When "The Flintstones"went downhill-

[Rezny@gmail.com]

To me,it went downhill gradually during the 1965-1966 season,which was the last season.The show fluxuated between good and bad,in its final season with the episodes with "The Great Gazoo"(voiced by the late Harvey Korman.Korman ALSO did other voices on the shows'last season,(AND was the voice of the Dictabird in the live action movie "The Flintstones"which was eh-so-so,but not as good as the series ),and the character berated Fred in every episode Gazoo was featured in,except for the last one Gazoo was in(and in that one,he was pretty nice to Fred),dragging it down.What do the rest of you think?Feel free to post.

[Rezny@gmail.com]

In other words,except for the LAST episode that featured "The Great Gazoo",which was pretty good,most of the episodes that featured "The Great Gazoo"character were pretty bad.

[Brian Damage]

I agree, the Great Gazoo was like the great white shark the Flintstones jumped over. ;)

[comedyfreak]

I liked the final season, Gazoo was pretty cool. The episode where Fred and Barney go up against Stonefinger and Gazoo saves the day by turning the baddies into babies.

[MickeyMac]

I guess I am in the minority here. I like the last season. The Bewitched espisode, and one of the best episodes Shinrock are in season six.

[howilu]

It seemed by the sixth season, the producers were running out of fresh ideas for the show and The Great Gazoo was added as another plot device. Six seasons was definitely a long, healthy run for TV's first half hour animated comedy but it would make lots more money in syndicated reruns.

[rezny717]

Well,at least it ended on a fairly good note.

[old grouch]

I like the episode where they play Rockopoly.

[comedyfreak]

I also liked the Rock's Raiders episode Flintstone and Vander Rock.

[TV Knowledge Fan]

...Hanna-Barbera was producing five half-hour cartoon shows for the 1965-'66 season (including "MAGILLA GORILLA", " PETER POTAMUS", "ATOM ANT" and "SECRET SQUIRREL"), and the talent behind those series was spread rather thin. Still, Bill and Joe concentrated on their "flagship", "THE FLINTSTONES", following ABC's suggestions of using more guest stars {Tony Curtis, Liz Montgomery & Dick York, "SHINDIG!"'s Jimmy O'Neill} and something to attract more younger viewers {"The Great Gazoo"}. ABC had originally intended to renew the show for a seventh season (on the strength of its good ratings)...until "BATMAN" became a hit in January 1966. Then, producer William Dozier insisted a time slot be made available for his next series, "THE GREEN HORNET". And the only one available for the fall of '66 was--- Fridays at 7:30pm(et). That meant "THE FLINTSTONES" would have to be "sacrificed", because anything Bill Dozier produced that year was considered a better bet to succeed on Fridays than another season of "THE FLINTSTONES". Ironically, "THE GREEN HORNET" faltered against CBS' "THE WILD WILD WEST", and ended after one season.

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[comedyfreak]

They should have saved the Flintstones as a mid season replacement.

[gopyle]

The first three seasons were the most consistently good, but the rest of the run had its good episodes here and there. The show became more kiddie oriented in the later seasons.

[Steve M.]

The Great Gazoo was my favorite "Flintstones" cahracter. Don't ask me why. :D

Yes, I still think it. The show's social satire wouldn't have worked going into 1967 and 1968, when things got ugly in America.

[Steve Carras]

I'lkl just day IU admit liking a few Gazoo episodews. but Bewitched crossover, nad most pebbles and Bamm Bamm episodes, are reasons why the last season has a bad name..IN FACT, those episodes werent; rerun till the early 70s.

[GrtGzu]

I dunno...I liked the lil green guy and thought he was rather funny...Especially the way he snarked on everybody, and anyThing....

[Steve M.]

I dunno...I liked the lil green guy and thought he was rather funny...Especially the way he snarked on everybody, and anyThing....

Exactly! :lol:

[retroTVfan4ever]

...Hanna-Barbera was producing five half-hour cartoon shows for the 1965-'66 season (including "MAGILLA GORILLA", " PETER POTAMUS", "ATOM ANT" and "SECRET SQUIRREL"), and the talent behind those series was spread rather thin. Still, Bill and Joe concentrated on their "flagship", "THE FLINTSTONES", following ABC's suggestions of using more guest stars {Tony Curtis, Liz Montgomery & Dick York, "SHINDIG!"'s Jimmy O'Neill} and something to attract more younger viewers {"The Great Gazoo"}. ABC had originally intended to renew the show for a seventh season (on the strength of its good ratings)...until "BATMAN" became a hit in January 1966. Then, producer William Dozier insisted a time slot be made available for his next series, "THE GREEN HORNET". And the only one available for the fall of '66 was--- Fridays at 7:30pm(et). That meant "THE FLINTSTONES" would have to be "sacrificed", because anything Bill Dozier produced that year was considered a better bet to succeed on Fridays than another season of "THE FLINTSTONES". Ironically, "THE GREEN HORNET" faltered against CBS' "THE WILD WILD WEST", and ended after one season.

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Yep, I think The Flintstones should have been picked up for a 7th season, the series still had plenty of life in it, it hadn't run it's course yet. In my opinion, The Flintstones potentially could have continued into the early 70's, until the time All In The Family came along and changed the landscape of TV. The Flintstones had potential to have a run of about 12 seasons if the network had chose to let it continue.

I like the 6th season as well, another strong season with the series showing no signs of slowing down. I enjoy the Gazoo character, I think he's funny as well.

My Three Sons ran for 12 seasons, but I think that show ran it's course long before it was finally cancelled. My Three Sons was one of those shows that just wouldn't go away, until at last it was cancelled after the 71-72 season.

[MickeyMac]

Yeah they totally could have gotten one more season. I too like the 6th season. I wish I still had my DVD's of the show :(

[Regulus]

I wish I still had my DVD's of the show :(

You got rid of them? Bad mistake! :(