Hanna Barbera THE FLINTSTONES 51 Gold Key 1969 Perry Gunnite Cave Kids
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Hanna Barbera THE FLINTSTONES 51 Gold Key 1969 Perry Gunnite Cave Kids:
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The Flintstones-The Flintstones #51 - Pebbles\'Playmatereleased byGold Keyon April 30, 1969.
Kellogg\'s Banana Splits Club - 1 page ad (inside front cover)
The Flintstones - Pebbles\' Playmate - 8 pages
The Flintstones - Dumb Luck - 6 pages
Gold Key Comics Club News - 4 pages
Cave Kids - Izzy\'s Whizzy Weapon - 4 pages
Perry Gunnite - The Crystal Caper - 1 page text story
The Flintstones - Rocky Road To Riches - 7 pages - feat. Perry Gunnite
PERRY GUNNITE: Created for the S01E21 episode of the Flintstones as aparody of Peter Gunn, Perry Gunnite is a hardboiled detective in theFlintstones universe. Perry Gunnite had several 4 page stories in the Dell/Gold Key issues of The Flintstones comics and had more 1 page text stories.
Medium:Comic books
Licensed from:Hanna-Barbera
First Appeared:1962
The \"caveman\" setting has been popular amongcartoonistssince beforeB.C.,Alley Oopor evenOur Antediluvian Ancestors.But onceThe Flintstonesgot well established, it seems almost as ifHanna-Barberahas the franchise on cavemen. When theirCave Kidsdebuted in the early 1960s, there was a general impression that it was aFlintstonesspin-off despite the fact that it didn\'t have asingle character in common with the older series until Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm joined the cast a couple of years later. All it got from that source was its \"modern stone age\" setting, which included prehistoric animals filling in for 20th century devices the way they did inThe Flintstones(in a schtick borrowed from the oldMax Fleischer\"Stone Age\" cartoons) and the habit of using words related to \"rock\" or \"stone\" in personal or place names.
Cave Kidswas the Hanna-Barbera equivalent ofBucky Bug,the firstDisneystar to debut in comics rather than animation. In Disney\'s case, Bucky was followed up byUncle Scrooge,Merry Menagerie,Moby Duckand any number of other properties that started out in comics, but Hanna-Barbera had less of a comics presence all along, and never did develop a stable of characters from that medium.
This bunch never was animated at all. The animatedCave Kidsseries, which came along decades later, starred Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm from the beginning, and was otherwise unrelated to this one. It\'s easy to get an impression they were the studio\'s most obscure stars, butMr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist(1961), who actually did make a couple of animated appearances (in supporting roles) before doing their four comics issues, easily out-obscured them.
At any rate, the kids were first seen in the back pages ofDell\'sComic Album#16, dated February, 1962. A year later,Gold Keypublished their second appearance,Cave Kids#1 (February, 1963). They were a gang of kids in the tradition ofReg\'lar Fellers,The Newsboy Legionor, more recently (and younger),Rugrats.Age-wise, they were closer to the latter than, say, the kids inJust Kids,about, say, that of thePeanutscast.
There were about a dozen or so, including Buddy Boulder, Small Stuff and Sheepy. The inevitable genius kid who wore thick glasses was Izzy Einstone. Gypsy Crystal carried a transparent ball around all the time, and used it the way fictional gypsies usually do. There was even asuperheroin the gang, Rocky Ranger, who wore a mask as he busied himself doing good deeds. Rocky rode around on a Flappysaurus, a flying dinosaur apparently not known to modern science, which didn\'t look very much like a pterodactyl.
As a modern stone age kid gang, Cave Kids staggered along for a few years, averaging an issue every three months or so, 16 in all. Other Hanna-Barbera characters, such asWally Gatoror The Gruesomes, appeared in the back pages.Space Kidettesmade their only comics appearance there and on the cover, in the final issue, which was dated March, 1967.
