Comments on: Yabba Dabba Do Smoke http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060416/3168/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:21:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Yabba Dabba Do R.I.P Joe Barbera » Make You Go Hmm http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060416/3168/#comment-800591 Yabba Dabba Do R.I.P Joe Barbera » Make You Go Hmm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:13:01 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060416/3168/#comment-800591 [...] the screenshot above was taken from the last Hanna-Barbera mention on this blog: Yabba Dabba Do Smoke which dealt with how The Flintstones were altered and the cigarette ads were removed. I still [...] […] the screenshot above was taken from the last Hanna-Barbera mention on this blog: Yabba Dabba Do Smoke which dealt with how The Flintstones were altered and the cigarette ads were removed. I still […]

]]> By: Jack Yan http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060416/3168/#comment-68845 Jack Yan Tue, 18 Apr 2006 05:06:01 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060416/3168/#comment-68845 True, but for me the six- (seven-?) year run is still pretty long, though, as you say, not a patch on <i>The Simpsons</i>. I think, too, they had more episodes per season in those days.    We had Spaceman cigarettes down here. No smoke, but you could still look cool. Basically candy with a red tipped end (so no filters!). And you know, I don’t smoke. So much for all this stuff apparently poisoning kids’ minds! True, but for me the six- (seven-?) year run is still pretty long, though, as you say, not a patch on The Simpsons. I think, too, they had more episodes per season in those days.
   We had Spaceman cigarettes down here. No smoke, but you could still look cool. Basically candy with a red tipped end (so no filters!). And you know, I don’t smoke. So much for all this stuff apparently poisoning kids’ minds!

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060416/3168/#comment-68771 TDavid Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:33:46 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060416/3168/#comment-68771 Jack - I did some quick checking and according to <a href="http://www.sitcomsonline.com/f.html" rel="nofollow">Sitcoms online</a> the Flinstones ran from 1960-1966, only one more year than the Twilight Zone (1960-1965). A far cry from the <i>Simpsons</i> 17 year run and counting. I guess with reruns it seems like they were on longer than they actually were. Kind of like the original Star Trek which went three seasons. And I remember those candy gum cigarette, Sterling. They had powdered sugar in them so you blew on them and it was like they had "smoke" coming from them. Jack - I did some quick checking and according to Sitcoms online the Flinstones ran from 1960-1966, only one more year than the Twilight Zone (1960-1965). A far cry from the Simpsons 17 year run and counting. I guess with reruns it seems like they were on longer than they actually were. Kind of like the original Star Trek which went three seasons.

And I remember those candy gum cigarette, Sterling. They had powdered sugar in them so you blew on them and it was like they had “smoke” coming from them.

]]> By: Sterling Camden http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060416/3168/#comment-68707 Sterling Camden Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:17:31 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060416/3168/#comment-68707 Yes, The Flintstones did start out on prime time, along with The Jetsons. My parents used to watch both shows with us kids in the early sixties (showing my age again, but never my bald spot). Of course, the tobacco companies also did market to children back then. Grocery stores carried candy cigarettes, which were branded the same as their tobacco counterparts (Lucky Strike, Kool, Winston, Salem, etc.). They functioned as props for kids to play grown-up. Great behavior modeling, eh? Not to mention all of the older cartoons that featured characters smoking (remember the exploding cigars?). Yes, The Flintstones did start out on prime time, along with The Jetsons. My parents used to watch both shows with us kids in the early sixties (showing my age again, but never my bald spot). Of course, the tobacco companies also did market to children back then. Grocery stores carried candy cigarettes, which were branded the same as their tobacco counterparts (Lucky Strike, Kool, Winston, Salem, etc.). They functioned as props for kids to play grown-up. Great behavior modeling, eh? Not to mention all of the older cartoons that featured characters smoking (remember the exploding cigars?).

]]> By: Jack Yan http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060416/3168/#comment-68538 Jack Yan Mon, 17 Apr 2006 06:05:05 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060416/3168/#comment-68538 I wouldn’t know if the <i>Flintstones</i> were aimed at adults or not, since I wasn’t around in 1961, but with the guest voices they used to have (e.g. Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York once appeared), I have a feeling it was akin to <i>The Simpsons</i> today. Also, I seem to recall it had a long run and was on prime-time. I wouldn’t know if the Flintstones were aimed at adults or not, since I wasn’t around in 1961, but with the guest voices they used to have (e.g. Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York once appeared), I have a feeling it was akin to The Simpsons today. Also, I seem to recall it had a long run and was on prime-time.

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