>today's kids only know Flintstones characters from cereal and vitamins
>>83194573
Modern Big Media is allergic to running classic animation anywhere kids might see it
Who gives a shit flintstones is fucking garbage. Not bait
Aren't episodes on Netflix or ondemand or something?
It doesn't really matter though. It wasn't that great.
>>83194634
I might not be in the majority for saying this, but it's better if you're an adult than as a kid
It's probably considered too violent for kids nowadays. Plus all of the celebrity cameos are dead.
>>83194738
Violent?
>>83194597
>Boomerang, the channel specifically made for running classic HB, WB, and MGM cartoons ended up turning into Cartoon Network's dumping ground exactly the same way Nicktoons and Toon Disney died.
It keeps happening.
>>83194738
The show had hardly any violence at all.
Hell, it ran at prime time on a major network in it's original run, it's just as tame as sitcoms from that era as that's what it was, just animated.
>>83194762
As an archive channel, it lasted a lot longer than those other channels did, more out of corporate apathy to it than anything, but still.
And honestly, I mourn it more than either of those others. Nickelodeon actively promotes their old stuff now. Most of the Disney Afternoon shows bore me. But Time Warner's attitude towards animation is iffy, which is frightening considering how much well-known/historically significant stuff they own.
They STILL won't put Tex Avery's MGM shorts (aside from Droopy) on home video or streaming.
Lucky them.
>>83194762
it really doesnt make any sense. the whole point of subscription-funded channels is NOT running ad-supported stuff. If you make it redundant with your normal channel (or worse, shove all your cartoons onto it and stop showing any cartoons on your normal channel), you're fucking it all up. of course now cable and satellite packages arent including all of these next-tier channels because theyre dicks.
that said, fuck old hanna barbera. it was universally shit. zero budget, zero artistic value, all just cheap cash-ins on popular celebrities. people love to attack 80s cartoons for being 'just toy commercials', but at least that's SOMETHING.. and you have to work hard to make something cool enough to want toys of it.
>>83194762
The one saving grace is that CN still runs hour blocks of Tom & Jerry and Looney Tunes in the afternoons
>>83194967
I always found Flintstones a bit dull to be honest, though I imagine it's for the same reason someone who watched a bunch of other sitcoms before watching Seinfeld would find that dull
>>83194930
You think H-B had zero budget? You should see a lot of the other stuff their competitors put out back then. Most anything other than H-B, Rocky and Bullwinkle, or Underdog was absurdly low-effort and shoddy.
>>83194573
>DUDE IT'S THE HONEYMOONERS BUT CAVEMEN LMAO
Flintstones sucked a fat dick.
>>83194930
Not to mention they poached Warren Foster and Michael Maltese from WB to write for them. Foster's efforts were mixed, but Maltese was still his old self.
>>83194615
Honestly, this is the only good Flintstones cartoon
Some characters, despite being iconic, should probably stay dead.
Especially something as versatile as "normal sitcom but with a prehistoric coat of paint"
>>83195734
Oh hey it's on KissCartoon, I've been wanting to watch that for years
The designs in there don't look quite as nice to me as Benedict's originals though
>>83194761
There were lots of head injuries and severe beatings.
Harvey Birdman did a parody episode about how often Fred took a massive head injury.
>>83194573
And that random ass Grand Dad shit Joel did on that Vinesauce thing
>>83194573
Todays kids only know Flintstones from high quality rips
>>83195833
You're right, but it'd be nice to have access to these shows via streaming or some bullshit. Honestly, I'd still watch Looney Tunes or Scooby Doo or whatever, but I don't mind networks actively promoting new material.
>>83196895
I can agree to that.
I'd like some way to see shit like little audrey outside of those bargain bin 100 cartoon classic DVDs.
>>83194573
Would you rather they know it from the fucking Seth MacFarlane reboot that never got picked up?
That said, WWE dragged it up like a year ago for this shit so maybe some kids do know it from more than just cereal and vitamins now.
