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Evolution of Graphic Design in Fifa World Cup

Jitu — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:51:38 +0000

Fifa World Cup 2010, the biggest and the most awaited event of the year, is just 84 days away. While the individual talents of the players and managers inspire many of the youths around the earth, it is time for the designers to get inspired. Designers can get hell lot of inspiration from the posters, logos and the mascots used in this tournament. Each and every poster, logo or Mascot has a very close relation to where the tournament is being hosted. It relates to the color and nationality of the nation which hosts this tournament.

World Cup Posters

1930 — Uruguay

1934 — Italy

1938 — France

1950 — Brazil

1954 — Switzerland

1958 — Sweden

1962 — Chile

1966 — England

1970 — Mexico

1974 — West Germany

1978 — Argentina

1982 — Spain

1986 — Mexico

1990 — Italy

1994 — USA

1998 — France

2002 — Korea/Japan

2006 — Germany

2010 — South Africa

Logos

1950 — Brazil

1954 — Switzerland

1958 — Sweden

1962 — Chile

1966 — England

1970 — Mexico

1974 — West Germany

1978 — Argentina

1982 — Spain

1986 — Mexico

1990 — Italy

1994 — USA

1998 — France

2002 — Korea/Japan

2006 — Germany

2010 — South Africa

Mascots

World Cup Willie

A lion, a typical symbol of the United Kingdom, wearing a Union Flag jersey with the words “WORLD CUP”.

Juanito

A boy wearing Mexico’s kit and a sombrero (with the words “MEXICO 70″). His name is the diminutive of “Juan”, a common name in Spanish.

Tip and Tap

Two boys wearing Germany kits, with the letters WM (Weltmeisterschaft, World Cup) and number 74.

Gauchito

A boy wearing Argentina’s kit. His hat (with the words ARGENTINA ‘78), neckerchief and whip are typical of gauchos.

Naranjito

An orange, a typical fruit in Spain, wearing the kit of the host’s national team. Its name comes from naranja, Spanish for orange, and the diminutive suffix “-ito”.

Pique

A jalapeño pepper, characteristic of Mexican cuisine, with a moustache and wearing a sombrero. Its name comes from picante, Spanish for spicy peppers and sauces.

Ciao

A stick figure player with a football head and an Italian tricolore body. Its name is an Italian greeting.

Striker, the World Cup Pup

A dog, a common American pet animal and icon, wearing a red, white and blue football uniform with the words “USA 94″.

Footix

A rooster, one of the national symbols of France, with the words “FRANCE 98″ on the chest. Its body is mostly blue, like the host’s national team shirt and its name is a portmanteau of “football” and the ending “-ix” from the popular Astérix comic strip. Other proposed names were “Raffy”, “Houpi” and “Gallik”.

Ato, Kaz and Nik (The Spheriks)

Orange, purple and blue (respectively) futuristic, computer-generated creatures. Collectively members of a team of "Atmoball" (a fictional football-like sport), Ato is the coach while Kaz and Nik are players. The three individual names were selected from shortlists by users on the Internet and at McDonald’soutlets in the host countries.

Goleo VI

A lion wearing a Germany shirt with the number 06 and a talking football named Pille. Goleo is a portmanteau of the words "goal" and "leo", the Latin word for lion. In Germany, "Pille" is a colloquial term for a football.

Zakumi

Zakumi is a leopard with green hair wearing a shirt saying South Africa 2010. Zakumi’s green and gold colors represents South African national sports’ teams colors. His name comes from "ZA", the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for South Africa, and "kumi", a word that means "ten" in various African languages.

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Amazing T-Shirt Graphic Designs Collection

Amazing T-Shirt Graphic Designs Collection

Jitu — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:10:14 +0000

Many of the graphic designers around the world would have surely tried to come up with something new design for the t-shirts that they wear. In this post our try is to inspire these people to get into a different style of t-shirt design. It might also do wonders for the ones who haven’t tried designing their own t-shirts.

