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 (the Frankenstones, the Cavemouse) as well as older characters (Penny, Wiggy, Moonrock and Schleprock of 1971's *The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show* and 1972's *The Flintstone Comedy Hour* on CBS, Al Capp's the Shmoo from his show *The New Shmoo* which aired on NBC in 1979, and Captain Caveman from his own series on ABC in 1977 which lasted three seasons).

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***. Reruns of "Dino and the Cavemouse" aired on the Disney Channel adaption of *Wake, Rattle, and Roll*.

## The Flintstone Family Adventures

This segment featured the traditional antics and adventures of The Flintstones and The Rubbles.

## Bedrock Cops

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.

## 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 (including Captain Caveman's original show on ABC). In this series, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm (similar, yet aged down a little, from their appearance in *The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show*) with pet dinosaur Dino solve mysteries in the city of Bedrock. They would sometimes be accompanied by pals Penny, Wiggy and Moonrock.

## 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 (under his "secret identity" of Chester the office boy), Betty and Wilma work for Lou Granite (based on Lou Grant) at *The Daily Granite*. To disguise himself as Chester, Captain Caveman wore a pair of glasses and a tie (similar to the Clark Kent persona used by Superman). Despite the simplicity of his disguise, he required a coat rack and an elaborate transformation sequence to become Captain Caveman.

## Dino and the Cavemouse

The segment featured Dino pitted against a pesky little Cavemouse in chase sequences similar to the *Tom and Jerry* theatrical shorts. These sequences were supervised by notable animation director Tex Avery. Two segments aired per episode.

## 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.

## Voice cast

* Gay Autterson as Betty Rubble, Wiggy Rockstone
* Mel Blanc as Barney Rubble, Captain Caveman, Dino
* Henry Corden as Fred Flintstone
* Ruta Lee as Hidea Frankenstone
* Kenneth Mars as Lou Granite
* Mitzi McCall as Penny Pillar
* Don Messick as Bad-Luck Schleprock
* Charles Nelson Reilly as Frank Frankenstone
* Paul Reubens as Freaky Frankenstone
* Zelda Rubinstein as Atrocia Frankenstone
* Micheal Sheehan as Bamm-Bamm Rubble
* John Stephenson as Mr. Slate
* Russi Taylor as Pebbles Flintstone, the Cavemouse
* Jean Vander Pyl as Wilma Flintstone
* Lennie Weinrib as Moonrock Crater, Sgt. Boulder
* Frank Welker as Shmoo, Rockjaw

### Additional voices

* René Auberjonois
* Joe Baker
* Buster Jones
* Frank Nelson
* Marilyn Schreffler
* Lurene Tuttle
* Paul Winchell