The Flintstones
1960-1966 | Animation | USA | Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Overview
The modern Stone Age family: Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty in a Bedrock of bronto cranes and foot powered cars. Prime time animation existed because Hanna-Barbera sold it at a fraction of live action cost. First animated series nominated for a Primetime Emmy for comedy. The Simpsons owes it royalties. Yabba dabba doo entered the dictionary.
Related Shows
The Simpsons
Springfield, a yellow family, and the slow decline of Homer into legend. Groening and James L. Brooks launched the first prime tim...
South Park
Four Colorado boys, construction paper origins, and a six day production cycle that keeps the satire topical. Parker and Stone hit...
Futurama
A delivery boy frozen to the year 3000 wakes to a one eyed pilot, a bending robot, and a lobster doctor. Groening and David X Cohe...
Cowboy Bebop
Bounty hunters in 2071 with a jazz score: Watanabe blended noir, western, and kung fu under the Yoko Kanno soundtrack. Twenty six ...