children. >> we're so anxious to have a baby, we take it out on fred and wilma. >> they talk about adopting. 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 cutttin edge of escapism for an american audience that was hungry for it. >> the communist rulers of east berlin reinforced their barricades. >> in the early and mid-60s, there's so much turmoil in terms of the civil rights movement, in terms of vietnam. there's a real crisis of identity. >> and there is a pattern in american entertainment, of when things get really serious, we've got to get silly. >> i just don't understand it.