"a rough start, Fred and his new son bonded well. The Flintstone family's paternal side originally came from the prehistoric state of Arkanstone, where they had been engaged in a feud similar to the Hatfield-McCoy feud. The feud was originally started by an ancestor of Fred's making a joke about a Hatrock family portrait (""I don't know what the artist got for doing that painting, but he should've gotten life!""). In the fourth-season episode ""Bedrock Hillbillies,"" the feud is ended when Fred helps rescue Pebbles and a Hatrock baby, only to start up again when Fred makes the same joke"
"Pearl Slaghoople Pearl Slaghoople is a fictional character on the animated TV show ""The Flintstones"". She is the mother of Wilma Flintstone, who is married to Fred Flintstone. In the original series, she portrays Fred's stereotypically antagonistic mother-in-law, acting as a nagging irritant. Her appearance was similar to Wilma's, although Pearl was noticeably larger-figured, similar in build to the men of Bedrock rather than the more shapely Wilma and Betty. In the original series, she has red hair like her daughter's; in later specials and films, it's transitioned to gray. In the original series she was voiced by Verna Felton,"
"that Fred is the only child of Ed and Edna Flintstone (a handyman and a homemaker, respectively) might be taken as canon. As young adults, Fred and Barney worked as bellhops at a resort. There, they meet and fall in love with Wilma and Betty, who were working there as cigarette girls. Fred and Wilma's mother, Pearl Slaghoople, also met and took an instant dislike to each other, starting a long-lasting rivalry between the two. An unspecified amount of time later, Fred married Wilma. Fred is a typical blue-collar worker, who works as a ""bronto crane operator"" at Slate Rock"
"to date is in the 1993 animated film """", in which she is voiced by Janet Waldo. Pearl Slaghoople appears in both live-action adaptations of the series: Pearl Slaghoople Pearl Slaghoople is a fictional character on the animated TV show ""The Flintstones"". She is the mother of Wilma Flintstone, who is married to Fred Flintstone. In the original series, she portrays Fred's stereotypically antagonistic mother-in-law, acting as a nagging irritant. Her appearance was similar to Wilma's, although Pearl was noticeably larger-figured, similar in build to the men of Bedrock rather than the more shapely Wilma and Betty. In the original"
"to a girl since ""girl dolls sell a lot better than boy dolls"". Although most ""Flintstones"" episodes were stand-alone storylines, Hanna-Barbera created a story arc surrounding the birth of Pebbles. Beginning with the episode ""The Surprise"", aired midway through the third season (January 25, 1963), in which Wilma reveals her pregnancy to Fred, the arc continued through the time leading up to Pebbles' birth in the episode ""Dress Rehearsal"" (February 22, 1963), and then continued with several episodes showing Fred and Wilma adjusting to the world of parenthood. Around this time, Winston pulled out their sponsorship and Welch's (grape juice"
"""yabba dabba doo!"", a phrase that was originally his club's cheer, and later adopted as part of the theme song from the third season on and used in the 1994 live-action ""Flintstones"" movie. Since the original series' run, Fred has since appeared in various other cartoon spinoffs, live action adaptations, music videos, and commercials. While the mid-1980s spin-off series ""The Flintstone Kids"" depicts Fred as a child, the series may be apocryphal due to its presenting Wilma as a childhood friend of Fred and Barney; the original series asserts that they first met as young adults. Still, the series' depictions"
"Fred Flintstone and Friends Fred Flintstone and Friends is a 30-minute weekday animated anthology wheel series and a spin-off of ""The Flintstones"" produced by Hanna-Barbera and Columbia Pictures Television which aired in first-run syndication from October 3, 1977 to September 1, 1978. The series was packaged by Columbia Pictures Television during the 1977–78 television season and was available for barter syndication through Claster Television through the mid-1980s. Henry Corden made his official debut as Fred Flintstone's ""speaking"" voice on this series after Alan Reed died in June 1977. Corden had previously appeared as Fred's ""singing"" voice in the theatrical film"
"The Flintstone Kids The Flintstone Kids is a Saturday morning animated series and a spin-off of ""The Flintstones"" produced by Hanna-Barbera; which aired from September 6, 1986 to May 21, 1988 on ABC and as part of the weekday/weekend morning programming block ""The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera"". The program follows the adventures of Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Wilma Slaghoople, Betty McBricker and Dino as children as they deal with their childhood with their friends Nate Slate, Philo Quartz, and Dreamchip Gemstone while also contending with their bully Rocky Ratrock and his group consisting of Tommy, Flab Slab, Janet Granite, and"
