The Flintstones

CREATED BY THE TEAM OF BILL HANNA & JOSEPH BARBERA (THE TEAM WHO GAVE US TOM & JERRY),
THE FLINTSTONES WAS THE FIRST (AND IN MY OPINION, BEST) PRIME TIME CARTOON.

IT WAS BASED ON THE SHOW THE HONEYMOONERS WITH FRED BASED ON RALPH KRAMDEN & HIS FRIEND BARNEY BASED ON ED NORTON.
THEY LIVE IN THE TOWN OF BEDROCK. A "MODERN" STONE-AGE FAMILY.

THE SHOW RAN IN PRIME TIME FOR 5 YEARS & THEN MOVED TO THE AFTERNOONS FOR ANOTHER SEASON.

ALAN REED PROVIDED THE VOICE FOR FRED FLINTSTONE & MEL BLANC VOICED HIS SOMEWHAT DIM-WITTED FRIEND BARNEY RUBBLE. THEY WERE MARRIED TO WILMA & BETTY RESPECTIVELY AND HAD CHILDREN NAMED PEBBLES & BAMM-BAMM. ALSO,THEY HAD PETS. DINO, A SNORKASAURUS (WHO SPOKE IN HIS FIRST APPEARANCE) & THE RUBBLES HAD HOPPY, A HOPASAURUS.

PICTURES

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A COMPOSITE PICTURE I MADE FROM 2 OTHERS

THE FLAGSTONES WAS A SHORT FILM PILOT FOR THE FLINTSTONES. IT BASICALLY WAS A SHORT SCENE FROM THE FLINTSTONES EPISODE, "THE POOL". SOME NOTABLE DIFFERENCES WERE THE VOICES. JUNE FORAY PROVIDED THE VOICE OF BETTY & DAWS BUTLER PROVIDED THE VOICES FOR BOTH FRED & BARNEY. ANOTHER DIFFERENCE WAS THE LOOK OF THE CHARACTERS. MOST NOTABLY, BETTY. BEFORE THE FLAGSTONES DEBUTED, THE VOICES WERE CHANGED & THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE FLINTSTONES. CLICK THUMBNAILS BELOW FOR RARE GLIMPSE OF THE FLAGSTONES.