A Flintstone Christmas

A Flintstone Christmas
Directed by	Charles A. Nichols
Starring	Henry Corden Mel Blanc Jean Vander Pyl Gay Hartwig Hal Smith Virginia Gregg
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original airing	December 7, 1977
Chronology
Followed by	The Flintstones: Little Big League (1978)

A Flintstone Christmas is a 60-minute animated Christmas television special featuring The Flintstones. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and aired on NBC on Wednesday December 7, 1977. This special is not to be confused with the fifth season episode "Christmas Flintstone" which aired Friday December 25, 1964 during the show's run from ABC. The special has been seen on on WGN and in 2010 aired on ABC Family as part of their 25 Days of Christmas. It was also shown on Boomerang in 2010 as part of the "Boomerang Classic Christmas Party". This is the first Flintstones' special and incarnations that premiered on NBC.

Summary

On Christmas Eve, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble save Christmas for children all over the world by taking Santa Claus's place when he sprains his ankle on Fred's roof delivering presents at the Flintstones' house. Santa teaches them all they need to know and they do a great job, but Fred is late for a Christmas party hosted by his boss, Mr. Slate, and he could lose his job.

Voices

• Henry Corden - Fred Flintstone
• Mel Blanc - Barney Rubble
• Jean Vander Pyl - Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
• Gay Hartwig - Betty Rubble
• Lucille Bliss - Bamm-Bamm Rubble
• John Stephenson - Mr. Slate
• Hal Smith - Santa Claus
• Virginia Gregg - Mrs. Claus

DVD release

On September 27, 2011, Warner Bros. released A Flintstone Christmas Collection on DVD in region 1 via their Warner Archive Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and only in the US.^[1] This collection features two Christmas themed specials- A Flintstone Christmas and A Flintstone Family Christmas.

References

1. ^ http://www.wbshop.com/Flintstone-Christmas-Collection-A/1000239735,default,pd.html

External links

• A Flintstone Christmas at the Internet Movie Database
• A Flintstone Christmas @ The Big Cartoon DataBase