The Flintstones Essays

  • Comparison: The Flintstones And The Jetsons

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    The Jetsons and The Flintstones are similar, but yet they have many differences. They are both shows that watched by many. While many may like one show better there are a majority that like them both. In my opinion I think the Jetsons are better but I still like The Flintstones too. The Differences The Jetsons The Jetsons lived in the future up in space. There are flying cars and machines that make breakfast, lunch, and dinner in under five minutes. The kids travel to school by tube and sit in

  • Comparison Of Teen Titans Go ! Vs Teen Titans

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    Teen Titans vs. Teen Titans Go! “Titans, trouble!” (Murakami N.P.) Although the original teen titans and the newer show Teen Titans Go! seem very similar at a distance they are two completely different shows and the newer show is simply a rip-off from the great classic that once was the original Teen Titans this is shown in the animation, story line, and portrayal of the characters. The animation in the two shows is extremely different which leads to the two shows having different effects on

  • The Presentation Of Gender Stereotypes In The Jetsons

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    Although animated cartoons have long been associated with children’s entertainment, the content of many cartoons suggest they are for adults as well. From character portrayal to perceived gender roles, cartoons such as The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and Scooby Doo both reflect societal values from their time periods as well as perpetuate the developed stereotypes. Cartoons produced more recently such as The Simpsons start to challenge these stereotypes instead of following blindly. Comparing the earliest

  • The Simpsons Research Paper

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    where Groening landed a deal where he would make a lot of the income from merchandising. Matt Groening said that one of the reasons The Simpsons managed to get on the air was that “there were finally some executives who remembered watching The Flintstones, The Jetsons and Jonny Quest at night as children.” (Matt Groening, cited in Tahmankera 2014: 112) Wendy Hilton-Morrow and David McMahan emphasize that, as well as “improved animation quality” and “the production of non-Saturday morning animation”

  • Winston Cigarettes Harmful Effects

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    popular culture like the flintstones to push their addictive and harmful product. Winston uses the idea of consumerism, which is the only way to grow and make a profit as a company is to sell the most to the most amount of people. Even if the most amount of people is children that have not learned the harmful effects of cigarettes yet. Cigarettes are addictive due to nicotine and once started are very hard to stop. That being said using a kids cartoon such as the flintstones to market their product

  • Laverne And Shirley Show Analysis

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    Who can forget the “Yabba dabba doo!” quote by Fred Flintstone? The quote was however originally stated as `Yabba dabba cough`. The show was used to advertise Winston cigarettes, dove and Kentucky fried chicken. Fred and Barney were the main stars of the show with their wives, Wilma and Betty respectively. The Flintstones had a daughter, Pebbles and dinosaur that acts like a dog, Dino while the Rubbles had an adopted side Bamm-Bamm. What

  • Family Changes through TV

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    believe it or not it shapes the way we are as people. TV influences us with the commercials or just even advertising in TV shows it has some effect on us. Looking back ten years to shows like “That 70’s Show”, “Reba”, or even cartoons like “The Flintstones” all have one thing in common, which is they all revolve around family life. In “That 70’s Show” there is the Forman’s, which consisted of the parents Red and Kitty, and their two teenagers Eric and Laurie, and then later foster a son, Steven. In

  • Pop Culture: The Use Of Satire In The Simpsons

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    The campaign against being a normal family sitcom continued for The Simpsons because they did not stay in their “sitcom” universe with the use pop culture references, satire, parody and intertextuality. Pop culture breaks a TV show out of the “sitcom” universe because pop culture is referencing anything currently marketed towards the majority of the public that reflects popular ideas, phenomenon, images and attitudes in a country’s culture. In 2017, any meme would be deemed pop culture. Thus,

  • Humor in The Simpsons

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    across the world believe that The Simpson’s is the best programme on television because it is funny in more ways then one. The Simpson’s uses the family lifestyle that many American TV shows have used over past (e.g. The Adam’s family, The Flintstones) but The Simpson’s has proved it is a lot more popular because it uses many more different forms of comedy which work with people from all ages. Slapstick comedy is where someone gets hurt and you laugh but if you saw it happen in real life

