I Yabba-Dabba Do!
I Yabba-Dabba Do! | |
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Production company | H-B Production Co. |
Release date | February 7, 1993 |
Run time | 1:31:39 |
Starring | Henry Corden |
Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera Mark Young |
Producer(s) | Iwao Takamoto |
Music composed by | John Debney |
Screenplay by | Rich Fogel and Mark Seidenberg |
Director(s) | William Hanna Gordon Hunt (voices) |
Animation director(s) | Joanna Romersa Allen Wilzbach Joan Drake Robert Alvarez Margaret Nichols Ray Patterson (supervising) Paul Sabella (supervising) |
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I Yabba-Dabba Do!, also known as The Flintstones in I Yabba-Dabba Do!, is an American animated Stone Age comedy television film produced by Hanna-Barbera, based on The Flintstones TV series, which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1966. It aired on February 7, 1993 on ABC. It was written by Rich Fogel and Mark Seidenberg, produced by Iwao Takamoto, and directed by Hanna-Barbera co-founder, William Hanna, and voice directed by, Gordon Hunt.
The big day has finally arrived where childhood sweethearts, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, finally say "I do." But Fred tries to postpone it as long as possible after he loses and Wilma's nest egg to fund the wedding after betting it on a football match.
This is the first of a duology, as by December of that same year, it was followed by a sequel called Hollyrock-a-Baby, which follows Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm's lives as they move to Hollyrock and start a family. To a lesser extent, it's also the beginning of a loose trilogy, as Hollyrock-a-Baby was followed in the same month by the short film, A Flintstone Family Christmas, with cameos of Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm and their babies, who are now a few months older.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
Organizations
- Slate Rock and Gravel
- Rock Bay Pachyderms (mentioned)
- Bedrock Brontos (logo)
- Pachaderms (mentioned)
- Rock-Away Trucking Co.
- Bedrock Water Department
- Granite Furniture Co.
- Bedrock Police Department
- Bone Appétit
- Stoner & Stoner and Pyrite Ad Agency
- Rockendales
- Water Buffaloes
- FBI (mentioned)
- Rock Vegas Police Department
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Bedrock
- Quarry
- Cliff's Diner (mentioned)
- Bedrock Bank
- Bronto Bistro
- Piltdown Palace
- Gravel Avenue Garage
- Flintstone residence
- The Big Boulder Cafe
- The Very First National Bank of Bedrock
- Mount Crater (mentioned)
- Stony Point Harbor (mentioned)
- Bedrock Ampitheater (mentioned)
- Rubble residence
- Slaghoople residence
- Mordstone's
- Marblestone Park
- Bedrock Convention Center
- The Rocksy
- Tommy Pterodactyl's Tuxedo Emporium
- Rockbottom Estates
- Rockendales club
- Water Buffalo Lodge
- Comedy Cave (mentioned)
- First Church of Bedrock
- Nevada
- California (indirectly mentioned)
- San Francisco (indirectly mentioned)
- Alcatraz Island (mentioned)
- Los Angeles (indirectly mentioned)
- Hollyrock (mentioned)
- San Francisco (indirectly mentioned)
- Bedrock
- United States
- The Moon
Objects
- Cactus juicers
- Modern Stone-Age Bride
- Dino's doghouse
- Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm's Wedding Album
Vehicles
Production
Development
Casting
Filming
It was copyrighted in 1993.
Music
The music was composed by John Debney. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler. The music editor was Tom Gleason.
Songs
- "(Meet) the Flintstones"
- "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Darryl Phinnesse
- "Neanderthal"
- "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home" - Henry Cordon and Frank Welker
- "I Yabba-Dabba Do" - Darryl Phinesse
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: February 7, 1993
Behind the scenes
- Arnold Schwarzenrocker is a parody of actor/bodybuilder and future governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Bedrock Hills Nine Zero Zero Zero is a parody of the TV teenage drama Beverly Hills, 90210.
- Millie and Marilyn look oddly familiar to Penny Pillar and Wiggy Rockstone from The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.
- In 2000, Fred and Wilma also had a Rock Vegas marriage in live-action form in the theatrical film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.
- Tom Cruisestone is a parody of actor Tom Cruise.
- The Rockendales are a parody of the Chippendales.
- Rockney Dangerfield is a parody of comedian and actor Rodney Dangerfield.
- In this film, Mr. Slate's first name is George.
- Pearl calls Fred the Birdbrain of Alcatraz, which is a reference to the Birdman of Alcatraz.
- The end credits features some scenes with the storyboard to the completed animation.
Errors
- Fred and Wilma look and sound exactly the same in the flashback 20 years ago.
- When Betty reacts to Pebbles's announcement that the wedding is off, her dress is purple.
Everlasting influence
- As mentioned way above, the movie was followed up with both Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby and A Flintstone Family Christmas.
Marketing and promotion
The same year the film was aired, Bedrock Press published a semi-adaptation in Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm's Wedding Album, a keepsake of key moments from the movie with in-universe comments from Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm. What's notable about the book is that it confirms Marilyn's name and identifies wedding guests, such as Dr. Rockpile, who delivered Pebbles in "The Dress Rehearsel," private investigator, Perry Gunnite, from "Love Letters on the Rocks," and apparently a now grown up Arnold the paperboy, who was an unintentional frequent pest to Fred in original series. It even confirms they went to Hawaii on their honeymoon, which went undecided in the film.
There was also a promotional art piece called "Pebbles and Bamm's Nuptial Piece," which featured wedding reception guests who weren't in the movie.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- January 17, 1997: Cartoon Network Video releases The Flintstones: I Yabba-Dabba-Do! on VHS.
- April 21, 1998: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: I Yabba-Dabba-Do! on VHS.
- March 14, 2000: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: I Yabba-Dabba-Do! on VHS.
- October 9, 2012: Warner Archive Collection releases The Flintstones: I Yabba-Dabba Do! on DVD.
- August 4, 2020: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: 2 Movies & 5 Specials on DVD.
- In the united Kingdom:
- March 28, 1994: First Independent Films releases The Flintstones: I Yabba-Dabba Do! on VHS.
- 2002: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: I Yabba-Dabba Do! on VHS.