The Flintstones did not really originate this concept either, since earlier animated shorts had dealt with the same concept. The most influential of these was probably Tex Avery’s “The First Bad Man”(1955), an MGM theatrical cartoon which actually shares character design elements with The Flintstones. Hanna and Barbera were undoubtedly ... More @Wikipedia
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