The Flintstone Comedy Hour

The Flintstone Comedy Hour is an American animated television series and a spin-off of The Flintstones and The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, and the 3rd show of the franchise overall, produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired on CBS from September 9, 1972, to September 1, 1973, and re-titled The Flintstone Comedy Show for a second season of reruns as a half-hour show from September 8, 1973, to January 26, 1974.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) This is the second spin-off of a very golden age cartoon, The Flintstones, as well as a spin-off of The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.
 * 2) There are still a lot of great and memorable characters such as Fred, Barney, Wilma, and Betty.
 * 3) Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are still very likable characters, retaining their same personalities from the previous Flintstone show.
 * 4) *Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm’s friends are also very likable, such as Penny, Wiggy, Moonrock, and "Bad Luck" Schleprock.
 * 5) Great voice acting by Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, and Gay Hartwig.
 * 6) *Jay North was still great as Bamm-Bamm.
 * 7) *Mickey Stevens, Pebbles’ new voice actor, did really good as well.
 * 8) Received great foreign dubs (that could match or exceed the original), like the Latin America dub and the Hungarian original dub.
 * 9) A lot of clever jokes and funny moments.
 * 10) Like most of Hanna-Barbera's shows at the time, the show has colorful and unique backgrounds.
 * 11) Very catchy music, such as the opening theme song, all played by the Bedrock Rockers.
 * 12) There are many fun and creative adventures, as there’s segments where the adults, like Fred and Barney, have their usual fun adventures like in The Flintstones, and also segments where it focuses on their kids, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, as they have their own fun adventures like in The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.
 * 13) Appropriate use of music and sound effects.
 * 14) The character designs still look very good.
 * 15) Decent animation.
 * 16) Good catchphrases, like the famous "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!" from Fred, and Pebbles’ own version of her father’s catchphrase, "Yabba-dabba-doozy!".

Bad Qualities

 * 1) There are some episodes that (depending on your point of view) unintentionally have bad morals like:
 * 2) * Using inventions to win games ("Moonrock’s Super Jumping Shoes")
 * 3) Some unlikable characters, such as Cindy and Fabian.
 * 4) The show sadly only lasted one season, like the previous spin-off did.
 * 5) Some of Pebbles plans aren’t the best, such as disassembling Bamm-Bamm’s cave buggy and turning it into a zapped-up version so she could compete in a car race.
 * 6) After this show, the pets of Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, Wooly and Snoots, would mysteriously be gone during Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm’s adult years as shown in the future animated Flintstones specials in the 90s.

Trivia

 * These four episodes of the show ("Squawkie Talkies", "The Suitor Computer", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Bedlam in Bedrock") are currently streaming on Boomerang.
 * This was the last spinoff of "The Flintstones" with Alan Reed as Fred before his passing on June 14, 1977. Later on he got replaced by Henry Corden.