Editing The Flintstones (section)

==Music==
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The opening and closing credits theme during the first two seasons was "Rise and Shine", a lively instrumental underscore accompanying Fred on his drive home from work.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news|title=REEL LIFE / FILM & VIDEO FILE : Music Helped 'Flintstones' on Way to Fame : In 1960, Hoyt Curtin created the lively theme for the Stone Age family. The show's producers say it may be the most frequently broadcast song on TV.|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=June 2, 1994|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-02-vl-64779-story.html|access-date=November 10, 2010|first=Pancho|last=Doll|archive-date=July 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709123212/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-02-vl-64779-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Starting in season three, episode three ("Barney the Invisible"), the opening and closing credits theme was "Meet the Flintstones". This version was recorded with a 22-piece [[big band]] conducted by composer Hoyt Curtin and performed by the [[Randy Van Horne]] Singers. The melody is derived from part of the 'B' section of [[Piano Sonata No. 17 (Beethoven)|Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17]] Movement 2, composed in 1801/02.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rechtman-in-recital-beethoven/id339484252|title=Rechmann in Recital|website=[[iTunes]]|access-date=October 1, 2010|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110074807/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rechtman-in-recital-beethoven/id339484252|url-status=dead}}</ref> "Meet the Flintstones" was later used in the first two seasons in syndication. The musical underscores were credited to [[Hoyt Curtin]] for the show's first five seasons; [[Ted Nichols]] took over in 1965 for the final season.<ref name="latimes"/> Many early episodes used the underscores composed for ''Top Cat'' and ''The Jetsons''. Episodes of the last two seasons used the underscore of ''Jonny Quest'' for the more adventurous stories.