The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma

*Wind-Up Wilma*
Wind-Up Wilma
Directed by	Carl Urbano
Voices of	Henry Corden; Mel Blanc; Jean Vander Pyl; Gay Autterson; John Stephenson; Don Messick
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Producer	Alex Lovy
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor	Taft Broadcasting
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	October 4, 1981
Chronology
Preceded by	Fred's Final Fling
Followed by	Jogging Fever

Wind-Up Wilma is a 1981 animated television special and the third of The Flintstone Specials limited-run prime time revival of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The special premiered on NBC on October 4, 1981.^[1] In the special, Wilma Flintstone is recruited to play on Bedrock's baseball team.^[2]

Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio, one of the last productions to do so.

Summary[]

Wilma is a celebrity when she gets a shot at the big leagues and becomes a pitcher for the Bedrock Dodgers after nailing a couple of robbers with a melon at the grocery store; however, she and Fred argue over her ambition to pitch for the team because Fred thinks a woman's place is in the home.

Voice cast[]

Henry Corden as Fred Flintstone
Mel Blanc as Barney Rubble, Dino
Jean Vander Pyl as Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
Gay Autterson as Betty Rubble, Traffic Cop
John Stephenson as Frank Frankenstone
Julie McWhirter as Hidea Frankenstone
Jim MacGeorge as Stubby Frankenstone, Cop
Don Messick as Announcer
as Mean, Checker
Paul Winchell as Umpire, Thief, Reporter #1
Frank Welker as Finrock

Home media[]

On October 9, 2012, Warner Archive released Wind-Up Wilma on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection, in a release entitled The Flintstones Prime-Time Specials Collection: Volume 2. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.^[3]

References[]

^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 160–161. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ Cawley, John; Korkis, Jim (1990). Cartoon Superstars. Pioneer Books. p. 98. ISBN 9781556982699.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-07-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[]

[Woolery-1] Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 160–161. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[2] Cawley, John; Korkis, Jim (1990). Cartoon Superstars. Pioneer Books. p. 98. ISBN 9781556982699.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-07-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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