The Flintstones

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American television series animated television series television sitcom

The Flintstones is a classic animated television sitcom that humorously portrays the lives of a Stone Age family and their neighbors in the prehistoric town of Bedrock.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American television series → animated television series → television sitcom →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
creator	Joseph Barbera → William Hanna →
depicts	prehistoric suburban life →
distributor	Screen Gems →
employs	situational comedy → slapstick comedy →
featuresCharacterRelationship	Barney and Betty Rubble as married couple → Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble as best friends → Fred and Wilma Flintstone as married couple →
firstAired	1960-09-30 →
focusesOn	lives of a Stone Age working-class family →
genre	animated sitcom → family comedy →
hasFilmAdaptation	The Flintstones (1994 film) → The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas →
hasOpeningTheme	Meet the Flintstones →
hasSpinOff	The Flintstone Kids → The New Fred and Barney Show → The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show →
lastAired	1966-04-01 →
laterBroadcastIn	color →
mainCharacter	Bamm-Bamm Rubble → Barney Rubble → Betty Rubble → Dino → Fred Flintstone → Mr. Slate → Pebbles Flintstone → Wilma Flintstone →
narrativeLocation	prehistoric Stone Age →
notableAs	first prime-time animated television series to achieve major success →
notableFor	using Stone Age technology as analogs to modern conveniences →
numberOfEpisodes	166 →
numberOfSeasons	6 →
originalLanguage	English →
originallyBroadcastIn	black-and-white →
originalNetwork	ABC →
originalRunStatus	prime-time network television series →
portrays	Fred Flintstone as a quarry worker →
productionCompany	Hanna-Barbera Productions →
protagonist	Fred Flintstone →
setting	Bedrock →
targetAudience	family audience →
theme	parody of mid-20th-century American suburban life →
timePeriodOfProduction	1960s →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Barney Rubble → Barney Rubble ("The Flintstones (1960 TV series)") → Dino (The Flintstones) → Dino (The Flintstones) ("The Flintstones (1960 TV series)") →	appearsIn
Babaloo Mandel → Hanna-Barbera → Lucille Bliss →	notableWork
Barney Rubble ("The Flintstone Flyer") → Dino (The Flintstones) ("The Flintstone Flyer") →	firstAppearance
Barney Rubble ("The Flintstones franchise") → Dino (The Flintstones) ("The Flintstones franchise") →	franchise
The Flintstones ("The Flintstones (1994 film)") → The Flintstones ("The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas") →	hasFilmAdaptation
Dino (The Flintstones) ("Flintstone family") →	fictionalFamily
Dino (The Flintstones) →	firstAppearanceInSeries
Dino (The Flintstones) ("the Flintstone family") →	petOf
Barney Rubble ("The Flintstones universe") →	universe
Winston ("The Flintstones television show") →	wasAdvertisedWith
Mel Blanc →	workedOn
Babaloo Mandel →	wroteScreenplayFor