Fred Flintstone and Friends

Fred Flintstone and Friends
Genre Animation
Directed by Charles A. Nichols
William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Starring Fred Flintstone
Voices of Henry Corden
(voice of Fred Flintstone)
Theme music composer Hoyt Curtin
Opening theme "Fred Flintstone and Friends" by Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 95
Production
Executive producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Hanna-Barbera Productions
Columbia Pictures Television
Distributor Claster Television
Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network First-run syndication
Original release October 3, 1977 (1977-10-03) – September 1, 1978 (1978-09-01)
Chronology
Preceded by The Flintstone Comedy Hour
Followed by The New Fred and Barney Show (The Flintstones)
Hanna–Barbera's World of Super Adventure (anthology)

Fred Flintstone and Friends is a 30-minute weekday animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Columbia Pictures Television which aired in first-run syndication from October 3, 1977 to September 1, 1978. The series was packaged by Columbia Pictures Television during the 1977–78 television season and was available for barter syndication through Claster Television through the mid-1980s.[1]

Overview

The series is hosted by Fred Flintstone and featured a repackaging of the following six Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoons that were originally broadcast from 1971 to 1975:

The original half-hour episodes of these six cartoons were now serialized into two or three-part 10-minute stories, all of which were introduced on a daily basis by Fred (via voice-overs on brief bumper clips shown in-between segments).

The opening title sequence was a composite, using clips from the openings of the various series, along with a new title theme song. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained an inferior laugh track created by the studio.

Henry Corden made his official debut as Fred's speaking voice on this series after Alan Reed (the original voice of Fred) had died in June 1977; Corden previously appeared as Fred's singing voice in the theatrical film, The Man Called Flintstone, and in the 1966 television special, Alice in Wonderland (or What’s a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?). Corden continued providing Fred's voice in future Flintstones TV series and specials, as well as Fruity Pebbles & Cocoa Pebbles cereal commercials, until his death in 2005.

Production credits

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sobel, Robert (1977). "Syndicated kidvid lively; top dollar for cartoons" Television/Radio Age, Vol. 25, No. 2. (August 15, 1977), p. 66.

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