>>83194573
>at work
>woman comes in to return Flintstone vitamins because her kids only eat the gummi version.
6 year olds with ipads, smart phones, whatever but shitting on Flintstones vitamins?
That is a bridge too far.
>>83197033
It'd be nice if DreamWorks (or their incoming owner Universal) put the Famous cartoons on decent-quality DVDs.
>>83197081
That shit was awesome though.
>>83194573
If Seth MacFarlane had his way, we'd be into season 3 or 4 of his own version of the Flintstones on Fox by now. But apparently, it will never happen.
>>83197237
>>83197081
Seth has a huge hard-on for old HB stuff, if anything it would be faithful to the original.
>>83197370
He would like the emblem of cookie cutter lazy animation.
>>83195024
Examples?
>>83194573
It hasn't aged gracefully, to say the least.
>>83197807
>>83194573
19 year old here.
As a kid I mostly knew them from Pebble cereal commercials but I did occasionally watch the show. Flintstones are shit.
>>83194615
Fuck you!
>>83194738
No more violent than Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, Woody Woodpecker, or any other cartoon made by Warner Brothers, Hannah-Barbera, or Walter Lantz. No, I think showing people openly drinking, smoking, considering cheating on their spouses, and mother-in-law jokes would probably get all the modern day SJWs in an uproar.
And not all the celebrity voice overs are dead. Ann Margret is still alive. (Or "Ann Margrock" if you prefer)
>>83197872
It wasn't that it didn't age gracefully. It was always shit.
As my Mom placed it when she saw it started airing as a cartoon, "It's a boring cartoon that tried to be sold to kids, but it was actually attended for adults."
It didn't know it's targeted audience, thus is suffered as a series. The 80s/90s spinoffs were decent although.
>>83195024
The companies that put out cartoons like Underdog, Rock & Bullwinkle, The Beatles, and cartoons of that ilk had the animation done in Mexico, so they wouldn't have to pay union wages. (True fact)
>>83198592
Kids love Ann Margaret
>>83194967
Too bad they only cycle through the shit Looney Tunes sketches and never play the good ones.
>>83197081
>flashlights
How?
>>83194573
GRAND DAD?!
>>83200594
Fireflies?
>>83197826
Linus the Lionhearted is horrendous.>>83198767
>>83198767
Yeah, Gamma Studios.
>>83194573
don't really think kids these days would appreciate a parody of the honeymooners
>>83202271
Do you think kids in the 80s and 90s knew the Honeymooners? Because we didn't and still liked The Flintstones okay.
>>83197807
You've never seen Larry and Steve or any of the other stuff he's done for Cartoon Network, have you?
That's bullshit.
There were also Popsicles.
>>83198738
>It didn't know it's targeted audience, thus is suffered as a series. The 80s/90s spinoffs were decent although.
Vat? The original series was hugely successful and a big pop culture phenomenon in its time. It's the Flintstones series afterwards that fell flat.
>>83202450
That stuff is 20+ years old. What counts is what he's putting out now.
There hasn't been any new Flintstones stuff this millenium. It seems that H-B pretty much packed it in once Jean Vander Pyl died.
>>83202508
I think they got replaced by Scooby-Doo characters.
>>83202508
I loved me some fucking Pushups. I always hated it melting onto my hand though.
>>83200928
**GRAND DAD? FLEENSTONES?**
>>83195734
>this movie came out on my birthday
>watch it with friends on the day of
>the antagonist has the same name as me
It was such a weird experience.
The Flintstones is one of those series that keep sticking around and HB should finally do something other than WWE specials with them.
>>83195734
>Chris "Dexter's Lab revival" Savino
'no'
>>83202972
>The Flintstones is one of those series that keep sticking around
It has? They haven't made a single new Flintstones TV series since the 80s.
Then I wish I was them.
