Seems ridiculous that people would get uptight about what these cartoon animals are doing. Then again they had to remove the bars on Animal Cracker boxes to please the people with very little going on in their lives.
Rock and Bullwinkle. Tap in for birdie. Still watching them now on YT for a laugh before work. Especially the Fractured Fairy Tales. When I was a pup they were entertaining but as an adult they are hilarious.
Why does the concept of “family entertainment” seem to be over your heads. The Flintstones, like most shows of the time, was written to be entertaining for the whole family with aspects that would appeal to kids (the cartoons, slapstick humor) and elements that would also entertain their parents, and during the tween and teen years provoke important conversations.
Travis Brewer - A lot of Bugs Bunny's humour was also geared as much to adults as kids. For example, Rabbit of Seville was obviously based on the opera Barber of Seville but very few kids would have been aware of that; only the adults would "get" that joke.
I loved the Flintstones as a kid, and I still do. I watch it anytime I can find it. And I never cared about little adult puns, or “dark” humor. I’ll always love it.
At first, it was geared more towards adults. As time went on, the shift towards a more kid friendly show happened. The Flintstones made millions off of products geared towards kids: Welch's Grape juice, Flintstones Vitamins, Pebbles Cereal, etc.
I remember, when it first came out it was hailed as the first cartoon show intended for adults. In fact, one of the early sponsors in the U.S. was Winston cigarettes. They even had an ad where Fred and Barney plug the brand. But the kids loved it too,and it began to become more kid oriented, albeit with many situations and puns that only adults would detect.
@@dsmith9964 Really??? I knew about the cigs, but not the beer. You can find the cigarette ads on youtube. I'll have to search for the beer one. Was born in '67 so only remember the 'stones at lunch in the 70's.'
@@dsmith9964 Thanks. I checked them out. Hard to believe the cute cartoon characters I watched as a kid in the 70's did the smokes and beer ads in the 60's! As stated, they DID start off as adult entertainment.
I never really thought about it. I just enjoyed the cartoon. When you watch cartoons( or t.v in general) you watch it to escape the real world for a little while.
Yep, just a cartoon to me. Just as all the old ones were. I did not and still do not see the racism in some of the cartoons. Not denying there is some but, there is a saying - If you look for racism, you will find it. There are several groups wanting us divided and at odds with each other. I say deny them.
My favorite was the long cartoon with Pebbles and BamBam finally getting married. At the end, you see a brief conversation between two male wedding guests calling each other Joe and Bill, with one saying, "Well, I always knew these two kids were made for each other." Joseph Hanna and William Barbera made a cameo .
@@survivalsuiters5982 It's obvious, for some of the issues we suffer today! Absent fathers, suicide, obscene jokes (for children? Come on people!)! We were definitely being programed, and some folks from that era still don't see it, unfortunately. Wake up, people! How do you think we got in the delema we're in today? By sleeping through it all and casarasara, what will be will be!
...sort of like Odd Squad on PBS. Odd Squad started off as a witty, clever "children's show" with lots of puns and jabs at adult culture but after three seasons now its just another kid show.
It's a Show for both Kids and Adults! When I watched it as a Kid I did noticed things about Flintstones only Adults would! And I noticed also how they put in Famous Celebrities!
Listen, the Flintstones was one of my best childhood cartoons.. Not once did I look deep into these episodes.. it was fun to watch and anyone who chooses to look deep into it needs to get a life...
why you act as if it was made for kids kids cartoons did not come on at night back in the 60s... so whatever dude sounds as if you need a life at least to read up on the flintstones history - The Flintstones premiered on September 30, 1960, at 8:30 pm Eastern time... 8:30 at night is not a kids cartoon, it was designed for adults... if you still haven't grasped that there is no help for you... lol
I was born in 1959. When my family moved in 1970 we were carrying the furniture out to the moving van. After picking up the couch and turning it upside down to fit it through the door, an old TV Guide fell out of the bottom. I looked through the 8 year old guide and saw the Flintstones listed with the description beside it as "Adult Cartoon".
