After years of seeing the episode, it's great to see this. Only Jean Vander Pyl is present from the Flintstones cast as Wilma in this original pilot. You can hear canned music used from Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear compiled by John Seeley. Playing Betty is June Foray, known for Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Granny from the Tweety and Sylvester cartoons. Finally, Daws Butler performs the voices of Fred and Barney. It sounds like the voices he used for Ralph and Morton in the Honey Mousers cartoons. Betty's eyes are different from what the Flintstones would be. Also, the color of the swim trunks on Fred and Barney would be switched when they made the complete episode. All in all, I give this short but entertaining pilot 8 skin diving outfits out of 10.
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An interesting and very short curio
planktonrules3 June 2018
I have recently watched a lot of pilot episodes of television shows...both ones that went on to become a series and ones which never saw the light of day. Of all the pilots I've see so far, perhaps the strangest is this one for "The Flintstones". Why is it so odd? Well, unlike the rest, it's only about two minutes long! Yes, with this tiny a snippet, the networks were apparently impressed enough to approve the series!
What you see are the four main characters (only Wilma uses the same voice for this pilot as the series itself) and not a lot happens...just Wilma and Betty talking and then Barney and Fred at the pool. Betty, in particular, looks totally different.
Overall, I cannot rate this one...it's just two short. But it is interesting to see how the program evolved.
What you see are the four main characters (only Wilma uses the same voice for this pilot as the series itself) and not a lot happens...just Wilma and Betty talking and then Barney and Fred at the pool. Betty, in particular, looks totally different.
Overall, I cannot rate this one...it's just two short. But it is interesting to see how the program evolved.
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