was a network sitcom that was animated. >> i'm 7 years old and my mom used to get just furious, shaking angry at me for watching "the flintstones" because it's really a show for adults. >> i remember i was so sad for betty, and the fact that they couldn't have children. [crying] >> we're so anxious to have a baby, we take it out on fred and wilma. >> betty and barney talk about adopting. >> a baby. >> that's unusual. >> we want to do everything according to law, ma'am. >> that had not been heard before. >> it was a smash hit. >> "the flintstones" was on for six years. >> yahoo! you're the greatest, fred. >> it was really on the cutting edge of escaping for an american audience hungry for it. >> the communist rulings of east berlin reinforce barricades.