"The Flintstones (1993 video game) ""The Flintstones"" is an action game set across 24 levels. The player controls Fred Flintstone, who must complete seven tasks, which include locating his daughter Pebbles, and a necklace belonging to his wife Wilma. The player is capable of jumping, and uses a club as a weapon against various enemies throughout the game. ""The Flintstones"" received generally mixed reviews. Back in 1993, reviewers were more forgiving, with magazines like Power Unlimited giving it a 8/10, Sega Force a 7.2/10, and Mega Fun a 6.5/10. More recently, gamers have been more critical; Jeuxvideo.com awarded the game"
"online store and Amazon.com. The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling Fred's Final Fling is a 1980 animated television special and the second of ""The Flintstone Special"" limited-run prime time revival of ""The Flintstones"" produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which premiered on NBC on November 7, 1980. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio, one of the last productions to do so. When Frank Frankenstone's X-rays are mistaken for Fred's, the doctor tells him he only has 24 hours to live. Dazed by the news, Fred vows to do good"
"the start was discarded, with Fred and Wilma starting out as a childless couple. However, some early ""Flintstones"" merchandise, such as a 1961 Little Golden Book, included Fred Jr., before it was decided on his removal. Despite the animation and fantasy setting, the series was initially aimed at adult audiences, which was reflected in the comedy writing, which, as noted, resembled the average primetime sitcoms of the era, with the usual family issues resolved with a laugh at the end of each episode, as well as the inclusion of a laugh track. Hanna and Barbera hired many writers from the"
"Betty Rubble Betty Rubble is a fictional character in the television animated series ""The Flintstones"" and its spin-offs and live-action motion pictures. She is the black-haired wife of caveman Barney Rubble and the adoptive mother of Bamm-Bamm Rubble. Her best friend is her next-door neighbor Wilma Flintstone. Betty lives in the fictional prehistoric town of Bedrock, a world where dinosaurs coexist with cavepeople and the cavepeople enjoy primitive versions of modern conveniences such as telephones, automobiles and washing machines. Betty's personality was based on the stock character of the lead character's best friend's wife, commonly seen in 1950s television (other"
"trouble. While the mid-1980s spin-off series ""The Flintstone Kids"" depicts Wilma as a child, the series seems to be mostly apocryphal due to its presenting Wilma as a childhood friend of Fred and Barney though the original series asserted that they first met as young adults. Still, the series' depictions that Wilma had younger sisters and an older brother, and that her father ran a prehistoric computer business might be taken as canon. Wilma mentions having a married sister in the sixth season of the original series. As a young adult, Wilma worked with Betty as a clown at a"
"Rocky's dog Stalagbite. The premise of ""The Flintstone Kids"", which depicts Fred and Barney as childhood friends with Wilma and Betty, contradicts the continuity of the original ""Flintstones"" series, which established in the episode ""Bachelor Daze"" that the two men did not meet their wives until they were young adults. Despite this, the character of Philo Quartz, who was created for this show, would later appear as an adult in the TV special ""A Flintstones Christmas Carol"". Reruns aired on Cartoon Network in the United States from 1994 until 2003. This series featured the following segments: In 1988, Mary Jo"
"in the series, one of his first voice-over roles. Sixteen half-hour episodes were produced for ""Partridge Family 2200 A.D."", which lasted half a season on CBS Saturday morning (September 7, 1974 – March 8, 1975). In 1977–78, it was retitled ""The Partridge Family in Outer Space"" when episodes were serialized on the syndicated weekday series ""Fred Flintstone and Friends"". Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the series contained a laugh track created by the studio. In October 2005, two restored episodes of ""Partridge Family 2200 A.D."", ""My Son, The Spaceball Star"" and ""Car Trouble"", were included"
"Barney Rubble Barney Rubble is a fictional character who appears in the television animated series ""The Flintstones"". He is the diminutive, blond-haired caveman husband of Betty Rubble and adoptive father of Bamm-Bamm Rubble. His best friend is his next door neighbor, Fred. Barney's personality was based on that of Ed Norton on the 1950s television series ""The Honeymooners"", played by Art Carney. Like Ralph Kramden on ""The Honeymooners"", Fred was constantly on the lookout for get-rich-quick schemes, while Barney, like Norton, found life satisfactory as it was, but participated in said schemes because Fred was his friend. Usually after Fred"
