(ABC Primetime, 1960 - 1967, as "The Flintstones";
NBC Saturday mornings, 1967 - 1970, as "The Flintstones";
CBS Saturday mornings, 1972 - 1973, as "Flintstones Comedy Hour";
CBS Saturday mornings, 1973 - 1974, as "The Flintstones Show";
NBC Saturday mornings, 1979 - 1980, as "Fred and Barney...";
NBC Saturday mornings, 1980 - 1982, as "Flintstones Comedy Show";
NBC Primetime, 1982, as "The Flintstone Funnies")
[Syndicated Title "Fred Flintstone and Friends" (with The Jetsons);
a cartoon sitcom about the domestic life of a stone-age family;
a familiar domestic situation, with echoes of "The Honeymooners"
complete with a neighbor and his wife, and a rather rough-voiced
Dad named Fred (instead of Ralph); a novelty when it first aired
in Primetime, it moved to Saturday mornings for re-runs during
the late 1960s/early 1970s, and then even had a revival attempted
during Primetime in the 1980s; all-in-all one of the most
successful franchises for the Hanna-Barbera animation studios;
Beginning with 1972, "The Flintstones" were the headliners in
various shows that included other Hanna-Barbera cartoons like
"Pebbles and Bam Bam", "The Jetsons", "The Banana Splits" and
"Top Cat"]
[[Hanna & Barbera were the producers of the series]
aka "(Meet) The Flintstones" [as filed for copyright]
BMI title variations...
aka: "Flintstones Theme";
aka: "Flintstones Comedy Hour Main Title";
Verified as the THEME in TV Guide article "Looking
For A Lost Chord?" April 28, 1962, pp. 12-13;]
Composers: Hoyt S. Curtin (ASCAP/BMI),
Joseph R. ("Joe") Barbera (BMI) and
William ("Bill") Hanna (BMI)
Orig. Publisher: Barbera-Hanna Music (BMI)
2001 Publishers: Barbera-Hanna Music (BMI)
c/o Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
of Los Angeles, CA; and
AniHanBar Music Co. (BMI)
c/o Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
of Los Angeles, CA
Copyright Date: 1960, 1967
Renewal Date: [none found]
Recording: