The Flintstones (1960): 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know
The Flintstones (1960): 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know
#rememberwhen The Flintstones bubbled into living rooms in 1960 and Fred Flinstone, Wilma, Barney Rubble and Betty became one of TV’s most celebrated animated sitcoms, thanks to the creative minds of Hanna Barbera.
We’re covering 15 weird and wild facts and behind the scenes antics about The Flintstones, uncovering everything from celebrity cameos to near‑lawsuits, the show’s record‑setting firsts, and how a prehistoric cartoon changed animation forever.
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
01:25 – #15: A Baby Rocks the TV World
03:46 – #14: A Comedian Nearly Shuts It Down — Jackie Gleason
05:18 – #13: A Crash Threatens Bedrock — Mel Blanc
07:29 – #12: History Made on Prime Time
09:31 – #11: A Strange Visitor Arrives — Harvey Korman
11:41 – #10: A Last-Minute Name Change
13:24 – #9: Hollywood Drops In — Ann-Margret
15:57 – #8: The Song You Didn’t Hear at First — Hoyt Curtin
18:16 – #7: Bedrock Hits the Big Screen — John Goodman
20:36 – #6: A Family Wish Comes True
21:55 – #5: Beyond the Screen
23:44 – #4: A Career-Defining Decision — Jean Vander Pyl
25:48 – #3: A Seamless Voice Swap — Bea Benaderet
27:32 – #2: Bedrock Never Sleeps
29:58 – #1: A Blue Dog’s Big Impact
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@RememberWhenHQ
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
Hey, settle something for us — were you Team Pebbles or Team Bamm-Bamm growing up? And what’s the wildest Flintstones fun fact you learned today? We love hearing your Bedrock memories.
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@Solarshoji
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
I came home from school and my parents told me we were going to watch a new TV show about cavemen. Cool! We are studying that at school. Correct me if I'm wrong. The first episode was when Barney invented the helicopter so he and Fred could watch some sporting event? In the 6th grade, I had a Flintstones lunchbox. We moved in November. My new school was Junior High School, grades 6~8. I was the only one there with a lunchbox but nobody laughed at me. Mel Blanc, the voice of Barney Rubble, went to Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon. As did Matt Groening of the Simpsons, my cousin Robbie and my daughter.
@KasumiKenshirou
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
Japanese company Honobono Lake had animated commercials featuring The Flintstones. Both the original versions and the teenage Pebbles & Bamm Bamm.
Fred and Barney never actually met The Thing. This was just a block of cartoons with both The Flintstones and The Thing cartoons. They did meet The Shmoo (from the comic strip Li'l Abner), though. The Shmoo is that weird white thing that can be seen briefly in this video between Fred and Barney when they are cops.
@johnburnside7828
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
What a marvelous video! I still remember all the excitement about Pebbles being born.
@johnny-becker
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
2:08 PolyMarket betting (aka bookie betting) before it was a thing.
@througtonsheirs_doctorwho
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
Quebec theme song in french for the Flintstones.
Paul Belval sings : Les Pierreafeu
"Partons a l'aventure, il faut rattraper les Pierre-a-feu!!"
… Les Pierre A Feu sont la !""
@througtonsheirs_doctorwho
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
Pebbles Flintstone?
Oh : Agathe Caillou!
Daughter of Fred & Delima Caillou! Vive les Pierreafeu!
@geezygee
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
all of this was great until you called Halle, Sharon
Halle was and still is her very own trope! she did this movie as a favor, and that's been proven already.
@dingodave9160
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
I remember the name the baby contest.
@lofthouse23
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
Hang on, a cartoon character had a pregnancy/birth plot? That's quite rare! Kudos.
@yungmoney160
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
The push pops were a childhood staple too!
@cocomunga
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
How could critics rate the Flintstones Movie bad? The actors really nailed their parts and it really felt like a real-life version of the show. I don’t think it could have been done any better.
@digitalmouse3314
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
Yeah no even as a kid I hated Gazoo we was annoying his voice his charachter it made the show way more boring. They should of done more the The Frankenstones that would of revied the show, also would of made gothic acceptance more. Becasue those episodes definitely put them in a positive light more which would of been way a head of the cultural trend of most shows at the time. It was new new sub culture of punk at that time like hot of the clothing press new.