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Most Essential WordPress Plugins Every Blogger Must Know

Admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:20:56 +0000

WordPress Plugins allow easy modification, customization, and enhancement to a WordPress blog. Instead of changing the core programming of WordPress, you can add functionality with Wordpress Plugins. Here is a basic definition:

WordPress Plugin: A WordPress Plugin is a program, or a set of one or more functions, written in the PHP scripting language, that adds a specific set of features or services to the WordPress weblog.

If you want to avoid or minimize plugins then you should try wordpress hack.

How to install a Wordpress Plugin:

There are two ways in which you can install wordpress plugins

1. Using FTP

Download the latest version of the WordPress Plugin to your computer.
With an FTP program, access your site’s server.
Upload (copy) the Plugin file(s) or folder to the /wp-content/plugins folder.
In your WordPress Administration Panels, click on Plugins from the menu at the top.
You should see your new Plugin listed. If not, with your FTP program, check the folder to see if it is installed. If it isn’t, upload the file(s) again. If it is, delete the files and upload them again.
To turn the WordPress Plugin on, click Activate on the far right side of the list.
Check your Administration Panels or WordPress blog to see if the Plugin is working.

2. Directly through the Wordpress Admin

Once a blogger is logged in, open the “Plugins” menu on the dashboard’s sidebar and click the “Add New” option.
To find a specific Wordpress plugin, enter the name in the search box, or the general type of plugin (i.e. forum plugins). There is also an option to search the newest and the most popular Wordpress plugins – just click the “newest” or “popular” links at the top of the page.
Once the desired plugin is located, click the “install” link on the right side of the page. A box will appear; click the orange “Install Now” button.
A new screen will appear during the plugin installation process. Once installation is complete, a link will appear “Actions: Activate Plugin.” Click this link to immediately activate the plugin.
Once a Wordpress plugin is activated, the options and settings associated with that plugin can be managed by expanding the “Settings” menu on the dashboard sidebar; click on the name of the plugin to manage the various settings.

Wordpress is mostly a popular CMS for the blogging platform amongst the bloggers. We know the flexibility of the wordpress. It is very easy to develop a customized blog on the wordpress with a very little knowledge and effort. This happens because of wordpress plugins and widgets. There are more then 8,425 plugins available for download on wordpress.org. Wordpress plugins are very easy to install and use. For every purpose there are multiple types of plugins available with different features and functionality.

Most difficult part is how to choose plugins for your requirement. Every user has a different requirement and taste. To find best thing from a huge collection is tough.

In this list we are providing you some very essential wordpress plugins to enhance your blog.

1. Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu

As you start wordpress I will recommend you to install this plugin. The reason is that it provides a drop down feature in the wordpress admin panel. It provides a smooth navigation in the admin panel which will decrease the time and increase the work efficiency.
Description:
All admin links are available in a neat horizontal CSS driven drop down menu. No need to click on “Manage” then “Pages” to edit pages, go to any admin page from any admin page.
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2. Google Analytics for WordPress

If you are running a website or blog you most know about its performance and statistics so it is most that you should use analytic feature. So if you are using Google analytics then you surely require this plugin.
Description:
The Google Analytics for WordPress plugin automatically tracks and segments all outbound links from within posts, comment, author links, links within comments, blogroll links and downloads. It also allows you to track AdSense clicks, add extra search engines, track image search queries and it will even work together with Urchin.
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3. StatPress Reloaded

This plugin (a highly improved fork of StatPress) shows you real time statistics about your blog. It collects information about visitors, spiders, search keywords, feeds, browsers, OS etc.
Once the plugin StatPress has been activated it immediately starts to collect information. Using StatPress Reloaded you can see your visitors actions while they are surfing your blog or check which are the preferred pages, posts and categories. In the Dashboard menu you will find the StatPress Reloaded page where you could look up the statistics (overview or detailed). StatPress Reloaded also includes a widget you can add to a sidebar (or easy PHP code if you can’t use widgets!).
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4. All in One SEO Pack

