the flintstones intro

[noodlesmealey]

parents who dont follow the TV prental viewing ratings guidlines from us and the laughable CRTC should get a punch in the face. so punch an ignorant,lazy parent today! (the ones who bully everyone they can but tell their kids nothing;them too)

[nuwavevidspud]

Cartoon Network is rerunning the Flintstones episodes with this intro

[squafdonoboles]

This is the theme I remember! It's called "Rise and Shine". Does anybody know the words?

[antdigger]

These guys ripped off The Simpsons.

[jones9770]

@antdigger Your joking right?

[OldsVistaCruiser]

@antdigger - No, these guys ripped off "The Honeymooners." "The Simpsons" ripped these guys off.

[kearlyta]

it is still on boomerang people

[nellie2581]

Best!

[MrRETEROROB]

Much better theme and opening.

[nobodysperfect06]

Jackie Gleason should have played Fred Flintstone and Art Carney should have played Barney Rubble, if they were both alive and in their prime

[roxy78978]

Lets have a gay time

[hariseldon59]

I always thought this theme was suspiciously similar to the theme from the Bugs Bunny Show (Overture, curtain, lights ...), which aired around the same time as The Flintstones. It would be interesting to know which song was copyrighted first.

[AshburnStadium]

@hariseldon59 - If you listen to the 1964-65 season of "Hazel", that theme (totally reworked from the earlier seasons of Hazel) sounds nearly identical to the 1960 Flintstones theme! If you can get Antenna TV (a new network that mainly uses digital subchannels of local broadcast stations, and also has cable coverage in many areas), Hazel is shown there every day at 3:00 PM Eastern.

[Donnymac]

I've always wonder, did this come first or the one with the singing?

[pilootcollins]

Simpson, Homer Simpson, he's the greatest guy in history! From the town of Springfield he's about to hit a chestnut tree! AAAH!

[LadyJaz916]

I don't like this one....I WANT THE THEME SONG...I WANNA HAVE A YABBA DABBA DOO TIME.

[darthdemented]

why didn't fred ever jump in the window after the cat dumped him out? the cat proved it could happen.

[Chicago10281]

Anyone know why Fred was racing through the city traffic and taking the shortcut to get home? What was his hurry?

[WSenator1]

@Chicago10281 - His hurry was to get home to his good-looking wife. If I had THAT waiting for me, I'd be hustling home, too!

[betterthanbeiberLOL]

at least this video is better than justin beiber xD

[Maginel73]

Anyone notice that Fred picks up the dress , Buys a newspaper, then parks in his garage. When he leaves the garage he doesn't have the newspaper. When he gets inside, he doesn't have either. What happened to the dress and the newspaper.

[garebela]

This was the original intro that I remember as a kid. Thanks for posting brings back good memories.

[TheLAKERSareGodsTeam]

He almost ran over that poor dinosaurs tail.

[SomeFluffer64]

September 30, 160: The firstanimated sitcom (think) was introduced to the world...

[redsomister]

happy birthday flinstones!

[BlinkWho]

Happy Birthday, Flintstones!

[Ixapter]

Happy 50th, Flintstones!!!

[gsnfan]

Bedrocd and roll, happy golden anniversary to The Flintstones (and the Rubbles, too) EEEEEE YABBA DABBA DOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kolfritz]

The Flintsones premiered 50 years ago today on 9/30/1960.

Happy Anniversary, Bedrock!

[danielearwicker]

Wurst couch gag evur.

[mrkingofkings]

Tomorrow (9/30/10) is the 50th anniversary of The Flintstones.

[DrToonhattan]

The Flintstones is basically the 60s answer to The Simpsons.

[SNESRadio]

I like this theme more. But I can see why they changed it to a more memorable tune.

[agmdam]

The 2 People Who Disliked This Is Nostalgia Critic And Nostalgia Chick

[LOKISlog7]

Awesome original opening. These episodes were the BEST.

[MysteryAC]

Wait, it's FLINT STONES? For 15 years I thought it was FLIN STONES.

MY LIFE IS A LIE!!!!!! DX

[toddnevinsable]

Love it :) Thank you !

[SpaceNinja88]

I always had one question: What the hell happened to the cloth he got?

[mamataker]

@SpaceNinja88 He left it in the car!

[damasteryu]

I used to watch this all the time when it came on regular TV in the early 1990's. Still loving it today, but it only comes on Boomerang once a day (Rest are replays).

[btz2005]

I like this theme song better than the other one.

