The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show

This is just another example of why in most cases that spin-offs of most classic television series don't work. The thing that I didn't like about it is the fact that Bamm Bamm, who when he was a baby was the strongest boy in the world, is comes off as rather wimpy and let's Pebbles talk him into a lot of her hair brained schemes. Also, the supporting cast was pretty much a carbon copy of a lot of the cast in the various versions of the "Archie" cartoon series. And the plots for many of the episodes of the were so stupid that it is no wonder that it only lasted for one season. However, when "The Flintstone Comedy Hour" premiered the next year, the Pebbles and Bamm Bamm shows were absorbed into this show.

Another thing that gets me is the fact that Pebbles and Bamm Bamm went from toddlers just five years earlier to being teenagers while Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty and Mr. Slate never seemed to age at all.

You didn't expect Pebbles to stay a baby forever, did you?

In "The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show", the babies from the classic "Flintstones" series are now teenagers and have their own friends, adventures and mis-adventures in Bedrock. Of course, it's all sprinkled with the "hip" attitude from the early '70s and lots of blackout gags and jokes to keep things interesting.

For the most part, Pebbles (Struthers) always had big ideas she tried to put into motion, usually failing in large-scale fashion. Sound Familiar? Like father, like daughter.

And Fred, Barney, Wilma and Betty are along for the fun, too - naturally, the respective Flintstone and Rubble pater familias are as helpful here as they ever were.

Was it any fun, though? Yeah, how could it not be? The situations were always good for a laugh and the voices (North, McCall, etc) all perfectly accentuated the characters - girlfriends, rich snobs, bikers, mammoths and all.

All in all, good rock-headed fun and a perfect extension of the series.

Ten stars.

TIDBIT - Struthers did the voice for Pebbles here, just like she was daddy's little girl for Archie Bunker in "All in the Family". Coincidence?

In response to Mike Garner, the Great Gazoo went back to his planet in the second to the last episode in season 6. The episode is called "My Fair Freddy."

As for Pebbles and Bamm Bamm; the show is easier to watch now then when it first came on. I guess I'm getting older. I do remember I didn't care for it then. They made Bamm Bamm out to be a coward. Not strong and brave like when he was a baby.

Also even though Pebbles and Bamm Bamm were older Gobbie hadn't grown even though he was a kid when Pebbles was a baby. But that is cartoons for you. They age when you want them to or stay young for ever.

Also, where was Dino?

I was just a baby when this show came out, so I didn't see it until Cartoon Express played it about 15 years ago or something. I love this show! I especially like the songs. I like the sort of "innocence" of it. Besides, I always had a crush on Jay North, from watching Dennis the Menace re-runs. I haven't had cable for a while now, so I don't even know if it's on anymore, but if it is on, and I had a chance to see it, I could never get tired of it. They need to have more innocent shows like this. I loathe all the new cartoons they have out today. They just aren't the same. The Flinstone's Comedy show also has Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as older teens, and it's also an excellent show. These are the shows I would like for my kids to see if I ever have any.

As for the previous comment that was said about this series is the main reason why in most-cases some of our favorite classic television spin-offs really don't work,and here is the reason why............ During the entire decade of the 1970's,the animation giant of the most trusted name in children's entertainment,Hanna-Barbera Productions were cranking out a lot of their own successful shows into spin-offs which by the way some of them in fact were absolutely horrible from the get-go,and there was a lot of them and this was something Hanna-Barbera did plenty of in the 1970's and way into the 1980's with some of their cartoon favorites,which by the way didn't work,and their were several.....From "Yogi Bear","The Flintstones","Scooby Doo","The Jetsons",and "Space Ghost" were made spin-offs out of the ordinary,all of them were either other clones or rehash of their own shows which were some of the worst kind of animation ever created for Saturday Mornings,and the spin-off to one of the longest running animated television series in prime time history,the spin-off to the 1960's television series to "The Flintstones"-"Peebles and Bamm-Bamm",was one of them.

Believe me,this was the worst of the worst,and how did Hanna-Barbera do this? By destroying one of the best beloved shows of all time,and believe me in the 1970's,there were I'll say a lot of "The Flintstones" spin-offs that were repulsive let alone completely terrible! And this was one of them! Need I say more? I saw a episode of "Peebles and Bamm-Bamm" not too long ago,and believe me what they did to one of the best loved characters of The Flintstones is very horrible! Watch it sometime. First off the series takes Peebles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble from being infants in The Flintstones to being annoying and repulsive teenagers with Peebles acting like a real spoiled brat! By the way,watch some of the episode where Peebles is actually wearing little or nothing since I'm surprised that the censors let that get into Saturday Mornings! And it supposed to be an children's show!

And Bamm-Bamm Rubble? How in the hell did this kid who was supposed to be the world's strongest baby in "The Flintstones",turn into a major wuss and become sort of a puscatore? How did he become such a wimp? And as for Peebles,she is very annoying and its here where she rebels against Fred and Wilma Flintstone(her own parents!)for attention! The show is repulsive and sometimes it lags along for a half-hour,with the usually hijinks between the kids(where Peebles is always trying to con Bamm Bamm into some hair-raising scheme)and sometimes usually with the gang they associated with where in each of the episode its usually Fred and Barney to get them out of a tight situation. The episodes and the musical numbers are just as canned as vegetables at the market,and the cartoony voices are very distracting(voiced by Sally Struthers,aka Gloria Bunker from All In The Family,and the other by Jay North,aka Dennis Mitchell from the Dennis The Menace TV series)which some of the plots were so stupid that its no wonder it lasted for one season,when it aired during Saturday Mornings on CBS-TV from 1971 to early 1972.

It was however,when CBS aired "The Flintstone Comedy Hour" in September of 1972,most of the "Peebles and Bamm-Bamm" shows were absorbed into this hour long format,and from there the episodes gotten so pathetic,the network dropped the show after nine episodes that same year,and from there the show founded a new home,in syndication in early 1973,and from there the "Flintstone Comedy Hour",remained on several syndicated television stations(where in was shown during the weekday afternoons)for an impressive six seasons,ending in the spring of 1976.

Then,Hanna-Barbera did the unthinkable which almost killed off the "Flintstone" franchise once and for all. In the fall of 1979,NBC-TV reunited and for a better response,resurrected the "Flintstone" franchise which an hour based the remaining characters and this time around it was based again on Peebles and Bamm-Bamm. This time around, the Flintstone family pet,Dino is along to help them solve mysteries in the form of the Scooby Doo formula which copied from that show and get this using the same voice characters from the original series(this time around by Sally Struthers as the voice of Peebles,and Fred Welker as the voice of Bamm-Bamm)which was so incredibly stupid indeed that the network dropped that show too,that same year. The was part of a series of episodes that appeared on "The Flintstone and Rubble Hour",and then "The Flintstone Mysteries".

Yabba Dabba Do? Yabba Dabba Not!