![]() Both the Pebbles and Captain Caveman cartoons have Mummy stories and I just can't get enough Mummy fiction. This is where we see that Bamm Bamm's supernatural strength from the classic series is no longer in evidence. Giant Spiders, Zombies, Gatorsaurus, Neanderthal, Ghosts, Lizard Monsters, Pirates and various other monsters. These seem like they are very heavily inspired by American International Pictures horror films. But my favorite segment of this show is the Pebbles, Dino and Bamm Bamm cartoons. But with the added bonus of the funny Charles Nelson Reilly from The Hollywood Squares and The Match Game. If you liked The Addams Family, The Munsters, Western Publishing's Little Monsters and the other versions, this is more of the same. Mostly the same from the movie(s), but not exactly the same. Evil Scientist, and The Gruesomes from the original series and The Creeply's from Laff-A-Lympics, the Flintstone Frolics give us a new version of the Hanna Barbera horror family and it is The Frankenstones. The Flintstone Family segments feel a lot like the classic 60's episodes, but in stripped down 7 minute versions. Fred Flintstone is in quite a few of these cartoons. Each episode of the show featured 2 Dino and Cave Mouse segments. Tex Avery's name appears on the title card for one, but he may have worked on more. The Dino and Cave Mouse segments are another version of the Tom & Jerry, Tweety & Sylvester type of cartoon series. These segments have a wide array of interesting and inventive villains. When Captain Caveman transforms, he requires a hat rack to jump behind, making so much noise many residents of Bedrock look out their windows quizzically. (Like Penry from HKP) Wilma and Betty are a pair of star reporters, together taking on the role of Lois Lane. Chester, Captain Caveman's alter ego, works at the Daily Granite as a janitor. The Captain Caveman segments seem heavily inspired by not just Superman, but possibly the 1952 TV version of Superman starring George Reeves. In one of the Frankenstone episode he abuses his cop powers to make the monster family lose their home. Not just in the inept way, but also Fred embodies the whole abuse of power by cops thing in a major way. Mostly they face-off against the Frankenstone's pet Badrock. Captain Caveman or Shmoo will cameo in other segments. Fred as a cop shows up in Flintstone and Frankenstone segments. There is an aspect where characters from the different segments will occasionally overlap. Finally getting to watch these has been wonderful. And also this version of Captain Caveman. I have seen descriptions of the show on Wikipedia for a while and vaguely remember the things existing, and as much as I remembered enjoying the 1979 The New Shmoo show, I badly wanted to see Bedrock Cops where Fred and Barney team up with The Shmoo. I'm fairly certain this is the version of the Teenage Pebbles & Bamm Bamm that I remember enjoying so much. And a few months ago (Spring 2019) Boomerang dropped The Flintstone Frolics (TFCS) on the Boomerang streaming service and I finally got to watch these episodes for the first time since I saw them Saturday Mornings in the early 80's. The show wasn't as fun as I remember it being. In 2008 Warner Bros released The Pebbles And Bamm Bamm Show to DVD and I quickly bought and watched it, but found myself disappointed with the episodes.
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