Bedrock (The Flintstones) Bedrock (The Flintstones) Bedrock is the fictional prehistoric city which is home to the characters of the animated television series The Flintstones. Though the first two seasons' opening credits of the original "Flintstones" series stated the town's population as only 2,500 people (though it did swell to 30,000 in a dream sequence in the sixth-season episode entitled "Rip Van Flintstone"), Bedrock was generally presented as a medium-sized American city, with all the amenities of such, but with a "prehistoric" twist. For instance, sauropod dinosaurs were seen being used as cranes at the town's most well-known employer, "Slate Rock and Gravel"
Animation in the United States in the television era originally aired during prime time when the whole family would be watching television. "The Flintstones" was the first of several prime-time animated series from Hanna-Barbera, which included "The Jetsons", "Top Cat", and "Jonny Quest". But after the end of "The Flintstones" in 1966, Hanna-Barbera largely turned its efforts to the growing market for Saturday morning cartoons, outside of isolated series for first run syndication in the 1970s such as "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home". Hanna-Barbera was notorious for using common tropes in its series. Its original series of the late 1950s through mid-1960s all featured anthropomorphic animals, usually an