trips to the beach. The episode, "Shinrock A Go-Go", which originally aired on December 3, 1965 featured (in a dream sequence of Fred) an animated caricature of President Lyndon B. Johnson as well as the United States Capitol in a prehistoric version of Washington DC. Real life Several small tourist attractions and/or camper parks have been built in honor of Bedrock. The most famous and oldest is Bedrock City in Custer, South Dakota which opened in 1966 and closed in 2015. There is also a Bedrock City in Valle, Arizona which opened in 1972. Two Canadian Bedrock Cities, both in British Columbia, were closed and/or demolished in the late 1990s. One in Kelowna, British Columbia was closed in 1998, demolished and changed into the Landmark Grand 10 multiplex theatre and a strip mall. The second one located in Bridal Falls, British Columbia (near Chilliwack) was closed in 1994 and was changed into a dinosaur theme park called "Dinotown" which was in turn shut down on September 6, 2010; The owners are exploring options for moving the park. Another Flintstones themed park in Canada was Calaway Park near Calgary, Alberta. It is still in operation, although the Hanna-Barbera licensing was dropped several years ago. The reason for the closure of the two Canadian theme parks was due to licensing. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s the licensing for any intellectual properties of Hanna-Barbera changed hands numerous times before they ended up in the possession of Time Warner. In the late 1970s plans were developed for a Flintstone Fun Park to be located in suburban Jackson, Mississippi but never got past the initial planning stage. For the Flintstones feature film (1994) a street in Bedrock was built adjacent to Vasquez Rocks in California. It was open for a short time to visitors before being totally demolished. In 2018 the City of Helsinki proposed adding English as the 3rd official language after Finnish and Swedish. This led to the local area of Kallio, which translates to bedrock in English to be colloquially known as the namesake of the fictional city in the Flintstones. This has been exacerbated by the cultural ambiance in the area that is home to non-conformist bohemian souls, including artists and hobos, some of which are living in conditions very similar to the ones depicted in the prehistoric animated series. References External links Information on the Bedrock Theme Parks Bedrock City,