Advanced Canonical URLs
Fine tune Page Navigational Links
Built-in API so other plugins/themes can access and extend functionality
ONLY plugin to provide SEO Integration for WP e-Commerce sites
Nonce Security
Support for CMS-style WordPress installations
Automatically optimizes your titles for search engines
Generates META tags automatically
Avoids the typical duplicate content found on Wordpress blogs
For beginners, you don’t even have to look at the options; it works out-of-the-box. Just install.
For advanced users, you can fine-tune everything
You can override any title and set any META description and any META keywords you want.
Backward-Compatibility with many other plugins, like Auto Meta, Ultimate Tag Warrior and others.

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5. FD Feedburner Plugin

Redirects the main feed and optionally the comments feed to Feedburner.com. It does this seamlessly without the need to modify templates, setup new hidden feeds, modify .htaccess files, or asking users to migrate to a new feed. All existing feeds simply become Feedburner feeds seamlessly and transparently for all users. Just tell the plugin what your Feedburner feed URL is and you’re done.
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5. Google XML Sitemaps

This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com to better index your blog. With such a sitemap, it’s much easier for the crawlers to see the complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently. The plugin supports all kinds of WordPress generated pages as well as custom URLs. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content.
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6. Sociable

Automatically add links to your favorite social bookmarking sites on your posts, pages and in your RSS feed. You can choose from 99 different social bookmarking sites! WordPress 2.6 or above is required.
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7. Twitter for Wordpress

Twitter for WordPress displays yours latest tweets in your WordPress blog.

Simple
Customizable
Widget support
No options page (yes, it’s a feature)
Uses Wordpress resources (no extra files needed)
Detects URLs, e-mail address and @username replies

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8. WP to Twitter

The WP-to-Twitter plugin posts a Twitter status update from your WordPress blog using either the Cli.gs or Bit.ly URL shortening services to provide a link back to your post from Twitter.
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9. Twitter Tools

Twitter Tools is a plugin that creates a complete integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account.
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10. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin

Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) gives you a list of posts and/or pages related to the current entry, introducing the reader to other relevant content on your site. Key features include:
An advanced and versatile algorithm: Using a customizable algorithm considering post titles, content, tags, and categories, YARPP calculates a “match score” for each pair of posts on your blog. You choose the threshold limit for relevance and you get more related posts if there are more related posts and less if there is less.
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11. Post-Plugin Library

The Post-Plugin Library does nothing by itself but must be installed to provide shared code for the Similar Posts, Recent Posts, Random Posts, Popular Posts, and Recent Comments plugins.
Download

12. Register Plus

Enhance your Registration Page.

Custom Logo
Password Field
Invitation Codes
Captcha Validation
Email Validation
User Moderation

Download

13. WP FollowMe

WP FollowMe is a wordpress plugin that allow you to add a twitter “Follow me” badge on your wordpress blog.
Download

14. Evermore

Evermore automatically abbreviates all posts when they appear on a multiple-post page such as the main blog page. It has the same effect as putting after the first paragraph of every post. All formatting and HTML tags are preserved in the abbreviated post. You can manually set word count for read more.
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15. Advertising Manager

This plugin will manage and rotate your Google Adsense and other ads on your Wordpress blog. It automatically recognizes many ad networks including Google Adsense, AdBrite, Adify, AdGridWork, Adpinion, Adroll, Chitika, Commission Junction, CrispAds, OpenX, Shopping Ads, Yahoo!PN, and Widget Bucks. Other ad networks can be used as well.
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16. Akismet

Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not and lets you review the spam it catches under your blog’s “Comments” admin screen.
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17. Secure Wordpress

Remove Error information on login page; adds index.html to plugin directory; removes the wp-version, except in admin area.

removes error-information on login-page
adds index.php plugin-directory (virtual)
removes the wp-version, except in admin-area
removes Really Simple Discovery
removes Windows Live Writer
remove core update information for non-admins
remove plugin-update information for non-admins
remove theme-update information for non-admins (only WP 2.8 and higher)
hide wp-version in backend-dashboard for non-admins
Add string for use WP Scanner
Block bad queries