The Flintstonesis an animated, prime-time American televisionsitcomthat was broadcast from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966, onABC. The show, produced byHanna-Barbera, fancifully depicted the lives of aworking-classStone Ageman, his family, and his next-door neighbor and best friend.
The show\'s continuing popularity rested heavily on its juxtaposition of modern everyday concerns in theStone Agesetting.[2][3]The Flintstoneswas the most financially successful network animated franchise for three decades, untilThe Simpsonsdebuted.[4]In 2013,TV GuiderankedThe Flintstonesthe second Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time (afterThe Simpsons).
The show is set in theStone Agetown ofBedrock. In thisfantasyversion of the past,dinosaursand other long-extinct animals co-exist withcavemen,saber-toothed cats, andwoolly mammoths. Like their mid-twentieth century counterparts, these cavemen listen to records, live in split-level homes, and eat out at restaurants, yet their technology is made entirely from pre-industrial materials and largely powered through the use of animals. For example, the cars are made out of stone, wood and animal skins, and powered by the passengers\' feet.
Often the \"prehistoric\" analog to a modern machine uses an animal.[6]For example, when a character takes photographs with aninstant camera, inside the camera box, a bird carves the picture on a stone tablet with its beak. In a running gag, the animal powering such technology would frequentlybreak the fourth wall, look directly into the camera at the audience and offer a mild complaint about his job. Other commonly seen gadgets in the series include a baby woolly mammoth used as a vacuum cleaner; an adult woolly mammoth acting as a shower by spraying water with its trunk; elevators raised and lowered by ropes around brontosauruses\' necks; \"automatic\" windows powered by monkeys on the outside; birds acting as \"car horns\", sounded by the driver pulling on their tails or squeezing their bodies; an \"electric\"razormade from a clam shell, vibrating from a honey-bee inside; a pelican as awashing machine, shown with a beakful of soapy water; and a woodpecker whose beak is used to play a gramophone record. In most cases, \"The Man of a Thousand Voices\",Mel Blanc, contributed the animals\' gag lines, often lowering his voice one to two full octaves, far below the range he used to voice the character ofBarney Rubble. In the case of the Flintstones\'cuckoo clocks, which varied from mechanical toys to live birds announcing the time, when the hour approached 12:00, the bird inside the clock \"cuckooing\" usually just ran out of steam and gave up vocally, physically, or both.
The Stone Age setting allowed for gags andword playsinvolving rocks and minerals. For example,San Antoniobecomes \"Sand-and-Stony-o\"; the country to the south of Bedrock\'s land is called \"Mexirock\" (Mexico). Travel to \"Hollyrock\", a parody of Hollywood, usually involves an \"airplane\" flight — the \"plane\", in this case, is often shown as a giantpterosaur, with the fuselage strapped to its back.Sun Valleybecomes \"Stone Valley\" and is run by \"Conrad Hailstone\" (Conrad Hilton). The last names \"Flintstone\" and \"Rubble\", as well as other common Bedrock surnames such as \"Shale\" and \"Quartz\", are in line with these puns, as are the names of Bedrock\'s celebrities: \"Gary Granite\" (Cary Grant), \"Stony Curtis\" (Tony Curtis), \"Ed Sulleyrock/Sulleystone\" (Ed Sullivan), \"Rock Pile/Quarry/Hudstone\" (Rock Hudson), \"Ann-Margrock\" (Ann-Margret), \"Jimmy Darrock\" (James Darren), \"Alvin Brickrock\" (Alfred Hitchcock), \"Daisy Kilgranite\" (Dorothy Kilgallen), \"Perry Masonry/Masonite\" (Perry Masonas played byRaymond Burr), \"Mick Jadestone and The Rolling Boulders\" (Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones, called \"Mick Jagged and the Stones\" in live-action filmThe Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas), \"Eppy Brianstone\" (Brian Epstein) and \"The Beau Brummelstones\" (The