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Flintstones
''The Flintstones'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The series takes place in a romanticized Stone Age setting and follows the activities of the titular family, the Flintstones, and their next-door neighbors, the Rubbles. It was originally broadcast on ABC from September 30, 1960, to April 1, 1966, and was the first animated series to hold a prime-time slot on television. The show follows the lives of Fred and Wilma Flintstone and their pet dinosaur Dino, eventually seeing the addition of baby Pebbles. Barney and Betty Rubble are their neighbors and best friends. They adopt a super strong baby named Bamm-Bamm and acquire a pet hopparoo named Hoppy. Producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who earned seven Academy Awards for ''Tom and Jerry'', and their staff faced a challenge in developing a thirty-minute animated program with one storyline that fit the parameters of family-based domestic situation comedy of the era. After considering s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of The Flintstones Episodes
''The Flintstones'' aired from 1960 to 1966. As of September 2006, all six seasons have been released on DVD in North America. In all, 166 episodes were released for the original series. Series overview Episodes The first 2 seasons were written by Warren Foster, Michael Maltese and Arthur Phillips. Pilot (1959) Season 1 (1960-61) Season 2 (1961-62) Season 3 (1962-63) The intro changes this season. This time around starting with Fred leaving work and meeting Wilma and Dino to go the Bedrock Drive-In Theater. Season 4 (1963-64) The intro changes twice in this season. In the first five episodes, Pebbles is added into the intro. Starting with "The Flintstone Canaries", the Rubbles (including Bamm Bamm) are added. Season 5 (1964-65) Gerry Johnson replaces Bea Benaderet as the voice of Betty Rubble starting with this season. Season 6 (1965-66) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Flintstones Episodes, List Of The The Flintstones, Episodes Lists of Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Vander Pyl
Jean Thurston Vander Pyl (October 11, 1919 – April 10, 1999) was an American voice actress. Although her career spanned many decades, she is best known as the voice of Wilma Flintstone for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon ''The Flintstones''. In addition to Wilma Flintstone, she also provided the voices of Pebbles Flintstone, Rosie the robot maid on the animated series ''The Jetsons'', Goldie, Lola Glamour, Nurse LaRue, and other characters in ''Top Cat'', Winsome Witch on ''The Secret Squirrel Show'', and Ogee on ''The Magilla Gorilla Show''. Early life and career Vander Pyl was born in Philadelphia to John Howard and Kathleen Hale Vander Pyl. Her grandfather had come from the Netherlands. Her father was the district manager for Knit Underwear; her mother was a Southerner from Tennessee. The two died within six months of each other in the early 1950s. By 1939, she was already working as a radio actress. On radio, she was heard on such programs as ''The Halls of Ivy'' (1950–52) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Blank ; May 30, 1908July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years. During the Golden Age of Radio, he provided character voices and vocal sound effects for comedy radio programs, including those of Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, The Great Gildersleeve, Judy Canova, and his own short-lived sitcom. However, he became known worldwide for his work in the Golden Age of American Animation as the voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and numerous other characters from the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' theatrical cartoons. He later voiced characters for Hanna-Barbera's television cartoons, including Barney Rubble and Dino on ''The Flintstones'', Mr. Spacely on ''The Jetsons'', Secret Squirrel on ''Secret Squirrel'', and Captain Caveman on ''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels''. Referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", he is regarded as one of the most influ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show
''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that originally aired for one season on CBS Saturday morning from September 11, 1971, to January 1, 1972. With an ensemble voice cast of Sally Struthers, Jay North, Mitzi McCall, Gay Hartwig, Carl Esser and Lennie Weinrib, the show follows teenage Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble as they encounter problems growing up in the fictional town of Bedrock. ''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'' is the first spin-off series of ''The Flintstones''. For the 1972-73 season, the show was revamped as '' The Flintstone Comedy Hour'', with more time given to the original ''Flintstones'' cast alongside both reruns and newly produced segments of ''Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm''. Similar to Hanna-Barbera's ''Josie and the Pussycats'', it used contemporary rock music to attract more viewers. The 16 episodes have since had reruns broadcast on Boomerang often surrounded by interstit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stephenson (actor)
John Winfield Stephenson (August 9, 1923 – May 15, 2015) was an American actor, most active in voice-over roles. He has also been credited as John Stevenson. Stephenson never gave any interviews and was rarely seen in public, although he did make an appearance at BotCon 2001. Early life Stephenson was from Kenosha, Wisconsin, the oldest son of Ray and Martha Stephenson. He went to Ripon College and was active in campus drama. Stephenson wanted to be a lawyer and studied at the University of Wisconsin Law School. After serving in the United States Army Air Forces, as a gunner and radio operator, during World War II, John Stephenson graduated from Northwestern University with a master's degree in Speech and Drama in 1948. In 1946, during his studies, he gained an acting role on an episode of a drama radio series on WBKB. Death Stephenson died of Alzheimer's disease, aged 91 on May 15, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, their two children (a son and a daughter) and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Messick
