Posted on 07/11/2019 1:15:06 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Prepare to meet The Flintstones all over again. Warner Bros. Animation is working with Elizabeth Banks’ Brownstone Productions on an adult-skewing primetime animated comedy based on the classic cartoon series, TVLine’s sister publication Variety reports.
Hanna-Barbera’s original Flintstones — which followed the exploits of married cave-people Fred and Wilma Flintstone, along with their friends, offspring and enormous pets — aired on ABC from 1960 to 1966 for a total of 166 episodes. It was even the first animated show to be nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmys in 1961.
More than 10 follow-up series and spinoffs aired in the following years, including The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971–1972) and The Flintstone Comedy Show (1981–1982). We’ve also seen the iconic characters reimagined in several live-action movies, with John Goodman and Elizabeth Perkins initially stepping into the roles of Fred and Wilma in 1994.
And this isn’t the first time the classic cave-dwelling family has attempted to return to television in recent years. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane was given permission to develop a Flintstones reboot back in 2011, but the project never came to fruition.
Would you watch this latest attempt at an “adult” Flintstones reboot? Hit PLAY on the original series’ intro (and outro) below to get those nostalgic juices flowing, then drop a comment with your thoughts.
I think the porn crowd did this several years ago.
It seems that I remember some people were upset about that version or so I read.
I think the porn crowd did this several years ago.
It seems that I remember some people were upset about that version or so I read.
Fred will be black. Wilma will be hispanic. And Barney and Wilma will both be confused trannies. And I don’t even want to talk about Dino.
Wilma II = Betty. Okay?
There can be cartoons that appeal to kids yet have sophisticated humor like
Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Flintstones was obviously inspired by the Honeymooners.Gleason wanted to sue but was asked, “Do you want to be remembered as the guy who kicked the Flintstones off the air?” Some think that Barney was inspired by Ed Norton, despite being short and fat.
Barney Rubble = “Carney Double”
Is there a barrel deep enough Hollywood can't scrape its bottom?
Not making this up: in his bio My Life
in Toons, Joe Barbera said a spinoff
with a black stone age family was considered: The Blackstones
“...Wasn’t the Flintstones just a kinder, gentler version of “The Honeymooners”?
Sure was, complete with “Honeymooner” voices. Everything has it’s time; the early 60’s was theirs. I doubt you could even get kids to watch more than two episodes of a new series before they got bored. You know it would have to be either full of sexual innuendo or politically correct to the max.
Sixty years is a long time. It was a more innocent time and I liked it so much better than the screwed-up mess we are living in today. BAH!!
Oh God! Please no Rosie O’Donnell as Betty Rubble.
DC Comics did this a couple of years ago. From a sampling of pages, I thought it was well done, and clever. It was re-imagined as a dramedy. Sometimes what seems to be unoriginal, can be truly creative.
Which one of the characters will be the homo/lesi this time around? And who will get a sex change?
It’s not about time.
“... a black stone age family was considered...”
How about a family in politics? It could be “The Blarneystones”.
How about "F Troop" renamed The 4-F Troop, where the F this time around stands for "Find 'em, Feel 'em, F*ck 'em, and Forget 'em."
Arms for the Love of America--Al Goodman & His Orchestra (1941)
A prehistoric Black-ish family.
Hilarious!
With this idiot Elizabeth Banks involved, this is going to be an SJW-fest. She’s the one boasting about how woke af her Charlie’s Angels reboot is.
the Honeymooners!
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