The Flintstones, animated television sitcom that ran from 1960 to 1966 on ABC network celebrates its 50th anniversary today. To celebrate the anniversary, Google decided to put a “Google Doodle” image up on the Google homepage (as seen to the left).

What a lot of people don’t know about The Flintstones is that it is an animated imitation of ‘The Honeymooners’. At least this is what a lot of critics and fans believe. Even though the show stopped being produced over 44 years ago, just about everyone today, no matter what generation they come from, knows who the Flintstones are.

The main characters of the show were Fred Flintstone, Wilma, Pebbles, and Dino. The TV show was originally going to be named “The Flagstones”, but producers decided to change the name to “The Flintstones”.

Happy 50th Anniversary to “The Flintstones” and their creators!