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− | + | '''''The Flintstones''''' is a 1960-1966 animated sitcom created by {{W|William Hanna}} (1910-2001) and {{W|Joseph Barbera}} (1911-2006). The show is set in an anachronistic Stone Age and centers around Fred Flintstone, his wife Wilma and their baby daughter Pebbles, along with their neighbours Barney Rubble and his wife Betty. At the time it was the first successful prime time animated sitcom. It managed to gain adult fans as well as children and remained popular in reruns decades later. No other animated TV sitcom until ''The Simpsons'' managed to duplicate their success and during its early seasons ''The Simpsons'' was often compared with ''The Flintstones''. In 1996 ''The Simpsons'' broke the Flintstones' record as longest-running prime animated sitcom. | |
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− | + | [[Matt Groening]] watched ''The Flintstones'', too, as a child, but in the documentary ''[[My Wasted Life]]'' (2000), he said that he disliked the "TV narrow boundaries, safe and formulaicness" of the show, something he wanted to avoid on ''The Simpsons''. | |
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− | + | ''The Flintstones'' have been referenced on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' numerous times. | |
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− | + | == References to ''The Flintstones'' in ''The Simpsons'' == | |
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− | + | {{TBT|[[File:Barney Blonde - Simpsons Roasting.png|150px]]}} | |
− | + | {{TB|[[Barney Gumble]]}} | |
− | + | {{TB|Barney's name is a reference to Barney Rubble from ''The Flintstones''. Much like Barney is Fred Flintstone's best friend, Barney is the same to Homer. In a number of episodes in [[Season 1]], Barney has blond hair like Barney Rubble.}} | |
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− | | | + | {{TB|"[[Homer's Night Out]]"}} |
− | + | {{TB|[[Homer]] says to [[Apu]], "You got me confused with [[Fred Flintstone]]".}} | |
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− | | | + | {{TB|[[Season 2|2]]}} |
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− | | | + | {{TB|"[[Three Men and a Comic Book]]"}} |
− | | | + | {{TB|The [[Laramie cigarettes]] commercials featuring Radioactive Man are a takeoff of commercials where the Flintstones and the Rubbles pitched Winston cigarettes.}} |
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− | | | + | {{TB|[[Season 3|3]]}} |
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− | | | + | {{TB|"[[Bart the Murderer]]"}} |
− | + | {{TB|[[Bart]] begrudgingly and sarcastically picks a horse called "Don't Have a Cow" to win a horse race. One of the other horses in the race is called "Yabba-Dabba-Doo", [[Fred Flintstone]]'s catchphrase.}} | |
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− | | | + | {{TRs|[[Season 4|4]]|3}} |
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− | | | + | {{TB|"[[Kamp Krusty]]"}} |
− | | | + | {{TB|[[Fred Flintstone|Fred]], [[Wilma Flintstone|Wilma]] and [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]] appear in the [[couch gag]].}} |
− | + | {{TBT|[[File:Marge vs. Monorail Flintstones 1.png|250px]]<br>[[File:Marge vs. Monorail Flintstones 2.png|250px]]}} | |
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− | + | {{TB|"[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]"}} | |
− | + | {{TB|The opening of the episode parodies the intro of ''The Flintstones'' and [[Homer's opening song|the song Homer sings]] is a parody of the show's theme tune.}} | |
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− | + | {{TB|"[[Marge in Chains]]"}} | |
− | | | + | {{TB|Bart wants Flintstones chewable morphine.}} |
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− | | | + | {{TB|[[Season 5|5]]}} |
− | + | {{TB|102}} | |
− | + | {{TB|"[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]"}} | |
− | | | + | {{TB| [[Mr. Burns]] forgot The Simpsons' names and [[Smithers]] whispers them in his ear, though on purpose gives the names of Flintstones characters. When Mr. Burns greets Homer, Marge and Maggie he names them ''Fred'', ''Wilma'' and ''little Pebbles''. After giving Homer a special gift Homer shouts in joy: ''Yabbadabba-doo!'', which was Fred Flintstone's catchphrase.}} |
− | + | {{TBT|[[File:Fintstone Phone.png|250px]]}} | |
− | + | {{TRs|[[Season 6|6]]|3}} | |
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− | | | + | {{TB|"[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]"}} |
− | + | {{TB|[[Bart]] plays with the [[Flintstone Phone]] which plays Fred's voice. The actual actor who normally performed Fred's voice on the ''Flintstones'' during that era, [[Henry Corden]], was brought to the studio to record this line.}} | |
− | | | + | {{TBT|[[File:Flintstone House.png|250px]]}} |
− | + | {{TB|109}} | |
− | + | {{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror V]]"}} | |
− | | | + | {{TB|In one alternate reality, [[742 Evergreen Terrace]] has become the Flintstones house.}} |
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− | |- | + | {{TB|"[[A Star Is Burns]]"}} |
− | | | + | {{TB| When Bart watches TV the voice-over announces ''The Flintstones Meet the Jetsons'', which Bart describes as "another cheap cross-over". Instantly afterwards he too meets [[Jay Sherman]] from ''[[The Critic]]''.}} |
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− | | | + | {{TRs|[[Season 7|7]]|3}} |
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− | + | {{TB|"[[The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]"}} | |
− | | | + | {{TB|[[Troy McClure]] calls the Simpsons "America's most popular non-prehistoric cartoon family", a reference to ''The Flintstones''.}} |
− | + | {{TBT|[[File:plagiarizing The Honeymooners.png|250px]]}} | |
