Talk:The Flintstones/Archive 1

StoneTrek
Can anyone explain why there is reference to this obscure "internet" show in an encyclopedia article about the flintstones? In 100 hundred years will anyone know what the StoneTrek is, scratch that, does anyone NOW know what StoneTrek is? --- Agree with above comment. Vote for deletion. This is familiar Wikipedia tactics: misusing a popular article to place an ad for an unknown product. In its own Wikipedia article (ad?) Stone Trek claims to have produced nine episodes in the last eight years. Profhum (talk) 17:46, 17 August   2008 (UTC)

Betties?
Betty's attractiveness led to the valley girl slang (popularized in the movie Clueless) of referring to good-looking girls as "betties". Is this true? It was my understanding that the term came from the Betty of the Archie comics. -- Zoe


 * Agreed; I think "Betties" comes from Archie. -- Arteitle
 * I would have guessed Betty Boop or Bette Davis but not Betty Rubble. If anyone is sure I think this 'fact' should also be removed from the Clueless article. Rmhermen 03:28 14 Jun 2003 (UTC)
 * I've heard Betty Page as the explanation. Maybe its a combination of all of them...  &mdash; siro  &chi;  o  22:52, Jul 28, 2004 (UTC)

Wasn't this a first of some sorts?
I always remember The Flintsones as being the first TV show to show two people in the same bed. As I recall, this was a huge deal back then. Even I love lucy had seperate beds in the bedroom.... da404LewZer 23:07, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Scroll down this page as it has already been discussed in another thread. Short version: urban legend debunked. 23skidoo 00:38, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Do the Flintstones speak in rhymes or verses in the US?
Do the Flintstones speak in rhymes or verses in the US original soundtrack?

I heard the following story. Communist block Hungary, just behind the iron curtain, purchased the rights to show the U.S. animated series on state TV, under the title of "Frédi és Béni, a két kőkorszaki szaki" (Fred and Ben the two stone-age blue collar workers). It was dubbed to hungarian is plain prose just as the english original. However, at that time there was only black&white TV broadcast in Hungary and they thought the audience would quickly get bored of the series. They decided to boost the soundtrack to make up for visual deficiency. One Magyar Televizio employee, Jozsef "Rhymaster" Romhanyi recreated the entire text in rhymes and the soundtrack was re-recorded in verses.

This made Flintstones much more fun to watch and the series was very popular. When yankee arrived to Hungary and saw it on TV, they liked the rhyme idea so much that ABC purchased the world-wide rights to the verses and re-recorded the sound-track in many other languages. Hungary got more cash they it originally paid for the rights to show the Flintstones.


 * No, in the US, the Flinstones speak in regular prose. --FuriousFreddy 10:39, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
 * This is a new one on me. To the best of my knowledge the only version of The Flintstones available in the English language is the American original; closest thing to rhyming we hear are the occasional songs or Fred/Barney's attempts at bad poetry. If the story about Hungary re-doing the dialogue as rhymes can be confirmed, it should be added to the article as a cool piece of trivia. 23skidoo 14:32, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

I, as a guy from Hungary, can absolutely confirm that the Hungarian text is in brilliant rhymes, all the series, thanks to József Romhányi. But I didn't know anything about the background. However, I did find some references online about its translation back into English (only passing ones, no details). -- Adam78 23:01, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * That's quite cool -- too bad the DVD releases of the series don't include the Hungarian language track. Please feel free to add a trivia item about this -- I wonder if any other US animated series were handled this same way? 23skidoo 03:24, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

I don't know of any more US animated series handled like that. However, Shrek (both parts) was given an outstanding translation. Finding Nemo and the recent Asterix film(s?) also have very good language track. Of course, these are not rhymes, only wordplays and puns. Romhányi, the Rhymaster doesn't live any more... -- Adam78 13:38, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Historical First?
In an interesting historical sidenote, the show was actually the first prime-time TV show to show a husband and wife sleeping in the same bed.

