(Meet) The Flintstones

"(Meet) The Flintstones", also worded as "Meet the Flintstones", is a song originally written Hoyt Curtin and William Hanna, who provided the lyrics and music respectively, and composed by Curtin. It is the second theme song for The Flintstones television series, replacing "Rise and Shine" in "Barney the Invisible," the second episode of season three in 1962. It was sung by The Randy Van Singers. It was reused in the 1990s TV movies I Yabba-Dabba Do! and Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby.

Over the years, the song has been remastered and used in other pieces of Flintstones media.

History
The theme song came to be because the first one, "Rise and Shine", sounded like the theme song for The Bugs Bunny Show, another cartoon during The Flintstones' time. Starting in the season three episode Barney the Invisible, "Meet the Flintstones" replaced the tune and became the primary theme song for the show since.

When the series began airing on syndicated television, only "Meet the Flintstones" was used. The practice has been since continued in multiple re-airings.

Lyrics
Fred: Yabba-Dabba-Doo!
 * Opening

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones There're the modern stone age family From the town of Bedrock, They're a page right out of history

Let's ride with the family down the street Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet When you're with the Flintstones, Have a yabba-dabba-doo time, a dabba-doo time We'll have a gay old time

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones There the modern stone age family From the town of Bedrock, There a page right out of history
 * Closing

Someday, maybe Fred will win the fight, Then the cat will stay out for the night When you're with the Flintstones, Have a Yabba-Dabba-Doo time, a Dabba-Doo time You'll have a gay old time

You'll have a gay old time

Fred: WILMA!

The Flintstone Comedy Hour
In the 1972 spin-off, The Flintstone Comedy Hour, the theme song of the show ended with, "We'll have a groovy time," replacing "gay old" with "groovy."

The New Fred and Barney Show version
For the 1980 spin-off, The New Fred and Barney Show, its theme song paid tribute to the original by using Hoyt Curtin's composition with new lyrics. It too replaced "gay" again with "great."

The B-52's version
As The B.C.-52's, the new wave band The B-52's did a cover for the 1994 live-action theatrical film, The Flintstones, and also filmed a music video with cameos of its cast.

Ann-Margret version
In the 2000 live-action theatrical film, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Ann-Margret's "Viva Rock Vegas" included lyrics from "(Meet) The Flintstones."

In popular culture

 * In the movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Del sings "(Meet) The Flintstones" on the bus, even adding "Wilma!" at the end.
 * In the movie St. Elmo's Fire, "(Meet) The Flintstones" is played on the sax.
 * In The Simpsons episode "Marge vs. the Monorail," the episode begins with a parody of Homer singing "(Meet) The Flintstones" with his own lyrics, ending when Homer crashes his car into a chestnut tree, having only paid partial attention to the road.
 * In The Office episode "Beach Games", the staff of Dunder Mifflin sing "(Meet) the Flintstones" while at a bus trip. Their boss Michael Scott improvised the background music and shouted "WILMA!" at the end.
 * In the fourth episode of Little Britain USA, when the churchgoers start singing a hymn, Andy starts singing "(Meet) the Flintstones," although he can't quite make it to the end.
 * A rendition of the theme song used in the video game The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino and Hoppy achieved meme status after Youtuber Vargskeletor Joel played a bootleg version of the game and yelled "GRAND DAD," in reference to the bootleg's name 7 Grand Dad.