When "The Flinstones" premiered on TV (1960-66), we didn't have...................

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When I was a kid, there was a brand new "kind" of TV show, it was cartoons for 'adults'- "The Flintstones". (1960-66). I loved the program when I was a kid. I decided to watch an episode or two for old times sake. During the show, they said somethings that dated the show. One of the lines indicated that when the show was first on, they did not know yet about cell phones. And later, it was obvious, the show preceded the concept of pizza delivery on a national level. Since "The Flintstones" was supposedly set in the "Stone Age", the show is kind of like a bench mark for the changes in our lives since 1966.
When "The Flintstones" premiered on TV (1960-66), we didn't have...................
 

Wouldn't show the actual toilet in the bathroom. They'd show the sink, the towels, the shower curtain and terrible animation for ads, but on a show or movie the toilet was off limits. So was the double bed.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
When I was a kid, there was a brand new "kind" of TV show, it was cartoons for 'adults'- "The Flintstones". (1960-66). I loved the program when I was a kid. I decided to watch an episode or two for old times sake. During the show, they said somethings that dated the show. One of the lines indicated that when the show was first on, they did not know yet about cell phones. And later, it was obvious, the show preceded the concept of pizza delivery on a national level. Since "The Flintstones" was supposedly set in the "Stone Age", the show is kind of like a bench mark for the changes in our lives since 1966.
When "The Flintstones" premiered on TV (1960-66), we didn't have...................
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They are back on METV now, too!
 
TravelinMan said:
...endless ads for prescription drugs
...ads for intimate undergarments
...ads for incontinence underwear
...blood and gore filled violence
...almost every program showing having sex

I could go on and on, but I won't.
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Well the first three on that list I could do without, but the last two are kind of mainstays of my entertainment.

Game of Thrones anyone?:cool:
 
$4 dollar a gallon gas
robotic surgery
An earth that was dying from pollution
 
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When the Flintstones premiered on TV, we didn't have public awareness that smoking was bad for your health. Of course, smoking was depicted everywhere back then, and was commonplace and acceptable...image.jpeg
 
Phone message machines,
Machine recordings left on them as messages....

Robotic recorded machines answering your phone calls to business, (instead of people)
with lists of choices,
or recordings asking you to answer their questions.....

Text messages....and people telling you to use those types of items, when you might prefer not to, for every single thing,
or when you may never have gotten one!

Pressure to have countless direct deductions from your bank account.....

Complex bill from several places, for one single doctor visit.
 
AIDS and ******* Herpes were around, but hadn't made the jump to mainstream awareness, as cases were very few, and far between.
 

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