Just saw an episode on cable this morning from the first season. Fred and Wilma sleeping in separate single beds. The double bed must have come in later on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.220.34.179 (talk) 03:20, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Is this specifically true of *American* television? (Guessing other countries didn't share the United States' sense of prudishness and showed couples in the same bed before the mid-60's...) I've seen the Flintstones cited as setting this "first" in American TV before, along with several other shows cited. Anthony Dean 03:46, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * I believe it's an American thing. The Dick Van Dyke Show had a 2-bed rule and it actually started after The Flintstones. That said I'm trying to recall in which episode we see Fred and Wilma share a bed ... I thought they had twin beds too... 23skidoo 15:58, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

According to the following website, there was a show from the late 40s, Mary Kay and Johnny, which beat everyone to it. This was a married couple, so either it was considered no big deal, or else TV was under the radar (pardon the ironic metaphor) to the censors who spent most of their time gasping in horror at scandalous movie scenes.


 * 

If The Flintstones were the first on widely seen TV to sleep in a double bed (which I cannot vouch for), then it might have been no big deal either, because they were cartoons.

If it was true of The Munsters as this article says, then they were the first "real" couple to sleep in a double bed, albeit a cartoonish couple.

It seems like The Brady Bunch was considered the breakthrough program on this issue, assuming one regards that show as less cartoonish than The Munsters.

Wahkeenah 23:35, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I know Dick Van Dyke was the first show to acknowledge (albeit obliquely) that such a thing as a sex life existed in the sitcom world. But The Flintstones had Pebbles, so maybe they were the first as well (I don't recall seeing a stork.) ;-) 23skidoo 00:00, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

One could argue that presenting a new baby on a show constitutes an oblique acknowledgment of a sex life. In that case, certainly I Love Lucy qualifies. Strangely enough, although they were married in real life and Lucy actually was pregnant with Desi's child, they slept in separate beds on TV and never said the word "pregnant". Keep in mind, of course, that it was the McCarthy Era. Wahkeenah 00:06, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Re: that late 40's show: probably not enough people had TV sets yet for sponsors/the prudes of the era to get nervous about a single bed being shown. Still, would like to know for sure who the first widely-seen married couple explicitly shown sharing a single bed is, before adjusting that line on the page accordingly. (Of course later Flintstones spinoffs have just about all shown Fred and Wilma sharing a bed, even when aimed more at kids... :-) ). Anthony Dean 00:35, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't be so sure. When Little Ricky was born America stopped for a half hour. (And it was the 1950s, not the 40s ;-) ) I Love Lucy was definitely a big deal, and the battle over whether the word pregnant would be allowed is legenday. The story goes they consulted Catholic priests, a rabbi, and probably a couple of Buddhist monks before deciding to work around the word. This was due to the implications that Lucy and Older Ricky had to have done something in order to conceive a child and, in 1952, there was no precedent for this sort of thing on TV. Come to think of it I can't call to mind many movies of that era that showed pregnant women, either. 23skidoo 03:59, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Snopes.com put this thing to rest - it was some long-forgotten show from the 50s that featured the first husband and wife in bed together; regardless, poor, addled Florence Henderson will argue until the day she dies that her show, The Brady Bunch, was the first show to show a married couple in bed (she's wrong). Don't try arguing with her...just back away slowly. Incidentally, there was at least one episode of I Love Lucy that showed Fred & Ethel in bed together - they were on their way to California, I believe, and staying in a flea-bag motel room with the Ricardos. I love the Flintstones, but they're only in the running for the first animated couple shown in bed together on TV, and only the later seasons. Clownberd

Wife-fearing Heaven?
The Japanese title for the show is hilarious. I don't know if there is an article on strange title translations, but if there is, I think this should definitely be added to that list! 23skidoo 14:02, 30 August 2005 (UTC)


 * What happened to the international title list?NBK1122 (talk) 12:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Home video release info
I went ahead and edited (severely) the information that the anonymous person dumped on the page (and from the looks of its formatting, it looks like they might've copied and pasted it from some other page to me, though could be wrong...). Deleted the episode info (since it's listed already on a seperate page and linked to). If anyone could verify that the VHS tape info is accurate (or that the syndicated version of "The Big Move" is included on the DVD collection mentioned), it'd be greatly appreciated. Anthony Dean 01:58, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Good work. I agree it does look as if someone just cut-and-pasted the information. Lists of this nature may not necessarily be considered copyvio but it's a shame the anon didn't take the time to format it or to even place the new information properly. I've never heard of there being two versions of The Big Move, so that's news to me. I do know the S1 set includes an episode that is currently banned in parts of Canada for its stereotypical portrayal of Indians, though. 23skidoo 12:30, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

The Big Move
In relation to the above discussion, can anyone explain how the syndicated and original versions of "The Big Move" differ? This should be added to the reference in the DVD section. 23skidoo 04:49, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

A real clever pun
Could someone who knows what they're doing revert this page back one edition? Somebody made a 'cuntstones' joke in the first paragraph of the history section.

