A friend of mine was in a Baltimore band in the late 1970's called "Tom Chalkley and The Reason" (probably not the only band called the Reason). One of the things they did was press a 45rpm recording (small record with a big hole in the middle) that was a funny take off of The Flintstones mixed with Bruce Springsteen (who some of them knew back then as I recall). This was to be a novelty recording and it was at least "nodded" at by someone with some organization that owned some rights to
The Flintstones. Apparently this amount of rights wasn't enough and they received a C&D order from Hanna Barbara (or whoever really owned the rights back then). I am someone who still owns one of the recordings and I'm hoping some time soon to play it back into an MP3 using one of my MAC's and a suitable turntable.
I'd post a scan of the front of the 45 but I don't have rights and I'm not in close touch with Tom Chalkey (now the political cartoonist known as Chalk).
But to describe this you must imagine a cartoon Fred mixed with Springsteen standing next to a Dino the Dinosaur dressed in a trenchcoat. . .the title is "BRUCE SPRINGSTONE, Live at Bedrock" and they're doing "(MEET THE) FLINTSTONES" song!
It was a simpler time!
Found this blog that talks about the 45 and also it's "B Side: Take Me Out to The Ballgame" which was a quick hit in Baltimore bars as well!
http://clicksandpops.blogspot.com/2009/05/...at-bedrock.htmlGood night to you Chalk!
Little later: Myspace link that plays the song:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...videoid=9375133Yabadabadoo! INDEED!
