The Flintstone Kids @ The Cartoon Scrapbook

Prod. Notes:

September 1986 - May 1988, ABC

Hanna-Barbera

Cast:

Freddy Flintstone ...................................... Lennie Weinrib (1986-87)

Freddy Flintstone ........................................ Scott Menville (1987-90)

Barney Rubble .................................................................... Hamilton Camp

Wilma Flintstone .................................................. Julie Dees (1986-87)

Wilma Flintstone ............................. Elizabeth Lyn Fraser (1987-90)

Betty Rubble ................................................................................ B.J. Ward

Cragmire ............................................................................... Hamilton Camp

Flab Slab .............................................................................. Hamilton Camp

Miss Rockbottom ......................................................................... B.J. Ward

Ed Flintstone ........................................................................ Henry Corden

Edna Flintstone ................................................................... Henry Corden

Robert Rubble .............................................................................. Mel Blanc

Dino the Dinosaur .................................................. Mel Blanc (1986-88)

Dino the Dinosaur .......................................... Frank Welker (1988-90)

Nate Slate ............................................................................. Frank Welker

Captain Caveman .......................................................................... Mel Blanc

Rocky Ratrock ............................................................. Marilyn Scheffler

Dreamchip Gemstone .................................................................. Susan Blu

Cavey Jr. ................................................................................ Charles Adler

Philo Quartz ................................................................... Bumper Robinson

Narrator ................................................................................. Kenneth Mars

Synopsis:

In the wake of age-regression successes like Muppet Babies, Hanna-Barbera sent one of its most beloved properties even further back into the Stone Age. The Flintstone Kids set aside the established continuity of its parent program to cast “Freddy,” Barney, Wilma, and Betty as 10-year-old friends, with pet dinosaur Dino a mere pup. Also knocked down to junior size was Fred’s future boss, Nate Slate.

The show added a rich supporting cast of new characters, including poor little rich girl Dreamchip Gemstone, budding private-eye Philo Quartz and bully Rocky Ratrock; with regular appearances by Freddy's parents Ed and Edna Flintstone and their next-door neighbors the Rubbles, Robert and Flo, and their son Barney.

The kids’ Stone Age shenanigans were balanced out by three supporting segments. Dino’s Dilemmas gave the purple pet his first starring role, showing home viewers the world from a dino-dog’s eye view. The Flintstone Funnies gave the kids the Muppet Babies-like ability to live out their dreams in fantasy adventures.

The final segment, Captain Caveman and Son, was actually a show-within-a-show, the TV entertainment of choice for the young citizens of Bedrock. Captain Caveman was a hairy, bumbling superhero who saved the world with the help of his more competent son, Cavey Jr. Captain Caveman would occasionally take a break from saving the world in order to talk directly to (and with) the Flintstone Kids themselves.

The Flintstone Kids ran for two seasons on ABC’s Saturday morning lineup. Near the end of that run, the cartoon kids were joined by a live-action Nancy Reagan for the nighttime broadcast of The Flintstone Kids “Just Say No” Special, in which the First Lady urged children to join her “Just Say No” anti-drug clubs. The series returned briefly to Saturday morning at the start of 1990 before being put into the rotation of the syndicated package The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera.

Episodes: (The Flintstone Kids segment only)

Season 1

The Great Freddini

Heroes For Hire

The Bad News Brontos

Dusty Disappears

Poor Little Rich Girl

The Rock Concert That Rock Freddy (or Born in the U.S. Cave)

Curse of the Gemstone Diamond

I Think That I Shall Never See Barney Rubble as a Tree

The Fugitives

Freddy's Rocky Road to Karate

Barney's Moving Experience

The Little Visitor

Grandpa For Loan

Freddy's First Crush

Season 2

The Flintstone Fake Ache

Better Buddy Blues

Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Betty

Camper Scamper

A Tiny Egg

Haircutastrophe

Freddy the 13th

Little Rubble, Big Trouble

Philo's D-Feat

Rocky's Rocky Road

Special:

The Flintstone Kids Just Say No (1988)