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18. WP Security Scan

Scans your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions.

passwords
file permissions
database security
version hiding
WordPress admin protection/security
removes WP Generator META tag from core code

Download

19. NextGen Gallery

NextGEN Gallery is a full integrated Image Gallery plugin for WordPress with a Flash slideshow option.
Download

20. WP-PageNavi

Adds a more advanced paging navigation to your WordPress site.
Download

21. Contact Form 7

Contact Form 7 can manage multiple contact forms, plus you can customize the form and the mail contents flexibly with simple markup. The form supports Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and so on.

Download

22. reCAPTCHA WordPress Plugin

The reCAPTCHA WordPress plugin uses a CAPTCHA to prevent comment spam and also uses Mail Hide to prevent email spam.

Download

23. WP-DB-Backup

WP-DB-Backup allows you easily to backup your core WordPress database tables. You may also backup other tables in the same database.

Download

24. Broken Link Checker

This plugin will monitor your blog looking for broken links and let you know if any are found.

Monitors links in your posts, pages, the blogroll, and custom fields (optional).
Detects links that don’t work and missing images.
Notifies you on the Dashboard if any are found.
Also detects redirected links.
Makes broken links display differently in posts (optional).
Link checking intervals can be configured.
New/modified posts are checked ASAP.
You view broken links, redirects, and a complete list of links used on your site, in the Tools -> Broken Links tab.
Searching and filtering links by URL, anchor text and so on is also possible.
Each link can be edited or unlinked directly via the plugin’s page, without manually editing each post.

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25. AddToAny

Help readers share, save, bookmark, and email your posts and pages using any service, such as Facebook, Twitter, Digg, Delicious, and over 100 more social bookmarking and sharing sites. The button comes with AddToAny’s customizable Smart Menu, which places the services visitors use at the top of the menu, based on each visitor’s browsing and usage history.
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26. TwitterLink Comments

This plugin will add an extra field to your comment form so a user can add their Twitter username. A user configured ‘follow me’ link is then displayed along with their details on all their comments.
Download
Tutorial
home page

References

blogs.suite101.com
lorelle.wordpress.com

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If Anything Missing related to wordpress Plugins let me know. If you have any suggesion on this topic please post in comment section we will try to improve our topic and content.

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45+ Refreshing New Vector Wallpapers Collection

rocky — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:27:27 +0000

Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon(s), which are all based on mathematical equations, to represent images in computer graphics. Vector graphics formats are complementary to raster graphics, which is the representation of images as an array of pixels, as it is typically used for the representation of photographic images.

I hope these colorful Vector Wallpapers will look beautiful on your desktop.

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Latest Amazing Photoshop Layer Styles

Jitu — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:38:22 +0000

Photoshop Style is a very useful and easy way to improve your productivity. By using photoshop style effects you can easily develop and create text effects, web2.0 effects and create logos.

