The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
Series, 1971, Grown-up kids, Set in Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as teens
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show is #3 of 13 in release order and #5 of 13 in chronological order in the The Flintstones.
The story
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series spin-off of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, which ran for 16 half-hour episodes from September 11, 1971, to September 2, 1972, and four 8-minute episodes from September 9, 1972, to September 1, 1973, on CBS.
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show recap
Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble are now teenagers at Bedrock High, and the show follows them instead of their parents, through dates, school, first jobs and the misunderstandings of a teenage romance. Bamm-Bamm is still enormously strong. Their friends include Penny Pillar, small and clever; Wiggy Rockstone, who believes in astrology and talks in an operatic voice; and Moonrock Crater, an inventor whose devices tend to fail. Their rivals are two spoiled rich kids, Fabian Fabquartz and Cindy Curbstone, who has a crush on Bamm-Bamm. The friends also form a band, the Bedrock Rockers, and each episode includes a pop song, in the style of other early-1970s Hanna-Barbera shows. It aired on CBS on Saturday mornings in 1971, for one season of 16 episodes.
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show ending explained
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show ended without a finale after one season; its last episode, "The Birthday Present", aired on January 1, 1972. For the next season CBS reworked it into The Flintstone Comedy Hour, which gave more time to Fred, Barney and their wives and mixed new teen segments with reruns. The teenage Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm returned as adults in I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993), which marries them.
Ratings
IMDb 5.6/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after The Man Called Flintstone, before The Flintstone Kids.
- Chronological order: after The Man Called Flintstone, before The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones.
What to watch before The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
In release order, the essentials before The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971) are The Flintstones (1960) and The Man Called Flintstone (1966).
Cast
- Sally Struthers as Pebbles Flinstone
- Jay North as Bamm-Bamm Rubble
- Mitzi McCall as Penny
- Gay Autterson as Wiggy / Cindy / Betty Rubble
- Lennie Weinrib as Moonrock
- Don Messick as Bad Luck Schleprock
- Alan Reed as Fred Flintstone
- Jean Vander Pyl as Wilma Flintstone
- Mel Blanc as Barney Rubble
- John Stephenson as Mr. Slate
- Carl Esser as Fabian
Created by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera.