For people who may not know of vintage television, the Name was originally going to be "The Flagstones". As another reviewer already said, the show was not intended for a children audience. The show itself was inspired by the Jackie Gleason sitcom The Honeymooners. Instead of Alice and Ralph Kramden you had Wilma and Fred Flintstone. At that time, most shows aimed at adults were sponsored and backed by tobacco companies. The original show, the honeymooners, was backed by the producers of Lucky Strike cigarettes and Petri wine.

Thats only partially true, when the animation team of Hanna-Barbera created the Flintstones, the only sponsor who had any interest was R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the makers of Winstons. As time went on and the popularity of it picked up,a lot of different companies came out wanting to sponsor it. And yes,this show was not aimed at kids, and was considered an "adult cartoon".

...is that "The Flintstones" wasn't originally intended as a kids show. All those pop culture references made it obvious it was aimed at adults. When they found out that kids liked it, they switched to a different sponsor.

Ah..for the days when one could smoke-or not-and not be a social outcast.

Tobacco companies catering to youngsters?....absolutely not!!!!