and my dad would watch together. I even asked him if he could open the tv so I could play with Pebbles and Bamm Bamm. lol
Do you have a favorite memory of the show, Salina?
@@FactsVerse I like the one with Ann Margrock and the one where the creepy family moved next door. I think they were supposed to be the Addams Family.
The Flintstones was not a kid's cartoon, it was a family sit-com and Pebbles was proof of that because how did Fred and Wilma get Pebbles? She wasn't brought by a stork(asorus) or anything like that, Wilma got pregnant.
The Flintstones and The Jetsons was my favorite cartoons . I remember when they had a contest to name Pebbles when she was born . I also liked the Rocky and Bullwinkle show . And it followed me into adulthood .
I grew up watching the Flinstones, it never cross my mind to do anything cruel to the animals. I guess it’s how your raise.
It NEVER seemed to me that any of the animals were "abused". They may not have all liked the job they had...but I think maybe that prepared us for adulthood....lmao
The audience may have questioned the morality of society that used beasts of burden this way? Seriously?
Giving PC commentary on an animated show 60 years old, about a fictional society millions of years old with extinct animals. OK, we get it, I guess. Perhaps seeing the animals eating the humans or seeing them getting bashed with clubs is more his liking. It was a cartoon Clyde, no animals or humans were harmed in the drawings of any episode.
Its a cartoon, no animals were harmed. Nobody thought beast of burden. Its suppose to be funny like Christmas, nobody thought anything about them celebrating it.
@@markinman8156 hahahah perfectly said
show this in universities and watch the snowflakes have conniption fits
@OneHairyGuy I bet you they did not. Those people are wacked in the head enough that they would be mad about it.
My favourite cartoon of all time! Originally I believe it was produced as an adult cartoon. However, it also appealed to kids! All of my generation grew up watching the Flintstones!💕
I loved when Wilma would swat flies, flies as big as birds and how the flies complained after getting hit. Hilarious.
I think the show is a fascinating look back to the fifties, the time when my grandparents were in their thirties and my parents were children, plus kids today can catch a glimpse of what it was like before cell phones and microwaves
Except the show began in 1960!
"Will you excuse us Fred, Betty & I want to nose our powder". - Wilma.
Powder our nose”
@@somerobbercreeper3550 She actually says nose our powder and then laughs.
@@somerobbercreeper3550 I'll try to find the episode title.
@@somerobbercreeper3550 season 1, episode 13 The Drive In.
I loved the Flintstones growing up and at 40 i still love them! Way better then the computer animation crap kids watch now days.
*OnLy IDIOTS, Watch Cartoons!!! Then or Now!!!*
@@Robert_Martyr_deSaLem_Oregon Tell your mom i said hi son.
I loved the Flintstone's and admired their life in Bedrock. At night I watched reruns of the Honeymooners on a weird looking tv with antenna in my bedroom. My parents had no idea I was watching late night tv. I even watched the Burns and Allen show, I Love Lucy, etc. It was all a great fantasy for a little kid in Brooklyn NY.
Growing up in 60s the Flintstones were regulars on prime time and re-run television. Looking back at some of the serious issues the characters faced made young kids believe all problems could be dealt within 30 minutes. No matter what happened in the story line there would be a solution and closure...with no loose ends. While life isn’t really like that, the stories were entertaining and the characters have stayed with us for a lifetime. The Flintstones will always have a place in the hearts of millions of baby boomers.
I love and grew up on the Flintstones too. It's a relatable cartoon.
This cartoon ain't going no where
Celebrities who voiced their own "guest star" characters included "Ann Margrock" (Ann Margret) and "Stony Curtis."
Targeted both audiences in my opinion. I am 60 and I still love to watch the flintstones. Wish more of the specials and Saturday cartoons were available to own...I have several but know there’s more out there...
I believe that The Flintstones was written for EVERYONE!! From 3 year old children to 33 year old parents and even 83 year old grandparents and more. It really worked well on every level and it continues to stand the test of time even through today.
Hi, how are you doing. I'm Jones from Virginia. I hope you are doing well and safe? I want a new friend and I saw your pic here. Hope you don't mind my friendship.
This was originally a prime time series that ran for six seasons on ABC, then the third network.
This wasn’t actually a kids cartoon. It was the first prime time cartoon.
