CNN History of the Sitcom June 4, 2024 06:03:00
Dishes? >> i just can't wait till they invent the faucet. >> with all the progress that was happening in the late '50s and '60s, "the flintstones" is an escape from the pressures of the modern family and the question, is progress good? >> [ laughs ] >> it was kind of a satire on the consumerism -- "get the newest thing for your kitchen, get the newest kind of car with, you know, these kind of stone wheels." they have a car and it has wheels, but you need your legs to make it move. i bet that is how they did it. >> a lot of people think it was a cartoon on saturdays. that was actually a network...