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Title: The Flintstones: A Modern Stone Age Phenomenon by T. R. Adams, Stephen Cox ISBN: 1-57036-012-X Publisher: Turner Pub Pub. Date: December, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (4 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: A satisfying bronto-burger, not a steak.
Comment: People who are already quite familiar with Hanna-Barbera and the genesis of The Flintstones will probably not find this book very interesting. However, aficionados and students of animation who have not already studied the cartoon will certainly find the book interesting, though perhaps a bit insubstantial. On a positive note, the book touches on every aspect of the show: conceptual development, character animation, background art, music, voice acting, producing issues, and all the major contributors (including reminiscences from several of them). Memorabilia collectors will like the second half of the book, which includes descriptions and color photos of an amazing volume of Flintstone kitsch. (It's hard to believe anyone would have bought some of these things when they originally hit the market - like the gruesome Fred and Wilma hand puppets or the Tiki-like statuettes of what are probably intended to be Fred and Barney.) And, happily for practicing animators and students, it includes a couple revealing reproductions of Ed Benedict's character animation notes; a number of illustrations that depict the evolution of the characters in pre-production; and a page of storyboard illustrations. However, there's really only enough technical material here to whet the curious reader's appetite for a meatier exploration of the character animation, music scoring and story writing, each of which, in my opinion, attained to a degree of brilliance. The book also suffers from a lack of critical analysis. The unfortunate introduction of the Gazoo character, for example, is not even addressed. (I'm sure I'm not alone among fans, writers and critics in viewing this development as a strategic error, a poor attempt to breathe more life into the show after the first season.)

In many respects The Flintstones was very innovative (it was the first cartoon sitcom), clever and polished, and it really deserves a deeper treatment than this or any other book has given it. Nevertheless, fans should get a copy of this book, along with _Hanna Barbera Cartoons_ or the out-of-print _Art of Hanna Barbera_. For more on William Hanna and Joe Barbera, check out their respective autobiographies, _A Cast of Friends_ and _My Life in Toons_.

Rating: 5
Summary: Finally, Betty Rubble gets a little well-deserved attention!
Comment: No matter who your favorite Flintstone character is (for me, it's Betty Rubble nee McBricker...but Baby Puss is underrated and underused, too!), you will find him/her in this wonderfully illustrated book---no Flintstones fan should be without it. A treasure for your collection and a tribute to the enduring appeal of the Hanna Barbera Bedrock denizens. Nostalgia never looked so good! And since you won't find it even in this book, here are the "unknown" lyrics to the SECOND verse of the FLINTSTONES theme song...hum the melody and give it a go!
"Rubbles! Meet the Rubbles! They're the other stone-age fam-i-ly! Barney! And his Betty! They're as neighborly as they can be! (Barney sings:) Barney, I'm Fred's bosom buddy friend! (Betty sings:) As long, as he has a buck to lend! When you're with the Rubbles, have a Scooby-Dooby-Doo time, a Dooby-Doo time, we'll have a gay old time!"

Rating: 1
Summary: Someone Give Dino This Book So's He Can Bury It!
Comment: Full of glaring misinformation, hackneyed stories Bill & Joe have told a thousand times over, and recycled publicity materials, this book's only saving grace is the rare artwork they've unearthed. There's a good reason why this book features a great big 'F' on its cover!

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