MeTV vs. “Rise and Shine”?

[cd637299]

For those who aren’t familiar with what I wrote earlier, there IS a clip of that opening on YouTube that removed the entire “two feet” line.

I am not sure if linking to YT is kosher in SO’s TOS—so suffice it to say that one can access this clip by entering:

youtube flintstones edited theme song

…and there it’ll be.

One of the comments is by yours truly under my real name. I won’t get into why Google/YT dropped my earlier alias, which is also cd637299. Why they did it, no idea.

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[stevea]

Just to go back on topic, I think I've heard the original theme as within the episode music in later seasons. Just going by memory, though.

Actually my favorite closing theme is in the 6th season when Pebbles and Bamm Bamm do their sun shine in song, this time on stage, in a few episodes.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by cd637299

For those who aren’t familiar with what I wrote earlier, there IS a clip of that opening on YouTube that removed the entire “two feet” line.

I am not sure if linking to YT is kosher in SO’s TOS—so suffice it to say that one can access this clip by entering:

youtube flintstones edited theme song

…and there it’ll be.

One of the comments is by yours truly under my real name. I won’t get into why Google/YT dropped my earlier alias, which is also cd637299. Why they did it, no idea.

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Oh, yeah, not an obvious edit at all LOL. In all its 16mm nth generation glory. It might have been done by some local station along the line, in the days when films were sent from station to station.

It's kosher to post "good" links.

[cd637299]

Originally Posted by stevea

Oh, yeah, not an obvious edit at all LOL. In all its 16mm nth generation glory. It might have been done by some local station along the line, in the days when films were sent from station to station.

It's kosher to post "good" links.

Okay I wasn’t sure. Really though—

NBC reran select ‘Stones episodes on Saturday mornings from 1967-70,mwhich had that © 1966 thing in the opening. Methinks it to have been NBC who did this, and had that put on the syndie bicycled prints as well. After all, if it sounded like “courtesy of ABC,” only a rival network would be concerned about it.* Miami’s WAJA-TV 23 (now WLTV) ran the same prints.

Hoyt Curtin had a way of incorporating themes as background music when the situation called. Both the “Elroy’s Mob” Jetsons ep and the “Refeefleas” Top Cat ep play a slow version of “Rise and Shine” when there were references to The Flintstones. And even the Flintstones’ own ep “Swedish Visitors” has a cameo with Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo, and part of the 25-second Yogi theme (prior to a Yogi toon) played—and even the old-sounding music of Yogi’s “The End” closes (still Curtin) played as a “stinger” after Fred made a comment, going to commercial.

[*We cannot forget Rankin-Bass’ “Jackson 5ive” cartoon being run on—what other network could it be—because of their hit song? ]

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[stevea]

Originally Posted by cd637299

NBC reran select ‘Stones episodes on Saturday mornings from 1967-70, which had that © 1966 thing in the opening. Methinks it to have been NBC who did this, and had that put on the syndie bicycled prints as well. After all, if it sounded like “courtesy of ABC,” only a rival network would be concerned about it.

Ah! That makes sense. And that probably lasted until most commonly syndicated material was mastered to videotape in the 80s and 90s.

[stevea]

It's kind of a revelation to hear/see the original 1960 closing credits with laugh track, applause, Winston sponsorship, and Screen Gems and ABC slides.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttoOOOoRI-U

[cd637299]

Originally Posted by stevea

It's kind of a revelation to hear/see the original 1960 closing credits with laugh track, applause, Winston sponsorship, and Screen Gems and ABC slides.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttoOOOoRI-U

Yes, I’ve seen that many times—but that certain print had no copyright date. It woulda been in the lower right at the time “The Flintstones” was shown at the top.

I see Kenneth Muse was credited with animating the entire episode (very rare for whole half hours). It could have been “The Swimming Pool” or “Hot Lips Hannigan,” but I’m not sure which episode this was. BTW Muse animated Fred & Wilma smoking there too.

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[stevea]

And my favorite from some 1965/66 episodes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbvdYZrn7VA

[stevea]

A little digging found one with copyright:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arLuBNIugAw

[cd637299]

Although I don’t subscribe to YT members, Steven Hanson’s site is a bookmark of mine. And….commenter Barry I. Grauman is an absolute walking encyclopedia on classic TV!

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[vitoscotti]

The Flintstones opening and closing are brilliant classic tv. The MeTV vs "rise and shine" is "eh?" to me. I bought the series to stream dirt cheap. It's all colorized which in this case I prefer. The opening & closing are fond memories watching as a kid. Love the dinosaur fire engine, domesticated ferocious saber-tooth cat made a wimpy house cat (otherwise never seen), and also the panoramic looking down view of residential Bedrock's lights turning off for bed time. Great stuff.

One clip posted had Pebbles & Bam Bam. I've got quite a few episodes to get to reach their first appearance in the 80s episodes. Kind of dreading it. I can't remember any good episodes involving them. We'll see if the show "jumps the shark" or they're minimized hopefully.

[cd637299]

A bump/semi OT of sorts….

I just finished seeing s3e10 “Hawaiian Escapade,” which BTW I have NEVER seen before, and I thought I had seen at least part of every ep….

Anyway I noticed that despite being s3 AND originally run in color on ABC, MeTV STILL had their “blanket” 1963 closing. That makes no sense. I was at another site (Fandom?) where the obviously-correct credits appear. (This ep was still 1962.)

I like MeTV, but I don’t understand still showing that same closing credit. Of course as the OP, I am still sad that they dissed Earl Kress & co., especially when they had his colorized opening/closing when MeTV began running the ‘stones.

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