winston cigarettes was the alternate sponsor of the first season of the tv cartoon show the flintstones.
winston cigarettes was the alternate sponsor of the first season of the tv cartoon show the flintstones.
who was the alternate sponsor of the first season of the tv cartoon show the flintstones?
winston cigarettes
miles laboratories (now part of bayer corporation) and their one-a-day vitamin brand was the alternate sponsor of the original "flintstones" series during its first two seasons, and in the late 1960s, miles introduced flintstones chewable vitamins, fruit-flavored multivitamin tablets for children in the shape of the "flintstones" characters, which are currently being sold.
the flintstones
the first offering from the new company was "the ruff & reddy show", a series which detailed the friendship between a dog and cat. despite a lukewarm response for their first theatrical venture, "loopy de loop", hanna-barbera soon established themselves with two successful television series: "the huckleberry hound show" and "the yogi bear show". a 1960 survey showed that half of the viewers of "huckleberry hound" were adults. this prompted the company to create a new animated series, "the flintstones". a parody of "the honeymooners", the new show followed a typical stone age family with home appliances, talking animals, and celebrity guests. with an audience of both children and adults, "the flintstones" became the first animated prime-time show to be a hit. fred flintstone's signature exclamation ""yabba dabba doo"" soon entered everyday usage, and the show boosted the studio to the top of the tv cartoon field. the company later produced a space-age version of "the flintstones", known as "the jetsons". although both shows reappeared in the 1970s and 1980s, "the flintstones" was far more popular.
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