chameleon style no.1 by ~Ashung

chameleon style no.2 by ~Ashung

Color Candy photoshop style by ~Ashung

220 Amazing Free Photoshop Layer Styles

Ultimate Web 2.0 Layer Styles

Spice up your design with 56 Photoshop layer styles

42 Photoshop Layer Styles for Button Design – Free Download

Photoshop Style Full Set by ~Servetinci

Web 2.0 Layer Effects by ~verbaska

26 MATTE Photoshop Styles

STYLES 01 by ~LucianaMorin

STYLES 02 by ~LucianaMorin

Styles 03 by ~LucianaMorin

Styles .4 by *crazykira-resources

Web 2.0 Styles by *crazykira-resources

Web Styles by *crazykira-resources

CHRISTMAS PHOTOSHOP STYLES by `DigitalPhenom

Photoshop Style Ver. 1.2 by ~General1991

Photoshop Style Ver. 1.3 by ~General1991

Photoshop Style Ver. 1.4 by ~General1991

Photoshop Style Ver. 1.5 by ~General1991

Ballon style by ~widepngstock

Zwart Styles by `kjherstin

Style’s Pac 8 – By unsueno by ~unsueno

10 Style by ~Alikalak

45 caramel styles by *Hvostoroga

Styles by: Kiulin by ~Yoshi-9

Leather styles by ~Lucifer017

nana Photoshop style 2 by ~la0o0la

nana Photoshop style by ~la0o0la

Style glass by ~Lucifer017

My new collection style Safari by ~Lucifer017

Styles .3 by *crazykira-resources

Layer Styles Web 2.0 by *Wearwolfaa

Free Photoshop Styles by ~Destinyeah

Web 2dot0 Styles

Glowing PS styles by ~Sultan-Almarzoogi

Neon Styles by *Wearwolfaa

New photoshop styles by ~Sultan-Almarzoogi

Photoshop Text Style Pack by =spud100

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55+ Inspirations and Examples of Photo Manipulation

Jitu — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:27:19 +0000

Photo manipulation is the application of image editing techniques to photographs in order to create an illusion or deception (in contrast to mere enhancement or correction), through analog or digital means. Its uses, cultural impact, and ethical concerns have made it a subject of interest beyond the technical process and skills involved.

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50+ sets of Latest Photoshop color gradients

rocky — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:38:30 +0000

If you are a web or a Graphic Developer then Adobe Photoshop is a necessary tool. If you want to do powerful work quickly then your Photoshop application should be loaded with all the most important things like brushes, styles and Gradients. Everyone knows the power of Gradients. It has .grd extension. If you have proper gradient set in your Photoshop then you can make some beautiful eye catching stuff. If you like web2.0 effect then load the gradient of web2.0 and start the work.

In this post I have tried to find the best available gradients with web2.0 and glossy effect.

How to Install:

Open your Adobe Photoshop then Edit -> Preset Manager.. -> set Preset type to Gradient -> click to load -> Browse and select your favorite gradient set and then click done.

Uber Glossy Gradients (Not available for Download)

Adobe CS3 Gradients

130 Ultimate Web 2.0 Gradients

Shattereds Gradients

Pastel Gradients by ~shattereddesigns07

Apple Gradients

iPhone Gradation Set by ~woopsdez

BOLD gradient pack

Gradients by Kip

Vintage Gradients by ~ARTiK-NL

new gradients by naderbellal

84 Gradients for Photoshop by Yoshi-9 (Not available for Download)

Adobe Gradients Pack by magnet14

75 Modern Photoshop Gradients by ~Falco953

1000 Free Gradients – Web 2.0 Gradients

Fluo Gradient by *xneoz

In The PiNk Gradient Set by ~kittenbella

Ultimate Black Layer Styles by ~Yoshi-9 (Not available for Download)

