Which TV stone-age family lived in Bedrock?
"Bedrock (The Flintstones) Bedrock is the fictional prehistoric city which is home to the characters of the animated television series The Flintstones. Though the first two seasons' opening credits of the original ""Flintstones"" series stated the town's population as only 2,500 people (though it did swell to 30,000 in a dream sequence in the sixth-season episode entitled ""Rip Van Flintstone""), Bedrock was generally presented as a medium-sized American city, with all the amenities of such, but with a ""prehistoric"" twist. For instance, sauropod dinosaurs were seen being used as cranes at the town's most well-known employer, ""Slate Rock and Gravel"""
"episodes, ""The Bedrock Hillbillies"" and ""The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes""), Romans (Hanna-Barbera eventually created ""The Roman Holidays""), pilgrims, and Indians as the settings for the two families before deciding on the Stone Age. According to Barbera, they settled on that because ""you could take anything that was current, and convert it to stone-age"". Under the working title ""The Flagstones"", the family originally consisted of Fred, Wilma, and their son, Fred, Jr. A brief demonstration film was also created to sell the idea of a ""modern stone age family"" to sponsors and the network. Animator Kenneth Muse, who worked on the"
"two live-action films also showed Bedrock with fast-food outlets, including RocDonald's and Bronto King. Bedrock also has a number of upscale restaurants, including the Rockadero, Maison-LaRock and Le Chateau Rockinbleau. The fourth-season episode ""Big League Freddie"" shows in or near Bedrock is a baseball team named the Boulder City Giants, whose home stadium is Candlestone Park. The 1981 primetime special """" also shows Bedrock has a baseball team named the Bedrock Dodgers. Bedrock also features a professional football team, the Bedrock Brontos. Their rival team is the Rock Bay Pachyderms. Boxing matches are also popular in Bedrock; a third-season episode"
"the Flintstones. Bedrock is the county seat of fictional Cobblestone County, and stated in the first-season episode ""The Tycoon"" to be 200 feet below sea level; presumably, the nearby town of Red Rock was located in Cobblestone County as well. However, no further information was ever given for any of these locations, besides being set in a prehistoric version of the United States. Near Bedrock lies Granitetown, given in one episode as the one-time childhood hometown of Barney Rubble and Fred's boss, Mr. Slate. Bedrock in one episode is shown as being a two-day drive from Rock Vegas, and in"
"houses of ""Haute Couture"" with Wilma, Betty even commented on the new ""Jackie Kennerock (Jackie Kennedy) look"". In some cases, the celebrity featured also provided the voice: ""Samantha"" and ""Darrin"" from Bewitched were voiced by Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York. Examples from the above list include Ann-Margret, Curtis, Darren, and the Beau Brummels. Other celebrities, such as ""Ed Sulleystone"" and ""Alvin Brickrock"", were rendered by impersonators. Some of Bedrock's sports heroes include: football player ""Red Granite"" (Red Grange), wrestler ""Bronto Crushrock"" (Bronko Nagurski), golfer ""Arnold Palmrock"" (Arnold Palmer), boxers ""Floyd Patterstone"" (Floyd Patterson) and ""Sonny Listone"" (Sonny Liston), and baseball"
"players ""Sandy Stoneaxe"" (Sandy Koufax), ""Lindy McShale"" (Lindy McDaniel), ""Roger Marble"" (Roger Maris), and ""Mickey Marble"" or ""Mickey Mantlepiece"" (Mickey Mantle). Ace reporter ""Daisy Kilgranite"" (Dorothy Kilgallen) was a friend of Wilma's. Monster names include ""Count Rockula"" (Count Dracula), Rockzilla (Godzilla), and ""The Frankenstone Monster"" (Frankenstein's monster) Not much is known of the layout of Bedrock. The street the Flintstones and the Rubbles live has been given various names in the original series, including ""Cobblestone Lane"", ""Cobblestone Road"", ""Stone Cave Road"", ""Greasepit Terrace"", ""Gravelpit Terrace"", and ""Rocky Way"". The town is shown consistently to include areas of suburban development, as"
