I'm also going through Rocky and Bullwinkle (though my DVD player and computer are less forgiving of the second sides of the DVDs - had to return three so far. Part of the strength of R&B is that most every segment clocks in at 5 minutes or less. In fact, I think when the local station reran the show during the late 70s/early 80s they did it in 15 minute chunks. For me the only things that get old in a marathon sitting are Peabody's puns and "Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"
I sort of had the same experience as Kevin for the Flintstones, except it was musical. I picked up a Flintstones soundtrack disc that had many of the music cues and some of the songs. And it just did not hold up, certainly to repeated listening. As for the cartoon, you are usually dealing with the same sitcom plots that we're all way too familiar with by now. The show wasn't nearly as wacky on an episode-to-episode basis as we might remember. But, after the two Flintstones movies (and certainly after the second), is there really a legacy leg to stand on? I think the South Park critique of Family Guy - that the plots are crafted Mad Lib style by manatees - is the biggest concern here. Because I think most outside the Adult Swim demos will suffer an old plot much better than an incoherent one. David ________________________________ From: Kevin M. <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Seth MacFarlane's The Flintstones Like so many "classics," I wonder how many people still regularly watch the 'stones. I wonder if they recall how bad the animation was or how repetitive the storylines were. And bringing the series back will force the issue faced by Ricky Gervais and his pal Karl Pilkington; Karl seemed to think that The Flintstones was basically a documentary about how dinosaurs and humans lived together. A few weeks back I popped in one of the double-sided DVDs of "Rocky & Bullwinkle" and plowed through both sides in a few evenings (no, I don't have a life, why do you ask). Of course, the animation was virtually nonexistent, but the writing still held up (and I got a few jokes I almost certainly would not have gotten when I was a kid). I don't think I could get through 16 -back-to-back episodes of Fred and Barney. -- 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
