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| − | {{Infobox_Song|title = Meet the Flintstones|image = The Flintstones - Meet_the_Flintstones - Fred and the Gang.jpg|shows = ''[[The Flintstones]]''<br>''[[The Flintstone Comedy Show]]''|films = ''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]''<br>''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]''<br>''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]'' (1994)|albums = ''[[Songs of the Flintstones]]''<br>''[[The Flintstones - Modern Stone-Age Melodies]]''|composers = [[Hoyt Curtin]]<br>[[William Hanna]]<br>[[Joseph Barbera]]|performers = The Randy Van Horne Singers|other_performers = The B-52's|video = The Flintstones Opening and Closing Theme 1960 1966}}'''Meet the Flintstones''' (also worded as '''(Meet) the Flintstones''') is the iconic theme song featured in the third through sixth seasons of the original series, ''[[The Flintstones (TV series)|The Flintstones]]''. |
+ | {{Infobox_Song|title = Meet the Flintstones|image = The Flintstones - Meet_the_Flintstones - Fred and the Gang.jpg|shows = ''[[The Flintstones]]''<br>''[[The Flintstone Comedy Show]]''|films = ''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]''<br>''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]''<br>''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]'' (1994)<br>''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas]]''|albums = ''[[Songs of the Flintstones]]''<br>''[[The Flintstones - Modern Stone-Age Melodies]]''|composers = [[Hoyt Curtin]]<br>[[William Hanna]]<br>[[Joseph Barbera]]|performers = The Randy Van Horne Singers|other_performers = The B-52's|video = The Flintstones Opening and Closing Theme 1960 1966}}'''Meet the Flintstones''' (also worded as '''(Meet) the Flintstones''') is the iconic theme song featured in the third through sixth seasons of the original series, ''[[The Flintstones (TV series)|The Flintstones]]''. |
==Premise== |
==Premise== |
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Revision as of 05:36, 18 January 2020
Meet the Flintstones (also worded as (Meet) the Flintstones) is the iconic theme song featured in the third through sixth seasons of the original series, The Flintstones.
Premise
In the opening version, Fred comes home from work at the Slate Rock and Gravel Company, happily and excitedly saying his most iconic catchphrase, "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!", slides on a dinosaur's back and tail with his feet and drives his car on the way to his home. Then he goes to the drive-in theater with Wilma, Dino and Baby Puss (in the third season), Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, Barney, and Betty (in the fourth through sixth seasons).
In the closing version with the ending credits, after they watch a movie in the drive-in theater, Fred and the whole gang goes to the Bronto Burgers and Ribs Drive-in Restaurant and a waitress serves them some huge Brontosaurus ribs, causing his car to tilt. When Fred tries to put Baby Puss outside for the night after Wilma, Pebbles and Dino are in the house, the saber-toothed cat shuts the door on him. After that, Fred furiously and angrily pounds on the front door so many times, shouting, "WILMA!"
Lyrics
Fred Flintstone: Yabba-Dabba-Doo!
The Randy Van Horne Singers:
Flintstones, meet the Flintstones
There the modern stone age family
From the town of Bedrock
There a page right out of history
Let's ride with the family down the street
Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet
When you're with the Flintstones
Have a yabba-dabba-doo time, a dabba-doo time
We'll have a gay old time
The Randy Van Horne Singers:
Flintstones, meet the Flintstones
There the modern stone age family
From the town of Bedrock
There a page right out of history
Someday, maybe Fred will win the fight
Then the cat will stay out for the night
When you're with the Flintstones
Have a yabba-dabba-doo time, a dabba-doo time
We'll have a gay old time
We'll have a gay old time
Fred Flintstone: WILMA!
Notes/Trivia
- This song with the sing-along lyrics also appeared in the teaser trailer of the 1994 live-action film, The Flintstones.
- Due to its controversies over the word "gay" in the lyrics, which it was drawn for its perceived intolerance and insensitivity towards homosexuals and their LGBTQ lifestyles, it was replaced with a new word, "great" in The New Fred and Barney Show and other releases.
- In addition to the 1961 album, Songs of the Flintstones, it also featured a version of the song with completely different lyrics.