I was one of those kids who watched this show back in the day and I actually got most of the stuff covered in this video without needing to have it explained to me. That was the thing about kids in my generation; they GOT stuff and didn't need every little thing explained to them. We also didn't make a habit of overthinking shit that didn't need to be overthought.
@airedale snowtires Jr. Well, you did NOT have to be an @$$ wipe with your answer, prick. 😒😒😒😒 I enjoyed The Flintstones as a child, and even though I'm an adult . . . . . . I STILL enjoy that show.
@Airedale Snowtires Jr. With all due respect and then some. Kid's aren't stupid or frail. They don't need to be spoonfed. My son will be paying taxes for your retirement and end of life care, the people he elects will be deciding if your and your sibling's Social Security and Medicaid should be matching inflation or remaining under it as it is now. Show some respect and vote in people who will make his life livable.
And the rant. Frankly. Kids do GET things. A lot more than they get credit for. They overthink because the latest generations of parents were born into/inherited TWELVE economic crises since 1990 Are living in and through the highest unemployment rates since the great depression. Higher than the great recession of 2009 The highest suicide rates of any prior generation with our children showing even higher trends coming. Gen alpha turn 11 this year. There has been a 60% spike in their suicide rates. Combine that with the highest spike in death rates since 1918 and the year of the single most us deaths ever. And the most cases of civil unrest since vietnam. 505 school shootings/bombings since 1990 The millenials turning 24-40 years old are the parents of Gen Z (24-6yo) some are grandparents to Gen Alpha (2010-) it's been a rough couple generations. It's a lot of financial hardship to pile on a family... 11 godblessed times. When the parents try to hide stress, the children get anxiety. You want the kids to be better off *like your generation was?* Elect officials that will bring back your living conditions of the time. -Vote in a livable minimum wage like it was originally instituted to be. -Lower the stupidly high cost of medicine with a Federal health department negotiator, like the rest of first world countries -Bring back federal regulations on lenders like that f*ing Sallie Mae again. The moment it left federal hands and made bankruptcy and death unable to lower student debit (even the stimulus checks weren't safe) Sallie Mae specifically was able to go from owning 400billion in debit to 1.6 Trillion And in kind the cost of public and private institutions rose by 65% and 50% respectively. To paint a simple picture: In 1990: Average US wages were 26k ($13/hr, almost 4x minimum wage) Minimum wage was $3.80 (that's $7.85 in today's money) Average rent $450 -1.7% wage Median house $79k -3 years wages Average medical costs 2.5k -10% Tuition in Harvard was 15k -0.57 years wage As of 2020 Average wages are 40k ($19/h 2.5x minimum wage) Minimum wage $7.25 Average rent $1,078- 2.3% wage Median house 383k -9.7 years Average medical costs over 10k -25% Harvard is 50k -1.25 years wages (73k (1.83y) with room, board and fees, excluding books) You don't see an uneven playing field here? You don't see how that would effect a family and their children?
I get you wanted to say you were a smart kid or whatever but you dont need to singlehandedly generalize a whole generation/generations of children for the sake of a ageist comment. Man, its not anything to do with generation. Some kids understand earlier, some later, some have things explained, others explain it to others, some 'overthink' but thats what helps creativity a lot of the time. Overthinking isnt a thing that needs to be shamed in a childs development, neither is a urge to ask why things happen or have things explained. I highly doubt you actually did get every reference/theme fully when you were a child, most of us get parts or understand that its some secret joke when we're kids. We can guage a mood shift or how our parents laugh louder etc at social ques. I did that as a kid too- and it doesn't make you smart. It makes you a fairly inquisative, normal child. (For reference, i am not of your generation, but that just prooves my point that children have always understood about the same amount, no matter what gen you come from) Another thing to ponder is, havent you ever wondered why society now 'overexplains/overthinks'? Because thats how we evolve to understand deeper meanings. Humans have always overthought things, thats how science breakthroughs are made, thats how art is valued. Its a pillar of society to push our understanding further. Besides, if its all overexplained now, and wasnt back when you were a youngster (if thats what you believe) then if i wanted to be ageist in retort i would mention how that means your generation are the ones overexplaining it to youngsters now then. But thats a gross generalization that isnt needed or correct so i wont. Just like you shouldnt have.
