The Flintstones
* Aired: 1960-1966
* Seasons: 6
* Episodes: 166
* Availability on DVD: All Seasons (some have flipper discs)
The Flintstones was the animated story of the "modern stone age family". That description always struck me as strange. However, what they did was replace technology with some type of animal or crude device. i have heard that the Flintstones was kind of an animated version of the Honeymooners (which i've never seen).
The Flintstones were Fred (a quarry worker) and his wife Wilma - eventually a child, Pebbles. Living next door were the Rubbles - Barney and his wife Betty. There were also secondary or lesser characters in Bedrock from time to time depending on the story.
Before the Simpsons long run, the Flintstones was regarded as the most successful prime-time animated series ever. Unfortunately, Seth McFarlane is trying to reboot the series with a 2012 version (which i'm sure will be awful). The Flintstones would later lend their name/characters to things like chewable vitamins, breakfast cereals and movies. The IMDB list of movie connections (stuff like shows/movies it is referenced in is kind of long). The theme song is fairly recognizable.
This is one of the shows that i found to be more interesting when i was less chronologically advanced.
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