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The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma

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The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
Written byLen Janson
Directed byCarl Urbano
Voices ofHenry Corden
Mel Blanc
Jean Vander Pyl
Gay Autterson
John Stephenson
Don Messick
Music byHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
ProducerAlex Lovy
EditorsGil Iverson
Robert Ciaglia
Running time30 minutes
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseOctober 4, 1981 (1981-10-04)
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Wind-Up Wilma is a 1981 animated television special and the third of The Flintstone Specials limited-run prime time revival of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The special premiered on NBC on October 4, 1981.[1] In the special, Wilma Flintstone is recruited to play on Bedrock's baseball team.[2]

Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio, one of the last productions to do so.

Summary

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Wilma is a celebrity when she gets a shot at the big leagues and becomes a pitcher for the Bedrock Dodgers after nailing a couple of robbers with a melon at the grocery store; however, she and Fred argue over her ambition to pitch for the team because Fred thinks a woman's place is in the home.

Voice cast

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Home media

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On October 9, 2012, Warner Archive released Wind-Up Wilma on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection, in a release entitled The Flintstones Prime-Time Specials Collection: Volume 2. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 160–161. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ^ Cawley, John; Korkis, Jim (1990). Cartoon Superstars. Pioneer Books. p. 98. ISBN 9781556982699.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-07-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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