My niece really got into scooby doo ... I remember the first time I showed her the flintstones she looked at me and said since when did the guys from the cereal box get there own show.....classic
My father was born in 1951. He absolutely could watch The Flintstones all day and not get tired. I also watched it in the 90s. Generation after generation knows The Flintstones, even if it's just the vitamins nowadays.
Being 63, I remember BOTH Television Shows....... "The Flintstones" was aired back in my day. "The Honeymooners" were re-runs, but I watched it anyway. (I sure can't help but to think about the Jetsons, too.)
I would have hoped that this channel would have known that The Flintstones was initially a Prime Time animated television show intended for adults, not children.
@@WrenFaithBridger The Simpson's are meant for adults and children now, just as the Flintstones were in it's time. Don't look back in rose colored glasses at these things. Kids can watch any sitcom that is on at 8 o'clock today, just like in the 60s, the kids just don't get the adult references.
The Flintstones also starred in a cigarette commercial I mean they were relaxed about smoking in the 50's but not that relaxed that kids could use them.
I believe that The Flintstones was written for EVERYONE!! From 3 year old children to 33 year old parents and even 83 year old grandparents and more. It really worked well on every level and it continues to stand the test of time even through today.
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I'm old enough to have seen the original shows. I watch them now from time to time, and one thing I notice that I never noticed back then was the amount of crime in Bedrock. Jewel thieves, burglars, piano thieves, etc.!
During the episode where Wilma has Pebbles, Fred and Barney scramble to get Wilma to the hospital...Barney takes Wilma into the hospital and Fred gets caught up in the revolving door, ending up getting launched across the street to a hotel. Fred asks the desk clerk, "Did my wife and best friend just come in?" to which the clerk says, "Look buddy, we don't want any trouble over here."...I remember my parents laughing over this a bit to much and I didn't get it...till I was older of course...it was a clever reference to adultery...suprised the censors didn't catch this...😎
Even as a kid I always noticed in the end credits that when Fred got locked out of the house there was no glass in the front window. And while I'm at it, how come the people on Gilligans Island were able to build all their huts but couldn't fix a 2 foot hole on a boat ? Lol
IKR? And you'd think the Gilligan's Island crew would eventually learn to quickly overpower those visitors with boats, etc., and take the vessel to escape?
The cartoons written for adults were genius! I was born in the 50's and grew up on this, Bugs Bunny, and all the other cartoons written with the adult overtones. They were shows the entire family would enjoy, parents would watch them with kids creating more quality family time together.
I really think this TV cartoon show was written for BOTH adults and children alike. Back in the 60s when I was just a little kid, there was a lot of good television entertainment available. At least I thought so. And this show was certainly one of them. I'm almost in my mid-60s, and I still watch them (on my DVDs) when I have the time. As a visual artist & writer, I also take a special appreciation for the work and effort its industry brought forth in bringing it to the audience. Truly a timeless classic!
@@bradrowland7687 Unfortunately the few intelligent ones like you aren't nearly vocal enough. You are outnumbered by the insincere virtual signalling shit bricks like the idiots that wrote this fucking tripe.
I loved The Flintstones when I was growing up. I was quite young,, but I do remember when they aired Friday nights around 7:00 pm in Prime Time. Then as I grew older and started elementary school I would come home after school and watch it in the afternoons in syndication. I have ALWAYS enjoyed The Flintstones and have ALWAYS thought it as a pure, fun loving, entertaining show for people of ALL ages! I love the fact that their scripts were written to include humor for people of ALL ages. This way it could encourage family members of ALL ages to sit down together as a family to watch & enjoy this show! In THIS way The Flintstones were W A Y ahead of its time! 🤠❤😃❤
I saw it as something the whole family could enjoy and left it at that. A cartoon for the kids but had a few adult jokes in there that'd go over the kid's heads and entertain the adults that watched it with them. Of course this will have those kids coming back to it when they're old enough to understand so they can appreciate a different side of the show.
Watching cartoons back in the day as kids we don't pick up on adult stuff because kids don't care kids just like the funny stuff .. I never picked up on adult humor .
I remember seeing the suicide episode as a kid. Don't recall being confused or questioning it. Suicide was just another thing some characters in a story did or tried to do in certain situations in a story.
It was actually written for adults because of the jokes and that it premiered primetime during the night like family Guy and The Simpsons. I've even done a couple of videos on my channel pointing out some of the adult things that The Flintstones done the beauty contest episode with Wilma took someone's measurements and the bra size was like 45 and we're Betty threatening and breaking the girls arms for them asking Barney what are their chances. And another episode where Wilma stepped out with her ex-boyfriend on a date leaving Fred at home from the episode called jealousy.
Originally it was an adult cartoon which is why they allowed cigarette and alcohol ads starring Fred and Barney, they stopped those ads when they realized kids were also a big part of their audience.
I watched the show when it was new. My parents watched it with me, we all were entertained. Very similar to the "modern" Toy Story, Cars, etc. family movies. Back in the early '60s we just watched tv to be entertained, without looking for much deeper meaning.
My favourite cartoon of all time! Originally I believe it was produced as an adult cartoon. However, it also appealed to kids! All of my generation grew up watching the Flintstones!💕
Considering this was released as an adult show during prime time with the characters doing commercials like cigarettes it's not surprising the jokes were also adult oriented.
Giving PC commentary on an animated show 60 years old, about a fictional society millions of years old with extinct animals. OK, we get it, I guess. Perhaps seeing the animals eating the humans or seeing them getting bashed with clubs is more his liking. It was a cartoon Clyde, no animals or humans were harmed in the drawings of any episode.
Its a cartoon, no animals were harmed. Nobody thought beast of burden. Its suppose to be funny like Christmas, nobody thought anything about them celebrating it.
As I recall, the reason the dinosaur puppies were never seen again is because Fred and the neighbor make up at the end and work together to find them good homes, much as one would with a litter of puppies.
@@FactsVerse It didn't fail. The Rockefeller school system was designed to dumb down the people and train them to be obedient bell followers just like Pavlov's dogs. Charlotte Iserbyt exposed all of the people involved in creating this wicked system such as William Wundt, and the Leipzieg connection. It is deep psychological warfare on innocent children. Read her book "Dumbed Down By Design" or see her interview documentary on RU-vid.
The Flintstones was not a kid's cartoon, it was a family sit-com and Pebbles was proof of that because how did Fred and Wilma get Pebbles? She wasn't brought by a stork(asorus) or anything like that, Wilma got pregnant.
It was my favorite cartoons growing up. Me and my dad would watch together. I even asked him if he could open the tv so I could play with Pebbles and Bamm Bamm. lol
The Flintstones and The Jetsons was my favorite cartoons . I remember when they had a contest to name Pebbles when she was born . I also liked the Rocky and Bullwinkle show . And it followed me into adulthood .
I loved the Flintstone's and admired their life in Bedrock. At night I watched reruns of the Honeymooners on a weird looking tv with antenna in my bedroom. My parents had no idea I was watching late night tv. I even watched the Burns and Allen show, I Love Lucy, etc. It was all a great fantasy for a little kid in Brooklyn NY.
Actually the initial run was more intended for an adult audience but when the show was rebooted in the early 70's as a Saturday morning cartoon it was aimed more for a kids audience. However, the oogonial cartoon was soft enough humor that kids could still watch and enjoy the show.
I'd say this awesome show was for both. Kids, and adults. I watched it as a kid in the 90s. I enjoyed it. As an adult, before showing it to my own son, I'd love to rewatch it... where though.
I remember in one episode where The Beau Brummels were guest stars on The Flintstones parodied as The Beau Brummelstones. I had no idea that they were a real group until I heard the song Laugh Laugh playing on the radio.
It NEVER seemed to me that any of the animals were "abused". They may not have all liked the job they had...but I think maybe that prepared us for adulthood....lmao
Me, too!! LOL. I kept wondering, as a kid: "What's WRONG with Barney's voice??" ....and it would FLIP back and forth?!! I later found out, as an adult, that it was the same man with both voices! Barney was voiced by Mel Blanco, who did ALL the voices of the Loony Toons characters! He was dubbed as: The Man Of 1,000 Voices!
Shortly after the series premiered, Mel Blanc was in a nearly fatal car accident. For a short time, Daws Butler took over. That’s partly why Barney had two voices, but I believe Blanc also modified the voice as the series went on.
Targeted both audiences in my opinion. I am 60 and I still love to watch the flintstones. Wish more of the specials and Saturday cartoons were available to own...I have several but know there’s more out there...
In one episode, Fred and the gang visit the Grand Canyon in the desert. Standing next to the tiny trickle of water in the inch-wide gulley in the sand, Fred says that they say someday it will be bigger. Ergo, Flintstones was definitely in the past.
@@13thwho Any point to be made? Many shows were sponsored by cigarette companies back then.. You could actually smoke on an airliner, in a restaurant, in a taxi, in teacher's breakrooms, etc.
I loved the Flintstones as a child and still do and the Flintstones movies are amazing and i definitely agree that it was to entertain anyone of all ages
I remember watching it as a kid (I’m 69). My parents watched it with us, on Friday nights, I believe. My favorite episode was the one with Ann Margaret. I also watched it as an adult with my kids! Either I very naive as both, or some ppl just find “adult humor” no matter what.
Growing up in 60s the Flintstones were regulars on prime time and re-run television. Looking back at some of the serious issues the characters faced made young kids believe all problems could be dealt within 30 minutes. No matter what happened in the story line there would be a solution and closure...with no loose ends. While life isn’t really like that, the stories were entertaining and the characters have stayed with us for a lifetime. The Flintstones will always have a place in the hearts of millions of baby boomers.
As I recall, The Flintstones was advertised as a animated show that adults could enjoy, and was scheduled for broadcast at 7:00pm, when the "grownups" were in charge of what got watched by the family.
The Flintstones was a prime time show, that aired when kids in the 1960s were well in bed. The kids got the show on reruns in the 1970s on UHF channels.
While it was a primetime show it wasn't aired at a time when kids would have been in bed. It aired in the 7PM EST hour. I think most kids would have still been up at that time.
The Flintstones first episode was 1960 and final episode was1966, I am 60 years old , the bed time for my friend and I where very early in the 60s. There are exception that some parents gave their kids later bed times.
@@terrencerichardson3823 I am only about 10 years younger than you so things weren't much different for me growing up in the late 70's and early 80's as they were for you growing up in the late 60's and early 70's. I'll also point out that I was at least partly correct about the show airing in the 7PM hour for at least part of it's run. However the average bedtimes for preteens ranges between 8PM to 9PM so if your bedtime was earlier than that then you were outside of the average just like I was outside of the average because even though I technically had a 9PM bedtime as long as I got up on time to get ready for school I didn't have a bedtime. Using the typical 9PM bedtime the overwhelming majority of kids would have been up to watch the show.
@@terrencerichardson3823 also on another note, that 8:30 airtime was EST which doesn't take into account the large swath of people who are on CST. Unlike Mountain and Pacific time, CST and EST air at exactly the same time so 8:30 in the east would be 7:30 central.
When THE FLINTSTONES originated, it was aimed at adults and aired in the 8:30 Friday night time slot. The sponsors were Winston cigarettes and Mile Laboratories. By the third season, the sponsors were more "Family-oriented."
I think the show is a fascinating look back to the fifties, the time when my grandparents were in their thirties and my parents were children, plus kids today can catch a glimpse of what it was like before cell phones and microwaves
Do kids still watch it to this day? My nephew is 19 and he watched it as a kid. I even got him the DVD of the Jetsons meet the Flintstones. I'm 46 and curious to know how the 25 and younger crowd started watching it. Like when did it used to air (not weekday mornings and afternoons when I was growing up) and if they liked it???
