I use to find it silly that a cartoon would add a laugh track to it, but now I sort of feel it adds to its charm. Opinions?

Laugh track or no laugh track, I will always dig the Flintstones.


Best cartoon ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think that one just gets used to it - either way. I just expect a laugh track with the Flinstones like I don't expect one with the Simpsons. I enjoy both.

With.

With

Laugh track or no laugh track, I will always dig the Flintstones.


Best cartoon ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They DO ROCK. no pun intended. :)

I hate laugh tracks but don't mind it too much with the Flinstones.

....didn't want a laugh track, as they were used to producing "RUFF AND REDDY", "HUCKLEBERRY HOUND" and 'QUICK DRAW McGRAW" without them. But ABC figured, since 'THE FLINTSTONES" was a prime-time series aimed at adult viewers, it should be the same as every other "live-action" sitcom, and use one {and originally applause at the end of the orginal network credits}. The network forced Jay Ward to originally use laugh tracks in the early episodes of "ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS" in late 1959 [when it aired on weekday afternoons], but he finally- with the support of his sponsor, General Mills- refused to use them after the fourth episode. H-B, however, did not have the clout to say "no" to ABC, however, and used laugh tracks through the end of the series (and on "TOP CAT" and "THE JETSONS"). Eventually, they eliminated the laugh tracks in several episodes when the series was "remastered" in the '90s.

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Without. I wish the DVDs would give the option to view the episodes sans canned laughter, like M*A*S*H.

I don't mind the laugh track,they did not over-do it.

Well, The Flintstones was a cartoon, so any laugh track would be "overdone." It's not like it was filmed in front of an audience.

I prefer with a laugh track.

the laugh track never bothered me.

i honestly never even notice the laugh track

Without it, but I don't mind it. I did dig it back when CN would air 24-min 'restored' prints of the show without the laugh track, and the original intro restored onto the first two seasons, and the pre-credits preview scene from the network airings being reincorporated.

I use to find it silly that a cartoon would add a laugh track to it, but now I sort of feel it adds to its charm. Opinions?Yea it adds funniness to it... I dont think as many ppl would laugh IF THEY DIDNT HEAR OTHERS LAUGHING ALSO :D

With. It makes it better.

With. It makes it better.
Even a Fleischer or Warners, Lantz, o MGM, Disney or other theatrical?:)

[Yeah, I can just imagine, a la DFE's Pink Panther since 1969 on TV, the old Droopy's having a laugh track when Mr.Wolfie shows up only to see Droopy..] But Flintstones and those type of TV cartoons do need the laugh track..

Hi, Flintstones for me is one of the best cartoons during my childhood days and whether with or without a laugh track, I think, it would still be entertaining and worth watching:)

I love The Flintstones either way, but the laugh track did add a little touch to the episodes, but nothing major.

I always did like the idea that the show was being drawn in front of a live studio audience.