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DrDadJokes
it was Smol Canyon back in the days
IakobZ
Ok that's brilliant
icannotthinkofanyrationalname
Sweet. The timeline on that. Given that homo sapiens is about 300,000 years old, and the Grand Canyon about 5 to 6 million. Though they also had dinosaurs in the Flintstones, so I am down with the reference.
bizclassisforsissies
Regular visitor to the Grand Canyon here… I swear, SWEAR, every time I am there, it is impossible to not think about this Flintstones moment.
PizzaCraig
I'll be there in the next week or so, and this will be playing on loop in my head.
tolson9
Celebrating Christmas before the birth of Christ...
icantbelieveistillhavetoprotestthiscrap
IIRC they knew they were counting down to something big, they just weren't sure what.
Laika341
FlaskandStein
That's deep man
Gelaticat
Not yet. But give it time.
lightfoot2
clever
16KTS
It’s a little crack. That’s great.
mycatsings
tolson9
The Flintstones owned this home and a car on a single salary from a husband working at Slate Rock and Gravel
meowingintensifies
Wilma was a SAHM for a single child (Pebbles). Flintstones had a large breed pet (Dino). They also had all major appliances (also pet-like).
CharlesTooke
Betty Rubble won the Sexist Cartoon Award for years, followed by Blondie Bumstead as a close second.
OhIfIMust
magnemoe4
The weirdest thing about this is that it would be an larger river then it started as in large then the stream but it would just be another river not an tourist attraction.
Hovencl00f
Before the Great Flood that is what Fundamentalists claim...
ThadisJones
The Grand Canyon was about 5 or 6 million years old by the time Stone Age people reached the Americas, so it would have been geologically practically identical to its current appearance, so this joke makes no sense. On the other hand the Flintstones also shows dinosaurs and humans together so it's not exactly scientifically rigorous at all.
19marcurious57
'.......it's not exactly scientifically rigorous...' Drumpf's logic.
NotACanadian
This is actually documentary evidence of Homo hannabarbarii, an obscure hominid species only fully described in the 1960s.
ipokeangrycats
GrandChampion
I think I heard the show was intended to be a cartoon targeted at mature audiences.
iktome99
Created primarily to promote cigarettes
GrandChampion
Damn those smooth Winstons
bingotown
Modeled after the Honeymooners iirc. Watched it a ton as a kid. Yabba dabba dude I’m old.
michiyl
Well, you could've watched it as a rerun
OhIfIMust
Muffinburgler
Cartoons didn't become "for kids" until the 80's, when companies realized they could make bank on cartoon toy merch.
Fanner50
Sponsored by a cigarette company
TheDreadPirateMontoya
They even did animated ads for the company: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqdTBDkUEEQ
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
Was this really an episode? Because it's hilarious if it is.
Rogerwilco1974
It was a pretty short episode if it was.
CriminallyMysophobic
It was! Wilma said "so thats the grand canyon hug.. doesn't look like much. " and Fred replied "not now, hut they expect it to be a big thing some day!"
Poopoopeepeevagina
Hilarious
diepgat
Here's the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf4pUZPaz5k
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JB4T5
It was a pterodactyl; so, not so much a 'craft' as a 'mount'
ReallyOG
Look like an ‘Okay’ Canyon to me.
Beethovenopus027
Yep. Sure was
Jaqdakloun
It is, I saw a rerun of it many,many moon cycles ago.
candar
it's absolutely the level of humor of the show, one way or the other
TheSimpleDude
yes it was, I remember watching this episode. Yes I am old
raskirorikson8
So you are saying, you are almost as old as the grand canyon?
TheSimpleDude
TheCryptid
how far back in time are the flintstones set? XD
Hotjoe1991
It actually takes place the same time as The Jetsons
icantbelieveistillhavetoprotestthiscrap
In one episode they talked about seeing the movie “Two Million Years B.C.”, which was all about life in the future.
bolobass
I heard it was set simultaneously with the Jetsons
Syko73
No, but there was a crossover episode between the 2
ithoughtyousaidmorningrum
They're a modern Stone Age family.
bloodtaker3
From the
Town of Bedrock
bloodtaker3
*goddammit. Wrong line.
darthinebriated
They're a page right out of history.
BrockEffingSamson
TheCryptid
I didnt really expect (or want) a real answer, my comment was a throw away semi-joke, but thanks everyone for answering <3
Randomice
It's right out of history.
RooGryphon
according to whom
Randomice
The intro song.
diepgat
In the far future. They live beneath the Jetsons flying cities.
https://imgur.com/ikp5x
mouse209
Following this theory... it meant the earth experienced an event that filled-up the Grand Canyon. Things have settled. Life is rebounding. And the Grand Canyon 2.0 is just starting to receed again.
11Weasel11
The truth the government doesn't want you to know!!!
BrockEffingSamson
Niagaran
The Jetsons was set in 2062 and George was 40 so he would've been born 4 years ago.
DudeThatsRacist
Ignoring the evolutionary inconsistencies, The Grand Canyon was formed between 5-6 million years ago. In the human evolutionary timeline,
DudeThatsRacist
This would put it close to common ancestor split between modern chimps and humans which is close to 6-7 million years; think Ardipithecus
jackal696
Damn science yoinks the fun outta mindless cartoons again! Appreciate your answer the more you know
CBadger
So around the time the straight of gibraltar opened up and flooded what is now the mediterranean sea. Neat.
MadamPuddifoot
Hey I just learned about that from that red haired lady!
CBadger
Dr Hannah Fry! Been a fan of hers for years, shes pretty great.
Immycatsdad
She's a pip!
BillyBobJimJoeJames
No era. Dinosaurs didn't know humans. And vice versa.
Mockingbirb
Well, we all know OP's mom
CBadger
Tell that to the chicken in my freezer.
TheCryptid
yeah I understand how it doesnt come across well sometimes as text but I wasnt really serious in asking that XD
innagaddavidababy
There’s no answer to that. The setting had aspects from history that were 100 million years apart.
aShogunNamedMarcus
Well they didn't know them in the biblical sense, we had to wait for Bad Dragon to come along
qtRaven
Give it time. Someday people will get their Jurassic Waifus.
StarscreamAndHutch
Anyone remember DinosaursFuckingRobots.com? Just reminded me this existed and was hilarious.
DudeThatsRacist
No, but I do remember DragonsFuckingCars
aShogunNamedMarcus
"Announcement: Our sister sub is back! Cars fucking Dragons rides again!" my sides!