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As the world’s first primetime TV cartoon series, “The Flintstones” debuted in 1960 on ABC and ran 166 episodes through 1966. Airing on Friday nights, the show was the most financially successful and longest-running animated franchise ever to hit the small screen. This week Tidbits traces the history of this iconic series and how it held its popularity for over 30 years of reruns. THE INCEPTION
• William Hanna and Joseph Barbera were animators working for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) when they developed the hit cartoon show “Tom and Jerry.” When MGM later closed its animation studio, the two artists formed their own company, Hanna-Barbera, with their first hit “Huckleberry Hound” airing in 1958. Next they wanted to create a show geared more towards an adult audience, and “The Flintstones” was the result. • Alan Reed was a well-known movie actor who
starred in many films in the 1940s and 50s. As The Flintstones: Turn to page 3
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