The Flintstone Comedy Show
- Not to be confused with The Flintstone Comedy Hour, which was later renamed The Flintstone Comedy Show.
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Network | NBC |
Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
Distributor | Worldvision Enterprises |
Original release | November 22, 1980—May 21, 1981 |
Starring | Henry Corden Mel Blanc Jean Vander Pyl Gay Autterson Russi Taylor Michael Sheehan Frank Welker Mitzi McCall Lennie Weinrib Don Messick Charles Neilson Reilly Ruta Lee Paul Reubens Zelda Rubenstein |
Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
Producer(s) | Alex Lovy Carl Urbano |
Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
Writer(s) | Tex Avery Doug Booth Chuck Couch Chuck Menville Ray Parker Duane Poole Dick Robbins Cliff Roberts Tom Swale |
Director(s) | Ray Patterson George Gordon Rudy Zamora Gordon Hunt (voices) Alex Lovy (voices) |
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The Flintstone Comedy Show is an American animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera for NBC. It ran from 1980 to 1981, airing 18 episodes that spanned two seasons. It is a spin-off of The Flintstones, and the fifth incarnation of the Flintstones franchise. In Europe, it was renamed Flintstone Frolics.
The series consisted of six segments: a regular type of story of the Flintstones and Rubbles in The Flintstone Family Adventures; Fred and Barney join the police force in Bedrock Cops; best friends Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, with pet Dino, investigate haunted places in Bedrock in Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm; in Captain Caveman, Wilma and Betty become reporters at The Daily Granite, where prehistoric superhero, Captain Caveman, secretly works as an office boy; and finally the monster family, the Frankenstones, get their own show in The Frankenstones.
The designs of Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm depicts them as younger-looking (while their friends are kept the same), making the series look like it was set before The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.
Shmoo, who was the title character of The New Shmoo, appears in the series, most notably as a costar in Bedrock Cops. The New Shmoo was, however, set in the present.
Captain Caveman was the star of the TV series Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, with the aforementioned Captain Caveman segments retconning the character as having been a citizen of Bedrock all along. He also appears in Flintstones prequel series, The Flintstone Kids.
Production
Development
Casting
Segments
- The Flintstone Family Adventures
- Bedrock Cops
- Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm
- Captain Caveman
- The Frankenstones
Music
The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director. The musical supervisor was Paul DeKorte.
Episodes
Episode | Original air date |
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1x01
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November 22, 1980 |
1x02
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November 29, 1980 |
1x03
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December 6, 1980 |
1x04
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December 13, 1980 |
1x05
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January 20, 1980 |
1x06
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December 27, 1980 |
1x07
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January 3, 1981 |
1x08
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January 10, 1981 |
1x09
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January 17, 1981 |
1x10
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January 24, 1981 |
1x11
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January 24, 1981 |
2x01
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September 12, 1981 |
2x02
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September 19, 1981 |
2x03
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September 26, 1981 |
2x04
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October 3, 1981 |
2x05
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October 10, 1981 |
2x06
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October 17, 1981 |
2x07
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October 24, 1981 |
Cast
- Henry Corden as Fred Flintstone
- Mel Blanc as Barney Rubble, Captain Caveman, and Dino
- Jean Vander Pyl as Wilma Flintstone
- Gay Autterson as Betty Rubble and Wiggy Rockstone
- Russi Taylor as Pebbles Flintstone and the cavemouse
- Michael Sheehan as Bamm-Bamm Rubble
- Frank Welker as Shmoo and Rockjaw
- Mitzi McCall as Penny Pillar
- Lennie Weinrib as Moonrock Crater
- Don Messick as Schleprock
- Charles Neilson Reilly as Frank Frankenstone
- Ruta Lee as Hidea Frankenstone
- Paul Reubens as Freaky Frankenstone and Sergeant Boulder
- Zelda Rubenstein as Atrocia Frankenstone