dress supposed to be made of? I assumed Fred’s was made from some sort of big cat, Barney’s from maybe a buffalo or something. Not sure about Wilma’s - obviously they didn’t live in polar bear territory but at least it’s a color found in nature. What the heck kind of blue animal was running around Bedrock (perhaps it was related to the purple dinosaur)?
How do we get blue fabrics today? Dye. Could’ve been woad, or berry juice.
The important question is, how did they have electricity and television in the stone age, and why did the technology disappear for 10,000 years?
One of my cats is blue. Seriously, that’s what the vet records list as her color. She’s basically grey, with a silver blue sheen to her fur. Also, there are dog and horse colors/coat patterns that are regarded as blue.
Or maybe she dyed the fur.
You must have noticed the colors of the fauna around Bedrock. There was no limit to blue creatures back then.
Is there an answer other than hot cavewoman ass?
Feathers.
I don’t think they did. Everything was animal powered.
As far as Betty’s dress, I assumed it was some sort of woven fabric dyed with indigo.
Since dinosaurs coexisted with man, and we have no idea exactly what color dinosaurs were, it could have been blue dinosaur skin. Check out the gorgona lizard.
Or maybe mandrill cheeks.
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Beautiful! There are also pure blue geckos.
Cat fur dress. No peta back then eh?
See any Von Daniken book. Lol.
The real question is what is up with all that Flintstones Christmas stuff? They even had a Flintstones Christmas CEREAL. I’m pretty sure Christmas (at least the form with Santa Claus) wasn’t invented until AD.
Hey, maybe it’s the same reason the cavemen in B.C. are Christians: the Flintstones aren’t really prehistoric people, but future survivors of some devastating apocalypse that has reduced society to primitive conditions.
As any good creationist will tell you, Jesus used to ride a dinosaur. I see no conflict here.
Good answers, all, even you wisenheimmers. I guess it’s like asking the old question “why does Donald Duck wear a shirt but no pants and then wrap a towel around himself when he gets out of the shower?” The anser is, of course, “because it’s a cartoon, stupid!” The question was only half serious. I really did wonder as a kid what Betty’s dress was supposed to be. I guess my question should have been more along the lines of why Betty’s dress seems incongruous with the othe three main characters, but I guess it’s just as simple as Mssrs Hanna and Barbera wanted it that way.
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Creepy. I like the way you think.
The Jetsons is set after their civilization recovers.