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The Flintstones: Episodes
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The Flintstones band wagon was rolling full logs ahead by its third year. They always had a solid fan base but now critics, who had surprisingly shortchanged the "cartoon show" two years prior, were won over. Many episodes pariodied current culture: The Twitch spoofed the Twist craze, Hawaiian Escapade poked fun at the TV series Hawaiian Eye and Dial "S" for Suspicion gloriously tweaked the plot of the movie Dial M for Murder into comic farace. The most famous of the 28 classic episodes in this Deluxe 4-Disc Set with Fabulous Extras is the nationally anticipated birth of Pebbles in Dress Rehearsal. If the Flintstones had DVD, they'd watch this blissful collection of "home movies" over and over. You certainly will.
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Each episode of The Flintstones opened with a short scene, lasting from a few seconds to a few minutes prior to the main titles. During the first three seasons, this was footage that took place later in the episode, usually from somewhere in the middle. Serving as a preview, the opening teaser did not clue viewers in on the actual plot.
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Although the setting was strange, The Flintstones (which was originally going to be called The Flagstones), was a typical 1960s sitcom, like Leave it to Beaver, where the characters solved problems and learned lessons within a 30-minute time frame. Most of the storylines wrapped up nicely, but there were a few that followed a number of episodes, including those surrounding the birth of Pebbles and the family’s adjustment to parenting.
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Only the advent of The Simpsons decades later brought cartoons back to American prime time network television with the kind of success The Flintstones enjoyed. And it was The Simpsons in 1997 that ultimately broke The Flintstones record as the longest-running prime time animated series with the episode with The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show. A number of episodes of The Simpsons made explicit or implicit references to The Flintstones—for example, in one episode of The Simpsons ("Marge vs. the Monorail") the starting sequence parodies the opening and theme song of The Flintstones, in "Homer's Night Out", Homer states to Apu "sorry, buddy, you've got me confused with Fred Flintstone", and in episode ("Treehouse of Horror XII") Homer and Marge Simpson dress as Fred and Wilma Flintstone in the opening. Another episode ("Lady Bouvier's Lover") has Mr. Burns greeting Homer, Marge and Maggie as Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles. Homer subsequently says "Yabba Dabba Doo!" when Mr. Burns gives him a box of chocolates.
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The famous theme song, "Meet the Flintstones", wasn't introduced until the third season. The song was first introduced on a children's record, performed by the TV cast, and included verses about Barney and Betty Rubble as well as Dino. The first season used an instrumental piece of music called "Rise and Shine" that resembled the later Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show theme "Overture." When the series went into syndication, a standardized set of opening and closing credits was used for most episodes in order to remove references to first season sponsor Winston Cigarettes... all episodes now begin with "Meet the Flintstones". more
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Incredible storyboards from the first Flintstones cartoon ever- The Swimming Pool. A true one-of-a-kind piece of cartoon history. Truly a rare item. These were presented to television stations as the pilot episode, and helped to convince ABC to carry the show.
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