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FLINTSTONES, THE: THE BLESSED EVENT {DRESS REHEARSAL} (TV)

Summary

One in this animated series set in the Stone Age, concerning the daily activities of middle-class suburbanites Fred and Wilma Flintstone and their neighbors Barney and Betty Rubble. In this episode, Fred nervously prepares himself and Wilma for the birth of their first child. This episode also includes animated caricatures of the sullen and sensitive Dr. Ben Casey and his mentor, the diminutive, hectoring Dr. David Zorba, in a brief parody of television's "Ben Casey." Commercials deleted.

(This episode is also known by the title "Dress Rehearsal.")

Details

  • NETWORK: ABC
  • DATE: February 22, 1963 Friday 8:30 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 0:01:23
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T:37727
  • GENRE: Animation; Comedy
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Animation; Comedy; Stone Age
  • SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1962-1966
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • William Hanna … Producer, Director
  • Joseph Barbera … Producer, Director
  • Alex Lovy … Associate Producer
  • Harvey Bullock … Writer
  • R. Allen Saffian … Writer
  • Hoyt Curtin … Music by
  • Alan Reed … Cast, Fred Flintstone, Voice
  • Vander Pyl, Jean … Cast, Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles, and others, Voice
  • Mel Blanc … Cast, Barney Rubble, Dino, and others, Voice
  • Bea Benaderet … Cast, Betty Rubble, Voice
  • Howard Morris … Cast, Dr. Corset and others, Voice
  • Don Messick … Cast, the Cop and others, Voice
  • June Foray … Cast, the Nurses, Voice
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