Did anyone notice he stole that newspaper?? :D

[Copper20]

@btz2005

Actually it was probably free.

[IRmjii]

apparently it looks different to meet the Flintstones intro as this one is more darker and looks like its been drawn with a black marker and coloured with felt tip where as the other intro is more brighter and looks like its been drawn with a pencil and coloured with a pencil crayon . (wow i made it to 195 characters i mean 170) any way i like this intro better ! yay!

[codegeassvsdeath]

the reason why i like this one is because when fred comes home from work and just watches tv i do the same thing but i have school lol and the song is good too

[aldiakaroofus]

Holy crap! This is the 1st time I've ever seen the original opening, finally! When they made the French-Canadian version in Quebec in 1973, they used the soundtrack to this original opening but with the visuals of the drive-in opening! Even as a kid, it always bugged me that the sound effects (like the fire truck siren) didn't make sense!

[MrStereo10]

aldiakaroofus: Heh, you're like me. Used to see this on french TV in Ottawa and was baffled why there was different music and effects behind the intro and extro. (they also had visual intros of the French voice actors (stills of the real person beside the flinstone character...seem to recall either Wilma or Betty's hair being the wrong color in the stills).

[aldiakaroofus]

MrStereo10: Good memory! Have you found the extro?

[kc86er]

I never knew Dino was blue at one point o_O

[1952kid]

the early ones had '' CANNED LAUGHTER'' on them.

[1952kid]

This is the real 1960's opening, without the '' Meet the Flintstones song. I know i was 8 when i watched it . It was in b/w ,and if you had a color tv,it was still in b/w till 1962 /63.

[Lehnerd57]

this would follow after a winston ad then open credits same at end sponsor was winstons

[227060]

Can someone help me out. There r lots of series based on the Flintstones. Which one is this intro for. Is it for the original series?

[hulkout666]

This is the first season of the original series before Pebbles and Bam Bam and Dino. It was 1960.

[227060]

So the more well known intro + song came l8r

[springert19]

Yes, this is for the original The Flintstones.

[reubot0]

I prefer this one over the drive in one. It's a lot classier without the cheesy theme song.

[StephenHarpersNutsak]

@reubot0 Right. Classy, not cheesy. *That's* the quality people think about when they think of Flintstones!

[cokerainbows]

@reubot0 i prefer the original. i was brought up with it, its the classic and best version

[pluto010]

i wonder why fred is fat since he runs when he is driving

[mikeeiland1]

All of the Flinstone episodes were MADE in color, but SHOWN in black and white the first two seasons until ABC had more color-casting capabilities. I had wondered how the reruns were all in color. When it started showing in color the 62-63 season they got the new theme song. Does anyone remember the titles of each show being etched on a cave wall? So far that's my only memory of the show not showing up anywhere. I remember some of the actual show titles because of that.

[1952kid]

1960 - abc-  friday night- 8;30-9;00 pm.

[jslsth13]

This was only used in the first season right? I remember seeing this very rarely during reruns as a kid and thinking "hey that's not the theme! " lol

[JerryM69]

This was used in the first and second seasons, and in the first two episodes of the third season. "Barney the Invisible" was the first episode under "Meet the Flintstones."

[tedm1975]

Ed Benedict was one of the greats!

[dynasue77]

I saw all the re runs of this when I was a small girl, but have never seen this introduction. I'm more familar with the drive in one.

[superbreadgirl05]

me too,dude

[NightmareOzLuffy]

Since they decided to not air the episodes in order on syndication so instead of two openings constantly switching , they choosed the Drive In one and put it on the season 1 and 2 episodes

[1952kid]

When this first aired on TV,i think it was on at 7;30 or 8;00 in the evening, i had to go to bed then on school days. They put it on earlier , cause most kids went to bed early in the early 1960's.

[MardyBum2993]

Love this Cartoon

GO GO FREDDIE GO :DDD

[68lincoln]

I agree with 1952kid comment. It was the same at our house. The 1960s suburbs. It was a wonderful time to grow up. The Flinstones was a great cartoon and we often watched it.

[Astraldragon1]

your right we for decades only had the 2nd opening with the drive- thru....Hell I thought the 2nd opening was the orginal..Untill this was found and shown I never knew there was another opening.

[Muffincakeswithsugar]

shitty cartoon

[PatersonPlayground]

thanx for posting it with great quality

[1952kid]

My mom had dinner ready for my dad and after dinner he hit the couch and watched TV, thats how it really was in the 1960's. Evenings were for families to gather around the TV , if you were lucky, Mr Softie came around, mom gave us money to get icecream for all of us. This was a new cartoon then. We really enjoyed a very simple lifestyle.

