The Flintstones - The First Review, and it Wasn't Good.

You are listening to Flint-sons and Jet-stones, cartoon episodes summarized, poorly. The following audio presentation is the original news paper reaction and review to the premiere episode of the Flintstones which Flint and Jet summarized poorly in episode 3 of this program. This review is sixty-three years old and expresses the thoughts of newspaper writer Jack Gould, it was originally published on October 1st 1960. The review starts off: One of the innovations announced for the current season was a half-hour situation, comedy to be done in the format, of the animated cartoon. With 'many sponsors making witty use of drawings” Indeed, some of the commercials may have been more amusing than many of the shows, therefore, the prospect of such an entertainment series was both enticing and overdue.

If you are interested in animated series like the Flintstones it can be interested to see how the show was received by the critics and while many of their claims may have been accurate in a certain context, were not accurate according to other contexts or perspectives. The flintstones went on to be one of the most beloved and popular television cartoon series of all time.