Nevermind, I figured out how to do it myself.

The Wayouts
Were The Wayouts an actual musical group? If it wasn't, the reference should be removed from the music section as it's primarily about real-life performers who appeared on the show. 23skidoo 13:48, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

It seems they are similar to the monkees, but nothing is officialy noted.--Cooly123 21:20, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Bedrock High School
I propose that the second paragraph of the article Bedrock High School be merged here. The article is small with little new info, and is not significant enough to have its own article.--137.198.61.65 14:16, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't think the article should be merged with The Flintstones. Its size is comparable with some other articles about the characters or the show. If it has to be merged, it would better to merge it with the article Bedrock, because it mentions the features of the town in that article, and not specific to any particular Flintstones series.
 * Bedrock High School should be merged with Bedrock (The Flintstones), since it's about a facet of life in Bedrock, and it doesn't deserve an article of its own (not being significant enough a facet of the Flintstones' world to get its own article, vs. say, Springfield Elementary School on The Simpsons). As for its length, it's only because it also isn't well written IMO (lots of redundant or poorly worded/spelled info)... Anthony Dean 16:55, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Mel Torme vs. Alan Reed
An anonymous editor has made a change (which I cleaned up a little) indicating that it was Alan Reed who sang like Mel Torme in the first season. I dispute this, particularly given comments on the DVD release of "Ann-Margrock Presents" that say Reed couldn't carry a tune. Can anyone provide verification that it was indeed Alan Reed, and not Mel Torme, who sang songs like "Rockin' Bird" and "When the Saints"? I'll agree that it probably wasn't Torme (since the singer would have certainly been credited on the soundtrack CD that came out a few years back) ... but I'm unconvinced it was Reed. 23skidoo 21:52, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree that it probably wasn't Alan Reed, but I don't think it would be Mel Tormé, either. As is mentioned later in this article, Henry Corden did the singing voice for Fred Flintstone in at least several instances.  (If Alan Reed could sing, why would he sometimes be dubbed by someone else?)  danwWiki 18:59, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Cast history
I don't know if the newly-added "cast history" section belongs here as this is primarily about the 1960-1966 series, so listing who voices Fred and Barney in the 1970s, etc. doesn't really make sense. Thoughts? 23skidoo 23:32, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Please cite sources on all Honeymooners references
There's a few other places where citing sources would be useful as well. Joncnunn 20:24, 25 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I believe it's specifically mentioned on one of the featurettes on the Season 1 DVD set. 23skidoo 20:59, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Games
hehehe There is no mention about the Flintstones' games. --21:52, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * What games? 23skidoo 21:53, 14 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Video games. There are a lot of games from Flintstones for many different video games. --22:07, 14 June 2006 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metal dragon (talk • contribs)


 * If you know of any, feel free to mention them, but be sure to cite titles, release years, and gaming companies. 23skidoo 22:37, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

bollocks
Wilma was probably saying bollix, meaning similar to "bungle". While derived from bollocks, the term was common enough that it is plausible a writing team might not have considered it a double entendre. Unless someone can confirm (from DVD commentary or something) Wilma was actually saying bollocks (not the preferred term for that organ in american spoken english), I'd remove that line from the trivia section. &mdash; edgarde 03:01, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Inconsistencies
I LOVE the Flintstones! However, it sort of irritates me that, from what I could remember, there being 3 diffrent ways they've come to meet each other. Once they met as teenagers working at the same hotel, another time had referenced to them all being already married when the Rubbles met the Flintstones, but then another time they showed Fred and Barney as babies in a picture. Also, some of the episodes after the original episodes of the Flintstones, Pebbles, as an adolescent wants to play baseball and is very good at it. Then when she is a teenager, trying to coach her dads team, knows nothing about baseball.

Changing the lyrics of the theme song
I think the reference to changing 'gay old time' to 'great old time' may be incomplete I am sure I saw repeats of the Flintstones Comedy Hour where the words were 'we'll have a groovy time'. Has anyone got these on DVD to check? 81.178.66.212 22:13, 3 February 2007 (UTC)GGA6 Why would they edit out the word "gay" in a theme song to an adult animated series? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.81.96.46 (talk) 20:06, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

While it's true that the original theme, "Rise and Shine," did not have lyrics on the TV show, a 45 RPM children's recording with lyrics was released during the show's run. It began:


 * Rise and shine, rise and shine
 * When you're happy, you're doing fine
 * When you're up, you can't be down
 * You'll never make a million if you're wearing a frown

The middle eight went:


 * Rise, rise, what a wonderful day
 * Sun's high, birds are singing away
 * Blue, blue skies making everything bright and gay
 * All you got to do is...

