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The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show - The Complete Series

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The first of the Flintstones spin-offs, The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971) featured the children of the Flintstones and Rubbles as teenagers in Bedrock high school-themed misadventures replete with Laugh-In style gags, jokes and a dance of the week ala The Archies. A chip off the old block or rather a "pebble off the old Flintstone," Pebbles, too, had a catchphrase: "Yabba Dabba Doozy!" which [to Bamm-Bamm's chagrin] signaled "a doozy of an idea" that typically got the gang into various trouble. A Barney to Pebbles' Fred, Bamm-Bamm, too, cringed at the mention of his best friend's "brilliant ideas" and was also drafted into singing lead in their band [The Bedrock Rockers] because of his shower singing which was only good while he was in the shower in "The Golden Voice" (a personal favorite of mine). In addition to great character designs, fun new characters Bad Luck Schleprock (voiced by legendary Don Messick), teen inventor Moonrock and Bronto of the Bronto Bunch (both voiced by "Inch High Private Eye" Lennie Weinrib) plus great new music from original Flintstones music director Hoyt Curtin, The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show also featured the voices of Sally Struthers (All in the Family) and Jay North (Dennis the Menace) as the teenaged title characters. Not to mention regular appearances from their parents plus an episode featuring the creepy Gruesomes. A little trivia: Sally Struthers also was the voice of "Charlene Sinclair" from other prehistoric series Dinosaurs. The only negative I found with the show was that Bamm-Bamm, though a strapping lad, wasn't as super-strong as he was on The Flintstones as "the world's strongest baby." Despite this, The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show was one of the better Flintstones spin-offs (my favorite) which I still enjoyed and recommend.

The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show - The Complete Series is a 2-disc (352 min.) set featuring all 16 episodes from the 1971-72 season as originally aired; Full-Frame (1.33:1) video; plus, as extras, the following 4 bonus Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm episodes from The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972-73): Squawkie Talkie, Suitor Computer, Beauty and the Beast, Bedlam in Bedrock.

Episodes:
1. Gridiron Girl Trouble
2. Putty in Her Hands
3. Frog For a Day
4. The Golden Voice
5. Daddy's Little Helper
6. Focus Foolery
7. Pebbles' Big Boast
8. The Grand Prix Pebbles
9. The Terrible Snorkasaurus
10. Schleprock's New Image
11. Coach Pebbles
12. No Cash and Carry
13. Wooly the Great
14. Mayor May Not
15. They Went That Away
16. The Birthday Present

In releasing classic Hanna Barbera series, Warner Home Video has been inconsistent in preserving the shows as originally presented. Most notable is the sporadic removal of the laugh track used in many HB shows -- for example, the tracks were removed from the "Josie and the Pussycats" DVD release, resulting not only in awkward pauses where the laugh track originally was, but an overall distortion of how the show was intended to be enjoyed.

While today's television cartoons are produced without laugh tracks, use of the laugh track in 1960s and 1970s cartoons was the custom, and is a reflection of that era. To preserve the integrity of the original show, the track should not be removed.

Happily, the producers of the "Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show" DVD release have kept the original laugh track, and it completes what is an overall first-rate release. The show is well written and nicely drawn, the voice talent is terrific, and the digital transfer is bright and sharp.

So, enjoy "The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show" as it originallly aired...and laugh along bwith the laugh track!

I had alot of fun reliving my childhood watching this show after all these years.

A lot of people on here are expecting to buy this for The Bedrock Rockers musical segments but The Bedrock Rockers weren't on The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show. Pebbles, Bamm Bamm and their friends appeared as The Bedrock Rockers on THE FLINTSTONES COMEDY HOUR, which premiered a year after this show went off the air. The 4 bonus episodes on this collection only include the story segments and not any of the musical segments. We'll have to wait until Warner Bros. decides to release THE FLINTSTONES COMEDY HOUR to get the musical segments featuring The Bedrock Rockers.P

Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm return to your TV screen in this latest outing from Hanna-Barbera's Classic Collection series, showcasing the misadventures of the now-teenaged daughter of Fred Flintstone and the adopted son of Barney Rubble.