"follows Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble as they face problems with growing up in the town of Bedrock. No longer toddlers, the two were now teenagers attending Bedrock High School and also getting their first jobs. Together, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm formed a musical band called the Bedrock Rockers, which was considered an attempt to be the ""Stone Age"" version of the Archies by one critic. Unlike ""The Flintstones"", it centered on the children of the family, rather than parents Wilma and Fred Flintstone, and Betty and Barney Rubble. These characters would continue to appear in the series, albeit in reduced"
"in modern-day northern Iowa or southern Minnesota and chooses Bedrock. It has also been suggested that Bedrock is fairly close to the ocean or to the Great Lakes, as the city has a yacht club, plus the Flintstones and Rubbles have taken several trips to the beach. The episode, ""Shinrock A Go-Go"", which originally aired on December 3, 1965 featured (in a dream sequence of Fred's) an animated caricature of President Lyndon B. Johnson as well as the United States Capitol in a prehistoric version of Washington, DC. Several small tourist attractions and/or camper parks have been built in honor"
"common Bedrock surnames such as ""Shale"" and ""Quartz"", are in line with these puns, as are the names of Bedrock's celebrities: ""Gary Granite"" (Cary Grant), ""Stony Curtis"" (Tony Curtis), ""Ed Sulleyrock/Sulleystone"" (Ed Sullivan), ""Rock Pile/Quarry/Hudstone"" (Rock Hudson), ""Ann-Margrock"" (Ann-Margret), ""Jimmy Darrock"" (James Darren), ""Alvin Brickrock"" (Alfred Hitchcock), ""Perry Masonry/Masonite"" (Perry Mason as played by Raymond Burr), ""Mick Jadestone and The Rolling Boulders"" (Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, called ""Mick Jagged and the Stones"" in live-action film The ""Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas""), ""Eppy Brianstone"" (Brian Epstein) and ""The Beau Brummelstones"" (The Beau Brummels). Once, while visiting one of Bedrock's"
"name. The second part of the name comes from the Fitzpaine family who owned the manor between 1233 and 1393. A Roman bath house and Edwardian folly in the village of Whitestaunton were excavated by the archaeological television programme ""Time Team"". There is also evidence of iron workings in the Romano-British period, at Dunkeswell, which radiocarbon dating has placed in the 2nd century. It has been suggested that these and other iron-based technologies gave the hills a fairly industrial landscape during the Romano-British period, providing a source of the name Blackdown Hills. Local iron ores were smelted at Hemyock in"
"The Family Stone The Family Stone is a 2005 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas Bezucha. Produced by Michael London and distributed by 20th Century Fox, it stars an ensemble cast, including Diane Keaton, Craig T. Nelson, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson, Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, and Tyrone Giordano. The plot follows the Christmas holiday misadventures of the Stone family in a small New England town when the eldest son, played by Mulroney, brings his uptight girlfriend (played by Parker) home with the intention of proposing to her with a cherished heirloom ring. Overwhelmed by the"
"without having various quirks. The denizens of Bedrock have a strong sense of civic spirit and tend to participate in various charities, parades, and so forth. The city is home to a number of service organizations, the best known of which (in the context of the ""Flintstones"" television series) is the Loyal Order of Water Buffalos, which counts among its membership Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble. A police department helps protect the residents; for a period of time, Fred and Barney were members as part-time police officers. Bedrock has also been shown as having a volunteer fire department, although the"
"(also known as ""Rockhead and Quarry Cave Construction Company"" in the series' earlier episodes). The climate of Bedrock is somewhat undetermined, since different Flintstones episodes and media have portrayed it differently. Palm trees and cycads are common yard trees, suggesting a warm climate. However, episodes and movies set at Christmas time depicted plenty of snow. Sometimes the wilderness on Bedrock's outskirts appears to be desert-like, whereas at other times it resembles a tropical/subtropical jungle (as shown in the opening scenes of the theatrical animated movie ""The Man Called Flintstone""). The people of Bedrock tend to be fairly friendly, if not"
