"The Flintstones" (1960) TV series 1960-1966

Writers:

Joseph Barbera (writer)
Ralph Goodman (story)
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

30 September 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Comedy

Plot:

The misadventures of a modern stone-age family and friends.

Plot Keywords:

The Flintstones | Theremin | Suspend Disbelief | Cartoon Dinosaur | Dinosaur As Dog

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Dec. 24	7:00 PM	WGNAMER	Christmas Flintstone	#5.15
Thur. Dec. 24	11:00 PM	WGNAMER	Christmas Flintstone	#5.15

Cast

Jean Vander Pyl	...	Wilma Flintstone / ... (167 episodes, 1959-1966)
Alan Reed	...	Fred Flintstone (166 episodes, 1960-1966)
Mel Blanc	...	Barney Rubble / ... (166 episodes, 1960-1966)
Bea Benaderet	...	Betty Rubble / ... (161 episodes, 1960-1966)
John Stephenson	...	Mr. Nate Slate / ... (74 episodes, 1960-1966)

Series Directed by
Joseph Barbera		(167 episodes, 1959-1966)
William Hanna		(167 episodes, 1959-1966)

Series Writing credits
Warren Foster		(45 episodes, 1960-1966)
Arthur Phillips		(18 episodes, 1960-1962)
Michael Maltese		(16 episodes, 1960-1963)
Joanna Lee		(12 episodes, 1962-1965)
Harvey Bullock		(10 episodes, 1962-1965)
Tony Benedict		(9 episodes, 1962-1965)
Herbert Finn		(8 episodes, 1962-1964)
Barry E. Blitzer		(8 episodes, 1963-1965)
Jack Raymond		(5 episodes, 1961-1962)
Alan Dinehart		(5 episodes, 1965)
R.S. Allen		(4 episodes, 1963-1965)
Larry Markes		(3 episodes, 1961-1962)
Sydney Zelinka		(2 episodes, 1961)
Walter Black		(2 episodes, 1963)
Sam Bobrick		(2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Joseph Barbera		(unknown episodes)
Ralph Goodman		(unknown episodes)
Rance Howard		(unknown episodes)
Rick Mittleman		(unknown episodes)
George O'Hanlon		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Joseph Barbera	....	producer (64 episodes, 1960-1965)
William Hanna	....	producer (64 episodes, 1960-1965)
Alan Dinehart	....	associate producer (25 episodes, 1960-1962)
Alex Lovy	....	associate producer (6 episodes, 1962-1965)

Series Original Music by
Hoyt Curtin		(unknown episodes, 1960-1965)
Ted Nichols		(unknown episodes, 1965-1966)
Will Schaefer		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Dick Blundell		(unknown episodes)
Gene Borghi		(unknown episodes)
Charles Flekal		(unknown episodes)
Frank Paiker		(unknown episodes)
John Pratt		(unknown episodes)
Hal Shiffman		(unknown episodes)
Norman Stainback		(unknown episodes)
Roy Wade		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Greg Watson		(24 episodes, 1960-1965)
Donald Douglas		(20 episodes, 1960-1965)
Joe Ruby		(19 episodes, 1960-1962)
Warner E. Leighton		(18 episodes, 1960-1962)
Ken Spears		(18 episodes, 1960-1962)
Hank Gotzenberg		(2 episodes, 1962-1963)

Series Production Management
Howard Hanson	....	production supervision / production supervisor (25 episodes, 1960-1965)

Series Art Department
Arthur Davis	....	storyboard artist (1 episode, 1960)
Dan Gordon	....	storyboard artist (1 episode, 1960)
Alex Lovy	....	storyboard artist (1 episode, 1960)

Series Sound Department
Buddy Myers	....	sound director (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Richard Olson	....	sound director (2 episodes, 1965)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Frank Paiker	....	camera / camera operator (25 episodes, 1960-1965)
Charles Flekal	....	camera / camera operator (24 episodes, 1960-1965)
Norman Stainback	....	camera / camera operator (23 episodes, 1960-1965)
Roy Wade	....	camera / camera operator (23 episodes, 1960-1965)
Gene Borghi	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Animation Department
Richard Bickenbach	....	layout artist (25 episodes, 1960-1965)
Kenneth Muse	....	animation / animator (22 episodes, 1959-1965)
Dick Lundy	....	animation / animator (22 episodes, 1960-1965)
Ed Love	....	animation / animator (21 episodes, 1960-1965)
Fernando Montealegre	....	background artist (20 episodes, 1960-1965)
Walt Clinton	....	layout artist (19 episodes, 1960-1965)
Art Lozzi	....	background artist (19 episodes, 1960-1962)
George Nicholas	....	animation / animator (19 episodes, 1960-1962)
Don Patterson	....	animation / animator (19 episodes, 1960-1962)
Richard H. Thomas	....	background artist (19 episodes, 1960-1962)
Carlo Vinci	....	animation / animator (19 episodes, 1960-1962)
Robert Gentle	....	background artist (18 episodes, 1960-1962)
Bill Keil	....	animation / animator (18 episodes, 1960-1962)
Arrahwanna Thomsen	....	ink and paint artist (9 episodes, 1966)
Charles A. Nichols	....	animation director (8 episodes, 1962-1965)
Lance Nolley	....	layout artist (5 episodes, 1962-1965)
Rene Garcia	....	background artist (4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Allen Wilzbach	....	animator (3 episodes, 1963-1965)
Phil Lewis	....	background artist (3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Edwin Aardal	....	animator (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Dan Noonan	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
Jack Huber	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Bill Hutten	....	animator (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Don Watson	....	background artist (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
Fernando Arce	....	background artist (2 episodes, 1965)
Ed Benedict	....	character designer (unknown episodes)
Preston Blair	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Harry Holt	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Don Jurwich	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Lin Larsen	....	layout artist (unknown episodes)
Amby Paliwoda	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Ray Patterson	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Virgil Ross	....	animator (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Randall Robinson	....	apprentice film editor (5 episodes, 1966)
Warner E. Leighton	....	supervising film editor (2 episodes, 1965)

