Fred Flintstone and Friends is a 30-minute weekday animated anthology wheel series produced by Hanna-Barbera and Columbia Pictures Television which aired in first-run syndication from October 3, 1977 to September 1, 1978. The series was packaged by Columbia Pictures Television during the 1977–78 television season and was available for barter syndication through Claster Television through the mid-1980s.
The series is hosted by Fred Flintstone and featured a repackaging of the following six Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoons that were originally broadcast by the various networks from 1971 to 1975:
The Flintstone Comedy Hour ("Fred & Barney" shorts and "The Bedrock Rockers" segments)Goober and the Ghost ChasersJeanniePartridge Family 2200 A.D. (re-titled The Partridge Family in Outer Space)The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm ShowYogi's GangThe six series were repackaged from their original half-hour formats into multi-part serialized stories which were introduced by Fred on a daily basis (via voice-overs on brief bumper clips shown in-between segments). The opening title sequence was a composite, using clips from the openings of the various series, along with a new title theme song. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained an inferior laugh track created by the studio.
Henry Corden made his official debut as Fred's speaking voice on this series after Alan Reed died in June 1977; Corden previously appeared as Fred's singing voice in the theatrical film, The Man Called Flintstone, and in the television specials, Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966) and Energy: A National Issue (1977). Corden continued providing Fred's voice in future spin-off series and specials, as well as Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles cereal commercials, until his death in 2005.
Executive Producers and Producers: William Hanna, Joseph BarberaCreative Producer: Iwao TakamotoDirectors: Joseph Barbera & William Hanna and Charles A. NicholsAssociate Producers: Alex Lovy and Art ScottRecording Directors: Gordon HuntExecutive Story Consultant: Myles WilderStory Editors: Sid Morse, Joe Ruby, Ken SpearsStoryboard Editors and Story Direction: Cullen Houghtaling, Brad Case, Carl Fallberg, Alex Lovy, Lew Marshall, Paul Sommer, Irv Spector, Jim Carmichael, Steve Clark, George Jorgensen, Jan Green, Earl Klein, Jim Mueller, Bill Perez, Don Christensen, George Gordon, Mike Kawaguchi, George Singer, John E. Walker, Don Sheppard, Bill Ackerman, Dave Brain, Bob Ogle, Ernest Terrazas, Gary Hoffman, Dan MillsVoices: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Gay Autterson, Sally Struthers, Carl Esser, Mitzi McCall, Don Messick, Jay North, Mickey Stevens, Daws Butler, Lennie Weinrib, Julie McWhirter, Joe Besser, Suzanne Crough, Danny Bonaduce, Brian Forster, Joan Gerber, Chuck McClendon, Sherri Alberoni, Allan Melvin, John Stephenson, Julie Bennett, Henry Corden, Ronnie Schell, Jo Ann Harris, Jerry Dexter, Paul WinchellAnimation Director: Charles A. NicholsAssistant Animation Director: Carl UrbanoProduction Design: Iwao Takamoto and Bob SingerProduction Supervisor: Victor O. SchipekTitles: Iraj ParanGraphics: Iraj Paran, Tom WogatzkeDialogue Director: Alan DinehartMusical Director: Hoyt CurtinMusical Supervisor: Paul DeKorteCharacter Design: Jerry Eisenberg, Dick Bickenbach, Takashi MasunagaLayout: John Ahern, Peter Alvarado, Mike Arens, Dick Bikenbach, Bruce Bushman, Brad Case, Moe Gollub, Stan Green, Jack Huber, Alex Ignatiev, Don Sheppard, Bob Singer, Andrea Brown, Ed Benedict, Jaime Diaz, David Hanan, Willie Ito, Don Jurwich, Terry Slade, Roman Arambula, Homer Jonas, Sukhdev Dail, Don Morgan, Dale Barnhart, Phil Melendez, Greg Nocon, Bob Foster, Larry Huber, Dardo Veldez, Ron Campbell, Jim Fletcher, David High, Herb Johnson, Floyd Norman, Lew Ott, Nino Carbe, Gary HoffmanUnit Director: Ray PattersonAnimators: Lefty Callahan, Rudy Cataldi, Steve Clark, Lilian Evans, John Garling, Bill Keil, George Kreisl, Hicks Lokey, Margaret Nichols, Joan Orbison, Jay Sarbry, Ken Southworth, Irv Spence, Xenia, George Cannata, Hugh Fraser, Jerry Hatchock, Dick Lundy (The Patterson Brothers Don and Ray), David Tendlar, Carlo Vinci, Ed Barge Lars Calonius, Harry Holt, Rae MacSpadden, Ed Parks, Dick Thompson, Bill Hutten, Volus Jones, (The Love Brothers Ed and Tony), Dan Mills, John Walker, Gwen Weltzer, Tom Baron, Emil Carle, Marcia Holt, Marija Jursic, Ed Rehberg, Veve Risto, Rod Scribner, Rich Trueblood, Frank Andrina, Ed DeMattia, Ron Campbell, Izzy Ellis, Bob Hatchock, Hicks Lokey, Alan Green, Jack FosterBackground Supervisor: Fernando MontealegreBackground Styling: F. Montealegre, Fernando Arce, Richard Khim, Gary NiblettBackgrounds: F. Montealegre, Martin Forte, Bob Schaefer, Lorraine Andrina, Gary Niblett, Peter Van Elk, Richard Khim, Al Gmuer, Gino Giudice, Tom Knowles, Eric Semones, Jeannette Towes, Shelia Brown, Al Budnick, Joe Griffith, Dennis Durrell, Dennis Veinzelos, Marilyn Shimokochi, Phil Lewis, Daphne Huntington, Joe Griffith, Marsha HanesTechnical Supervisor: Frank PaikerChecking and Scene Planning: Evelyn SherwoodInk and Paint Supervisors: Jayne Barbera, Roberta Greutert, Billie KernsXerography: Robert "Tiger" WestSound Direction: Richard Olson and Bill GettySupervising Film Editor and Editor Supervision: Larry CowanFilm Editors: Richard Allen and James YarasMusic Editors: Pat Foley, Joe Sandusky, James YarasSound Effects Editors: Earl Bennett, Joe Sandusky, Milt Krear, Sam Gemette, Joe Reitano, Ron SawadeSound Reader: Peter Aries JrNegative Consultant: William E. DeBoerPost-Production and Post-Production Supervisor: Joed EatonCamera: Dick Blundell, George Epperson, Charles Flekal, Roy Wade, Tom Barnes, Ralph Miglori, Ron Jackson, Curt Hall, Dennis Weaver, (The Smith Brothers Jerry and Wayne), Jerry MillsProduction Manager: Art ScottAssistant Production Manager: Jayne BarberaA Hanna-Barbera ProductionC 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977 Hanna Barbera Productions, Inc.RCA Sound RecordingThis Picture Made Under The Jurisdiction of IATSE-IA Affiliated With A.F.L-C.I.O.
