The Flintstones

The Flintstones is an animated series which was the first prime-time animated sitcom (complete with laugh track). Produced by Hanna-Barbera and running from 1960 to 1966, the series focused on suburban cavemen (particularly the title family and their neighbors the Rubbles) and adapted standard comedy plots and devices to a world of bare feet, rock puns, and weary appliance dinosaurs and birds. It spawned multiple spinoffs and crossovers, including The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, The Flintstone Kids, The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, and more.
The 1994 live-action film The Flintstones featured animatronic characters by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, as did the 2000 prequel The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.
==Appearances==
*Freddy Flintstone, the younger version of Fred Flintstone who starred on The Flintstone Kids, appeared on the cover of Marvel Comics reprint digest Star Comics Magazine #12, along with Baby Piggy, Heathcliff, and Madballs.
==References==
*Oscar the Grouch, in a season 25 Sesame Street sketch opposite Rosie O'Donnell (Betty Rubble in the 1994 film), hums a snatch of The Flintstones theme song to himself. 
*Bugsy Vile and Frisky, using a costume changing machine in the third season Dog City episode "Future Schlock," end up costumed as Fred and Barney respectively (with Bruiser as a more generic cartoon cavedog).
*In the Aliens in the Family episode "Bobut Conquers All," one of Spit's germs refuses to infect Adam, claiming his young body is "laced with Flintstone Vitamins."
*During the T-Rex's song in "Do the Dino Groove" in the Sesame Street Live show Elmo's Coloring Book, Baby Bear comments that the T-Rex is a regular "Fred Astaire Flintstone" as he dances.
==Muppet Mentions==
*In the DC Comics iteration of The Flintstones with more realistic art, issue #12 (2017) has Mr. Slate use the phrase "Fraggle Rock" as profanity.
==Connections==
*Bob Arbogast played additional voices on The Flintstone Kids (1986-1987)
*Eric Bauza voiced Dino and the Great Gazoo in Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs, and Dino and Bamm-Bamm in The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
*Mel Blanc voiced Barney Rubble, Dino, and various roles
*Daws Butler voiced Barney Rubble (1961, substitute in 5 episodes) and others
*Jessica DiCicco voiced Pebbles in Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs
*Arte Johnson played additional voices on The Flintstone Kids (1986-1987)
*Casey Kasem voiced Monty Marble in The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (1979)
*Harvey Korman voiced the Great Gazoo (1965-66) and Chief Boulder and Ali in The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
*Howard Morris voiced Weirdly Gruesome (2 episodes) and others
*Megan Mullally voiced Pebbles in I Yabba-Dabba-Do! and A Flintstone Family Christmas (1993)
*John O'Hurley voiced Mr. Slate in The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
*Paul Reubens voiced Freaky on The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980-1981)
*Hal Smith voiced Santa Claus in "Christmas Flintstone" and A Flintstone Christmas, Uncle Tex (2 episodes), and others
*John Stephenson voiced Mr. Slate, the Grand Poobah, Joe Rockhead, and others
*Sally Struthers voiced Pebbles on The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971-1972)
*Russi Taylor voiced Cave Mouse and Pebbles as a teen on The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980-1981) and as a child in Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993), The Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994) and The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!
*Ginny Tyler voiced the carhop Daisy in "The Drive-In" (1960) and an auditioning singer in "The Twitch" (1962)
*Jean Vander Pyl voiced Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles, and Mrs. Slate
*Raquel Welch voiced Shelly Millstone in Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993)
*Frank Welker voiced Dino (first as a substitute on The Flintstone Kids) and Barney Rubble from 1990-2004
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