tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post6257184292881167684..comments2024-03-28T21:16:57.556-07:00Comments on Yowp: Happy 55th Fred, Wilma, Barney and BettyYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-60035540631468898342017-10-01T04:35:44.001-07:002017-10-01T04:35:44.001-07:00The other two members of the Four Preps that you d...The other two members of the Four Preps that you did not mention eventually became TV producers. Their names were Glen Larson and Bruce Belland and both had a raft of credits on some very high profile shows.Dave Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454782108761662940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-25045916056445327792015-10-01T17:05:25.413-07:002015-10-01T17:05:25.413-07:00And enjoying the 55 years of the premiƩre from The...And enjoying the 55 years of the premiƩre from <i>The Flintstones</i> in the USA, thru the prime-time from ABC, the Boomerang channel (from Brazil and Latin America) returned to broadcast <i>The Flintstones</i> at the late nights, everyday. <br /><br />rodineisilveirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751345474415214163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-41050164039339047222015-10-01T07:11:34.540-07:002015-10-01T07:11:34.540-07:00Correct. Still, no other voice actors are heard (a...Correct. Still, no other voice actors are heard (a la Season 2's episode wherere Barney and Betty had to stay over sat the Flintstone house due to the Rubbles's plumbing problems-forgot episode-only the Blanc-voiced plumber is seen in that one..). (It was quite unlike the actual first one made, "The Swimming Pool", which boasted Daws Butler, Hal Smtih (that angry neighbor who was blasted off the air by the jazzy music!), Bill Thompson and Mike Rye (all of whom except for the last were considered for Fred and Barney--after all, the first played both Fred and Barney in the 1959 pilot and Smith and Thompson considered for the husbands). SCPokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-3680384016459035392015-09-30T18:32:25.825-07:002015-09-30T18:32:25.825-07:00Not quite. At the very beginning, the newsboy is h...Not quite. At the very beginning, the newsboy is heard announcing himself (Jean VanderPyl), and there's a man inside of the bowling alley's drink vending machine (Mel Blanc, doing his Senor Wences imitation).Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-65926485029917676762015-09-30T15:02:05.872-07:002015-09-30T15:02:05.872-07:00Yabba Dabba Doo! They didn't show the first ac...Yabba Dabba Doo! They didn't show the first actually-done episode, "The Swimming Pool", as everyone knows, because of course Fred and Barney fought too much so "The Flintstone Flyer" opened the show 55 years ago (still ends with Betty and Wilma waiting for Fred and Barney to land...:) Interesting, both the foursome and their voices are alone in this except for an opera diva at Betty and Wilma's show..)Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-4665172481220450822015-09-30T08:33:40.881-07:002015-09-30T08:33:40.881-07:00Variety did have a bit of a point on Fred -- in th...Variety did have a bit of a point on Fred -- in the first couple of episodes his gruffness spills over at times into physical cruelty against Barney that could come across as off-putting when you've never seen the characters before. <br /><br />Ralph Kramden might shove Ed Norton for doing something dumb, but he wouldn't punch/smash him with an object like prototype Fred did. But those overly-rough edges on Fred were softened out by the mid-point of the season (and, unfortunately, kept getting more and more softened so that by the time Seasons 5-6 rolled around, there weren't many edges left to be seen in the character).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com