Then it ended:


 * Throw your troubles away
 * Come on and rise and shine, it's a wonderful day

There was more, but that's all I remember. Richard K. Carson 05:48, 29 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Problem Part of the "Rise and Shine" theme also sounds close to the "Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show" music. WAVY 10 16:38, 27 May 2007 (UTC)


 * You're right, it's very much like "This Is It" by Livingston and Evans from "The Bugs Bunny Show" that premiered the same season. There would seem to be something suspicious going on there, since they emerged at the same time. Richard K. Carson 06:28, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Theme Song Lyrics
I think the part about Randy Newman writing the initial version of the theme song is false. Randy was born in 1943, so he would have been 19 at the time that he allegedly wrote the first version of the theme song. In addition, in interviews, he has stated that he didn't adopt his ironic, unreliable narrator style of songwriting until the mid 1960s. Plus, the Flintstones FAQ (http://www.topthat.net/webrock/faq/faq7.htm) states that Hanna-Barbera themselves wrote the lyrics. I'm removing that from the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.139.170.255 (talk) 05:34, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Masonry and Masonic rituals
The reason I checked this article was because I was curious about the conneton between Masonry and The Flintstones. The Flintsones was the first exposure for me to Masonry, although I had no idea what was being parodied at the time. I would have to assume this holds true for many people of my generation. IIRC, the masonry aspect of the show was part of the omage to The Honeymooners. Still, considering all the contraversy regarding Masonry, I think it deserves at least a mention in the main article.

B-52's Note
The sentence is poorly worded since it doesn't establish which movie (or both) they sang Bedrock Twitch in. I know that they sang the Bedrock Twitch in the first movie, but since I did not see the sequel I do not want to recklessly change the information provided.

Yabba Dabba Dew
I'm surprised the section that discusses Flintstones-related products makes no mention of Yabba Dabba Dew, which was a canned fruit punch that appeared in the mid-1970s. I'm not sure who made it (possibly Welch's?), but there were three varieties: grape, mixed fruit and one other (orange? berry?). Commercials for it aired along with afternoon and Saturday cartoons. I remember one of the flavors was OK, but the other two were kinda nasty-tasting, and I don't remember seeing it in the supermarket after about 1980. I don't want to add this information myself, without a bit of research. Zephyrad 05:04, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Contest to name Pebbles?
I seem to recall that there was a contest during season 3 for viewers to submit names for the Flintstone's baby, and that was how the name Pebbles was chosen. But I can't find any reference to that either in the Pebbles article or here or by googling. Is my memory playing tricks on me? Teri Pettit 19:09, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

. From the article as it appears now: In Australia, the Nine Network ran a "Name the Flintstones' baby" competition during the 'pregnancy' episodes – few Australian viewers were considered sophisticated enough to have a USA connection giving them information about past 'Flintstone' shows. What does the sophistication of the Australian viewer have to do with anything? I'm not sure what point is trying to be made. (fotoguzzi) 69.64.235.42 (talk) 11:38, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Are you from Australia? Australia may get a lot of US shows (especially back then) but there is usually a delay, and back in the '60's and '70's Australian broadcasts were usually some years behind the US. The Six Million Dollar Man, for example, started in Australia in 1976, some 2 years behind the US. So when the Pebbles story arc reached Australia, the character was already well established in the US, and anyone who was either a regular visitor to the US, or was in close contact with Americans was likely to know the baby's name. But back in those pre-internet days, it was considered highly unlikely that the normal Australian TV viewer would have either travelled to the US to have watched it, or be in contact with someone in the US to ask them. It happened again with a "Who shot JR?" question a decade and a half later. The "lack of sophistocation" likely refers to lack of contact with contemporary US broadcasts and ordinary Americans. I think it should be clarified in the text as it isn't obvious to Americans why this would be the case, particularly since in this day of the internet such "secrets" aren't going to be kept. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.39.162.130 (talk) 13:20, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

