Monday, August 27, 2018

The Man Called Flintstone (1966), 6-

In this feature-length film based on the "Flintstones" TV show, secret agent Rock Slag is injured during a chase in Bedrock. Slag's chief decides to replace the injured Slag with Fred ... 
1h 29min | Animation, Action, Adventure | 3 August 1966 | Color, ws
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Stars: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060661/
Watched online, good print, but cropped for fs.

3 songs in the Soundtracks, but there are more. Per Wikipedia, the Soundtrack album has 12 tracks, but 5 are instrumental.
AFI agrees:
"Pensate Amore," "The Man Called Flintstone," "Team Mates," "Spy Type Guy," "The Happy Sounds of Paree," "When I'm Grown Up" and "Tickle Toddle," music and lyrics by John McCarthy and Doug Goodwin

Spy spoof with yabba dabba doo. As tedious as it sounds. The only thing that lives it up are the songs, but not so much.

Did all the "rock" and "stone" names sound clever to children, or anyone? The TV show ran '60-'66. I remember watching it. Don't remember loving it.

The animation here is as limited as the show's was; I suppose if the motion was more fluid, it wouldn't be faithful to the concept or the characters.

Hanna-Barbera Prod., distr. Columbia, dir. Barbera & Hanna; 6-