Gradation like glossy by ~mr-hachidaime

70 gradients by ~ypt10

ModernLife Web2.0 pallete by ~PixelCrunch

Gradients 05-web style by *crazykira-resources

soft gradient by *ademmm

Tunersworld Gradient Pack by ~WWilliamson

Tango Gradients by ~kano89

48 Colorful Gradients by ~sailorssweetheart

Web 2.0 Style gradients by ~alexjames01

Web 2.0 Photoshop gradients by ~verbaska

Dooffy gradients set001DC by ~Dooffy-Design

Dooffy gradients set002DC by ~Dooffy-Design

Metallic Gradients Pack by ~theonlyremedy

50 Summer Gradients by ~Adoralyna

50 Autumn Gradients by ~Adoralyna

50 Winter Gradients by ~Adoralyna

PSP Gradients 3 by ~ak2290

Zonda’s GRADIENT PACK by ~Zonda333

DarkLight Styles and Gradients by *Nanie-nyo

Gradients Pack 01 by ~kiarajoy-stock

Monochromatic Gradients by ~purple-graphics

Coffe Psp Gradients by ~ElvenSword

10 Vista Gradient Bars by ~ThaMex4lif3

400 Gradient Varieties by ~Liasmani

88 Gradient Varieties by ~Liasmani

79 Gradient Varieties by ~Liasmani

66 Gradient Varieties by ~Liasmani

Emerald Dragon Ps Gradients by ~ElvenSword

Heritage Platinum Ps Gradients by ~ElvenSword

Ocean Breeze Ps Gradients by ~ElvenSword

AKLPs Gradient Pack 1 by ~AKLP

AKLPs Gradient Pack 2 by ~AKLP

New Addition

20 Gradients 09-web style by *crazykira-resources

Faded Gradient Pack by =Rawox

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90+ Amazing Grunge Typography Collection

Jitu — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:58:45 +0000

Grunge is a trend that is probably the opposite of everything known as clean. You call it ugly or dirty but still it has found its way to let you make some fascinating designs.

In this post we will be providing you with some amazing grunge style typography.

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Valentine’s Day Wallpapers – Symbol of Heart and Love

Jitu — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:12:01 +0000

Saint Valentine’s Day (commonly shortened to Valentine’s Day) is an annual holiday held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The holiday is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as “valentines”). The holiday first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.

Modern Valentine’s Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid.

In this article we are providing 60+ wallpapers that could fill your desktop with the spirit of Love on this Valentine’s Day.

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50 Years of Journey of “The Flintstones”

Jitu — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:26:03 +0000

This article is a tribute to “The Flintstones” on its 50th Birthday

Flintstones, meet the Flintstones, They’re a modern stoneage 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, You’ll have a gay old time!

The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from 1960 to 1966 on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions (H-B) and celebrating 50 years on the air in 2010, The Flintstones is about a working class Stone Age man’s life with his family and his next door neighbor and best friend. It has since been re-released on both DVD and VHS.

This show played like a prehistoric Honeymooners and its popularity rested heavily on its juxtaposition of modern-day concerns in the Stone Age setting.

Meet The Flintstones

Fred and Wilma Flintstone and their best friends, Barney and Betty Rubble, live in the prehistoric city of Bedrock but faces the problems of contemporary working-class life. After a day at the rock quarry, Fred and Barney arrive home in a stone-age vehicle with stone wheels and a fringe on top. Their lives revolve around their home, friends, and leisure activities: a world of drive-ins, bowling, and their “Water Buffalo” lodge. They have a baby dinosaur and a saber tooth tiger as the family dog and cat. In 1962 and 1963, Pebbles and Bamm Bamm appears as the daughter and adopted son of the Flintstones and Rubbles respectively.

“The Flintstones” was a Hanna-Barbera Production that originally aired on ABC-TV in prime time from 1960-1966. It was network television’s first animated series to which there were 166 original episodes.

The original name of the series in which a pilot was even made, was “The Flagstones”. When it was realized that the “Hi and Lois” characters’ surname was Flagstone, the name was changed. The name “Gladstones” was considered and actually appeared on a number of sketches before the final change to “Flintstones”.

Living in the stone-age didn’t keep The Flintstones from enjoying the best of modern conveniences. From a ram’s horn telephone (a must for Wilma’s gossip sessions) to a skin-topped convertable with stone wheels, the series was constantly showing today’s nifty gadgets with a stone-age twist. Even something as simple as the paperboy throwing Fred his Sunday edition was a major hoot — especially when the oversized stone tablet nailed him in the head.

The original opening sequence features Fred driving home from work, racing through the streets of Bedrock. Upon arriving home he runs his car into the garage, then goes in the house to sit down and watch TV (Not too dissimilar than the opening of “the Simpsons”).

In the original closing sequence, Fred turns off the TV set, covers the bird cage, and attempts to put the cat out, which puts Fred out instead. These sequences were only used for the first two seasons and many people have never seen them, because the later, more familiar opening and closing themes were usually used for all episodes during syndication.