You're absolutely right, there was a contest to name the Flintstones' baby, here in the U.S. On the night the episode of her birth was broadcast, our family gathered around the set to hear if it would be one of  the names we had picked out and mailed in to the Welch's company. Don't recall who submitted the winning name, but it wasn't until the penultimate point of the episode that Pebbles was so christened. Sort of like finding out if Lucy had a boy or a girl a decade previous.

next door neighbours?
A minor point, but the opening piece says Fred and Barney are next door neighbours. I thought they lived across the road from one another?
 * No, they were neighbors. They had a common pool in one episode. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldtimeadventures (talk Oldtimeadventures (talk)

Stonepunk??
What on earth is "stonepunk", and why does it redirect here? If it has something to do with the Flintstones, that should be mentioned in the article. If it isn't mentioned in the article (because it has nothing to do with it, or it isn't notable enough for inclusion), the redirect should be deleted. —msikma (user, talk) 23:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Theatical
In the table at the bottom "Theatical" needs to be changed to "Theatrical". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.31.210.97 (talk) 03:24, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

No good pictures
I just had a brief look through the article and noticed something wrong. Does anybody realise that there are actually no pictures of any of the main characters in the article? There's only shots of minor characters, where’s Fred and Wilma, for crying out load? --Hibernian (talk) 05:22, 20 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Not only that, many of the images would not meet WP:FUC as used here. We don't need two screenshots of cigarette ads. I just removed the Elizabeth Montgomery/Dick York pic and put in one I took of the model of the car that's been displayed at several auto shows. It's still fair use as a copyrighted three-dimensional artwork, but more defensible. Daniel Case (talk) 16:24, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

yabadabadoo
I was wondering whether there is anyone around who is privy to the origin and/or meaning of that particular exclamation. IMHO it would be an interesting information to incorporate into the article in the future, after all it has pretty much become a common colloquial word to express excitment, elation or pleasure of success in contemporary (American) English. --80.142.226.227 (talk) 16:47, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Flintstones Television
How did the television sets in the Flintstones work? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.41.41.69 (talk) 02:32, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
 * By poetic licence. Or theatrical licence. Having said that, most people do not really know how moderm television works. Orderofthehouse (talk) 03:48, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Flagstones - medieval setting?
I seem to remember The Flagstones originally was to have a medieval setting. Is this true? Does any artwork exist from the first tests? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.67.35.97 (talk) 21:44, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Opening credits - personal observation?
Two things about the following section of text seem a little odd to me:"However, if this is the start of a movement to restore the series to its former glory, the copyright holders have a long way to go."The first is that there seems to be no indication as to why this is being discussed. More specifically, I don't understand why altering the opening credits, which in my experience is a relatively commonplace occurence, would imply an attempt to "restore the series to its former glory", unless someone involved with the editing made a comment to that effect. In which case perhaps a citation is in order? The statement seems to me, as written, to be out of left field.

The other problem I have with the quoted text is that it seems to presume the opinion that the show lost its glory, which both sounds like a personal observation and not to be of NPOV. The NPOV page says "Assert facts, including facts about opinions—but do not assert the opinions themselves."

I'm hardly well versed in all (read: any) of Wikiepdia's guidelines, so I've refrained from removing the text myself, but I thought it was worth pointing out.