− | + | {{TB|146}} | |
− | | | + | {{TB|"[[The Day the Violence Died]]"}} |
− | | | + | {{TB|When [[Roger Meyers, Jr.]] pleads his case in court, he mentions that several animated television series and characters were plagiarized from other series and characters: "Animation is built on plagiarism! If it weren't for someone plagiarizing ''[[The Honeymooners]]'', we wouldn't have ''The Flintstones''." }} |
− | | | + | {{TBT|[[File:Great Gazoo T-Shirt.png|250px]]}} |
− | | | + | {{TB|152}} |
− | + | {{TB|"[[Homerpalooza]]"}} | |
− | | | + | {{TB|One teen wears a [[The Great Gazoo]] T-Shirt.}} |
− | + | {{TBT|[[File:Ozmodiar Spin-Off Showcase.png|250px]]}} | |
− | | | + | {{TB|[[Season 8|8]]}} |
− | | | + | {{TB|177}} |
− | | | + | {{TB|"[[The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase]]"}} |
− | | | + | {{TB|[[Ozmodiar]], a "space alien only Homer can see", is a parody of [[The Great Gazoo]].}} |
− | + | {{TBT|[[File:Flintstone Mobile.png|250px]]}} | |
− | + | {{TRs|[[Season 11|11]]|3}} | |
− | | | + | {{TB|227}} |
− | | | + | {{TB|"[[Beyond Blunderdome]]"}} |
− | + | {{TB|The [[Flintstone Mobile]] is seen in the [[Hollywood Auto Museum]]. [[Fred Flintstone|Fred]], [[Wilma Flintstone|Wilma]] and [[Dino]] are seen in it.}} | |
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− | | | + | {{TB|"[[Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder]]"}} |
− | + | {{TB|A news anchor dismisses [[Homer]] as a "warmed-over [[Fred Flintstone]]".}} | |
− | + | {{TBT|[[File:Homer Construction Boss.png|250px]]}} | |
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− | | | + | {{TB|"[[Missionary: Impossible]]"}} |
− | + | {{TB|The scene where Homer supervises the construction of a casino in [[Microatia]] has several references to ''The Flintstones'':<br><br>Homer is wearing a hard hat made from a turtle shell, similar to the ones sometimes seen at Bedrock Quarry, Fred's workplace.<br><br>Homer says, "If ''The Flintstones'' has taught us anything, it's that pelicans can be used to make cement", referencing the show's frequent depiction of animals being used as appliances.<br><br>Homer says to the pelican, "Come on, little friend, make a wisecrack", referring to a running gag on the show where the animals/appliances would {{W|Fourth wall|break the fourth wall}}, look into the camera, and voice a complaint or sarcastic remark about their jobs. However, instead of making a wisecrack, Homer's pelican falls over.}} | |
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− | | | + | {{TRs|[[Season 12|12]]|2}} |
− | + | {{TB|257}} | |
− | + | {{TB|"[[HOMЯ]]"}} | |
− | + | {{TB|[[Ozmodiar]] reappears and calls Homer "dumb-dumb", like Gazoo did with Fred and Barney in ''The Flintstones''.}} | |
− | + | {{TBT|[[File:Bruce Vilanch.png|250px]]}} | |
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− | |} | + | {{TB|"[[Pokey Mom]]"}} |
+ | {{TB|[[Fred Flintstone|Fred]]'s face is on {{Ch|Bruce Vilanch}}'s T-Shirt.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Simpsons dressed up for Halloween at Burns Manor.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 13|13]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|270}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XII]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|In the opening sequence, when the [[Simpson family]] trick-or-treat the [[Burns' manor]], [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] are costumed as [[Fred Flintstone|Fred]] and [[Wilma Flintstone]], respectively.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Flintstones Fun Map.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 16|16]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|348}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Mobile Homer]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|A ''Flintstones Fun Map'' is kept in [[Homer]]'s RV, featuring [[Fred Flintstone]], [[Wilma Flintstone]], [[Pebbles Flintstone]], [[Barney Rubble]], [[Betty Rubble]], [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]], [[The Great Gazoo]], [[Dino]] and [[Hoppy]].}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Homer Flintstoning Car.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 18|18]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|393}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Rome-Old and Juli-Eh]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Homer]] tells [[Abe Simpson|his father]] that they have to cut back on costs with everything, and he even Flintstoned [[Pink Sedan|the car]], and proceeds to demonstrate it, only to struggle, and say "Yabba Dabba Doo".}} | ||
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+ | {{TB|[[Season 19|19]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|406}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Little Orphan Millie]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Homer]]'s song for [[Marge]] ("[[Beautiful Eyes]]") features the line "She's the Wilma to my Fred", a reference to Fred and Wilma Flintstone.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Blarney Rubble.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 20|20]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|434}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[In the Name of the Grandfather]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Blarney Rubble]] is a reference to [[Barney Rubble]].}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 23|23]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|494}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[The Ten-Per-Cent Solution]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Marge]] calls [[Homer]] overweight sitcom characters: Ralph ''[[The Honeymooners]]'', Fred ''The Flintstones'', Archie ''[[All in the Family]]'', ''{{W|King of Queens}}''.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 26|26]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|563}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Bart's New Friend]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|During his retirement, [[Don Bookner]] compares himself to [[Fred Flintstone]], and says he would be "at the end of the dinosaur tail". This is a reference to ''The Flintstones'' opening.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:PoG - Flintstones reference.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TRs|[[Season 27|27]]|2}} | ||