@sasukuto
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
I cant lie, i had no idea that Pebbles wasnt always in the series! I grew up in the late 90's, so all of my knowledge of the Flinstones comes from watching re-runs on cartoon network. To me, Pebbles has just always been a basic part of the show. I know Bam Bam had an episod where he was abopted because ive seen that one, but I just assumed Pebbles was always there! Thats wild! Clearly i need to watch Flintstones from the beginning.
@thomasofone
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
Jump the shark wasn't a thing until Fonzie actually jumped a shark.
@laurenjohnson9202
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
I hate that kind of quote. “ if it wasn’t for so and so ( Flintstones ) there wouldn’t be this and that cartoon.. yes there would be. Without this cartoon ( great by the way ) there still would be those shows. Just a bit different maybe.
@justincounts6001
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
0:03 how characters in family Guy should be drawn compared to how they normally are with their eyes half closed
@donbirren9401
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
You didn't mention the Jetsons crossover!
@LeeAtterberry-m9n
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
And I think it's funny how they celebrated Christmas and Christmas hadn't even been invented yet
@donrennis7585
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
18:27 I don't think I could sit through this movie now, as this looks like it didn't age well but I had to have watched this film hundreds of times when I was kid in the nineties.
Thanks for reminding me that this existed. 😊
@steverichardson2680
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
In the early 80s. I used to race home to watch big AL and the Flintstones.
@EweChewBrrr01
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
The cereal outlived the serial.
@themoon69420
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
Weird, I don't remember Barney's eyes being rings like that.
@MedinaJones-j1t
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
I grew up on the Flintstones, Jetsons and Scooby Doo!! Still watching them now @ 59!!🥰🥰🥰🙏🙏🙏😆😆😆
@testypresidentgaming
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
the name thing wouldnt change anything. Flagstones sounds weird cause thats not the name. if it was the name (and there was no lawsuit of course) then Flintstones might sound weird
@rogerestill9275
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
I really liked the Great Gazoo episodes and for me the show never jumped the shark
@AERGXUOS
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
Flint stones instead of flag makes sense thematically as series look like they take place in ancient stone age times where ancient humans just discovered flame for first time.
Flint being stone and used to create fire, makes perfect sense
@TWH-d3o
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
I remember the flinstones it came on at 7 pm in Dallas Tx in 1966
@atruecreation2258
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
In the military there is a pretty infamous cadence, called Pebbles and Bam Bam.
"Pebbles and Bam Bam on a Friday night,
Try to get to heaven on a paper kite,
Lightning struck, BOOM!!!
And then they fell,
Instead of going to heaven,
they went straight to hell.
Singing Yaba, dabba, dabba doo!
Yabba, dabba, dabba, dabba, dabba doo!"
@pablobruning4508
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
Fred Flintstone’s iconic catchphrase, "Yabba Dabba Doo!", was an ad-lib created by voice actor Alan Reed during a recording session in 1960. The original script simply called for Fred to yell "Yahoo!", but Reed felt it lacked character. Drawing inspiration from a popular Brylcreem hair cream jingle his mother used to quote—"A little dab'll do ya"—Reed transformed the rhythmic phrase into the prehistoric exclamation we know today.
@ChrisKorman-nr2uc
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
I loved gazoo because it was voiced by my father the late harvey korman rip dad.you are sorely missed
@iamjro
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
“Slave boy” is crazy
@iamjro
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
I had no idea the show was originally for adults but that makes so much sense. I remember as a child, a few jokes I didn’t really understand and I knew it was because they were “adult” jokes lol
@mafyind
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
Very informative and enjoyable. Although enlightening us about two different Betty’s with similar voices yet not allowing us to hear them both for comparison is ridiculous…
@AnimeManiac1987
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
i was glad you mentioned the flintstone kids as i grew up watching that but i'm miffed the christmas movies weren't even given a glimpse. i grew up with fred taking over for santa clause and sang along with the music, and was my favourite christmas movie to watch until we had to get rid of our VHS player. can't find it anywhere now.
@kiidkif2009
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
29:20 I had no idea any of s happened 😢
@kiidkif2009
January 22, 2026 at 9:31 pm
22:40 whatvin the tiktok dance was tht Fred 😂😂😂
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