[68lincoln]

I agree. Same at our house in the 1960s suburbs. It was a wonderful time to grow up.

[TheWolverineiscool]

@1952kid damn it i miss the 90's

[PoomanHood]

@TheWolverineiscool Random.... He mentioned nothing about the 90's....

[TheWolverineiscool]

@PoomanHood ok gud 4 him

[noodlesmealey]

@1952kid -brings a tear to my eye. -i wish my youth would have been from 1950 to 1965 then death. born in

1945.

[1990babyface]

@noodlesmealey Well this sick cartoon creator named Seth Macfarlene is remaking this cartoon show & making the Flintstones gay, sexual & exposing death to young children in 2013. How sick is that huh?

[dorkylittlemessenger]

suckiest opening ever!

[1bz78a]

the original opening from 1960-1962, the first two seasons.

[1952kid]

WOW! This is the real orginal opening,does anyone have the real orginal end? 1960 memories,the best,THANKS.

[Keaster2000]

Apparently this opening was "lost" for many years in a Screen Gems vault somewhere. It only resurfaced in the mid 90's

[gonzales10g]

do you know that this video is in the official site of ToonCast from LA?

looks like WB already know about this videos in youtube and are ok about it.

[Astraldragon1]

This was the orginal intro to the Flintstones, when it first started, later they added the more famious one, that everyone knows and loves.

[Theeggman18]

Looks like The Simpsons intro.

But the music theme from The Simpsons sounds like the one on the Jetsons.

We see where the influences come from.

[famguy218]

Ahh, the good old days.

[outshyned65]

Does anyone remember one of the old flinstones intros? Didn't Fred put something outside and replace it with something else? I can't remember.

[44lucy109]

Are you thinking of the end where he puts the milk out goes inside come's back out to put the cat outside then the cat run's inside and locks Fred out?

[outshyned65]

Yes! Right on, dude. That's the part I was talking about. Was this just the short version?

[DuffBlimp2]

The part where Fred puts the cat out is the ending. This clip here is the original intro from season 1 & 2 and the music is called Rise & Shine. Later seasons used the more well known intro "Meet The Flintstones". The end credits for the first two seasons were also different from the end credits for later seasons. The different versions of both the intro and end credits are all posted on youtube.

[Chicago10281]

@DuffBlimp2 When Fred tries to put the cat out, he gets put out, bangs on his door, and yells out "WILMA!" so the whole neighborhood could hear him! Luckily the police weren't called because Fred would be charged for disturbing the peace! It was the same in the "Meet The Flinstones" closing!

[nickjishotandmine]

what the heck

[cne08]

This intro sucks.

[0000i000]

This intro is not good as the most famous one, but imagine all the family and not only Fred coming home and sitting to watch the television, DO YOU REMEMBER ANY OTHER SHOW DOING THIS?

[kisbie]

Matt Groening himself stated on one of The Simpsons DVDs that that his show's opening titles were directly inspired by this.

[Aeolis7]

Interesting that Dino is blue!

[SailorPrincess24]

its so cute how most of the things they use are dinosaurs. rotflmao!

[DevilboyScooby]

welll it is kind of the whole setting lol

[ReverendSyn]

That Flintmobile really hauls. Exceptional handling too.

[amandalee7747]

LOL - thats all you Rob..

[CLLIB]

He did not pay for the paper.

[ReverendSyn]

He has a subscription.

[CLLIB]

From a vendor?

[ReverendSyn]

Sure why not?. Once you have cavemen living with dinosuars (That can talk) Is that really a big stretch?

He pays the vendor beforehand for a years worth og papers and he just picks it up on the way home.

Either that or the vendor just let it slide this once and Fred pays him later.

[hihosh1]

well it has been proven now that humans were around when the dinosaurs were around.

[stompydingdong]

Ya! the "Flintstones" was a documantary, and we didn't even know it!

[MoonlightRanger]

I have seasons 1-5 on dvd.

[WorldChallenge]

blue dino?

[degrassifreak4321]

yeap! LOL

[ssosmcin]

I love the totally dopey look on Fred's face the whole time.

[ReverendSyn]

He DOES look unusually happy, doesn't he?

[RetroSaiyan]

I love "The Flintstones", it's my favourite 60's sitcom.

[trainboy94]

this is the good intro