+ | {{TB|582}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[['Paths of Glory]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Nelson]]'s car (the "Yabba-Dabba Dune Buggy") is a reference to the [[Flintstone Mobile]].}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Fred Flintstone skeleton.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|579}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXVI]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Fred Flintstone]] appears underground as a skeleton in his foot-powered [[Flintstone Mobile]] from the series.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 28|28]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|611}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[The Cad and the Hat]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|The biting sound effect from Flintstones plays when [[Homer]] bites a raisin in the couch gag.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Whistler's Father The Flintstones.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TRs|[[Season 29|29]]|3}} | ||
+ | {{TB|621}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Whistler's Father]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Helen Lovejoy]], while critizing [[Marge]], refers to her house as like visiting The Flintstones'. [[Santa's Little Helper]] passes by holding a bone in his mouth, in reference to Dino, Fred's pet.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Lisa Gets the Blues The Flintstones.png|250px]]<br>[[File:Lisa Gets the Blues The Simpstones.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|635}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Lisa Gets the Blues]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|The title screen says "The Flintstones" instead of "The Simpsons", it goes back and "The Simpstones" is written, a mix of The Flintstones and The Simpsons, it goes back again and the correct text shows up.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|}} | ||
+ | {{TB|637}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Left Behind]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Ned]] mentions taking some {{W|Flintstones Chewable Vitamins|Flintstones Vitamins}}.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Diary Queen The Flintstones.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 32|32]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|696}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Diary Queen]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Rod]] and [[Todd]]'s running in place and the sound is the same used as the one used in the show.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Fred Flintstone The Wayz We Were.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Season 33|33]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|710}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[The Wayz We Were]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|In the prehistoric era, a character looking like [[Fred Flintstone]] is seen carrying a dead [[Dino]].}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|}} | ||
+ | {{TRs|[[Season 34|34]]|2}} | ||
+ | {{TB|741}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[The Many Saints of Springfield]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|When [[Louie]] asks why "fatso" has such a hot wife, [[Johnny Tightlips]] says that it's a sitcom thing, then mentions Fred Flintstone as an example.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Pin Gal Flintstones.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|745}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[Pin Gal]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|Homer imagines Marge bowling similar to [[Fred Flintstone]], with her running up to the alley on her toes. He also imagines an octopus setting up the pins after. Homer then asks Marge if they can have bronto burgers that night and Marge tells Homer that he isn't Fred Flintstone. Homer then responds with "Yabba dabba d'oh!", a combination of Fred Flintstone's catchphrase "Yabba dadda doo!" and Homer's catchphrase of "[[D'oh!]]"}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | === Specials === | ||
+ | {{Table| | ||
+ | {{TH|Picture}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Special name}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Reference}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:The Simpsons Guy - Fred Flintstone.png|300px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|"[[The Simpsons Guy]]"}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Fred Flintstone]] presides as the judge at the [[Duff Beer]] v [[Pawtucket Patriot Ale]] trial.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|}} | ||
+ | {{TB|''[[A Tale of Two Trumps]]''}} | ||
+ | {{TB|{{Ch|Donald Trump}} got [[Rosie O'Donnell]] on the phone to tell her he was sorry and that she was great in ''{{W2|The Flintstones|film}}'' movie.}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Comics === | ||
+ | {{Table| | ||
+ | {{TH|Picture}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Comic issue}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Story name}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Reference}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Radioactive Homer Flintstones.png|150px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|{{SC|31}}}} | ||