Originally it was an adult cartoon which is why they allowed cigarette and alcohol ads starring Fred and Barney, they stopped those ads when they realized kids were also a big part of their audience.
"Winston's taste good, like a cigarette should"
@@kenlompart9905 stop saying facts.. you only confuse the millennials.
How bad is it when a cartoon isn't safe from SJW's What do you want the Flintstones canceled now for fictional animal cruelty? What a world we live in!
Animal cruelty? Seriously. Your joking right
The PC movement is rediculously out of control to the point of stupidity. And people fall for this tripe.
Sure, I can see someone criticizing the cartoon (even though it’s a cartoon) for its message of cruelty of animals in our culture. For those of you who can’t see that, you need to get “woke”.
@@rolflalone If you take it literally you need a reality chek from Fred or you can check the reality of the animal farm cartoon.
@@rolflaloneJeez. I grew up with this show along with the violent westerns and Three Stooges. Never once have I tried to use a bird as a work horn or a record player. Nor have I tried to teach an elephant to be a water hose, raked a saw across anyone's head, or poked my buddy in the eye Even kids understand that it's not real.
In one episode, Fred and the gang visit the Grand Canyon in the desert. Standing next to the tiny trickle of water in the inch-wide gulley in the sand, Fred says that they say someday it will be bigger. Ergo, Flintstones was definitely in the past.
I was a huge fan of the Flintstones! I still watch it from time to time. Ive introduced my kids to my favorite cartoon
I think it was for children and adults I grew up watching this show
I liked the episode when the four of them go camping and get to meet Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo Bear.
Rocky and Bullwinkle was definitely more of an adult cartoon. I loved it! 👍😉
I thought the use of animals and birds as machines and equipment we used in those times was very ingenious to have come up with by the writers.. Great cartoon and that’s what it was, a cartoon. People today have to try and read to many things into it that WEREN’T there.
Very enlightening & entertaining, thank you..
Oh Wilma I'm home!!! I grew up watching the Flintstones around the 90s mid 90s not the beginning cuz I was born in 1991
Do kids still watch it to this day? My nephew is 19 and he watched it as a kid. I even got him the DVD of the Jetsons meet the Flintstones. I'm 46 and curious to know how the 25 and younger crowd started watching it. Like when did it used to air (not weekday mornings and afternoons when I was growing up) and if they liked it???
@@franklingordon3354 well I'm 29my daughter she is sick she knows a little bit of the cartoon Flintstones I introduced it to her but she doesn't really sit down to watch it but I used to watch it a lot as a kid
That's great I love it that over 60 years since it's debut in many ways the Flintstones lives on. As a brand it will probably never die. Vitamins, cereals, shit Post brands just introduced a new cinnamon Pebbles I think they might even be up to 4 varieties now. Though I'll always choose fruity lol. Flintstones merch has always been popular and they still come out with new shit. I used to have the 1990s trading cards and a Fred Flintstone shirt after I saw will Smith wear it on the fresh Prince just had to get one!
@@franklingordon3354 yeah I loved the vitamins I'm glad to have took some as a kid 😊 it's like I'm part of history 😂 once we see our favorite actors wear something we like we have to as well feels good!
P.S. I watched the Flintstones when I was younger and still do.
Probably meant for both in that generation when nobody cared.
It was made for adults but I loved it as a kid back in the 1960's.
I remember watching it as a kid (I’m 69). My parents watched it with us, on Friday nights, I believe. My favorite episode was the one with Ann Margaret. I also watched it as an adult with my kids! Either I very naive as both, or some ppl just find “adult humor” no matter what.
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I read years ago that the Flintstones was the 1st adult cartoon. I loved them as a kid in the '60s.
I was hard-core addicted to this show throughout the 70s and early 80s.
This was never meant to be a "kid's show". That's why it was shown on prime time, and not Saturday mornings.
no, but it was rerun on Saturday mornings.
True.
Plus , one of its sponsors was Winston cigarettes.
Thank you
@@13thwho Any point to be made? Many shows were sponsored by cigarette companies back then.. You could actually smoke on an airliner, in a restaurant, in a taxi, in teacher's breakrooms, etc.
The Flintstones is the G.O.A.T of cartoons!
What does that abbreviation mean? lol
Greatest Of All Time
@@josephwallace3895 lol.... Thank you 😊
@@evamariesneed-rodriguez7047 goat is like the best, coolest. I know goat?!
