The Flintstones' New Neighbors
The Flintstones Primetime Specials is a four-episode limited-run prime time television revival of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which air on NBC on September 26, 1980 to October 11 1981.
| The Flintstones' New Neighbors | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carl Urbano |
| Voices of | Henry Corden Mel Blanc Jean Vander Pyl Gay Autterson John Stephenson Pat Parris Frank Welker |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer | Alex Lovy |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor | Taft Broadcasting |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 26, 1980 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone |
| Followed by | Fred's Final Fling |
The Flintstones' New Neighbors was animated at Filman, an animation studio in Madrid, 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. This would explain why, artistically, the backgrounds in this special look very much like pencil and charcoal drawings, very different from the original 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.
Summary
The Flintstones and the Rubbles welcome a new strange family, The Frankenstones, to their Bedrock neighborhood.
The Frankenstones
The Frankenstone family featured on this special was a different version of the Frankenstones from the episode "Fred & Barney Meet the Frankenstones" of The New Fred and Barney Show (1979).
The new Frankenstone family members are:
- Frank Frankenstone
- Oblivia Frankenstone, his wife
- Hidea Frankenstone, their daughter
- Stubby Frankenstone, their son
A friendship develops between the Flintstones and the Frankenstones, not unlike the rivalry that would be depicted later between Fred and Frank on The Flintstone Comedy Show. This version of the Frankenstones continued to appear throughout the run of the specials.
Voice cast
- Henry Corden as Fred Flintstone
- Mel Blanc as Barney Rubble
- Jean Vander Pyl as Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
- Gay Autterson as Betty Rubble
- Don Messick as Bamm-Bamm Rubble
- John Stephenson as Frank Frankenstone
- Patricia Parris as Oblivia Frankenstone
- Jim MacGeorge as Stubby Frankenstone
- Julie McWhirter as Hidea Frankenstone
- Frank Welker as Creepy, Mother Pterodactyl
Award nomination
The Flintstones' New Neighbors was nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement - Animated Programming at the 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 1981.
Production credits
- Executive in Charge of Production: Margaret Loesch
- Director: Carl Urbano
- Story: Willie Gilbert
- Story Direction: Alex Lovy
- Recording Director: Alex Lovy
- Voices: Gay Autterson, Mel Blanc, Henry Corden, Jim MacGeorge, Julie McWhirter, Don Messick, Pat Parris, John Stephenson, Jean Vander Pyl, Frank Welker
- Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
- Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
- Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
- Character Design: Bob Singer, Don Morgan
- Layout: Angel Izquierdo
- Animation: Alberto Conejo, Julio Diez, Miguel A. Fuertes, Manuel G. Galiana, Roberto Marcano, Matias Marcos, Ezequiel Martin, Pedro Mohedano, Pedro J. Molina, Mariano Rueda
- Backgrounds: Francisco Albert, Marcial Del Cerro, Andres Hernandez
- Xerography: Javier Alfonso, Jose A. Moreno
- Ink and Paint Supervision: Carmen Moreno
- Sound Direction: Richard Olson
- Camera:' Raul Garcia, Santiago Gomez
- Supervising Film Editor: Larry C. Cowan
- Film Editor: Emiliano Diaz
- Dubbing Supervisor: Pat Foley
- Music Editors: Joe Sandusky, Terry Moore
- Effects Editors: Daniels McLean, Cecil Broughton, Michael Bradley, Catherine McKenzie
- Show Editor: Gil Iverson
- Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
- Production Supervisors: Carlos Alfonso, Juan Pina
- Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
- Producer: Alex Lovy
- Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
- It was made under the jurisdiction of IATSE-IA affiliated with the A.F.L.-C.I.O.
- © 1980 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
Home media
The Flintstones' New Neighbors was included as a bonus episode on the 1989 VHS release of The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone.
On October 9, 2012, Warner Archive released The Flintstones' New Neighbors on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection, in a release entitled The Flintstones Prime-Time Specials Collection: Volume 2. It was a Manufacture-on-Demand release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.[1]
