“If you mentioned Hanna-Barbera to people, they said, "Oh yeah, Flintstone, Yogi, Scooby-Doo, Jetsons," and that was pretty much it. We have characters with very high recognition factors and great films, but no organized plans for really making the most of them and increasing their value.” PeopleIfsSaidCharacterFilmValuesPlansYeahFactorsRecognitionOrganizedThey SaidYogiGreat FilmScooby DooFlintstones Author:Fred Seibert
“I grew up, obviously, watching tons of animation; Saturday morning cartoons or anything that we could get our hands on. And then when 'The Simpsons' premiered, that just kind of changed the landscape of everything. We hadn't had prime time animations since 'The Flintstones.'” KindHandsMorningChangedGrewGrew UpLandscapePrimeSaturdayCartoonAnimationSaturday MorningPrime TimeFlintstones Author:Rachael MacFarlane
“It's my real name. My mother's name is Rose Rock. It was the worst name as a kid to have. They called me Piece of the Rock, Plymouth Rock, Joe Rockid, and Flintstones. Now they call me Mister Rock.” RealKidsMotherNamesPiecesWorstRocksRoseCall MePlymouthFlintstonesPlymouth Rock Author:Chris Rock
“I was just at the newly opened Creationist Museum in Kentucky.... And they have this exhibit of a giant dinosaur...with a saddle on its back. Because the world is only 5000 years old, so man and the dinosaurs had to coexist, and, of course, we rode them. A theory I thought laughable at the age of eight when I saw it on THE FLINTSTONES!” MenWorldYearsAgeCoursesSawsTheoryEightGiantsMuseumsExhibitsDinosaursKentuckyCoexistSaddlesLaughableCreationistFlintstones Author:Bill Maher
“My mom is one of those really angry moms who gets mad at absolutely everything. Once when I was a little kid, I accidentally knocked a Flintstones glass off the kitchen table. She said, 'Well, dammit, we can't have nice things.'” WellsLittlesSaidKidsNiceMomTablesAngryMadGlassesMy MomKitchenLittle KidNice ThingsKitchen TableFlintstones Author:Paula Poundstone
“Kids today aren't listening to music audio-only. They're picking up a CD and looking at the lyric sheet and wondering why the pictures aren't moving around. Who wants to do that? It's like Bam Bam Flintstone hanging with the dinosaurs vs. Elroy Jetson who's flying around space. If I'm a kid, I wanna be kicking it with Elroy.” IfsWantKidsTodayMovingSpaceWonderListeningFlyingSheetsListening To MusicCdsDinosaursKickingAudioKicking ItFlintstones Author:will.i.am
“Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it'll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you'll actually find yourself thinking, 'I don't want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to 'The Flintstones'?'” PeopleThinkingWantMomentsHappenedEventsTvsTrainTragicFinding YourselfInterruptedWatching TvTragic EventsFlintstones Author:Al Yankovic
“I used to carry my dad's empty guitar case around the neighborhood because I wanted people to think I played the guitar. I would put flintstones vitamins in it in case I got tired, so I could pop some and keep walking.” PeopleThinkingWantedUsedWomenCasesDadWalkingEmptyTiredGuitarMy DadPopsNeighborhoodVitaminsFlintstones Author:Kristen Wiig
“I hear that 5 o'clock whistle in my mind like Fred Flintstone and I have to stop. I'm also not much of a morning writer. I have a sweet spot from about 11am to 4pm. But I really work during that time.” MindMorningSweetSpotsClockFlintstones Author:Diablo Cody
“I would put Flintstones vitamins in it in case I got tired, so I could pop some and keep walking.” CasesWalkingTiredPopsVitaminsFlintstones Author:Kristen Wiig
“These people [the Christians] watched the Flintstones as if it were a documentary.” PeopleIfsChristianReligionDocumentariesFlintstones Author:Lewis Black