Christmas Flintstone
Christmas Flintstone or "How the Flintstones Saved Christmas" (on VHS releases) is an animated Christmas television episode from season 5 of the The Flintstones.
Plot
Fred gets a second job at Macyrock's in order to finance the family's Christmas. Mr. Macyrock (Voiced by Mel Blanc using his Mr. Spacely voice from The Jetsons) initially fires Fred for disobeying him, but then Mr. Macyrock's assistant tells him that their usual Santa is sick, and Mr. Macyrock needed to find a new Santa and instead rehires Fred to be Santa, Mr. Macyrock tells Fred that he is the best Santa Macyrock's ever had. Then, two of Santa's elves appear to Fred, Twinky and Blinky, both of whom are 385–420 years old. They then tell him that the real Santa Claus is sick, and he replaces him in the sleigh. Fred then shouts Christmas greetings in French, Italian, German, Dutch, English, and Swedish.
Voice cast
- Alan Reed - Fred Flintstone
- Jean Vanderpyl - Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintsone, customer
- Mel Blanc - Barney Rubble, Dino, Mr. Macyrock
- Gerry Johnson - Betty Rubble, gift rapping lady, girl#1
- Don Messick - Bamm-Bamm Rubble, kid#1, reporter, blinky
- Hal Smith - Santa Claus, streetcrosser, dinosaur
- Dick Beals - kid#2, twinky
Songs
- Merry Christmas is My Favorite Time of Year
- Dino the Dinosaur's Christmas Tree
- Merry Christmas is My Favorite Time of Year (Reprise)
Trivia
- This episode of the Flintstones conflicts with the 1977 Christmas special "A Flintstone Christmas". Near the end of this episode, Fred believes in Santa Claus and even states "No one's going to tell me that there isn't a Santa Claus". In "A Flintstone Christmas", Fred finds it hard to believe that Santa is on his roof and even thinks that Barney is immature for believing in Santa Claus.