"features Fred and Barney trying to see a match featuring boxer Floyd Patterstone. The Stone Age setting allowed for gags and word plays involving rocks and minerals. For example, San Antonio becomes ""Sand-and-Stony-o""; the country to the south of Bedrock's land is called ""Mexirock"" (Mexico). Travel to ""Hollyrock"", a parody of Hollywood, usually involves an ""airplane"" flight — the ""plane"", in this case, is often shown as a giant pterosaur, with the fuselage strapped to its back. Sun Valley becomes ""Stone Valley"" and is run by ""Conrad Hailstone"" (Conrad Hilton). The last names ""Flintstone"" and ""Rubble"", as well as other"
"starred Wilma) and the teen dance program ""Shinrock"". Other favorite programs of Bedrock citizens, though not produced there, include such fare as ""Peek-a-Boo Camera""', Hum-Along-With-Herman and variety program ""The Ed Sulleystone Show"". One of Bedrock's newspapers is ""The Daily Granite"", edited by Lou Granite. For a time, ""The Daily Granite"" employed Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble as reporters. Another newspaper is ""The Daily Slab"" (which usually ended up clobbering Fred after being ""delivered"" by Arnold the Newsboy). There are also two recording companies located in Bedrock, the Keen Teen Record Company and the Flippo Record Company. In terms of educational"
"Betty Rubble Betty Rubble is a fictional character in the television animated series ""The Flintstones"" and its spin-offs and live-action motion pictures. She is the black-haired wife of caveman Barney Rubble and the adoptive mother of Bamm-Bamm Rubble. Her best friend is her next-door neighbor Wilma Flintstone. Betty lives in the fictional prehistoric town of Bedrock, a world where dinosaurs coexist with cavepeople and the cavepeople enjoy primitive versions of modern conveniences such as telephones, automobiles and washing machines. Betty's personality was based on the stock character of the lead character's best friend's wife, commonly seen in 1950s television (other"
"Blackrock with a purpose built bronze casting foundry in a house called Clonlea. Ryan Tubridy was born in Blackrock in 1973 and went to Blackrock College. He is an RTÉ presenter of radio and television shows and the current host of the long-running chat show ""The Late Late Show"". Eoin Dillon, Uilleann piper, of Kila, was brought up in the Blackrock area and lived on Idrone Terrace. Living in Blackrock influenced many of his contemporary tunes. Actor Frank Kelly, best known for playing Father Jack on the television comedy series ""Father Ted"", was born and lived for most of his"
"his family (after the restaurant mishap is cleared), who head on a secret getaway. Unfortunately, Roberta, one of Rock's admirers whom Fred met in Rome, and her brother Mario have secretly moved into Bedrock, and they chase Fred all over town, much to the confusion of Wilma, Barney, and Betty. The Man Called Flintstone soundtrack album was released on vinyl by Hanna-Barbera Records. Side A: Side B: ""Variety"" gave ""The Man Called Flintstone"" a positive review on August 10, 1966, calling the production ""excellent"" and noting that the ""stone-age scenery and machinery are mildly amusing and sometimes highly inventive"". It"
"St. Mary's Church, Castlerahan (built 1834) and St. Joseph's Church, Ballyjamesduff (built 1966) are in the Castlerahan part of the parish. Munterconnaught's Gaelic Athletic Association club has won many championships and leagues since its re-affiliation in 1969. The team was originally formed in 1926 but records date the playing of some form of football in Munterconnaught as early as the 1860s. Local celebrities included the singer-songwriter Austin Tighe, and actor Liam Riddley, who had a recurring role as ""muscles"" in the television series Glenroe. The journalist and political advisor Jim Duffy is of Munterconnaught descent through his mother, Bernadette Duffy"
