The Flintstones is an animated, prime-time American television sitcom that was broadcast from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966 on ABC. The show was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The Flintstones was about a working-class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend. The show's continuing popularity rested heavily on its juxtaposition of modern everyday concerns in the Stone Age setting.

在美国洛杉矶有一个专供卡通人物居住的“图恩城”，卡通明星兔子罗杰（Charles Fleischer 配音）怀疑妻子杰西卡（凯瑟琳·特纳 Kathleen Turner 配音）有外遇，拍戏时常常走神，遭到他的搭档娃娃哈曼的奚落。卡通电影公司老板马隆便雇佣私人侦探埃迪（鲍勃·霍斯金斯 Bob Hoskins 配音）去查明情况，并拍下杰西卡偷情的照片，好让罗杰下定决心，斩断情缘，专心投入卡通系列片的拍摄。埃迪因自己的弟弟特迪不久前被“图恩城”的卡通角色暗害，也急于早日追出凶手，便慨然将此事承诺下来。而随着调查的深入，事情并不像埃迪想的那么简单，其中还另有奸情，慨然将此事承诺下来，就不能轻易放弃，埃迪能否找到案件背后的真相呢…… 本片根据加里·沃尔夫的同名畅销小说改编，同时是一部真人和动画相结合的影片。

原始人的生活是怎么样的？弗瑞德一家和他的朋友们告诉你，原始人的生活也同样精彩和有趣。开着石头做的汽车、读报纸、打石头做的高尔夫和保龄球，照相机、电话，现代物品一样不少，只是以另一种形象出现。摩登如同现代人。上班族的弗瑞德和他的邻居巴尼总会时不时的惹出一些小麻烦，一出出波折不断、爆笑有趣的故事不断在石器时代的原始小镇上演。 动画片自1960年开始首播，风靡全球。先后被译成22种语言相继在80多个国家播出。90年代被导演史蒂文.斯皮尔伯格的制作公司改编成故事片。

This popular animated television cartoon featured two Stone Age families, the Flintstones and their neighbors, the Rubbles. Much of the humor was based on its comic portrayals of modern conveniences, reinterpreted using Stone Age 'technology.' Most notably were their cars, complete with absence of floorboards to allow them to be 'foot-powered.'

这部在歌舞片发展早期拍摄的影片，堪称是当时最为奢华的好莱坞巨制。影片由后来被誉为“爵士之王”的保罗·怀特曼领衔主演，还请到了一众歌舞名手。片中的内容取自百老汇的经典演出，通过名家和管弦乐队的出色演绎，为观众感受爵士年代风情提供了一次珍贵的机会。影片在当年获得了奥斯卡最佳艺术指导奖。2013年，它还被美国国会图书馆列入国家电影目录。

This popular animated television cartoon featured two Stone Age families, the Flintstones and their neighbors, the Rubbles. Much of the humor was based on its comic portrayals of modern conveniences, reinterpreted using Stone Age 'technology.' Most notably were their cars, complete with absence of floorboards to allow them to be 'foot-powered.'