Rating: |
(40,946 Ratings)
|
Network: | ABC (US) |
Actors: |
Alan Reed,
Jean Vander Pyl, Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, et al. |
Genres: |
Adventure, Animation, Children, Comedy, Family |
First Aired: | September 30, 1960 |
Runtime: | 25 minutes |
TV Shows The Flintstones
The Flintstones was a parody on modern suburban life, set in the Stone Age. The characters in the cartoon series all behaved and spoke in a contemporary manner, though they lived in the prehistoric city of Bedrock. Fred worked as operator of a dinosaur-powered crane at Rock Hard & Quarry Cave Construction Co. (slogan: "Own Your Own Cave and Be Secure"). Around their split-level cave the Flintstones enjoyed such conveniences as Wilma's Stoneway piano, a hi-fi on which Fred could play his "rock" music (it consisted of a turntable and a bird with a long beak to serve as a needle), a vacuum cleaner (a baby elephant with a long trunk), and an automatic garbage disposal unit (a famished buzzard stashed under the sink). Their car, which sported tail fins, also came equipped with steamroller wheels--to smooth out the rocky road