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The Flintstones to return to primetime with sequel series Bedrock coming to Fox

The revamp will be more “adult” in nature than the groundbreaking original, focusing on an adult Pebbles with Elizabeth Banks starring and executive producing….

The Man Called Flintstone

…that a new DVD has been released, it will be easy for any Flintstones fan to discover this forgotten treasure. (Note: This DVD was released in Canada way back in…

Scooby-Doo: Where Are You! The Complete Series (Mystery Machine Edition)

…the original series, now gathered in a complete series collection following similar treatment for The Flintstones a couple of years ago. Actually, comparison to The Flintstones is probably warranted when…

Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season

…Hanna-Barbera’s The Flintstones, Top Cat, and The Jetsons. Those first three shows were done for laughs, telling humorous stories using “cartoony” artwork. The Adventures Of Jonny Quest was another thing…

Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 1

…The Flintstones, as well as theatrical compilations like The Porky Pig Show and Casper. The success of Superman in particular spawned several more superhero type of shows the next year…

Top Cat: The Complete Series

…TV show after The Flintstones. You might say The Jetsons— but you’d be wrong. Jonny Quest? Nope. The honor goes to Hanna-Barbera’s Top Cat (or, as it was known when…

Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 2

…makers of One-A-Day vitamins and the later Flintstones vitamins. The Flintstones debuted on September 30, 1960, a historic occasion but not an auspicious one. Most critics disliked the show initially,…

Hanna And Barbera: Conversations

…Laff-A-Lympics, Super Globetrotters, Space Ghost, Dynomutt, and even new versions of The Flintstones— and so much more. Our local TV station also had reruns of the original Flintstones during weekday…

Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!

…kept something of a hand in theatrical shorts during the early 1960s with their now sadly forgotten Loopy De Loop cartoons, but it was the huge popularity of The Flintstones

The Best Of 2008: It Came…It Saw…It’s Over!

…on Filmation founder Lou Schiemer was a fantastic bonus. The Flintstones: Complete Series / Batman: Complete Animated Series / Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear! / The Man Called Flintstone The…

The Jetsons: Season Two, Volume One

…focusing on a familiar future that lives in our imagination. The show originally premiered as a primetime counterpart to The Flintstones in 1962 and portrayed a contemporary American family in…

Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume One

…Godfather get spoofed as much as The Flintstones as Fred is accused of being a mafia boss. It’s a tough call, but this is probably the very funniest episode in…

Scooby-Doo / Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Double Feature

…that has fun with the series’ past, and a second film that successfully gets away with repeating the formula. The Sweatbox Review: The Flintstones have a lot to answer for!…

Wacky Races: The Complete Series

…when one considers that the drawing on the show was often quite weak, at least in regards to the characters. After the elegant cartooning seen in The Flintstones, the drawing…

Picks Of The Year 2004

…deserved DVD release. The Flintstones Season 1 and 2 DVD sets While box sets featuring the Looney Tunes, The Simpsons and from the Disney Treasures seemed to hog the spotlight,…

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?: The Complete First and Second Seasons

…single disc Scooby-Doo: Safari So Goodi!, the upcoming direct-to-video movie Scooby-Doo And The Loch Ness Monster, and the Flintstones Complete Season One set; this last trailer is most notable for…

12 Days of Cartoon Network’s Holiday Programming

…Saved Christmas and classics from The Jetsons, The Flintstones and Yogi Bear. Details follow here: Celebrate 12 Days of Christmas with Cartoon Network Christmas television specials are a family tradition…

Bob Clampett’s Beany And Cecil: The Special Edition

…on 1962’s Matty’s Funday Funnies With Beany And Cecil (this show had previously showcased Harveytoons— formerly Famous Studios cartoons— and was shown in prime time an hour before The Flintstones)….

Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 1

…off a different Hanna-Barbera show. Simply put, this is The Flintstones in ancient Rome. It must help to steal from a better source, because I found this show more enjoyable…

The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!

…not funny, just profane. The movie itself, however, starts off on the right note, with the opening scene occurring in Bedrock, going all-out to parody the world of The Flintstones….

The Hanna-Barbera Treasury

…me. I used to race home at lunchtime from school to watch the reruns of The Flintstones, and naturally my Saturday mornings were filled with favorites from the H-B studio—…

The Return Of 2015: Animated Views’ Review Of The Year!

…never see, but am extremely grateful to now own. Hanna-Barbera made a comeback with a new Flintstones direct-to-video movie, a nice effort except for distastefully banking equally on being a…

Joe Barbera, RIP

Legendary animation producer Joe Barbera, of Hanna-Barbera fame, died Monday at 95. Along with Bill Hanna, Barbera was responsible for such animated classics as Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, The…

Thunderbean Roundup: Van Beuren Studio Cartoons and Other Strange and Commercial Rarities

…adults that made The Flintstones a prime-time success in the 1960s. Unfortunately, the children watching also got the wrong idea, which is why these adverts have been seen very rarely…

Animated News’ PICKS OF THE YEAR 2004

…DVD release. The Flintstones Season 1 and 2 DVD sets While box sets featuring the Looney Tunes, The Simpsons and from the Disney Treasures seemed to hog the spotlight, this…

Pixar production designer Don Shank in his element with Elemental

…things like The Flintstones with, say, that vacuum cleaner for cave people. I’ve seen that little bit of wit and humor and sort of silliness. So, take, for example, Fern,…

Batman Vs. Robin: Exclusive Figure Edition

…for Son Of Batman, Lego DC: Justice League Versus Bizarro League, and Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age Smackdown. The Blu-ray contains a number of good bonus features pertaining to the…

Scooby’s returns to live-action for TV movie

…Trap, Creepy Castle, Ask Swami Shaggy, Scooby vs. Ghosts of Pirate Beach and Attack of the Vampire Pumpkinheads. Director Brian Levant (Snow Dogs, The Flintstones), producer Brian J. Gilbert (Wrong…

Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1980s: Volume 1

…Kids. In the case of The Flintstones, I think that the kids show brought the classic dynamic between the famous characters into a new situation allowing them to break free…

The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!

Flintstones, another Hanna-Barbera classic show returned as the Scooby-Doo: Where Are You! Complete Series set, with the discs housed neatly in a non-too-shabby replica of the Mystery Machine, complete with…