"and an amusement park. Several department stores service Bedrock; among them include Macyrock's (where Fred once worked as a department store Santa Claus during the Christmas season) and Gimbelstone's (where Pebbles briefly worked as a teenager). Bedrock also features the Pyrite Advertising Agency, where Pebbles works as an adult. In the first-season episode ""The Tycoon"" (in which Fred switches places with his double, J.P. Gotrocks), Bedrock is introduced by a narrator as having ""a butcher, a baker and a pizza pie maker."" In the episode, ""The Long, Long, Long Weekend"", which originally aired on January 21, 1966, Slate Rock and"
"Red Rock (TV series) Red Rock is an Irish television soap opera set in the fictional seaside town of Red Rock near Dublin. The series was first broadcast on Virgin Media One (formerly known as ""TV3"") on 7 January 2015, and is produced by Element Pictures and Company Pictures. The show is based around the town's local Garda Station, as well as the ongoing battles between two feuding families, the Kielys and the Hennessys, whose differences often involve them getting into trouble with the Gardaí. The series is filmed on location or in studios based at the old John Player"
"features, Bedrock apparently has just one high school, Bedrock High School, alma mater of Fred Flintstone, his wife Wilma, and later his daughter Pebbles. Universities in or near Bedrock include Prinstone University. Prinstone's archrival school is Shale University; both universities are members of the Poison Ivy League. Bedrock is also not far from Oceanrock Aquarium, home of Dripper the Sealasaurus. Businesses in Bedrock include bowling alleys, pool halls (including Boulder Dan's, which Fred and Barney almost bought), health clubs, hotels, supermarkets (including Safestone's), one catering service—Cobblestone Caterers (as the owner proclaimed, ""we're the only caterer in town!""), a costume store,"
"south of the Bridgewater Canal near to the old manor house, Bedford Hall, which survives today as a Grade II listed building. Another prominent Bedford family, the Sales of Hope Carr Hall, had a great deal of influence in Bedford for over 400 years, and owned more land than the Shuttleworths. The family were recusants and secretly kept the ""old faith"" when Roman Catholicism was subject to civil or criminal penalties. Hope Carr Hall was moated as was nearby Brick House. The manor house of Westleigh was at Higher Hall and existed in Richard I's time (1189–1199). In 1292 Sigreda,"
"well as a well-developed downtown core, complete with multi-story skyscrapers. The city is also served by a freeway system that is shown in numerous episodes to be subject to gridlock, despite Bedrock's modest stated population. In one episode in the original series, it is depicted as even having its own subway system. Next door to the Flintstone residence was Tombstone Manor, home to the Gruesomes, who were parodies of the Addams Family: Weirdly, Creepella, and their son, Goblin (a.k.a. Gobby), as well as a strange assortment of relatives and pets. Later spinoffs would introduce the Frankenstones, similar monster-themed neighbors of"
"and became an immediate ratings success. As a result, animation studios moved quickly to incorporate cartoon rock bands into other programs. An early effort by Hanna-Barbera showcased the Beau Brummels as animated guests on ""The Flintstones"" sitcom in the season six episode ""Shinrock A Go-Go,"" which originally aired on December 3, 1965. Appearing as The Beau Brummelstones, the band performed ""Laugh, Laugh"" on Bedrock's TV teen dance show, ""Shinrock""—a takeoff of the ""Shindig!"" program. ""Laugh, Laugh"" was included on the 1998 four-CD expanded edition of """", a collection of American garage rock singles that helped influence the development of 1970s"
"Fred Flintstone Fred Flintstone is the main character of the animated sitcom ""The Flintstones"", which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960 to 1966. Fred is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles Flintstone. His best friend is his next door neighbor, Barney, who has a wife named Betty and an adopted son, named Bamm-Bamm. Fred lives in the fictional prehistoric town of Bedrock, a world where dinosaurs coexist with modernized cavepeople and the cavepeople enjoy ""primitive"" versions of modern conveniences such as telephones, automobiles, and washing machines. Fred's trademark catchphrase yell is"
