What do you think?

I'll have to go with the Simpsons in this case, since they've been on for so much longer.

I'll have to go with the Simpsons in this case, since they've been on for so much longer.


I see what you are saying, but the Flintstones were I believe the 1st animated primetime show. The spawned numerous spinoffs and specials. They made vitamins famous and have their own cereal that has been around for years.

I see what you are saying, but the Flintstones were I believe the 1st animated primetime show. The spawned numerous spinoffs and specials. They made vitamins famous and have their own cereal that has been around for years.
That's a good point, too. The Flinstones were the pace setters, so to speak, and handed the baton to the Simpsons.

That's a good point, too. The Flinstones were the pace setters, so to speak, and handed the baton to the Simpsons.

very true and if that's the case, Family Guy ripped the baton out of their hands and burned it. :lol:

The Flintstones

The Flintstones of course


I dont care how long that "other" cartoon sitcom has been on, it still sucks balls.

The Flintstones

very true and if that's the case, Family Guy ripped the baton out of their hands and burned it. :lol:
That's right - we all know there's no love lost between the people who run those two shows. :eek: :crazy: :lol:

As Brian pointed out, The Flintstones has quite a legacy. I can't believe Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles cereals are still around!

But...The Simpsons has been on TV for 20 seasons. That's pretty huge.

The Simpsons owes a debt to The Flintstones.

Having said that, I must hasten to add ... The Flintstones owes a debt
to The Honeymooners.

The Simpsons owes a debt to The Flintstones.

Having said that, I must hasten to add ... The Flintstones owes a debt
to The Honeymooners.
:yeahthat Absolutely right!!

The Simpsons owes a debt to The Flintstones.

Having said that, I must hasten to add ... The Flintstones owes a debt
to The Honeymooners.
You're absolutely right.

And counting all the Flintstones cartoons that aired on Saturday mornings, they ran for over 20 years. I was eating Flintstones vitamins in the early 70's and that was years after the prime-time series left the air.

It's a tough question; for those of us over 40 it's probably The Flintstones. But for younger people, I'd probably go with the Simpsons. I don't hear many people saying "Yabba Dabba Doo!" anymore, but I do hear a lot of "D'oh!"s. ;)

Do they still make Flintstones vitamins? I used to eat those every day, too. ;)

It's a tough question; for those of us over 40 it's probably The Flintstones. But for younger people, I'd probably go with the Simpsons. I don't hear many people saying "Yabba Dabba Doo!" anymore, but I do hear a lot of "D'oh!"s. ;)

Do they still make Flintstones vitamins? I used to eat those every day, too. ;)
I believe they still make the vitamins. I know for sure they still make the Pebbles cereal. :drool:

I know for sure they still make the Pebbles cereal. :drool:

I've never tasted that. What's it like?

I've never tasted that. What's it like?
They have it in two flavors - Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles. I loooooooooooove Cocoa Pebbles. :drool:

^ Neat! I remember tons of commercials for it through the years but have never tried it. If I can get over the stereotypical shame of being an adult male throwing down a box on "Cocoa Pebbles" on the check out counter, I'll have to try it sometime! :lol:

^ Neat! I remember tons of commercials for it through the years but have never tried it. If I can get over the stereotypical shame of being an adult male throwing down a box on "Cocoa Pebbles" on the check out counter, I'll have to try it sometime! :lol:
Well, just tell them you're "buying it for the kids". :lol:

Well, just tell them you're "buying it for the kids". :lol:

:lol: :lol:

Let's see...

Homer acts like an oaf and has 5 o'clock shadow...like Fred Flinstone.
Marge and Lisa wear clothes that are slightly similar to Wilma Flinstone.

And then there's this...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmP_t4_lpzo&feature=related (sorry for the bad vid, but that's all I could find). And also the Flinstones were on The Simpsons couch.

So...Flinstones pwn Simpsons right there.

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Let us know if you actually do buy the Cocoa Pebbles!! :lol:

On the back of the Fruity Pebbles cereal box, there is a recipe to make treats like those Rice Krispies things. I bet the cocoa pebbles version would be delicious.

The Simpsons has been on for 20 years. had a movie. Had 2 songs in the top 10. Do The Bartman and Deep Deep Trouble and has cds in stores. I bet those Fruity and Cocoa Pebble treats sound delicious.The Simpsons have yet to send out a cereal.

Gonna have to go with the simpsons.

..."Which came first, the chicken or the egg?".

When "THE FLINTSTONES" first premiered in prime-time in the fall of 1960, its success prompted off a flurry of other evening cartoon series on all three networks the following season: "TOP CAT" (another H-B project), "CALVIN AND THE COLONEL" [a "funny animal" version of "AMOS 'N' ANDY"; that is, "Andy and the Kingfish", featuring the original co-stars, Gosden & Correll], "THE ALVIN SHOW", "THE BULLWINKLE SHOW" (a continuation of the late-afternoon "ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS", with Bullwinkle J. Moose out front as "star"), and, in mid-season, "MATTY'S FUNNIES WITH BEANY & CECIL" [animated version of Bob Clampett's live puppet show of the '50s]. With the exception of "BULLWINKLE" {which moved to Sunday afternoons in the fall of '62}, the other shows were cancelled, although reruns of "TOP CAT", "ALVIN" and "BEANY & CECIL" appeared on Saturday mornings for several years, with "CALVIN" in local syndication through the '60s. Only "THE FLINTSTONES" continued to flourish through 1966. Then, an entire generation grew up with it when repeats appeared on local stations (and Saturday mornings on NBC in the late '60s)....then CBS created a "new" Saturday morning show around "PEBBLES AND BAMM-BAMM" in 1970, followed by "THE FLINTSTONES COMEDY HOUR" and its descendents, into the early '80s. One of the original series' viewers was young Matt Groening; even though he was a "Rocky and Bullwinkle" fan, he liked Fred & Barney as well [his biggest influence, though, was Disney's 1961 feature "101 Dalmatians"]...and that helped him to become a cartoonist and eventually create "THE SIMPSONS". Nobody, including Matt, actually thought his series would last for over 20 years, influencing a new generation of kids {and adults}, too.

So it comes down to "One hand washes the other, and both hands wash the face". Or something like that.

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You're absolutely right.

And counting all the Flintstones cartoons that aired on Saturday mornings, they ran for over 20 years. I was eating Flintstones vitamins in the early 70's and that was years after the prime-time series left the air.

And lets not forget that they married off Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm and after another special Pebbles had twins, so the characters had been updated. Fred and Wilma adopted a troubled kid in a Christmas special.

...a young kid named Elmer "Butch" Hartman watched the original series in repeats in the early '70s- and especially liked the episodes from the final season featuring "The Great Gazoo". Years later, when he became an animator and producer for Nickelodeon, he had "Cosmo" and "Wanda" float in the air the way "Gazoo" did, in his own series, "THE FAIRLY ODD-PARENTS". If that isn't direct influence on a new generation of kids and creative talent, I don't know what is!

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