&mdash; 72.139.105.130 (talk) 20:54, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Same idea as B.C.?
I grew up in the 60s a big fan of both The Flintstones and B.C. Today I was reading more about the latter and suddenly realized that both are based on the comedy of anachronism, placing modern people in the Stone Age (with compounded anachronism such as humans living with dinosaurs). Most people are aware of how The Flintstones characters were modeled after The Honeymooners. But I never noticed until today that the underlying situation is the same as B.C. My first thought is that B.C. began in 1958, so it seems like H-B stole a big idea from Johnny Hart (as well as Jackie Gleason). Has anyone else ever commented on this? MJ (t • c) 00:19, 11 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Ahha: Check out today’s strip! Makes me feel like Mason could have seen my question here. MJ  (t • c) 17:17, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Maybe nobody’s reading this, but Mason certainly is having the same idea, one way or another. Today’s strip shows the whole car and mentions HB by name and copyright. MJ (t • c) 22:10, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Cute. Today's strip would be this: ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 23:28, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Oops, thanks for the corrected link. (I fixed mine above too.) MJ  (t • c) 16:08, 19 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Actually, one could argue that both B.C. and The Flintstones were the "same idea" as the strip that preceded both of them by several decades, namely Alley Oop, which apparently still runs in many Sunday papers. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:17, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
 * And for those unaware of that bit of ancient history, here's the hit song: ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 16:26, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Theme tune(s)
Forgive me if I missed it, but this article apparently makes no mention of the iconic theme song. Also I've seen shows that had a different theme tune (and without words). Does anyone know the story about this? Manning (talk) 02:10, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Some character meat-axed it in early July, and I missed it somehow. However, it was a bit awkwardly worded and could use some work. In a nutshell, there were two theme songs. The first two years, there was a lively instrumental called "Rise and Shine" which accompanied Fred as he drove home from work, and also played over the closing credits in an abbreviated form. Then came the much-better known group vocal, "Meet the Flintstones", with a portion used for the opening and a different portion used for the closing. "Rise and Shine" continued to be used in the underscore from time to time. Like all the Hanna-Barbera efforts, the underscoring and the music in general was a key part of the presentation. →Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 02:36, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * There is a version of "Meet the Flintstones" that was done by the four main characters. The most familiar version was done by a studio group in a style similar to many of the H-B productions. Here's a "sing-along" version of the vocal from youtube. or a normal version and the closing. There were many other musical numbers through the years, including the "Happy Anniversary" song done to the tune of the William Tell Overture. They also weren't above hawking products, such as cigarettes. Here's a youtube of "Rise and Shine":  →Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 02:52, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Don't worry; I'm reverting the edits this week.98.113.232.22 (talk) 00:06, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
 * As it would turn out, the character that deleted the entry in the past did it again. I'll try again in a week or two. 98.113.236.173 (talk) 00:26, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

new song
In the popular culture segment, shouldn't there be at least some reference to the new hit hit song "Call me Mr. Fintstone, I can make your Bedrock"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.99.95.200 (talk) 16:02, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Telescoping Of Series
IMO, the original series deserves a separate article from its sequels. Putting them together makes this article longer and more confusing. Pittsburgh Poet (talk) 21:26, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I have to agree. It looks like this has happened with the character lists as it seems some characters from as late as the recent TV movies are included with no indication that they do not appear in the 1960-66 series. There's a bias against pop culture article proliferation on Wiki, so creating separate articles on each series may be difficult, so alternately this article, at the very least, needs a thorough reorganization to separate "Classic Flintstones" from the spinoffs and revivals that followed. 68.146.81.123 (talk) 12:48, 30 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Uh, articles on each series and the movies already exist. And to tell the truth, beyond the characters' list (which I've not checked myself), I don't see what either of you are talking about. Most of what you may be referring to is probably added by inexperienced editor who have no clue what the article is about, but I didn't see much or any of that from a quick glance. But if you find something that shouldn't be there, just take it out. - BilCat (talk) 13:02, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

-- Grazi. Pittsburgh Poet (talk) 17:39, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

B52s did "Meet the Flintstones"?
A Google search for the lyrics to "Meet the Flintstones" shows that many websites credit that song to The B52s. . What is the connection? Did the B52s ever record a version of the song, perhaps for a movie? If so, it might be worth mentioning in the section about the theme song. Stonemason89 (talk) 16:31, 18 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Whoops, looks like Wikipedia already covers their version (though not in this article; see the (Meet) The Flintstones article. Stonemason89 (talk) 18:39, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

http://www.evdenevenakliyatsec.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.103.93.166 (talk) 17:17, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

original showtimes of the Flintstones
There is no mention of the fact that the Flintstones originally appeared on the television (in the USA) on Friday evenings. It may have been at 7.30 pm. this is relevant to the comment that states the Flintstones was originally targeted for adults. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.191.75.175 (talk) 19:18, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
 * That information has been in the article since at least January. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:46, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Theme music - continued
The article claims the theme during the first couple of years, "Rise and Shine", was dropped because it sounded similar to "This Is It", the theme for The Bugs Bunny Show. The first few notes are similar, although "Rise and Shine" starts on a higher note. Here they are, for comparison: ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:23, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Tidbit
The Flintstones live at 342 Gravelpit Terrace. I'm not sure if that little tidbit is worth adding to the article, though. — Loadmaster (talk) 01:44, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I love the Stones, but the show had zero coninuity. I'd almost bet money that their address changed every time it was mentioned. But I could be wrong!! PurpleChez (talk) 19:14, 17 September 2013 (UTC)