Flying Squid to Showerthoughts • 6 days agoThey haven't made too many family-friendly cartoons about an abusive husband in a toxic relationship since they stopped making The Flintstones.message-square18arrow-up172arrow-down18
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareThey haven't made too many family-friendly cartoons about an abusive husband in a toxic relationship since they stopped making The Flintstones.Flying Squid to Showerthoughts • 6 days agomessage-square18
minus-squareRhynoplazlink19•6 days agoSeth MacFarlane respectfully disagrees. But as always, Simpsons did it first.
minus-squareFlying SquidOPlink2•6 days agoI wouldn’t call either of those family-friendly. The Simpsons more so though.
minus-square@Protoknuckleslink15•6 days agoFlintstones was mostly for adults. It was prime time. Hell, they advertised cigarettes!
minus-squareChozolinkfedilink9•6 days agoKinda crazy to think that the mascots behind a wildly popular children’s vitamin tablet also sold cigarettes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•5 days agoI’m not sure about now, but very much in the 90s. I wasn’t allowed to watch them growing up.
Seth MacFarlane respectfully disagrees.
But as always, Simpsons did it first.
Homer is an abusive father, is he really an abusive husband though?
At least a dead beat one imho.
Emotionally maybe?
I wouldn’t call either of those family-friendly. The Simpsons more so though.
Flintstones was mostly for adults. It was prime time. Hell, they advertised cigarettes!
Kinda crazy to think that the mascots behind a wildly popular children’s vitamin tablet also sold cigarettes.
They cancel each other out!
I’m not sure about now, but very much in the 90s. I wasn’t allowed to watch them growing up.