The Flintstones' New Neighbors

The Flintstone Special: The Flintstones' New Neighbors
Directed by	Carl Urbano
Voices of	Henry Corden Mel Blanc Jean Vander Pyl Gay Autterson John Stephenson Pat Parris Frank Welker
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Alex Lovy
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 26, 1980
Chronology
Preceded by	The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone
Followed by	Fred's Final Fling
External links
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The Flintstones' New Neighbors is a 1980 animated television special and is the first of a series of The Flintstone Special limited-run prime time revival of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which premiered on NBC on September 26, 1980.

The Flintstones' New Neighbors was animated at Filman, an animation studio in Madrid, Spain (headed by Carlos Alfonso and Juan Pina) who did a lot of animation work for Hanna-Barbera between the early 1970s through the mid-1980s. 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

The Flintstones and the Rubbles welcome a new strange family, The Frankenstones, to their Bedrock neighborhood.

The Frankenstones

The Frankenstone family featured on this special was a different version of the Frankenstones from the episode "Fred and Barney Meet the Frankenstones" of The New Fred and Barney Show (1979).

The new Frankenstone family members are:

• Frank Frankenstone
• Oblivia Frankenstone, his wife
• Hidea Frankenstone, their daughter
• Stubby Frankenstone, their son

A friendship develops between the Flintstones and the Frankenstones, not unlike the rivalry that would be depicted later between Fred and Frank on The Flintstone Comedy Show.

Voices

• Henry Corden - Fred Flintstone
• Mel Blanc - Barney Rubble
• Jean Vander Pyl - Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
• Gay Autterson - Betty Rubble
• Don Messick - Bamm-Bamm Rubble
• John Stephenson - Frank Frankenstone
• Pat Parris - Oblivia Frankenstone
• Jim MacGeorge - Stubby Frankenstone
• Julie McWhirter - Hidea Frankenstone
• Frank Welker - Creepy, Mother Pterodactyl

Award nomination

The Flintstones' New Neighbors was nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement - Animated Programming at the 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 1981.

Production credits

• Executive in Charge of Production: Margaret Loesch
• Director: Carl Urbano
• Story: Willie Gilbert
• Story Direction: Alex Lovy
• Recording Director: Alex Lovy
• Voices: Gay Autterson, Mel Blanc, Henry Corden, Jim MacGeorge, Julie McWhirter, Don Messick, Pat Parris, John Stephenson, Jean Vander Pyl, Frank Welker
• Graphics: Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
• Musical Director: Hoyt Curtin
• Musical Supervisor: Paul DeKorte
• Character Design: Bob Singer, Don Morgan
• Layout: Angel Izquierdo
• Animation: Alberto Conejo, Julio Diez, Miguel A. Fuertes, Manuel G. Galiana, Roberto Marcano, Matias Marcos, Ezequiel Martin, Pedro Mohedano, Pedro J. Molina, Mariano Rueda
• Backgrounds: Francisco Albert, Marcial Del Cerro, Andres Hernandez
• Xerography: Javier Alfonso, Jose A. Moreno
• Ink and Paint Supervision: Carmen Moreno
• Sound Direction: Richard Olson
• Camera: Raul Garcia, Santiago Gomez
• Supervising Film Editor: Larry C. Cowan
• Film Editor: Emiliano Diaz
• Dubbing Supervisor: Pat Foley
• Music Editors: Joe Sandusky, Terry Moore
• Effects Editors: Daniels McLean, Cecil Broughton, Michael Bradley, Catherine McKenzie
• Show Editor: Gil Iverson
• Negative Consultant: William E. DeBoer
• Production Supervisors: Carlos Alfonso, Juan Pina
• Post Production Supervisor: Joed Eaton
• Producer: Alex Lovy
• Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
• A Hanna-Barbera Production
• This Picture Made Under the Juridiction of IATSE-IA Affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.
• © 1980 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc.

Home media releases

The Flintstones' New Neighbors was included as a bonus episode on the 1989 VHS release of The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone.

On October 9, 2012, Warner Archive released The Flintstones' New Neighbors 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.

External links

• The Flintstones' New Neighbors at IMDb
• The Flintstones' New Neighbors at the Big Cartoon DataBase