Beau Brummels). Once, while visiting one of Bedrock\'s houses of \"Haute Couture\" with Wilma, Betty even commented on the new \"Jackie Kennerock (Jackie Kennedy) look\". In some cases, the celebrity featured also provided the voice: \"Samantha\" and \"Darrin\" fromBewitchedwere voiced byElizabeth MontgomeryandDick York. Examples from the above list include Ann-Margret, Curtis, Darren, and the Beau Brummels. Other celebrities, such as \"Ed Sulleystone\" and \"Alvin Brickrock\", were rendered by impersonators. Some of Bedrock\'s sports heroes include: football player \"Red Granite\" (Red Grange), wrestler \"Bronto Crushrock\" (Bronko Nagurski), golfer \"Arnold Palmrock\" (Arnold Palmer), boxers \"Floyd Patterstone\" (Floyd Patterson) and \"Sonny Listone\" (Sonny Liston), and baseball players \"Sandy Stoneaxe\" (Sandy Koufax), \"Lindy McShale\" (Lindy McDaniel), \"Roger Marble\" (Roger Maris), and \"Mickey Marble\" or \"Mickey Mantlepiece\" (Mickey Mantle). Ace reporter \"Daisy Kilgranite\" (Dorothy Kilgallen) was a friend of Wilma. Monster names include \"Count Rockula\" (Count Dracula), Rockzilla (Godzilla) and \"The Frankenstone Monster\" (Frankenstein\'s monster).
CharactersThe Flintstones- Fred Flintstoneis the main character of the series. Fred is an accident-pronebronto-craneoperator at the Slate Rock and Gravel Company and the head of the Flintstone clan. He is quick to anger (usually over trivial matters), but is a very loving husband and father. He is also good atbowlingand is a member of the fictional \"Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes\" (Lodge No. 26), a men-only club paralleling real-life fraternities such as theLoyal Order of Moose.
- Wilma Flintstoneis Fred\'s wife. She is more intelligent and level-headed than her husband, though she often has a habit of spending money (with her and Betty\'s catchphrase being \"Da-da-da duh da-da CHARGE IT!!\"). She often is a foil to Fred\'s poor behavior.
- Pebbles Flintstoneis the Flintstones\' infant daughter, who is born near the end of the third season.
- Dino, aprosauropoddinosaur, is the Flintstones\' pet who barks and generally acts like a dog. A running gag in the series involves Dino knocking down Fred out of excitement and licking him repeatedly. Though this irritates Fred a lot, he generally likes Dino very much.
- Baby Pussis the Flintstones\' petsaber-toothed cat, who is rarely seen in the actual series, but is always seen throwing Fred out of the house during the end credits, causing Fred to pound repeatedly on the front door and yell \"Wilma!\"
- Barney Rubbleis the secondary main character and Fred\'s best friend and next door neighbor. His occupation is, for the most part of the series, unknown, though later series depict him working in the same quarry as Fred. He shares many of Fred\'s interests like bowling and golf, and is also a member of the \"Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes\". Though Fred and Barney frequently get into feuds with one another (usually due to Fred\'s short temper), their deep fraternal bond remains evident.
- Betty Rubbleis Barney\'s wife and Wilma\'s best friend. Like Wilma, she too has a habit of spending money.
- Bamm-Bamm Rubbleis the Rubbles\' abnormally strong adopted son, whom they adopt during the fourth season; his name comes from the only phrase he ever speaks as a baby: \"Bamm, Bamm!\"
- Hoppyis the Rubbles\' pet Hopparoo (a kangaroo/dinosaur combination creature), whom they adopt in the beginning of the fifth season. When he first arrives, Dino (and eventually Fred) mistakes him for a giant mouse and becomes frightened of him, but they eventually become best friends in a manner similar to that of their owners. He babysits the kids as he takes them around in his pouch, which also serves as a shopping cart for Betty.Fred Flintstoneregards Hoppy as an overgrown and obnoxious nuisance until the fateful day that the Flintstones and the Rubbles go out together on a picnic. The families\' lives are endangered during the picnic and Hoppy goes for help.