It wasn’t until the third season when the opening and closing sequences had the “Meet the Flintstones” theme song. This opening shows Fred sliding down the tail of his dino-crane at the quarry, then Wilma, Dino and the cat pile in the car where they drive to the movies. The closing sequence shows them driving from the movies to a drive-in restaurant where Fred orders ribs which tip over the car, and then drive home, and Fred still attempts to put the cat out.
These sequences were changed slightly throughout the seasons to include the Rubbles and then again to include Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm.

The very first episode aired on September 30, 1960. Titled “The Flintstone Flyer” (P-2), it was actually the second Flintstones episode produced (after The Swimming Pool, P-1), but the first to air. Fred and Barney want to go bowling instead of being dragged to the opera by Wilma and Betty. Fred fakes being sick and Barney flies them to the bowling alley in his hand-cranked helicopter!!!!!

Characters

Frederick Joseph “Fred” Flintstone – The main character. Fred is an accident-prone quarry worker and head of The Flintstone clan. He is quick to anger (usually over inconsequential matters) but a very loving husband and father.

Wilma Pebble Slaghoople Flintstone – Fred’s wife. She is somewhat more intelligent and level-headed than her husband.

Barney Rubble – Fred’s best friend and next door neighbor. He and Fred are both members of the fictional “Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes” (Lodge No. 26), a men-only club paralleling real-life fraternities such as the Freemasons.

Betty Rubble – Barney’s wife and best friend of Wilma.

Pebbles Flintstone – The Flintstones’ infant daughter.

Bamm-Bamm Rubble – the Rubbles’ abnormally strong adopted son. His name comes from the only words he ever speaks: “Bamm” and “Bamm”.

Dino – The Flintstones’ pet dinosaur, who barks like a puppy.

Baby Puss – The Flintstones’ pet saber toothed cat.

Mr. Slate – Fred Flintstone’s hot tempered boss at the stone quarry.

Films and subsequent TV series

Following the show’s cancellation in 1966, a film based upon the series was created. The Man Called Flintstone was a musical spy caper that parodied James Bond and other secret agents. The movie was released to theaters on August 3, 1966 by Columbia Pictures. It was released on DVD in Canada in March 2005 and in United States in December 2008.

The show was revived in the early 1970s with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm having grown into teenagers, and several different series and made-for-TV movies (broadcast mainly on Saturday mornings, with a few shown in prime time); including a series depicting Fred and Barney as police officers, another depicting the characters as children, and yet others featuring Fred and Barney encountering Marvel Comics superhero The Thing and comic strip character The Shmoo — have appeared over the years. The original show also was adapted into a live-action film in 1994, and a prequel, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, which followed in 2000.

Television series

* The Flintstones (1960–66)
* The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971–72)
* The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972–73)
* Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977–78)
* The New Fred and Barney Show (1979)
* Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979)
* Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–80)
* The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–82)
* The Flintstone Funnies (1982–84)
* The Flintstone Kids (1986–88)
* Dino: World Premiere Toons – featuring “Stay Out!” (1995) and “The Great Egg-Scape” (1997)
* Cave Kids: Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm (2000)

Theatrical animated feature

* The Man Called Flintstone (1966, released by Columbia Pictures)

Television specials

* A Flintstone Christmas (1977)
* The Flintstones: Little Big League (1978)
* The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (1979)
* The Flintstones’ New Neighbors (1980)
* The Flintstones: Fred’s Final Fling (1980)
* The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma (1981)
* The Flintstones: Jogging Fever (1981)
* The Flintstones’ 25th Anniversary Celebration (1986)
* The Flintstone Kids’ “Just Say No” Special (1988)
* A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 years of Hanna-Barbera (1989)
* A Flintstone Family Christmas (1993)

Television movies

* The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987)
* I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993)
* Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993)
* A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)
* The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001)

Live action films

* The Flintstones (1994)
* The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)

Fan Art

source: Deventart, IMP Awards, Flickr wikipedia.org

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