In the 20+ years that the Simpsons have been on the air, they have done countless parodies of other TV shows, movies, celebrities, news situations, and so one. However, its rare that they’ll actually spoof another cartoon! Few honors have taken place over the years, including The Critic, The Flintstones, and Family Guy. In a recent episode, The Simpsons did a take on one of the other most popular and long-lasting animated series on TV today, South Park, with Bart, Milhouse, Ralph, and Nelson standing in for Kenny, Kyle, Stan, and Cartman. Take a look at the clip in action below to see TV animation history! (more… )

Welcome to Rockville, your average, happy and healthy suburban town …with dinosaurs! BKN International and Cartoon One bring us a new animated series called Stone Age. Starring T-Bone Rex, Stella Stone Age, Neddy Neanderthal, Billy Brontosaurus, Cammy Bedrock, and Little Rock Rex, a group of nine-year-olds who live regular lives, just like you and I …except millions of years ago. This Flintstones-like series hopes to catch your attention — what do you think so far?

We’ve had Yogi’s First Christmas, Casper’s First Christmas, and The Smurfs Christmas Special (was it their first Christmas, too??).  Now, to continue in the holiday cheer, Boomerang is bringing all of us A Flintstones Christmas Carol later today, at 6pm.  Yabba Dabba!  …Doo!

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Ever try to draw some of your favorite cartoon characters?  What if you tried to draw… all of them?  In a single picture?  It’d be awesome if you could do it…and even more awesome if someone already did all the work for you!  Eric Wiese and Jack Gray did such a thing with dozens of characters that all look great.  Check out the full image after the break and see how many you can name!

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On Sunday October 26th, Cartoon Network’s Boomerang will be hosting a marathon of the best musical moments of The Flintstones, called Bedrock ‘N’ Roll.  The day from 8 AM to almost midnight, will showcase 15 of the series favorite episodes.  Through out the shows, be on the lookout for (or have your parents be on the lookout for) a number of special guests that appear, including Ann-Margaret, James Darren and Hoagy Carmichael.   …at least I can recognize Fred and Wilma!  Check out the classic show intro, below!

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