While the voices of the other characters were based on their The Honeymooners counterparts, Mel Blanc was asked to model Barney's voice after the voice of Ed Norton, but he reportedly refused, thinking that it was stealing a voice from another actor, and, for the first 15 episodes of season 1, gave Barney a much higher ...

The episode "The Prowler" was banned from re-running in 1994 due to stereotypes against Asian-Americans, except in 1996 during the "Every Flintstones Ever" marathon, clips of the controversial "Judo Lesson" scene were also shown in the 2000 special "The Flintstones: Behind The Boulders" (which also noted the old ...

Voice-actor details Fred Flintstone physically resembles both the first voice actor who played him, Alan Reed, and Jackie Gleason, whose series, The Honeymooners, inspired The Flintstones.

The original name of the series in which a pilot was even made, was "The Flagstones". When it was realized that the "Hi and Lois" characters' surname was Flagston, the name was changed. The name "Gladstones" was considered and actually appeared on a number of sketches before the final change to "Flintstones".