Well have a gay old time
Meet the Flintstones. This song was also covered by Freddie Mercuryof all people. It was rather effeminate, and had the caption "HO! Apparently, Dean has a 'side Dean' we know nothing about! This replacement appears to have happened just out of superior rhythm or similar, however, as the change long predates the modern meaning of the word.
When she insisted that he wear it, using this line, he said, " doesn't get much gayer than this ". Nelvana was aiming to use the traditional unaltered lyrics of the featured songs, including going the whole nine yards with the complete 5-stanza version of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.
Going still further back into Christmas past, the Boar's Head Carol has the title delicacy "bedeck'd with a gay garland". Orson Welles had a field day with this at Martin's Celebrity Roast. Have a yabba-dabba-doo time A dabba-doo time We'll have a gay old time Flintstones, meet the Flintstones They're the modern Stone Age Family From the town of Bedrock They're a page right out of.
There's an old folk song: "Ruben Ruben I've been thinking, What a queer world it would be If the men were all transported Far beyond the northern sea. The Monkees somehow got away with this in their Christmas Episode See for yourself. They're the modern stone age family.
Rachel Rachel I've been thinking what a gay world it would be If the girls were all transported Far beyond the northern sea.
Outrage Over The Flintstones
When you're with the Flintstones Have a yabba dabba doo time. In the classic ballad "The Cowboy's Lament" perhaps better known as "The Streets of Laredo" the dying cowboy sings "Once in the saddle I used to go dashing, once in the saddle I used to go gay.
The title song from Tom Waits ' musical The Black Rider uses the original meaning of "gay", probably in order to sound old-timey. The uproar was largely unexpected, considering how long any Flintstones treatment of the issue would have already been on record.
In Jerry Vale's "Pretend You Don't See Her", the singer advises himself to "smile and pretend to be gay" when the object of his unrequited affections approaches. We'll have a gay old time.
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We'll have a gay old. Flintstones. Then that cat will stay out for the night. Louis merely adds to the dynamic. No milk today, it wasn't always so. From the town of Bedrock, They're a page right out of history. More recently, the hole's been dug deeper with, " Troll the ancient yuletide carol" "troll" in the original sense is an archaic term for singing a song in rounds.
Lampshaded in one of Jeff Dunham 's Christmas specials, where one of the puppets sings the line, suddenly realizes what he has said, and giggles about it. Nowadays, the last line is often parodied " I think she's gay". “For over a half century now, The Flintstones theme song has cavalierly touted that when you’re with them you will have a ‘gay old time,'” CNN anchor Anderson Cooper said on the air Tuesday.
Someday, maybe Fred will win the fight. Ladies and gentlemen, The Gaylords! It was initially "Fill the meadcup, drain the barrel", but a 19th Century schoolteacher changed it to make it more appropriate for children. The trope name itself comes from the last line of The Flintstones theme song.
Somehow made it through in the family film Franklin 's Magic Christmas. A dabba doo time. The Platters' "The Great Pretender" is "happy and gay like a clown".