"Fred Flintstone Fred Flintstone is the main character of the animated sitcom ""The Flintstones"", which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960 to 1966. Fred is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles Flintstone. His best friend is his next door neighbor, Barney, who has a wife named Betty and an adopted son, named Bamm-Bamm. Fred lives in the fictional prehistoric town of Bedrock, a world where dinosaurs coexist with modernized cavepeople and the cavepeople enjoy ""primitive"" versions of modern conveniences such as telephones, automobiles, and washing machines. Fred's trademark catchphrase yell is"
"boss makes him go to the parade. While there, Fred saves Stoney. At home Fred sees Pebbles and her family, and Stoney bonds with the twins. Fred says that the new addition to the family gets to put the star on the Christmas tree. Stoney thinks Fred is referring to Roxy and Chip, but it turns out it is him and he becomes a Flintstone. Bamm-Bamm helps him put on the star and they all have a happy Christmas. ""A Flintstone Family Christmas"" was originally featured on the VHS ""The Flintstones: Christmas in Bedrock"" released by Turner Home Entertainment on"
"as his ancestor. The Hatrocks later appear in the follow-up fifth-season episode ""The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes"", where they visit Bedrock. The last of the Arkanstone Flintstones was Fred's great-great-uncle Zeke Flintstone. Other relatives of Fred include: Giggles Flintstone, a rich, eccentric practical joker whose jokes drive Fred into a mad rage; Uncle Tex Hardrock, Fred's rich Texan uncle; Tumbleweed and Mary Lou Jim, Fred's rich Texan cousins; Rockbottom ""Rocky"" Flintstone, Fred's grand dad, who was a veteran of Stone World War One; Stony Flintstone, Fred's grandfather and James Hardrock, Edna's father. Fred's personality was based on that of Ralph"
"Dinotown Dinotown was a dinosaur theme park in British Columbia, which operated from 1975 to 2010. Originally located on Highway 1 at Bridal Falls, B.C. Canada, 15 minutes east of Chilliwack, British Columbia, it opened under the name Bedrock City and based around ""The Flintstones"" licensing. It reopened in 1995 under non-licensed dinosaur theming, and closed in 2010. From 2011 onwards, some temporary Dinotown exhibits operated in other locations. The Ell family opened Bedrock City in 1975. Buildings were based on the Bedrock city, featured in the Hanna-Barbera Productions television series ""The Flintstones"". Three other themed attractions held a ""Flintstones"""
"the park and returns to the depot after passing through a volcano called Mt. St. Wilma. Bedrock's City Hall welcomes visitors to the prehistoric town which includes the homes of the Flintstones, the Rubbles, Mr. Slate, and Mr. Granitebilt. Other features are a working movie cinema, playhouse theatre (featuring a show by the Flintstone Trio: Fred, Wilma, and Dino), radio station, telephone company, grocery store, police department, dentist's office, beauty parlor, stone scraper, fire department, Water Buffalo lodge, auto garage, and bank buildings. Interiors are decorated in the style of the show and feature sculpted and animated characters going about"
"""O'Shale"". Betty Rubble Betty Rubble is a fictional character in the television animated series ""The Flintstones"" and its spin-offs and live-action motion pictures. She is the black-haired wife of caveman Barney Rubble and the adoptive mother of Bamm-Bamm Rubble. Her best friend is her next-door neighbor Wilma Flintstone. Betty lives in the fictional prehistoric town of Bedrock, a world where dinosaurs coexist with cavepeople and the cavepeople enjoy primitive versions of modern conveniences such as telephones, automobiles and washing machines. Betty's personality was based on the stock character of the lead character's best friend's wife, commonly seen in 1950s television"
"The Stones (TV series) The Stones is a sitcom television series that starred Robert Klein, Judith Light, Lindsay Sloane and Jay Baruchel as the Stone family that are divorced but still live under the same roof. The show premiered on CBS on March 17, 2004 and was canceled after 3 episodes due to low ratings. It was supposed to begin in 2003 but was delayed. It was produced by David Kohan, Max Mutchnick and Jenji Kohan. Robert Bianco of USA Today gave it 1.5 stars out of four. ""This barrage of sullen sex jokes are a family affair in more"