It’s the World Wide Web, wouldn’t it be spiders?
Maybe a series of tubes?
I think the only reason the original series was successful was that there were only 3 channels. When the Flintstones was the best thing on, you realize the suckitude of tv of that era.
I heard they already got some great celebrity guests lined up, Chris Rock, Paula Poundstone and Sharon Stone!
I started a thread on this topic 12 years ago. The answer at the time seemed to be “Some of them do, but they tend to like Scooby-Doo a lot more.”
Kids these days. I liked Ann Marg-Rock, Stoney Curtis and Cary Granite.
They missed the obvious blue ribbon idea of Gilbert Gottfried as the Great Gazoo.
Gottfried is unfortunately too busy being dead to play any roles right now. I could see, say, Maurice LaMarche doing great as Gazoo, though.
Yes, Gottfried is dead. Hence my saying that they missed the opportunity to use him.
Maurice LaMarche wouldn’t be a bad choice, especially since Joe Alaska died, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they got Tara Strong or Cree Summer if they decided to add Gazoo.
That’s not “canon.” My post was specifically in response to someone saying the new show would “retcon” some more recent Flintstones movie. To which I say, it’s the Flintstones. There is no sorry canon to retcon.
Some people will just never understand the simple pleasure of having a gay old time.
there are 2 animated movies and a xmas special in which the first one pebbles and bamm bamm get married and move to hollyrock so pebbles can further her music career (she becomes a producer) and bamm bamm starts writing for the movie/tv studios
the second is they have twins and the original gang become grandparents and a whole bunch of shenanigans s in which Fred and barney try to help the kids out in their careers and the usual having baby chaos ensues (oddly enough the female twin takes after bamm bamm in strength and looks and the boy takes after pebbles which I thought was a nice switch from usual )
the xmas special is everyone’s in bedrock for Christmas but fred and wilma are having empty nest syndrome and end up adopting an rough and tough orphan for the holidays who was supposed to be part of the family by the end
Hang on a second; is Jesus retroactively the reason for the season?
I hope Fred and Barney will still be police officers with the Shmoo as their partner.
I suppose there is reason to dread. Too many instances in which a revival uses the source for nothing but built-in audience goodwill.
Yep. In the version I grew up with:
Show: “Los Picapiedra”
Lead couple: Pedro y Vilma Picapiedra
Neighbors: Pablo y Betty Mármol
City: Piedradura (in some other parts of the Hispanosphere, Rocadura)
Lodge: Los Búfalos Mojados (the Wet Buffalo)
Kids’ names stayed the same.
Bonus: Rock Roll (generic Elvis expy) becomes Piedrique Muzmán, in tribute to Mexican early rocker Enrique Guzmán.
That’d sure add a Li’l twist! I miss old school Saturday morning cartoons!
My money’s on Billy Eichner.