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The Flintstones premiered on September 30, 1960, at 8:30 pm Eastern time, and quickly became a hit. It 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.
In 1961, The Flintstones became the first animated series to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, but lost out to The Jack Benny Program. In January 2009, IGN named The Flintstones as the ninth-best in its "Top 100 Animated TV Shows".
The Flintstones: Created by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna. With Jean Vander Pyl, Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet. The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
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The Flintstones, American animated television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 30, 1960, to September 2, 1966. The show is notable for being the first original animated series to air in prime time and for its appeal to adults as well as children.
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- ORIGINALLY, THE FLINTSTONES WERE THE FLAGSTONES. Joe Barbera thought about calling the show The Gladstones, then decided on The Flagstones until he realized there was a comic strip with the same name.
- BARNEY AND FRED WERE DRAWN TO RESEMBLE CAVE PEOPLE. Ed Benedict was one of The Flintstones’s designers. He told Hogan’s Alley that he sketched the characters to look like “cave people wearing long beards, with scraggly, unkempt hair and in slightly distorted, hunched-over shapes.”
- ALAN REED INVENTED “YABBA DABBA DOO.” Flintstones source WebRockOnline says the origin of Fred’s iconic “Yabba dabba doo” catchphrase came from Alan Reed, who voiced Fred, and reportedly used the line during a recording session.
- THE FLINTSTONES DIDN’T COPY THE HONEYMOONERS. It’s true that Fred was based on Jackie Gleason’s Honeymooners character Ralph Kramden, but Joe Barbera made him different.
Sep 30, 2020 · 'The Flintstones,' celebrating its 60th anniversary, was primetime TV's longest-running animated show until 'The Simpsons' eclipsed it decades later.
Sep 30, 2019 · 'The Flintstones' TV show is a true classic, and the first primetime animated series. Come learn all about Fred, Barney, Wilma and Betty.
