"Flintstones, meet the Flintstones, they're the modern stone-age family"
"From the town of Bedrock, they're a page right out of history"
"Let's ride with the family down the street, through the courtesy of Fred's two feet"
"When you're with the Flintstones, have a yabba dabba doo time, a dabba doo time"
"You'll have a gay old time!"
Now that you have that song stuck in your head
, a bit of research on The Flintstones.The Flintstones is about a working class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next door neighbour and best friend.
“The Flintstones” was a Hanna-Barbera Production that originally aired on ABC-TV in prime time from 1960 - 1966. It was network television’s first animated series to which there were 166 original episodes.
The original name of the series was “The Flagstones”. When it was realized that the “Hi and Lois” characters surname was Flagstone, the name was changed. The name “Gladstones” was considered prior to the final change to “The Flintstones”.
The show is set in the town of Bedrock in the Stone Age era. The show is an allegory to American society of the mid-20th century; in the Flintstones' fantasy version of the past, dinosaurs, sabre-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths, and other long extinct animals co-exist with barefoot cavemen, who use technology very similar to that of the mid-20th century, although made entirely from pre-industrial materials and largely powered through the use of various animals. The characters drive cars made out of stone or wood and animal skins and powered by foot.
The Flintstones live at 323 Cobblestone Lane in Bedrock.
The Flintstones
Fred Flintstone - The main character of the show.
Wilma Flintstone - (née Pebble, later Slaghoople) - Fred's wife.
Pebbles Flintstone - The Flintstones' infant daughter.
Dino - The Flintstones' pet dinosaur, who barks like a dog.
Baby Puss - The Flintstones' pet sabre toothed cat.
Pearl Slaghoople - Wilma's mother.
Tex Hardrock - Fred's uncle on his mother's side.
The Rubbles
Barney Rubble - Fred's best friend and next door neighbour
Betty Rubble - (née Elizabeth Jean McBricker) - Barney's wife.
Bamm-Bamm Rubble - the Rubbles' abnormally strong adopted son.
Hoppy - The Rubbles' pet Hopparoo (a kangaroo/dinosaur combination creature)
Other characters
Mr. Slate - Fred Flintstone's hot tempered boss at the stone quarry.
Joe Rockhead - a friend of Fred's.
Arnold - the paper boy.
Sam Slagheap - the Grand Poobah of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes.
The Great Gazoo - an alien exiled to Earth who helps Fred and Barney, often against their will.
The Gruesomes - the Flintstone's strange next-door neighbours (inspired by the then-popular monster sitcoms The Addams Family and The Munsters)
Zeke Flintstone - Fred's uncle that owned San Cemente, a pun on the California town, San Clemente, that was the site of Richard Nixon's "Western White House."
Uncle Giggles - Fred's eccentric uncle who lived on nightmare hill.
The Flinstones series has been broadcasted in several countries, some of which include: USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Australia, India, Israel, Middle East, Norway, Germany, Italy, Croatia, and Venezuela.
One source of the show's humour was the ways animals were used for technology. For example, when the characters took photographs with an instant camera, the inside of the camera box would be shown to contain a bird carving the picture on a stone tablet with its bill. In a running gag, the animals powering such technology would, breaking the fourth wall, look directly into the camera at the audience, shrug, and remark, "It's a living," or some similar phrase. Other commonly seen gadgets in the series included:
-a baby woolly mammoth being used as a vacuum cleaner
-an adult woolly mammoth would act as a shower by spraying water with its trunk
-lifts are raised and lowered by ropes around brontosaurs' necks
-"automatic" windows are powered by monkeys that dwell on the outside windowsill
-birds configured as "Ryan Coombes" are activated by pulling on their tails
-an electric razor is depicted as a clam shell housing a honey-bee vibrating it as the edges are rubbed against the character's face.
Although most Flintstones episodes are standalone storylines, the series did have a few story arcs. The most notable example was a series of episodes surrounding the birth of Pebbles. Beginning with the episode "The Surprise", aired midway through the third season, in which Wilma reveals her pregnancy to Fred, the arc continued through the trials and tribulations leading up to Pebbles' birth, and then continued with several episodes showing Fred and Wilma adjusting to the world of parenthood. The Flintstones also became the first primetime animated series to last more than two seasons; this record wasn't surpassed by any other primetime animated tv series until The Simpsons aired their third season in 1992.
The Simpsons has been compared to the Flintstones by many people. Both series were originally aimed at adults, but later found acceptance with children as well. Homer is fat, lazy, a blue-collar worker and prone to crazy get-rich-quick schemes, like Fred. Marge is a devoted housewife and an assertive woman who loves and supports her husband despite his many negative traits, just like Wilma. Ned Flanders is a jolly neighbour who often angers the main character, just like Barney (also Maude is similar to Betty). Maggie is in many ways similar to Pebbles. Homer's relationship with Patty and Selma mirrors Fred's relationship with Mrs. Slaghoople. And sometimes, Flanders shows the same kind of strength Bamm-Bamm usually has. Also, Lisa's necklace is similar to Wilmas.
Before Matt Groening and pals introduced us to "The Simpsons," Joseph Barbera and William Hannah produced a little show called "The Flintstones." Season "1" was first aired on ABC during 1960 and has been syndicated in perpetuity throughout the known universe ever since.
The Challenge:
Simply draw one of the reference pictures I have provided or if you wish you may use your own reference.
You may use your computer for text or coloring, but please post your original drawing first. Please no computer graphics, all images must be hand drawn.
Have fun everyone, and happy cartooning.
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it takes a lot of research and time) and Tammy you did a FANTASTIC job
