Yabba, dabba, just DON'T!

[danny burstein]

[deadline.com]

Elizabeth Banks Leads Voice Cast Of "The Flintstones" Animated Series
"Bedrock" As Comedy Scores Pilot Presentation At Fox
....
A primetime animated adult comedy series continuing the story of the
Stone Age family, Bedrock catches up with the Flintstone family two
decades later, with Fred on the brink of retirement and 20-something
Pebbles embarking on her own career. As the Stone Age gives way to a shiny
and enlightened new Bronze Age, the residents of Bedrock will find this
evolution harder than a swing from Bamm-Bamm's club.
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https://deadline.com/2023/03/elizabeth-banks-flintstones-bedrock-pilot-presentation-fox-1235285122/
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[Jim Ellwanger]

So, they're just going to ignore "The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show" (and other later Hanna-Barbera cartoons) in which Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm were teenagers?

[danny burstein]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2023, Jim Ellwanger wrote:

> So, they're just going to ignore "The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show" (and
> other later Hanna-Barbera cartoons) in which Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm were
> teenagers?

I had blissfully forgotten abut that show until I just
looked it up and was painfully reminded...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pebbles_and_Bamm-Bamm_Show

(And yes, I watched The Flintstones in its original airings,
and I suspect many others here did, too).

Oh, speaking of which, a BIG FUCK YOU to MeTV. Yes, they're
broadcasting the show, but:

a: cutting out ten or so minutes for more commercials
b: completely dropped some episodes 'cuz "PC" [1]
c: replaced the intro/outro [2] in the first season
and pasted in the one from later seasons, which is
as evil as would be doing similar garbage to
Gilligan's Island or The Mary Tyler Moore Show,
and for no good reason whatsover [3]

[1] 'An episode of "The Flintstones" in which Fred and
Barney refer to two Arab characters who show up in
Bedrock as "towelheads" has been excised. "Fred
Flintstone will never be heard saying that on MeTV,"
Sabin said.'
https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com/2020/07/08/metv-flags-objectionable-content-shows-another-era/

[2] I picked up on this when the intro for a season one episode
had Pebbles and Bamm Bamm. (Not so sure about changes
in the outro). On checking further, I found that
one of the other retro channels had the real ones,
which I noted had Fred stopping in his commute to
let a fire truck/dino pass by

[3] I trust y'all know the differences between the first
season and the later ones for these shows. Extra
credit for the first Gilligan's episode...

[Jim Ellwanger]

“C” is the way the syndicated reruns were in the early 1980s (my prime “Flintstones”-watching days). I didn’t see the original first-season opening until the Boomerang channel came around and started running “restored” versions of the show.