This show, which appears to be an attempt to present HB's venerable series THE FLINTSTONES for a new and younger audience while also stealing a little thunder from Filmation Studios' long-running ARCHIES series (which, at the time this show aired, was the toast of Saturday Morning), depicts Pebbles Flintstone (voiced by Sally Struthers, of ALL IN THE FAMILY fame) and Bamm-Bamm Rubble (Jay North, of TV's DENNIS THE MENACE) in their high school years. In both cases, neither apple has fallen far from the tree: Bamm-Bamm retains his father's level-headedness and stalwart passivity, while Pebbles shares her father's impetuousness, high spirits and penchant for enthusiastic scheming. This last quality often gets her AND Bamm-Bamm into as much trouble as it did their fathers, but luckily they have their famous parents (with Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl and Mel Blanc all returning to voice Fred, Wilma and Barney, and Gay Hartwig taking over Betty for the late Bea Benaderet) and a group of steady pals to help them out: earthy, chubby Penny (Mitzi McCall), scatterbrained amateur astrologer Wiggy (also Gay Hartwig, whose vocals for this character are a direct lift from Jo Anne Worley), and brainy inventor Moonrock (Lennie Weinrib), who at times seems to be a prehistoric ancestor of the Archies' own Dilton Doiley. Rivals appear in the form of rich-kid snobs Cindy (Hartwig yet again) and Fabian (Carl Esser), and comedy relief shows up in the form of ne'er-do-well motorcycle gang the Bronto Bunch (whose leader Bronto is also voiced by Weinrib) and the perpetually unlucky Schleprock (Don Messick). Though the series owes quite a bit to THE ARCHIES, there is also a thread derived from the Annette Funicello/Frankie Avalon BEACH PARTY films: the antics of the Bronto Bunch occasionally recall Harvey Lembeck's demented Eric Von Zipper and his Rat Pack gang of goofball bikers.

The show itself has been criticized for being flimsy when compared to the original FLINTSTONES series, but one must remember that THE FLINTSTONES was written as a prime-time series for adults. PEBBLES AND BAMM-BAMM was specifically done for kids, and in many cases was its audience's first real exposure to the Flintstones. Most of the episodes, to my eye, are standard teen fare that hold up as well as anything else of its time (or even this time) with the usual FLINTSTONES sight gags of modern conveniences adapted for prehistoric settings in full display.

This series is presented with reasonably clean transfers on two single-side discs and colorful outer artwork, though I am not a fan of the rather flimsy cardstock storage cases Warner Brothers uses for these sets. The set has all 16 half-hour episodes plus four ten-minute episodes made for 1972's THE FLINTSTONE COMEDY HOUR as a special feature. All in all, it adds up to one yabba-dabba-doozy of a set. Enjoy.

I received this DVD a few weeks ago and I have never been so disappointed with a purchase. One of the main reasons I bought it was to hear the songs of the bedrock rockers. Not one!!! Why was this cut out of the show???? Why aren't the selections in the special features???? Very , very disappointed!! Alot of these videos are posted on youtube but I thought with the purchase of the actual DVD I would have all the performances. I just can't believe they are cut out of the entire DVD.....I cannot express just how disappointed I am!!!

It's the Pebble and Bamm Bamm Show - that is the opeming line of the theme song. I can still remembet it!

The Flintsones (1960-66) was tv's first successful primetime animated show. But as it was primetime they were looking for an adult audience. This "spinoff" is aimed at the teenage crowd for Saturday morning. Therefore, they decided to revive the classic series but focus on the two children, now teenagers. The show centered on themes that the teenager would relate to but unfortunately it was what adults thought teenagers wanted from the adult perspective. Therefore, the episodes were rather flimsy (but as a teenager of that time, I enjoyed it.)

Three of the original voices comeback - Alan Reed as Fred Flintstone, Jean Vander Pyl as Wilma Flintstone and Mel Blanc as Barney Rubble. (Bea Benadret - the original Betty Rubble - died in 1968 and Jerry Johnson - the second Betty died shortly after The Flintstones was cancelled in 1966.)

Sally Struthers voiced Pebbles. In January 1971, All in the Family premiered. Therefore, you could watch Sally in the morning in Pebbles and Bamm Bamm and then watch a totally different Sally at night in All in the Family. (For the younger ones she was also Babbette in The Gilmore Girls.)

Jay North voiced Bamm Bamm. But most people will remember him as Dennis, the Menace (1959-63). (And some might remember him for his short lived Indian seriers Maya (1967).

Despite the lackluster storylines, this is a very fun show and definitely something for the adults to remember and the kids to enjoy.

If you are a fan at all, you will love the DVDs... as a kid I loved the Flintstones and this just continues the series..

I totally disagree with the previous reviewer. This series was a wondeful part of my Saturday morning TV habit. The character designs, background styling, music, voice-cast are all top-notch. It's the only spin-off of "The Flintstones" that kept the charm of the original, while moving the property forward for a new TV audience. The original voices of Fred, Wilma and Barney (Alan Reed, Jean Vander Pyl and Mel Blanc) returned to voice their characters. Sally Struthers and Jay North were both incredible in their parts as well.

Everything about this show -- and other Hanna-Barbera series of this same time period ("Josie and the Pussycats," "The Harlem Globetrotters," "Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch") was outstanding -- and leaps and bounds above the product from other animation houses. Honestly -- try watching anything from Filmation, whether it be The Archies, or any other title, and you'll see what I mean.

I think I may have discovered what the "beyond" in Bed, Bath and Beyond is!:)

Last night I was looking for new bath towels when I found a small dvd section of items drastically reduced. To my happy surprise I discovered The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show-The Complete Series was reasonably priced.

When I was about eight years old and this was still airing on Saturday morning tv in the 70s I couldn't get enough. It made me think that high school was going to be this fun and magical place where your pet (mistaken for a football player with amazing skill!) could walk through the halls with you and everyone (even the bullies) would be either friendly or funny, sometimes both! Music and dancing (late 60s style) would also be an everyday thing.

Of course this turned out to not be true, but I didn't know that then and I loved every second. I also didn't realize then that Sally Struthers voiced Pebbles and Jay North (of Dennis the Menace fame) voiced Bamm-Bamm.

Last night as I watched the first few episodes I couldn't believe the memories from my childhood that came rushing back. It looks a lot different to me now, but somehow I enjoyed it just as much...which sort of worries me as an adult!:)

Whether you buy this at Bed, Bath and Beyond or spend your money here, you won't be sorry to own "The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show," especially if this is something you loved when you were little. The show holds up surprisingly well (the dialogue is a lot better than I thought it would be all these years later) and the characters and good fun they all have is quite endearing! Fred, Wilma, Barney and Betty are even along for the ride!

Spending a few nights watching episodes here and there is a great way to treat yourself to some sweet nostalgia and a relaxing time! I'm not ashamed to say that this is a wonderful blast from the past!!

I was a little too young to watch the original animated "The Flintstones," which was first run on ABC from 1960-1966. Of course, I was aware of "The Flintstones" and watched it in heavily syndicated reruns. "The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show," the delightful 16 Episode Saturday morning sequel, first ran on CBS in 1971 when I was about five or six years old. THIS show is part of my Saturday morning memories!
On "The Flintstones", Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm were babies, and I never cared much for babies or children in shows, even when I was a child. For their own self-titled show, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are teenagers. The title characters are excellently voiced by Sally Struthers ("All In The Family") and Jay North ("Dennis The Menace"). They hang out with a new gang of teenage friends, including The Bronto Bunch Motorcycle Gang, astrologically-inclined Wiggy, hippie Penny, inventor Moonrock, snobby Cindy and Fabian, and Bad Luck Schleprock ("Hi, everybody, miserable day, isn't it... wowsie, wowsie, woo-woo!"). Fred, Barney, Wilma, Betty, and Mr. Slate return, but Dino The Dinasour is noticeably absent. He is replaced here by Bamm-Bamm's pet Snoots and Pebbles' pet elephant Wooley, who, in one episode, flies exactly like Disney's Dumbo.
Watching this series again after SO MANY years, I realized that "Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm" plots are basically recycled from "I Love Lucy." It is basically bedlam in Bedrock when Pebbles gets ideas in her head. But Pebbles is enthusiastic, energetic, and good-hearted. She's not scatterbrained like Lucy is, but Bamm-Bamm humorously and truthfully says, "You've got rocks in your head, Pebbles...when Pebbles makes up her mind, it's a state of mind over matter. Pebbles makes up her mind and NOTHING else matters." My most vivid memory of the series is actually the series' BEST episode. In "The Golden Voice," Pebbles discovers that Bamm-Bamm has a beautiful singing voice when he's in the shower. For this episode, he repeatedly sings the phrase, "Don't rock now, because our love has grown stone cold." Outside of the shower, his singing is terrible. Pebbles takes him to see Madame Fortismo, who turns him into a vocal freak sensation. In other memorable episodes, Pebbles gets involved in football and baseball; although she knows absolutely nothing about either sport, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm become Grand Prix race car drivers in order to retrieve a special fuel for Fred and Barney, and chaos reigns when Pebbles becomes honorary mayor of Bedrock for one week.
I also seem to recall a TV Special when Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm got married and had a baby of their own. That would make Fred, Barney, Wilma, and Betty grandparents! I don't need to go into that. I hope you love and enjoy "The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show" as much as I do!