  • Gender Discrimination In The Millennial Generation

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    Lobna Abou Hussein Extended Essay How do American pre-21st century cartoons encourage gender discrimination in the millennial generation? Introduction: Gender discrimination, that is a form of prejudice, is one of the dangerous global issues facing all societies nowadays. It is considered as a civil rights violation, especially to women. That is interpreted by traditional stereotypes of gender roles which are over-generalized ideas about a particular group of individuals. It leads to neglecting

  • Oracle Databases

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    Oracle Databases A new energy is rising within CNS. Over the past year, many members of our administrative computing team have been developing Oracle applications. It is a new challenge to both CNS and our clients. We journey up the learning curve together and over the trial-and-error hurdles. Each day offers a new opportunity to understand another concept or process. Some faculties and departments are already using Oracle applications in their day-to-day operations. As time goes by, more and

  • Advertising and Its Impact on Children

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    Advertising has had a powerful impact on today’s children. From songs, to logos, to characters, advertisers keep in mind their audiences. Competition is the force which causes advertisers to target children. Children are targeted through the catch phrases, animated characters, and toys in these competitive advertisements. The textbook used in class (Huffman, 2002) describes that “advertising has numerous” methods to hook the individual into “buying their products and services.” The advertising

  • My Old Kentucky Home: The Golden Age Of Cartoons

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    Introduction Over the past decades, since TV was implemented in every home on a global scale, children tend to spend a great deal of time watching cartoons on a daily basis. Who doesn’t vividly remember sitting for hours in front of the television watching the famous Walt Disney cartoons such as Mickey Mouse. All kids love cartoons regardless the figures that are famous in each era owing to the fact that those colorful illustrations are captured in the minds of children from the little age. However

  • Friendship: Friendship And Friendship

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    Friendship is something we 've all experienced. And, from the wise words of Dr. Seuss, "be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind." The ability to care without judgement is a magnificent quality seeing as we all know some best friends can take “be who you are” and “say what you feel” to a whole other level. These are the friends who care, who encourage, who force you to put yourself out there. The ones who make you eat your green eggs

  • What Is Animation Essay

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    Animation is something that has brought joy to generations of people. It can be something that makes you smile or something that gives you chills. It can be something to cry over or something to something to laugh about. Animation can be anything you want. The only limit is your imagination. Animation means to have energy and enthusiasm. But in relation to film the term means to make photographs, drawings, clay models, and many other things appear to be moving. The are many different types of animation

  • Argumentative Essay On Cartoons

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    Someone is seriously going to get hurt or worse. Turn on a television set and pick a channel at random; the odds are better than fifty-fifty that the program will expose children to violent material. Naturally kids are attracted to things that captures their attention. What was a major contribution to a fun childhood? Cartoons! Cartoons are very fun to watch and learn from. However, there is something that all cartoons have in common and that is hilarious violence. The legendary tv show Tom & Jerry

  • How Did Television Influence Australian Popular Culture

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    content coming from America, as it was cheaper to import programs than produce them in Australia. Of the content that was produced in Australia most of it had strong American influences and weren’t truly Australian. Shows like I Love Lucy and The Flintstones were some of the most popular programs with the 10 most popular programs being American displaying American themes, issues and their way of life. With the lack of local content due to the infiltration of US television programs people wanted to be

  • Steven Spielberg

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    How Steven Spielburg had effect on other directors. He has been writing movies and screenplays since he was 10 years old. Many other directors only start writing when they go into college or many even high schools. However, this is why Steven is so different compared to the other directors of his time. Steven was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 18,1947. He was raised in the suburbs of Haddonfield, New Jersey and Scottsdale, Arizona. He went to California State University in Long Branch. He’s

  • Desensitization Of Body Image

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    hemisphere, women are becoming more and more independent and less in need of a man. Men seem to not understand this evolution and still believe women need to depend on them and that they must provide. In multiple cartoons from classics like The Flintstones or The Jetsons to more modern day cartoons such as F is for family, Bobs Burger and American dad, show that the family depends on the most dominant man. That shows our growing youth that they are supposed to be the "man of the house". This pattern

  • Snapchat Persuasive Essay

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    loved app on the smart phone, we suggest you adjust your date and time and jump out of the window to 2016. As much as the glaciers have melted, we can celebrate that life is not as bland as it used to be during those days of keeping up with the Flintstones In this era where thousands of incredible apps are available for free. It is possible to get lost in the jungle of app store and play store. Even though the millennials have not yet been able to figure out a way of moving out of their parent’s