Donald Earle Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was an American voice actor. He was best known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons. His best-remembered vocal creations include Scooby-Doo, Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in ''The Flintstones'', Astro in ''The Jetsons'', Muttley in ''Wacky Races'' and ''Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines'', Boo-Boo Bear and Ranger Smith in ''The Yogi Bear Show'', Sebastian the Cat in ''Josie and the Pussycats''; Gears, Ratchet, and Scavenger in '' The Transformers'', Papa Smurf and Azrael in ''The Smurfs'', Hamton J. Pig in ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', and Dr. Benton Quest in ''Jonny Quest''. Early life Messick was born on September 7, 1926 in Buffalo, New York, the son of Binford Earl Messick, a house painter, and Lena Birch ( Hughes). He was raised by his maternal grandparents in the Bolton Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, where he received his early training as a performer at the Ramsay Street School of Acting. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hanna
William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator and cartoonist who was the creator of ''Tom and Jerry'' as well as the voice actor for the two title characters. Alongside Joseph Barbera, he also founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera. Hanna joined the Harman and Ising animation studio in 1930 and steadily gained skill and prominence while working on cartoons such as '' Captain and the Kids''. In 1937, while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hanna met Joseph Barbera. In 1957, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, creating or producing programs such as ''The Flintstones'', ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'', ''The Jetsons'', ''Scooby-Doo'', ''The Smurfs'', and ''Yogi Bear''. In 1967, Hanna-Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company until 1991. At that time, the studio was sold to T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Barbera
Joseph Roland Barbera ( ; ; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator, director, producer, storyboard artist, and cartoon artist who co-founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera. Born to Italian immigrants in New York City, Barbera joined Van Beuren Studios in 1927 and subsequently Terrytoons in 1929. In 1937, he moved to California and while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Barbera met William Hanna. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing ''Tom and Jerry''. In 1957, after MGM dissolved their animation department, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such as ''The Flintstones'', ''Yogi Bear'', ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?'', ''Top Cat'', ''The Smurfs'', ''Huckleberry Hound'', and ''The Jetsons''. In 1967, Hanna-Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Korman
Harvey Herschel Korman (February 15, 1927May 29, 2008) was an American actor and comedian who performed in television and film productions. His big break was being a featured performer on CBS' ''The Danny Kaye Show'', but he is best remembered for his performances on the sketch comedy series ''The Carol Burnett Show'', for which he won four Emmy Awards, as well as his partnership with Tim Conway. Korman also appeared in several comedy films by Mel Brooks. Early life Korman was of Russian Jewish descent and born in Chicago, the son of Ellen (née Blecher) and Cyril Raymond Korman, a salesman. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. After being discharged, he studied at the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University) and at HB Studio. He was a member of the Peninsula Players summer theater program during the 1950, 1957, and 1958 seasons. Career Early years Korman's first television role was as a head waiter in ''The Donna Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cave Kids
''Cave Kids'' (also known as ''Cave Kids Adventures'' or ''Cave Kids: Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm'') is an American animated children's television series produced by Hanna-Barbera, and a spin-off of ''The Flintstones''. The show aired in syndication on public television stations from September 29 to November 17, 1996, with reruns available until 1999. Overview The series follows the adventures of Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble as prehistoric pre-schoolers with Dino, the Flintstone family's pet dinosaur, as their babysitter. While Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm spoke in baby-talk gibberish to adults, they could communicate normally with each other, a la ''Rugrats'' (another show that Bamm-Bamm's voice actresses, Cavanaugh and Daily worked on). Unlike the original 1960s ''Flintstones'' series and its spin-off incarnations featuring the kids and their parents in slapstick comedy adventures, this show focused more on educational values and lessons for children, with each episode also conclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bea Benaderet
Beatrice Benaderet ( ; April 4, 1906 – October 13, 1968) was an American actress and comedienne. Born in New York City and raised in San Francisco, she began performing in Bay Area theatre and radio before embarking on a Hollywood career that spanned over three decades. Benaderet first specialized in voice-over work in the golden age of radio, appearing on numerous programs while working with comedians of the era such as Jack Benny, Burns and Allen, and Lucille Ball. Her expertise in dialect and characterization led to her becoming Warner Bros. Cartoons' leading voice of female characters in their animated cartoons of the early 1940s through the mid-1950s. Benaderet was then a prominent figure on television in situation comedies, first with ''The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show'' from 1950 to 1958, for which she earned two Emmy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. In the 1960s, she had regular roles in four series until her death from lung cancer in 1968, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Foray
June Foray (born June Lucille Forer; September 18, 1917 – July 26, 2017) was an American voice actress. She was best known as the voice of such animated characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick, Lucifer from Disney's ''Cinderella'', Cindy Lou Who, Jokey Smurf, Granny from the Warner Bros. cartoons directed by Friz Freleng, Grammi Gummi from ''Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'' series, and Magica De Spell, among many others. Her career encompassed radio, theatrical shorts, feature films, television, records (particularly with Stan Freberg), video games, talking toys, and other media. Foray was also one of the early members of ASIFA-Hollywood, the society devoted to promoting and encouraging animation. She is credited with the establishment of the Annie Awards, as well as being instrumental in the creation of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring her voice work in television. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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