@@franklingordon3354 well I'm 29my daughter she is sick she knows a little bit of the cartoon Flintstones I introduced it to her but she doesn't really sit down to watch it but I used to watch it a lot as a kid
That's great I love it that over 60 years since it's debut in many ways the Flintstones lives on. As a brand it will probably never die. Vitamins, cereals, shit Post brands just introduced a new cinnamon Pebbles I think they might even be up to 4 varieties now. Though I'll always choose fruity lol. Flintstones merch has always been popular and they still come out with new shit. I used to have the 1990s trading cards and a Fred Flintstone shirt after I saw will Smith wear it on the fresh Prince just had to get one!
@@franklingordon3354 yeah I loved the vitamins I'm glad to have took some as a kid 😊 it's like I'm part of history 😂 once we see our favorite actors wear something we like we have to as well feels good!
It’s funny, but as a kid, my sister and I would watch Flintstones when we came home from school during Lunch time. While watching the show, my mother always made us a fried egg on Heinz canned spaghetti on top of buttered toast. Now ever time I see and hear the Flintstones, I have a desire for buttered toast covered by Heinz canned spaghetti with an egg on top.
Most TV from the 60s that kids watched were loaded with adult content: Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, Gilligan's Island.. they were fun for the whole family. And really? Even Pixar throws in adult content to appeal to everyone. Nothing out of the ordinary. But I loved the Flinstones as a kid.
The Flintstones was one of my favorite cartoons along with The Jetsons!! to think about it, The Flintstones was really not a kids show, but more for adults. they brought up suicide thoughts and having problems conceiving a child. that is some pretty adult stuff that kids back then would probably not get. they don't make cartoons like they used to. prefer the older cartoons from the 50's, 60's and 70's to the newer stuff.
My favorite was an episode that had Fred and Barney in a haunted house if I remember right it was after Fred's rich uncle died and he gave them a challenge to go there and spend time there to receive an inheritance but then I think the whole inheritance story turned out to be a hoax. I always remember Fred & Barney sliding down a banister and their hair looked lol funny
How bad is it when a cartoon isn't safe from SJW's What do you want the Flintstones canceled now for fictional animal cruelty? What a world we live in!
Sure, I can see someone criticizing the cartoon (even though it’s a cartoon) for its message of cruelty of animals in our culture. For those of you who can’t see that, you need to get “woke”.
@@rolflaloneJeez. I grew up with this show along with the violent westerns and Three Stooges. Never once have I tried to use a bird as a work horn or a record player. Nor have I tried to teach an elephant to be a water hose, raked a saw across anyone's head, or poked my buddy in the eye Even kids understand that it's not real.
Don't read too much into it, just enjoy it. I once witnessed a college lecturer humiliated by an author for trying to analyse hidden meanings in her novel. She promptly shut him down and replied "It's only a story". Same applies here.
My very elderly uncle who didn't own a TV stood quietly in the doorway while we were watching the Flintstones and thinking he would be entertained stated :"that's not worth electricity"When watching programs today I still hear him ...
My Dad told my Mom that the Flintstones was going to be like "The Honeymooners". I watched that show with my parents, and they also watched the Flintstones. Do you remember when the Flintstones advertised Winston cigarettes?? I was on 7 when they came on, but I loved them and still do. Of course I had to have a baby Pebbles doll!
I saw The Flintstones long before I ever saw The Honeymooners. But, as soon as I saw The Honeymooners, I immediately recognized the similarity to The Flintstones and knew which was based on which. I was a child when I watched The Flintstones, so I never recognized any of the adult humor.
I watched this cartoon when new. I noticed all that stuff as a child, that the video is about. I was not bothered by any issues, to me it was funny. I never psychoanalyzed any tv show, and still don't. The Flintstones was a funny cartoon, and still is. As a child, I took those Flintstone vitamins, and ate Fruity Pebbles cereal.
I was born in 1961 grew up watching the Flintstones. I never get tired of watching this cartoon. And yes a lot of things I didn’t understand about them when I was a kid I understand now as an adult.
Another Hanna-Barbara cartoon was Top Cat that had an evening time slot on ABC. It also featured adult themes like the Flintstones although the Flintstones were more popular. 👍