Series Music Department
Hoyt Curtin	....	musical director / musical direction (24 episodes, 1960-1965)
Jack Stern	....	music arranger (2 episodes, 1960)
Ted Nichols	....	musical director (2 episodes, 1965)
Joseph Barbera	....	composer: theme song "Meet the Flintstones" (unknown episodes)
William Hanna	....	composer: theme "Meet the Flintstones" (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Alex Lovy	....	story director (22 episodes, 1960-1965)
Dan Gordon	....	story director (18 episodes, 1960-1964)
Lawrence Goble	....	titles (18 episodes, 1960-1962)
Arthur Davis	....	story director (17 episodes, 1960-1962)
Arthur Pierson	....	story supervisor / story supervision (6 episodes, 1962-1965)
Paul Sommer	....	story director (2 episodes, 1963-1965)

Production Companies

• Hanna-Barbera Productions
• Screen Gems Television (a television subsidiary of Columbia Pictures Corporation)

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1960-1966) (USA) (TV)
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) (1966) (West Germany) (TV)
• Columbia Pictures Television
• DFS Program Exchange
• Screen Gems
• Telepictures Distribution
• The Program Exchange
• Turner Program Services (TPS)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 1-3)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 4-)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Worldvision Enterprises

Other Companies

• Bayer  original sponsor (Alka Seltzer/One-a Day vitamins)
• R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company  original sponsor (Winston cigarettes)
• Unilever Brands  original sponsor (Skippy peanut butter)
• Welch's  original sponsor

Also Known As:

The Flagstones (USA) (working title)
The Gladstones (USA) (working title)
Los Picapiedra (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
Familie Feuerstein (West Germany) [de]
Familien Flintstone (Norway) (dubbed version) [no]
Familjen Flinta (Sweden) [sv]
Flintstones (Greece) [el]
Frédi és Béni, avagy a két kökorszaki szaki (Hungary) [hu]
Gli antenati (Italy) [it]
Kiviset ja Soraset (Finland) [fi]
Les Pierrafeu (France) [fr]
Los Picapiedras (Argentina) [es]
Os Flintstones (Brazil) [pt]
Picapedra, Els (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Primitive Family Flintstone (Japan: English title) [en]

Runtime:

USA:30 min (166 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Canada:G (Manitoba/Ontario/Quebec) (video rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (some episodes) | UK:U (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | USA:TV-G | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

The show was broadcast in black-and-white for the first two seasons (1960-1962), although all materials (episodes, Winston cigarette commercials, and opening/closing sequences) were always produced in color (thus the color versions of the "Rise and Shine" opening/closing credits that now air). The first episode broadcast in color was episode 3.1 "Dino Goes Hollyrock" (14 September 1962)

Goofs:

Continuity: Fred and Barney's boss's name keeps changing from George Slate to George Granite and back throughout the first season.

Quotes:

[Fred and Barney have just run into another car]
Fred Flintstone: Hey why don't you hold out your hand when you're making a left turn?
Rock Quarry: Left turn? I was going straight.
Fred Flintstone: Look buster you're at fault and I can prove it. I got a disinterested witness here, my neighbor and best friend Barney Rubble. Go ahead Barney, tell him just how it happened.
Barney Rubble: You drove through a boulevard stop Fred and hit that man's car.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Office: Beach Games (#3.22)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

House Rock Hits

Great show!

When this show was on I watched it every time I could! I thought that the characters were really funny and all had great personalities. The animation in My opinion was crisp, clean, and really clear. Not to mention beautiful! Most of the characters in this show are hilarious like the Looney Tunes characters that we all love. in My opinion these characters are the funniest and talented ever seen. In fact, The things that goes on in this series' cartoons are in My opinion nuts which that is what makes them hilarious! There are so many to like and laugh at and the silly things they do! If you like the original Looney Tunes then I strongly recommend that you watch this show!