The Flintstone Comedy Show


The Flintstone Comedy Show is an American animated television series revival and spin-off of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired on NBC from November 22, 1980, to October 24, 1981. Outside North America, the show was released under title of Flintstone Frolics.
The series contained six segments: The Flintstone Family Adventures; ''Bedrock Cops; Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm; Captain Caveman; Dino and the Cavemouse; and The Frankenstones''.

Overview

The series also featured new characters as well as older characters.
A series of gags, educational spots, games, how-to-draw and a dance-of-the-week were featured in-between the six segments every week. In 1982, reruns of the show were repackaged for two seasons under the title The Flintstone Funnies.

Segments

The Flintstone Family Adventures

This segment featured the traditional antics and adventures of The Flintstones and The Rubbles.
Season 1
'''Season 2 '''

Bedrock Cops

In 1975, Alan Reed revealed in an interview with radio historian Chuck Schaden that Hanna-Barbera was developing a series about Fred and Barney's adventures as Bedrock policemen. Alan Reed died on June 14, 1977, while the cartoon was still in development and was replaced by Henry Corden.
In this segment, Fred and Barney are part-time police officers assisted by the Shmoo as a trainee where they work under the direction of Sgt. Boulder. The trio fought crime in the city of Bedrock, most of the time chasing after the Frankenstones' pet monster Rockjaw.
Season 1
'''Season 2 '''

Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm

This was a Flintstones-themed adaptation of the "mystery-solving teens and a pet" format popularized by Scooby-Doo and its various spin-offs in the 1970s. In this series, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm with pet dinosaur Dino solve mysteries in the city of Bedrock. They would sometimes be accompanied by pals Penny, Wiggy and Moonrock. Most bad guys that are defeated would end up arrested by Sgt. Boulder.
Season 1
'''Season 2 '''

Captain Caveman

This segment served as a prequel to the earlier series Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, focusing on Captain Caveman's time in Bedrock before he was frozen in ice. Captain Caveman, Betty and Wilma work for their editor-in-chief Lou Granite at The Daily Granite. To disguise himself as Chester, Captain Caveman wore a pair of glasses and a tie. Despite the simplicity of his disguise, he required a coat rack and an elaborate transformation sequence to become Captain Caveman.
Season 1
'''Season 2 '''

Dino and Cavemouse

The segment featured Dino pitted against a pesky little Cavemouse in chase sequences similar to Tom and Jerry. These sequences were story edited and the character of Cavemouse was developed by notable animation director Tex Avery, the last project he worked on before his death. Two segments aired per episode.
Season 1
'''Season 2 '''

The Frankenstones

This segment featured the Flintstones' neighbors The Frankenstones: Frank, his wife Hidea, their kooky daughter Atrocia, and their teenage son Freaky, who is friends with fellow teenager Pebbles Flintstone.
Season 1
'''Season 2 '''

Wraparounds

There are also some wraparounds featuring the characters:
  • One would involve some jokes regarding a scene they're in.
  • Pebbles teaching the viewers a dance move as Fred performs it.
  • Pebbles seeing what words come out of an unscrambled world.
  • An arts and crafts project with the characters where the second part of it occurs after one of the cartoons.
  • A workout with O.K. Simpstone.
  • A guessing game that Fred Flintstone hosts involving a scrambled picture involving a historical figure or a fictional character that the other characters have to make guesses for after hearing the different clues about them.

Voice cast

Additional voices

Repackage

After ending its original time slot, The Flintstone Comedy Show was later repackaged as The Flintstone Funnies from September 18, 1982 to September 8, 1984, which consisted of reruns of the six segments. The Flintstone Funnies is the final incarnation of The Flintstones that premiered on NBC.

Later years

Reruns of "Dino and the Cavemouse" aired on the Disney Channel adaption of Wake, Rattle, and Roll. Several of the Captain Caveman segments were featured on the Chip and Pepper's Cartoon Madness, which was only seen during the Fall 1991 season on NBC.