Over 100 other characters appeared throughout the program.[7]
- Mr. Slateis Fred\'s hot-tempered boss at thestone quarry. Though he is friends with Fred and Barney and often joins them for events such as parties, he is often not impressed with Fred\'s antics at the quarry, and has fired him on many occasions, only to give him his job back at the end. A running gag is his ever-changing first name, which has been presented as Sylvester, Nate, Oscar and George. On the episode \"The Long, Long, Long Weekend\", which originally aired on January 21, 1966, he is shown as being the founder of Slate Rock and Gravel Company. The company is still in business two million years later and is being run by his descendant George Slate the Eighty-Thousandth.
- Arnoldis the Flintstones\' paper boy, whom Fred absolutely despises, because he often, unintentionally, throws the newspaper at Fred\'s face. A running gag has Fred being outsmarted by Arnold. His parents are mentioned, but almost never seen. His mother has never been seen on screen, but her name is Doris and she is a friend of Wilma\'s and Betty\'s as evidenced in the episode \"The Little Stranger\", which originally aired on November 2, 1962. His father was shown on the episode \"Take Me Out to the Ball Game\", which originally aired on April 27, 1962. His name, however, is unknown.
- Joe Rockheadis a mutual friend of Fred and Barney. Usually, when Fred and Barney have some kind of falling out, Fred mentions doing something (such as going to a baseball game) with Joe. Joe was, at some point, chief of the Bedrock Volunteer Fire Department (as shown on the episode \"Arthur Quarry\'s Dance Class\", which originally aired on January 13, 1961). His appearance varied throughout the run of the series, but his appearance in the episode \"The Picnic\", which originally aired on December 15, 1961, was the one most commonly used.
- Pearl Slaghoopleis Wilma\'s hard-to-please mother, who is constantly disapproving of Fred and his behavior. Their disastrous first meeting was recounted in the episode \"Bachelor Daze\", which originally aired on March 5, 1964. They briefly reconciled in the episode \"Mother-in-Law\'s Visit\", which originally aired on February 1, 1963. That is, until, she found out that she became Fred\'s \"nice fat pigeon\" when he suckered her out of money he need to buy a baby crib for Pebbles. They would reconcile again at the end of the TV movie \"I Yabba Dabba Do\".
- The Great Gazoois analienexiled to Earth who helps Fred and Barney, often against their will. He is actually from the future, and is quite dismayed when he realizes he has been sent back to \"the Stone Age\". He can only be seen by Fred, Barney, Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, other small children, Dino and Hoppy.
- Uncle Tex Hardrockis Fred\'s maternal uncle and a member of theTexarock Rangers. He constantly holds Fred\'s future inheritance over his head.
- Sam Slagheapis the Grand Poobah of the Water Buffalo Lodge.
ComicComic strips
- The Flintstones comic strip began October 2, 1961.[2]Illustrated byGene Hazeltonand Roger Armstrong, and distributed by theMcNaught Syndicate, it ran from 1961 to 1988.
- Western Publishingput out a titleThe Flintstones, first byDell Comicsfor 5 issues in 1961-62, then byGold Key Comicsfor 54 issues in 1962-701
- also Gold Key\'s 2 issuesFlintstones Bigger and Boulderin 1962 and 19662
- and Gold Key\'s 4 issues ofTop Comics The Flintstonesin 1967
- Western also published theFlintstones at the New York World\'s FairthroughWarren Publishingin 1964
- The Flintstonesfor 50 issues in 1970-77
- and alsoThe Flintstones Christmas Party# 1 in 1977
- The Flintstones Big Book, 2 issues in 1992
- Marvel also published 11 issues ofThe Flintstone Kids, depicting the characters as children, from 1987-1989
Hanna Barbera THE FLINTSTONES 51 Gold Key 1969 Perry Gunnite Cave Kids:
$7.99