Bedrock

On a previous episode, I teased that there was a plagiarized original, and I say that because on this day in 1960, The Flintstones appeared on ABC, becoming television's first primetime animated sitcom.

It was created by Hanna-Barbera, and the show followed Fred and Wilma Flintstone and their neighbors, Barney and Betty Rubble, as they navigated modern suburban life in the prehistoric town of Bedrock.

And I say it's plagiarized because if you have ever watched The Honeymooners, you will realize that this is the same show, just set in prehistoric times.

Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox and get straight into the answers.

Uh, however, uh, that care reportedly did not extend to the throngs of tourists who came by during filming to sneak a peek at the set.

Uh, many residents of the area complained about the, uh, litter left behind by these visitors to Bedrock.

Dino here was originally intended to be played by a person in a suit with animatronics, and subsequently looked a little different from the Dino we know and love.

Uh, once the physical demands of the character pro- proved to be too much for the production, they pivoted to some CG courtesy of Industrial Light & Magic, used in conjunction with puppetry from the Jim Henson Creature Shop.

Uh, in order to put together the screenplay, the final one, Brian Levant, who had a great deal of experience on television and in writers' rooms, uh, uh, he took on a similar approach, uh, assembling a vast amount of writers, uh [laughs], over 30 of them, uh, writers of both the big screen and small screen, to contribute gags and bits and rewrites for this film.

Now, again, this is a very common practice in television, but not so much in the motion picture world, as we'll get to a little later.

And we now go to our downtown Bedrock set, uh, another stunningly detailed set.

Uh, check out the signs for more Flintstonean punnage.