+ | {{TB|''[[Radioactive Homer]]''}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Julius Hibbert|Julius]] and [[Bernice Hibbert]] dress up as Fred and Wilma for the Masquerade Ball.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Duff Daddy Barney Rubble.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|{{SC|55}}}} | ||
+ | {{TB|''[[Duff Daddy!]]''}} | ||
+ | {{TB|Barney Gumble disguises himself as Barney Rubble in an attempt to steal Homer's Duff Beer.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Makes Flintstones look like Jetsons.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|{{SC|106}}}} | ||
+ | {{TB|''[[Simpsons: The Musical]]''}} | ||
+ | {{TB|The [[Capital City Goofball]] says that ''[[The Simpsons: The Musical]]'' makes ''The Flintstones'' look like ''[[The Jetsons]]''.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Fred Flintstone TV Guide Cover.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|{{SC|130}}}} | ||
+ | {{TB|''[[Marge the Sellout]]''}} | ||
+ | {{TB|Fred appears on the cover of one of the old issues of ''[[TV Guide]]'' in [[Homer]]'s collection.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Fred Flintstone It Came from the 70s.png|250px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|{{SC|175}}}} | ||
+ | {{TB|''[[It Came from the '70s]]''}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Homer]] calls himself Fred Flintstone as a fake name.}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Flinstons.png]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|{{BS|10}}}} | ||
+ | {{TB|''[[Bart's Beard]]''}} | ||
+ | {{TB|A comic called ''[[Flinstons]]'' is seen at [[The Android's Dungeon]].}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Books === | ||
+ | {{Table| | ||
+ | {{TH|Picture}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Book}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Reference}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Bart Simpson Guide to Life Flintstones.png|150px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|''[[Bart Simpson's Guide to Life]]''}} | ||
+ | {{TB|In the evolution diagram, Fred Flintstone is said to have evolved from [[King Kong]]'s great-great-great grandfather, and later evolved into [[Bigfoot]] and Homo Erectus.}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Games === | ||
+ | {{Table| | ||
+ | {{TH|Picture}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Game}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Reference}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|}} | ||
+ | {{TB|''[[The Simpsons: Road Rage]]''}} | ||
+ | {{TB|A tombstone at the cemetery in the Springfield Mountains level is inscripted with "[[Dino]]."}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === [[Twitter]] === | ||
+ | {{Table| | ||
+ | {{TH|Account}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Date}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Tweet}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[HomerJSimpson]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|July 26, [[2009]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|To that dude who keeps honking at me: I can't go any faster. I'm pushing the car with my feet through a hole in the floor. #comic-con #sdcc}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Common cast and crew == | ||
+ | === Cast === | ||
+ | {{Table| | ||
+ | {{TH|Picture|width=100px}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Name}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Role in ''The Flintstones''}} | ||
+ | {{TH|Role on ''The Simpsons''}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:John Cena.jpg|150px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[John Cena]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|Voiced John Cenastone in ''{{W|The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!}}''}} | ||
+ | {{TB|Voiced {{Ch|John Cena|himself}} in "[[Bart's Birthday]]".}} | ||
+ | {{TBT|[[File:Henry Corden.jpg|150px]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB|[[Henry Corden]]}} | ||
+ | {{TB| Played Fred in the 1980s and 1990s reboots of ''The Flintstones''.}} | ||
+ | {{TB|Voiced Fred on the Flintstone phone in "[[Sideshow Bob Roberts]]".}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
− | *{{Wikipedialink | + | *{{Wikipedialink}} |
− | {{Cultural references}} | + | {{Cultural references|TV=yes}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Flintstones, The}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Flintstones, The}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:31, October 1, 2024
The Flintstones is a 1960-1966 animated sitcom created by William Hanna (1910-2001) and Joseph Barbera (1911-2006). The show is set in an anachronistic Stone Age and centers around Fred Flintstone, his wife Wilma and their baby daughter Pebbles, along with their neighbours Barney Rubble and his wife Betty. At the time it was the first successful prime time animated sitcom. It managed to gain adult fans as well as children and remained popular in reruns decades later. No other animated TV sitcom until The Simpsons managed to duplicate their success and during its early seasons The Simpsons was often compared with The Flintstones. In 1996 The Simpsons broke the Flintstones' record as longest-running prime animated sitcom.
Matt Groening watched The Flintstones, too, as a child, but in the documentary My Wasted Life (2000), he said that he disliked the "TV narrow boundaries, safe and formulaicness" of the show, something he wanted to avoid on The Simpsons.
The Flintstones have been referenced on The Simpsons numerous times.
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