"Verna Felton Verna Felton (July 20, 1890December 14, 1966) was an American actress who was best known for providing many voices in numerous Disney animated films, as well as voicing Fred Flintstone's mother-in-law Pearl Slaghoople in Hanna-Barbera's ""The Flintstones"" (1962–1963). She also had roles in live-action films; however, she was most active in radio programs. She was known for her husky voice and no-nonsense attitude. Two of her most famous roles were as Dennis Day's mother Mrs. Day on ""The Jack Benny Program"" (1939–1962) and as Hilda Crocker on the CBS sitcom ""December Bride"" (1952–1959). Felton was born in Salinas,"
"Verna Felton Verna Felton (July 20, 1890December 14, 1966) was an American actress who was best known for providing many voices in numerous Disney animated films, as well as voicing Fred Flintstone's mother-in-law Pearl Slaghoople in Hanna-Barbera's ""The Flintstones"" (1962–1963). She also had roles in live-action films; however, she was most active in radio programs. She was known for her husky voice and no-nonsense attitude. Two of her most famous roles were as Dennis Day's mother Mrs. Day on ""The Jack Benny Program"" (1939–1962) and as Hilda Crocker on the CBS sitcom ""December Bride"" (1952–1959). Felton was born in Salinas,"
"Kellen Goff Kellen Goff (born February 3, 1995 in Torrance, California) is an American voice actor, voicing a wide variety of characters from video games, animation and commercials. He has voiced such roles as Funtime Freddy and Fredbear from ""Five Nights at Freddy's"", and Terrorscale Stalker / Fire Plume Harbinger in ""Hearthstone"". In middle school, Goff's career started with animation. However, he soon switched to voice acting as he had been a student of theater for many years prior. He began training in animation voiceover with Bob Bergen, his youngest student at the time and the first minor to take"
"because, at this time, Marvel Comics owned the rights to several Hanna-Barbera franchises and were, in fact, publishing comic books based upon them; ""The Flintstones"" was one of these. For the 1979–80 season, the series was expanded to a 90-minute timeslot with the addition of ""The New Shmoo"" episodes and broadcast under the new title Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track, one of their last productions to do so. The first segment, a very loose adaptation of Marvel Comics' character the Thing, consisted of"
"of money. One of the would-be collectors rigged Tracy's car to explode, but inadvertently killed Moon Maid instead of Tracy in the explosion. A funeral strip for Moon Maid explicitly stated that this officially severed all ties between Earth and the Moon in the strip, thus eliminating the last remnants of the Space Period. Honeymoon received a new hairstyle that covered her antennae, and she was ultimately phased out of the strip. Junior later married Sparkle Plenty (the daughter of B.O. and Gravel Gertie Plenty), and had a daughter named Sparkle Plenty Jr. In the 1990s, Tracy's son Joseph Flintheart"
"the couple had twins, Chip and Roxy. In the 1994 live-action ""Flintstones"" movie, Bamm-Bamm appears as a four-year-old who is adopted after Fred secretly gives money to Barney and Betty to ensure that they could afford the adoption. Bamm-Bamm is seen with long, matted, filthy blond hair and only wearing a fig leaf loincloth. He was mentioned to have been raised by wild mastodons, a parody of various examples of interspecies adoption. This also hinted at how he had gained his incredible super-strength. Bamm-Bamm soon started to look like his cartoon counterpart after a bath, a haircut, and some new"
"the air. But they also told him, 'Do you want to be known as the guy who yanked Fred Flintstone off the air? The guy who took away a show so many kids love, and so many parents love, too?'"" Henry Corden's voice became Fred's after Reed's death in 1977, starting with ""A Flintstone Christmas"". Corden had previously provided Fred's singing voice in ""The Man Called Flintstone"" and later on ""The Flintstones"" children's records. Since 2000, Jeff Bergman, James Arnold Taylor, and Scott Innes (performing both Fred and Barney for Toshiba commercials) have performed the voice of Fred. Since Mel"
"a 13/20 (6.5/10) while Sega-16.com gave the game a 5/10. The Flintstones (1993 video game) ""The Flintstones"" is an action game set across 24 levels. The player controls Fred Flintstone, who must complete seven tasks, which include locating his daughter Pebbles, and a necklace belonging to his wife Wilma. The player is capable of jumping, and uses a club as a weapon against various enemies throughout the game. ""The Flintstones"" received generally mixed reviews. Back in 1993, reviewers were more forgiving, with magazines like Power Unlimited giving it a 8/10, Sega Force a 7.2/10, and Mega Fun a 6.5/10. More"
"presence almost becoming a backdrop for supporting characters Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm and Dino) makes Betty less of the lead that the show's general concept might imply. While the mid-1980s spin-off series ""The Flintstone Kids"" depicts Betty as a child, the series seems to be mostly apocryphal, owing to its presenting Betty as a childhood friend of Fred and Barney (the original series asserts that they first met as young adults) and that they enjoy watching a TV show starring Captain Caveman (""The Flintstone Comedy Show"" asserts that the adult Betty is ignorant of Captain Caveman's superhero identity when working with him"