Totally went over my head when I saw this as a kid haha! Cool Channel
I think it was a cartoon for adults and children. It was my favorite cartoon and still is. I still watch it and I'm 54 years old.
Fred: "I want to see that new movie: It's called 'One Million BC.' It's about life in the future!"
As I recall, The Flintstones was advertised as a animated show that adults could enjoy, and was scheduled for broadcast at 7:00pm, when the "grownups" were in charge of what got watched by the family.
This was me and my Poppy's show when I was a little girl!!He would watch it all the time with me.💖
Loved that show!- it was, and still is one of my favorite cartoons of all time, along with Bugs Bunny, the Jetsons, and Scooby Doo
The Flintstones was a prime time show, that aired when kids in the 1960s were well in bed. The kids got the show on reruns in the 1970s on UHF channels.
While it was a primetime show it wasn't aired at a time when kids would have been in bed. It aired in the 7PM EST hour. I think most kids would have still been up at that time.
The Flintstones first episode was 1960 and final episode was1966, I am 60 years old , the bed time for my friend and I where very early in the 60s. There are exception that some parents gave their kids later bed times.
I also wanted to give you the correct times the show aired, 1960 to 1960 at 8:30 til 9:00pm and 1963 and 1964, 7: 30 til 8:00 pm.
@@terrencerichardson3823 I am only about 10 years younger than you so things weren't much different for me growing up in the late 70's and early 80's as they were for you growing up in the late 60's and early 70's. I'll also point out that I was at least partly correct about the show airing in the 7PM hour for at least part of it's run. However the average bedtimes for preteens ranges between 8PM to 9PM so if your bedtime was earlier than that then you were outside of the average just like I was outside of the average because even though I technically had a 9PM bedtime as long as I got up on time to get ready for school I didn't have a bedtime. Using the typical 9PM bedtime the overwhelming majority of kids would have been up to watch the show.
@@terrencerichardson3823 also on another note, that 8:30 airtime was EST which doesn't take into account the large swath of people who are on CST. Unlike Mountain and Pacific time, CST and EST air at exactly the same time so 8:30 in the east would be 7:30 central.
Another Hanna-Barbara cartoon was Top Cat that had an evening time slot on ABC. It also featured adult themes like the Flintstones although the Flintstones were more popular. 👍
I loved Top Cat too. But i have to say that I wasn't alive in that era. I'm just a huge fan of classic television shows both live action and cartoons.
It’s funny, but as a kid, my sister and I would watch Flintstones when we came home from school during Lunch time. While watching the show, my mother always made us a fried egg on Heinz canned spaghetti on top of buttered toast. Now ever time I see and hear the Flintstones, I have a desire for buttered toast covered by Heinz canned spaghetti with an egg on top.
My very elderly uncle who didn't own a TV stood quietly in the doorway while we were watching the Flintstones and thinking he would be entertained stated :"that's not worth electricity"When watching programs today
I still hear him ...
Great stuff
I was born in 1961 grew up watching the Flintstones. I never get tired of watching this cartoon. And yes a lot of things I didn’t understand about them when I was a kid I understand now as an adult.
I was a young child when the Flintstones comedy rolled out and enjoyed it thoroughly and I can honestly say it gave me quite the education as well. I didnt get the dark humor back then but I can definitely catch it now.
Flintstones was not designed for children. But children ended up liking them.
Well I grew watching the Flintstones it was one of my favorites... 2nd to Scooby Doo! :)
Yeah Scoobie and Shaggy always had the munchies....that was funny too.
@@freedomwillring6749 I know! and the why I never thought about as a kid ... LOL :)
It was made for both adults & kids alike. This is a little over the top with the analysis. It was what it was and that is enjoyable, funny & entertaining. I enjoyed them back then and still do now.
My Dad told my Mom that the Flintstones was going to be like "The Honeymooners". I watched that show with my parents, and they also watched the Flintstones. Do you remember when the Flintstones advertised Winston cigarettes?? I was on 7 when they came on, but I loved them and still do. Of course I had to have a baby Pebbles doll!
We want a Pebbles doll too, Deborah!
@Deborah Michalak - Well Fred and Barney got my habit going and at 61..I've been smoking Winston's for the last 49 years..
I love this show for everyone