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I 'Yabba Dabba Do' at Flintstones wedding
Source: norwicheveningnews24

Richard and Jill Noble (Barney and Betty Rubble) with Andrea and Simon Bean (Wilma and Fred Flinstone). Photos: James Bass. It started with a tipsy joke, but ended with a full-blown Bedrock wedding as the perfect way to lay the foundations of a new life together.

Flintstones Cigarette Commercial
Source: YouTube

An animated ad for Winston straight out of the history tapes.

Fred Flintstone Succumbs After Battle With Cancer

Fred Flintstone of Bedrock, USA died peacefully on November 18 after a year-long battle with lung cancer. He was diagnosed with the disease by doctors at the Bedrock Cartoon Characters Retirement Home.

Evolution, Schmevolution: Science Classes In Lousiana Will Be Taught With Flintstones Reruns and "The Land of the Lost" Episodes
Source: The Carpetbagger Report

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has signed legislation allowing public school teachers to use "supplemental materials" in class when teaching about evolution.

"Flintstones" arrested in car emissions protest
Source: Yahoo! News

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - "Fred and Wilma Flintstone" were arrested as they approached the European Parliament on Monday to protest about the influence of the auto industry on proposals to curb carbon dioxide emissions from cars.

Driver of Flintstonemobile Charged, Gets Day in Court
Source: TreeHugger

Toronto's finest pulled over Dean Baldwin in his 1986 Buick Regal and charged him with "operating an unsafe vehicle," noting that the car had no floorboards, engine, transmission or licence plates, although the votive candle headlights, steering, brakes and quadracycle drive  …

Original Flintstone's Opening Sequence
Source: retroist.com

I love alternate openings to TV shows. Especially with shows, to which, I am well acquainted. This is was what you saw when you tuned into "The Flintstones" during it first 2 seasons (1960-1962).

6 Freakiest Children's TV Rock Bands

Phil Collins tried out for a children's TV show about singing and flying bug people. "The Bugaloos," a surprisingly sophisticated British group who wore antennas and wings.

Cartoon smoking scenes removed.
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Turner Broadcasting is scouring more than 1,500 classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including old favourites Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo, to edit out scenes that glamorise smoking.

Flintstones or Jetsons?

As I read through the comments of Ballews cartoon article, I found out that somebody likes The Flintstones. That's all well and good, I used to love the Flintstones. But that got me thinking about the Jetsons, and frankly, I hate them.

Video: Flinstones Smoking Commericial
Source: YouTube

Imagine seeing this in a cartoon!

Poll Alert: Broadband or Dial-up

Which do you use? I will admit, that I still use dial-up, but I am thinking of switching to Roadrunner. Mainly because the little pterodactyl that pops out of the side of the monitor to etch the Internet in stone for me is having trouble with Ajax.

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