The Flintstones and Other 60s Shows: I Have Questions

Why was the family holding a car frame while running?

Source: Hanna-Barbera

The “Modern Stone-Age Family” elicits many questions

On the heels of The Brady Bunch and Other ’70s Shows: I Have Questions, it became crystal clear that I wasn’t the only one who needed answers. Watching TV back in the day, perhaps we were more accepting of the reality that was presented to us due to our lack of instant fact-checking via Professor Google.

Yes, we were complacent with situations that were clearly unrealistic, untenable or downright ridiculous. Let’s discuss.

The Flintstones

The first animated prime-time television show featured a working class, somewhat simple man, who got into all kinds of trouble with his equally simple friend, Barney Rubble. Sometimes Wilma and Betty their wives (respectively) were in on the activities. More often than not, Wilma came to the rescue to bail Fred and Barney out of their misery, much to their chagrin.

Here are my questions:

1. How was Dino the family pet? We all know that dinosaurs didn’t exist with humans. The last of the…