On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Looks like Peter-and-Lois to Fred-and-Wilma isn't that much of a jump: > > http://www.cartoonbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/flintstoneguy.jpg > > That's right in more ways than one. Digression: The most hilarious thing is reading animation snobs elsewhere online decry the artistic corruption of a Seth MacFarlane Flintstones -- a show that was an unlicensed remake of The Honeymooners -- but with dinosaurs -- by a company that was proud of the innovations that allowed them to make cartoons cheaper (fewer frames, just animating the parts of the body that moved, repeating backgrounds), which began life as a pretty adult (for the time) sitcom. Anyway, I remarked on Twitter that knowing how MacFarlane runs his other shows, the Flintstones will not be Family Guy 2. He has three shows on TV and only Family Guy is the extreme dead-baby raunchfest. Others there have noted he seems to revere the Flintstones, and Hanna Barbera (where he worked for a while with Cartoon Network -- his Larry and Steve short is a proto-Family Guy, and he did eps of Johnny Bravo). -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
