| The Flintstone Primetime Specials | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Flintstone Special |
| Directed by | Carl Urbano Oscar Dufau Ray Patterson |
| Voices of | Henry Corden Mel Blanc Jean Vander Pyl Gay Autterson John Stephenson |
| Music by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer | Alex Lovy |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | September 26, 1980 (1980-09-26) – October 11, 1981 (1981-10-11) |
The Flintstone Primetime Specials (onscreen title:The Flintstone Special) is a four-episode limited-runprime time televisionrevival ofThe Flintstones produced byHanna-Barbera Productions which aired onNBC from September 26, 1980 to October 11, 1981.[1]
| Nº | Title | Director | Airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Flintstones' New Neighbors" | Carl Urbano | September 26, 1980 (1980-09-26) | |
The Flintstones and the Rubbles welcome a new strange family,The Frankenstones, to their Bedrock neighborhood. | ||||
| 2 | "The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling" | Oscar Dufau andRay Patterson | November 7, 1980 (1980-11-07) | |
Fred believes he only has 24 hours to live (due to a mix-up at the doctor's office with his X-rays) and tries to enjoy life as much as possible. | ||||
| 3 | "The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma" | Carl Urbano | October 4, 1981 (1981-10-04) | |
Wilma is a celebrity when she gets a shot at the big leagues and becomes a pitcher for the Bedrock Dodgers. | ||||
| 4 | "The Flintstones: Jogging Fever" | Ray Patterson | October 11, 1981 (1981-10-11) | |
After failing his annual physical, Fred enters the Rockstone Marathon to prove to everyone, including his boss Mr. Slate, that he is in shape. | ||||
The Flintstones' New Neighbors andJogging Fever were animated at Filman, an animation studio inMadrid, Spain (headed by Carlos Alfonso and Juan Pina) who did a lot of animation work for Hanna-Barbera between the early 1970s through the mid-1980s. Among their credits were such series asYogi's Space Race,Buford and the Galloping Ghost,The Little Rascals,Paw Paws,The Smurfs andThe Jetsons (1980s revival) as well as the specialsThe Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White andYogi's First Christmas. This would explain why, artistically, the backgrounds in some of these specials look very much like pencil and charcoal drawings, very different from the original series and its spin-offs.
All specials utilized aninferior laugh track created by the studio, the last production to do so.
On October 9, 2012,Warner Archive released all four specials onDVD inregion 1 as part of theirHanna-Barbera Classic Collection in a release entitledThe Flintstones Prime-Time Specials Collection: Volume 2.
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