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.
Ohhhh yeah, an adult flintstones! Finally Fred can get it on with Betty!
An older bob and carol and ted and alice?
How many gay and African-Cavemen characters will we discover living in the town of Bedrock that we never knew?
Halle Berry was the best part of the last one.
“Ohhhh yeah, an adult flintstones! Finally Fred can get it on with Betty!”
You are behind the times. Now it will be Fred with Dino.
Want bronto burger.
Nope.
Don’t leave out the Meskins and Muzzies.
Ping.
Hollywood is on a mission to ruin EVERYTHING that I used to enjoy.
You mean Barney!
Barnie and Fred....Wilma does Dino.
I watched the John Goodman version once, wasn’t bad, but that was 25 years ago, and figured I was done.
That said, loved many of the originals as a child, learned how many keys are on a piano from 88 Fingers Louie. :-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf8ZAMRO1DU
Disparaging caveman/dinosaur intercourse is a hate crime, citizen.
Betty Rubble is hot
Quentin Tarantino is directing.
Hollyweird does another remake. Does anybody know what is the movie or concept with the highest remakes? I figure Godzilla is probably in the top 10.
This would have to be mainly for adults, even if it’s G rated. Why? Because The Flintstones is a creation of the 1960’s, so their influence, while still strong, is likely to be 28% of what it used to be even 30 years ago in the 1980’s.
I don’t think they make many feature cartoons like the Flintstones anymore, without sexing everything way up, making the dialog just too darn mean,(Family Guy).
or allowing the plot to become buried under Special Effects.
Brace yourself to hear Pebbles cuss her mom Wilma out, when Wilma takes her daughter’s cell phone (shell-phone?).
Be ready to see Bamm Bamm in a court ordered Gender Studies class after telling Pebbles that “her hair was real pretty”.
Then again, I could be completely off base about it all.
Hope so.
“Ohhhh yeah, an adult flintstones! Finally Fred can get it on with Betty!”
Maybe Fred will get it on with Barney and Wilma will get it on with Betty.
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