The original Flintstones broke at about the same time as the Beatles. The stars of the show were blow to the four winds.
Wilma got a bit part on the Mary Tyler Moore show as Rhoda’s mother and a dish washing liquid commercial. Betty moved to Rock Vegas to open a brothel. Barney died in a motorcycle crash while high on Meth. And Fred became a professional bowler. The one cast member who had the strangest path was Dino.
He was working as a technical advisor on the movie Caveman with Ringo Starr and made friends with Ringo’s wife Barbara Bach who always had a soft spot for gay dinosaurs. She introduced him to a cutting edge group of gay and bi-sexual rockers like David Bowie and Freddie Mecury. They were all very impressed by two things. Dino’s musical talent and his enormous dinosaur cock. But why should that be a surprise. After Bedrock is where Rock lives.
(John Deacon, Behind the Music: the Dino Flintstone story)
3 comments:
Flintstones vs Family Guy would be an interesting compare and contrast question on a blue book exam.
Family Guy is more interesting but more decadent. Or more interesting because more decadent. Stewie would have been inconceivable (or if conceivable would never have gotten approval given network standards) in the early sixties.
My old man wouldn't let us watch the Flinstones. He thought cartoons didn't belong in prime time.
What would he make of CNN nick?
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