"misadventures, mostly due to sharing her dad's penchant for schemes that would inevitably backfire (such as causing a strike by Bedrock's city employees when she was elected honorary mayor for a week). She and her friends attended Bedrock High School; Pebbles had a catchphrase similar to her father's: ""Yabba-Dabba-Doozie!"" As an adult, Pebbles pursued a career in advertising and married Bamm-Bamm. After this, the newly married couple moved to Hollyrock, a fictional, prehistoric version of Hollywood, California. They eventually had a son named Chip and a daughter named Roxy, who were fraternal twins. Through the various Flintstones incarnations, the age"
"""O'Shale"". Betty Rubble Betty Rubble is a fictional character in the television animated series ""The Flintstones"" and its spin-offs and live-action motion pictures. She is the black-haired wife of caveman Barney Rubble and the adoptive mother of Bamm-Bamm Rubble. Her best friend is her next-door neighbor Wilma Flintstone. Betty lives in the fictional prehistoric town of Bedrock, a world where dinosaurs coexist with cavepeople and the cavepeople enjoy primitive versions of modern conveniences such as telephones, automobiles and washing machines. Betty's personality was based on the stock character of the lead character's best friend's wife, commonly seen in 1950s television"
"as children, and yet others featuring Fred and Barney encountering Marvel Comics superhero The Thing and Al Capp's comic strip character The Shmoo – have appeared over the years. The original show also was adapted into a live-action film in 1994, and a prequel, ""The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas"", which followed in 2000. Unlike its sister show ""The Jetsons"" (the two shows appeared in a made-for-TV crossover movie in 1987), the revival programs were not widely syndicated or rerun alongside the original series. In 2011, it was announced ""Family Guy"" creator Seth MacFarlane would be reviving ""The Flintstones"" for"
"The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling Fred's Final Fling is a 1980 animated television special and the second of ""The Flintstone Special"" limited-run prime time revival of ""The Flintstones"" produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which premiered on NBC on November 7, 1980. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio, one of the last productions to do so. When Frank Frankenstone's X-rays are mistaken for Fred's, the doctor tells him he only has 24 hours to live. Dazed by the news, Fred vows to do good deeds on his final"
"record at a carnival of the song ""Listen to the Rocking Bird"", which ended up making him a teenage singing idol named ""Hi Fye."" As the series progressed, however, his voice became worse and worse (even during his success as a singer, Wilma was never impressed by Fred's voice), eventually to the point that a temporary maid the Flintstones hired quit rather than having to hear Fred sing. Due to his impulsive and short-tempered behavior and stubborn and naive nature, Fred seems to be accident-prone. Even his most innocent and mundane actions often cause widespread confusion. According to the original"
"Energy: A National Issue Energy: A National Issue is a 1977 American animated educational film starring The Flintstones, narrated by Charlton Heston and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It was produced in 1976 and was also the final ""Flintstones"" production to feature Alan Reed as the voice of Fred Flintstone before his death in 1977. The film was distributed to schools in 16 mm format and broadcast as a syndicated television special on November 22, 1977. The film follows Fred and Wilma Flintstone through the history of energy sources. As Fred and Wilma discover many facts about energy and the economy,"
"Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (onscreen title: Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Review) is a 1978 American live-action/animated television special produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions (in association with deFaria Productions) featuring animated character Fred Flintstone and hosted by Roy Clark and Bonnie Franklin. It premiered on CBS on Friday, January 13, 1978 at 8:00 pm EST. A celebrity roast honoring Fred Flintstone on his 48th birthday featuring costumed Hanna-Barbera characters: Yogi Bear, Jabberjaw, Huckleberry Hound, Scooby-Doo, The Banana Splits, Hong Kong Phooey, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Wally Gator and The Hair Bear Bunch. The show is co-hosted"
"series and its spin-offs. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio, one of the last productions to do so. The Flintstones and the Rubbles welcome a new strange family, The Frankenstones, to their Bedrock neighborhood. The Frankenstone family featured on this special was a different version of the Frankenstones from the episode ""Fred and Barney Meet the Frankenstones"" of ""The New Fred and Barney Show"" (1979). The new Frankenstone family members are: A friendship develops between the Flintstones and the Frankenstones, not unlike the rivalry that would"