On Fri, 10 Mar 2023, Jim Ellwanger wrote:
So, they're just going to ignore "The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show" (and other later Hanna-Barbera cartoons) in which Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm were teenagers?
I had blissfully forgotten abut that show until I just looked it up and was painfully reminded... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pebbles_and_Bamm-Bamm_Show (And yes, I watched The Flintstones in its original airings, and I suspect many others here did, too). Oh, speaking of which, a BIG FUCK YOU to MeTV. Yes, they're broadcasting the show, but: a: cutting out ten or so minutes for more commercials b: completely dropped some episodes 'cuz "PC" [1] c: replaced the intro/outro [2] in the first season and pasted in the one from later seasons, which is as evil as would be doing similar garbage to Gilligan's Island or The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and for no good reason whatsover [3] [1] 'An episode of "The Flintstones" in which Fred and Barney refer to two Arab characters who show up in Bedrock as "towelheads" has been excised. "Fred Flintstone will never be heard saying that on MeTV," Sabin said.' https://robertfeder.dailyherald.com/2020/07/08/metv-flags-objectionable-content-shows-another-era/ [2] I picked up on this when the intro for a season one episode had Pebbles and Bamm Bamm. (Not so sure about changes in the outro). On checking further, I found that one of the other retro channels had the real ones, which I noted had Fred stopping in his commute to let a fire truck/dino pass by [3] I trust y'all know the differences between the first season and the later ones for these shows. Extra credit for the first Gilligan's episode...
