After the amazing series put forth by Disney, Warner Brothers and even Hanna-Barbera (mainly for Tom and Jerry) which revolutionized the cartoon industry, mainstream cartoons for the most part took a huge step backwards. The Flinstones is one of the earliest cartoons which showcased this very clearly.You know what's the best thing about cartoons? They can be funny, hilarious, unpredictable wacky or whatever you want to call them. They can defy a lot of real life rules much easier than in movies. That's what makes cartoons so great. No matter how advanced technology gets and no matter how sophisticated film making gets, cartoons will always have the upper hand in terms of making the impossible possible. When cartoons started a whole new world of possibilities opened which was experimented with very finely on classics like Tom And Jerry, Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse etc. However, when the 20th century was more than halfway over, cartoons like this one came into existence and basically stripped away all that made cartoons fun to watch.I do commend the cartoon for trying something different. Depicting a stone age family living modernly (well, for the 60s anyway) was something that caught the eyes of many viewers. But other than that, there's nothing redeemable about this highly praised cartoon. The jokes are very very bland, the laugh track just makes them more annoying, the advantage the creators had as they were making a cartoon and not a sitcom, has not been utilized much at all. The characters are just boring. The animation is very lazy compared to the cartoons of the 40s, even compared to some cartoons from the 20s. The story is insanely predictable and I repeat, the cartoon is not funny in any way, shape or form. Though some of the jokes involving usage of dinosaurs and other old animals are *kind* of amusing, even they are not presented in a fashion that could actually be humorous. Oh, and the 'catchphrases' are just dumb.You'd think the creators would've learned something from the past cartoons from the classic 40s era and would've tried to analyze what works and what doesn't. Instead they made a pile of drivel which made some of the oldest Warner Bros. shorts seem like masterpieces. This is also one of the cartoons which bred the coming of similar atrocities in the 60s and 70s e.g The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo (though it had some potential), 60s Tom and Jerry, Top Cat, Hair Bear Bunch etc. Mainstream cartoons did not progress at all after this avalanche till the early 90s.In the end all I shall say is .... Yabba Dabba snoooooooore.....

Hanna Barbera made several animated series but the Fintstones was about a family in the stone age literally living in stone huts, driving stone cars, and being themselves. I loved Fred and his wife, Wilma Flintstones, and their daughter, Pebbles, and their dong, Dino. They were friends and neighbors with the childless Barney and Betty Rubble who would adopt Bam Bam, their strong baby. They would get into a series of adventures that included get rich schemes among hundreds of others. Barney and Fred's relationship reminded me of an animated version of Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton from the Honeymooners. Their wives, Wilma and Betty, remind me of Alice Kramden and Trixie Norton, also from the Honeymooners. It was a good show and when they make a movie about it again. Let them stick to animation and not live action.

I wouldn't have thought about writing a comment for this cartoon simply because its been ages since I watched an episode, but after walking into a cousins house I noticed that my youngest cousin was watching the Flintstones and singing along to the song. So I have recollected all the wonderful memories of my childhood.The cartoon itself is based on a citizen of Bedrock named Fred Flintstone who we follow through the endless adventures that he has with friend Barney Gumble. The show has great kid humour and considering that it was produced in 1960 it still holds up against any of the crap thats on TV today.I loved how the writers incorporated the cave man lifestyle with modern day advances, the mammoth that operates as the shower, the cars that run by human power.....Pure genius.

The Flintstones was the cartoon to begin all cartoons. Head of Household (or so he thought) Fred Flintsone, his wife Wilma (what a woman's libber for the stone age!), their child Pebbles...and their very close neighbors and friends Barney (Fred's hanging buddy and partner in crime), Betty (Wilma's partner in crime!)and adopted son Bam-Bam (what a concept!), the dead end job with the egotistical boss (Mr. Slate...of late!)all set back in the 'stone age'...which I always thought was a personal Hanna Barbera joke due to many of Fred's views and the things that went on around his life...well, this cartoon is the grand-daddy of all cartoons.As I remember correctly, The Flintstones was patterned after the live show "The Honeymooners". But a cartoon...can do more than human actors can! And in watching the Flintstones, it was imagination beyond belief - Stone Aged Dinosaurs tamed and used as building machinery, pelicans used to mix concrete, Fred smacking Barney so many times he should be in a hospital, cars run by foot power and also your feet as the breaks against the hard stone ground...OF COURSE THIS IS NOT REAL LIFE! It's cartoons, humor...fun. Remember that?Loved this cartoon to death...what long lasting images, staying power and I can watch it 1,000,000 and not tire of it. Consequently, I can watch it 1,000,000 times and not develop a violent streak in my body either. (The Flintstone was also one of the first cartoons to be placed on the "violent cartoons" list...and now the smoking and drinking lists as well.) It's a piece of childhood (and now adult) fantasy...nostalgic...loads of fun and quite a look back at the foundation that runs through many cartoons today. Remember: Copying is the best form of flattery..and The Flintsones have been flattered...a lot.