The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone
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| Directed by | Ray Patterson |
| Produced by | Alex Lovy |
| Starring | Henry Corden Mel Blanc Jean Vander Pyl Gay Autterson John Stephenson |
| Distributed by | NBC |
| Release date(s) | October 30, 1980 |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Flintstones' New Neighbors (1980) |
| Followed by | The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling (1980) |
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The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone was a 60-minute Halloween television special featuring Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble. It was produced in 1979 by Hanna-Barbera Productions and aired on October 30, 1980 on NBC.
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[edit] Summary
When Fred wins the big prize on "Make A Deal or Don't" game show, he and Wilma plan a vacation with Barney and Betty to Count Rockula's spooky castle in Rocksylvania where they encounter Rockula and Frankenstone, who have both awaken from a 500-year sleep. Rockula falls in love with Wilma and it's a game of hide-and-seek as the Count and Frakenstone try to catch Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty.
[edit] Rockula and Frankenstone
- Count Rockula: a campy and not-so-bloodthirsty vampire with a lust for women and a fear for werewolves, prompting him to build a Frankenstone monster to keep them away. Having been asleep for five hundred years, Rockula is awoken by Frankenstone and sets out to clean his castle of the guests and take Wilma, whom he thinks is his bride, for himself, even if it means killing Fred. Ironically, he is very similar to the one first featured in the episode "Blood Brothers" of The New Fred and Barney Show.
- Frankenstone: Count Rockula's half-finished creation with a scratchy voice and brain of a dumb idiot. His only mission in life: to carry out Rockula's orders, although he sometimes finds extreme difficulty in accomplishing even the simplest of tasks (in the film's possibly most hilarious scene, Frankenstone is ordered to search some barrels for Fred, and fails to notice Fred crouching right beside him). Despite the resemblance, he is not to be confused with the Frank Frankenstone character that first appeared in the episode "Fred and Barney Meet the Frankenstones" of The New Fred and Barney Show, the TV special The Flintstones' New Neighbors or The Flintstone Comedy Show.
[edit] Voices
- Henry Corden - Fred Flintstone
- Mel Blanc - Barney Rubble, Dino
- Jean Vander Pyl - Wilma Flintstone, Gladys
- Gay Autterson - Betty Rubble
- Ted Cassidy - Frankenstone
- Casey Kasem - Monty Marble
- Don Messick - Igor (Charlie the chauffer)
- John Stephenson - Count Rockula
- Lennie Weinrib - Mr. Silika
[edit] Production credits
- Executive Producers: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Director: Ray Patterson
- Producer: Alex Lovy
- Associate Producer: Neil Balnaves
- Story: Willie Gilbert
- Animation Director: Chris Cuddington
- Layout Supervisor: Steve Lumley
- Story Direction: Cullen Houghtaling, George Singer, Tom Yakutis
- Character Design: Bob Singer, Gil DiCicco, Ed Benedict
- Recording Director: Alex Lovy
- Voices: Gay Autterson, Mel Blanc, Ted Cassidy, Henry Corden, Casey Kasem, Don Messick, John Stephenson, Jean Vander Pyl, Lennie Weinrib
- Layout: Mike Trebert
- Backgrounds: Richard Zalouder, Jerry Liew, Ken Wright, Zenka Ebner, Rod Simpson, Milan Zohorsky
- Animators: John Burge, Susan Beak, Martin Chatfield, Geoff Collins, Dick Dunn, Peter Eastman, Don Ezard, Arthur Filloy, Peter Gardiner, Gerry Grabner, Sebastian Hurpia, Greg Ingram, Pamela Lofts, Peter Luschwitz, John Martin, Henry Neville, Ray Nowland, Irena Slapczynski, Mike Stapleton, Jean Tych
- Assistant Animation Supervisor: Paul Maron
- Animation Checkers: Narelle Nixon, Lesley Blayney, Ellen Bailey
- Xerography: Jack Pietruska
- Paint: Narelle Derick
- Colour Stylist: Jenny Schowe
- Special Effects: Murray Griffin
- Camera: Virginia Browne, Mark D'Arcy-Irvine, Carole Laird, Gary Page
- Editor: Robert Ciaglia
- Production Manager: Doug Paterson
- Production Control: Judy McLaughlin
- Titles: Fran Burke
- Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
- Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
- Sound Directors: Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Supervising Film Editor: Larry C. Cowan
- Dubbing Supervisor: Pat Foley
- Music Editors: Tom Gleason, Terry Moore, Joe Sandusky
- Effects Editors: Mark Green, Mark Mangini, David Stone
- Show Editor: Gil Iverson
- Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
- Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
- A Hanna-Barbera Production
- © 1979 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.
[edit] Video release
The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone was released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1989 by Hanna-Barbera Home Video. To date, it has not been released on DVD.
[edit] External links
- The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone at the Internet Movie Database
- Full-length version of The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone free at AOL Video
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