>>83203011
>TV Series
yea and? not that anon but it can stick around in other ways
>>83202647
H-B's staff were transferred to Cartoon Network Studios in 2000. H-B has been a paper company owned by Warner Bros. ever since, and we know how WB has generally barely done anything with non-Scooby H-B properties.
>>83194615
I actually like it though. It was far better than I was expecting it to be when I finally decided to watch it.
YABBA DABBA DABBA DOO, MAN
YABBA DABBA DABBA DOO
YABBA DABBA DABBA DOO, MAN
YABBA DABBA
YABBA DABBA
YABBA DABBA DOOOOOO
every commercial break
lol I don't watch black and white movies cause they're old grampa movies
I only watch cool movies like Donnie Darko and Fight Club
>>83204362
Most H-B shows were total trash anyway.
>>83194573
Theres also this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrCLBuf0Yec
>>83194876
Nickelodeon's old stuff only goes back to the early 90s though, also they only promote it so they can exploit the nostalgia of 30 year old virgins who have a MLP porn collection (ie. you).
>>83206971
Can't get enough of this H-B hate meme. :^)
20 here, me and my younger sister used to watch it all the time on boomerang
We stopped getting it because they raised the price at one point, I'm happy to hear it's now shitty AND expensive
>>83197081
>fox wanted to make the flintstones reboot into family caveguy
>seth put his foot down and refused to do it because he wanted it more like the original
I don't know why people hate him so much.
>>83202809
Joel sure is popular with the kids.
A walking meme swede.
They'll be introduced into this, soon enough
>>83205951
That shit is the worst.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYUvUJbJ8Pg
Don't forget the Flinstone kids
>>83194615
This, even as a kid I taught it was kind of crappy
>not knowing him as Jake Steel
>Kids today think The Flintstones was good and not just a shitty sitcom
>>83197081
I want to fuck the stone age bella twins
>>83210983
That was part of their web site at one point, it was never a real show.
>>83211277
It was never shit, just please watch the first 2 seasons, you will thank me later.
>>83211377
>no hidden symbolism
>no overeaching plotline
>no drama
It was shit
>>83203011
1 movie in the 90's, 1 movie in 2000, that wwe special.
>>83211415
Not the first 2 seasons.
>>83211377
I have. I grew up with early Boomerang. It's not horrible, just an animated sitcom. And personally I hate sitcoms.
>>83211415
Don't be a prick anon...
>>83194573
Today's kids see flintstones as a meme now.
see
>>83200928
>>83202809
>>83206973
It's pretty grand.
>>83210983
Meh, Mystery Incorporated worked.
Ed Benedict, designer extraordinaire, did the genius character models.
Animation provided courtesy of greats like Carlo Vinci, George Nicholas, Don Patterson, Ken Muse and Ed Love. All animators from the golden age of theatrical cartoons.
Beautiful backgrounds and colour theory by Monteleagre and Art Lozzi
Voicework by Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Van Der Pyl and Bea Benaderet. All actors with radio background with great warmth and timbre to their performances.
And of course Hanna Barbera's unmistakable music cues and sound effects.
Though all that was ultimately let down by tepid jokes and glacial stories.
There's a reason The Flintstones endures as an icon and not a great entertainment.
I don't watch it to laugh, I watch it for the great design and atmosphere. It's a nice show to wake up and eat breakfast with. Not demanding, just familiar and pleasant.
>>83205951
Fuck that shitty commercial
Every fucking time
>>83194573
What cereal and vitamins?
>>83194573
>American kids only know vitamins from pills marketed by cartoon characters
I think that's the funnier part.
>>83194615
I hated it as a kid, but as an adult I kind of like it. It's not classic Simpsons but it's solid old timey sitcom hijinks.
>>83212170
yaba daba daba daba doo man
>>83194573
>BARNEY! MY PEBBLES!
>>83202596
Stuff he has little influence over?
>>83203000
He also made Loud House
Oh, and the recent WWE Crossover with the Flintstones was really enjoyable
