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56-630: On the planet Amzot (renamed Quasar in the revival), the space barbarian family Zandor, Tara, and son Dorno fight alongside their giant pets—laser dragon Zok, space rhinoceros Tundro, rock ape Igoo, and the shape-shifting duo Gloop and Gleep—to keep their planet safe from invaders. The Herculoids pets understood human speech and often displayed various emotions. The Herculoids team battled against an endless stream of villains: invading robots, mad scientists, and mutants, including "the Faceless People, Destroyer Ants, Raider Apes, Mutoids, Arnoids, Zorbots,

112-747: A Columbus Zoo commercial. He has also been voiced in recent years by Scott Innes (in a Toshiba commercial). Other voices include Maurice LaMarche (in Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law ), Stephen Stanton (in Robot Chicken ), Dave Coulier (in Robot Chicken ), Fred Tatasciore (in MAD ), Seth Green (in Robot Chicken ), and Rick Zieff (in Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2021 ). In various Italian dubs, Fred's voice

168-399: A child, the series may be apocryphal due to its presenting Wilma as a childhood friend of Fred and Barney; the original series asserts that they first met as young adults. Still, the series' depiction of Fred as the only child of Ed (a handyman) and Edna (homemaker) Flintstone might be canon . ( Pops Flintstone was in a comic strip.) As young adults, Fred and Barney worked as bellhops at

224-473: A crossover appearance in an episode of Space Ghost , "The Molten Monsters of Moltar" (sources are unclear and/or inconsistent as to exact airdates). In the "Council of Doom" story arc, Space Ghost , while battling the combined might of all of his enemies, meets a number of Hanna-Barbera heroes just as they were debuting in their own respective series. Along with the Herculoids were Shazzan , Moby Dick and

280-527: A fourth-season episode of Family Guy . In the scene, Gloop fails to get a babysitting job from Lois. In protest, Tundro shows up and fires his energy rocks at Lois. Gloop and Gleep appeared in a cameo as captured prisoners of a hostile alien race in the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Mis-Placed in Space". Fred Jones , Daphne Blake and Velma Dinkley disguise themselves as Zandor, Tara and Igoo at one point in

336-598: A major role in the DC Comics series Future Quest , that also featured characters from various animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera such as Jonny Quest , The Herculoids , Birdman and the Galaxy Trio , Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles and Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor . In October 2023, it was announced a new Space Ghost comic is currently in the works from Dynamite Entertainment . The first issue

392-495: A member of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalos Lodge (named "the Loyal Order of Dinosaurs" in an early episode). Fred also has a serious gambling problem ; the mere mention of the word "bet" causes Fred to stammer "bet" over and over again (sounding like a clucking chicken) and go on gambling binges. Fred is also an avid driver. In the fifth-season episode "Indianrockolis 500", Fred entered the famed prehistoric auto race under

448-482: A resort. There, they met and fell in love with Wilma and Betty, who were working there as cigarette girls . Fred met Wilma's mother, Pearl Slaghoople , and the two took an instant dislike to each other. An unspecified amount of time later, Fred married Wilma. Fred is a typical blue-collar worker , who works as a " bronto crane operator" at Slate Rock and Gravel Company (also known as Rockhead and Quarry Cave Construction Company in earlier episodes). Fred's job title in

504-557: A rough start, Fred and his new son bonded well. The Flintstone family's paternal side originally came from the prehistoric state of Arkanstone in Camp Mastodon, where they had been engaged in a feud similar to the Hatfield–McCoy feud . The feud was originally started by an ancestor of Fred's making a joke about a Hatrock family portrait ("I don't know what the artist got for doing that painting, but he should've gotten life!"). In

560-475: A wave of similar superhero themed action-adventure shows across all three major networks between the years of 1967 through 1969. Fred Flintstone This is an accepted version of this page Fred Flintstone is the main character of the animated sitcom The Flintstones , which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960 to 1966. Fred is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles Flintstone and together

616-431: Is "yabba dabba doo!", a phrase that was originally his club's cheer, and later adopted as part of the theme song from the third season on and used in the 1994 live-action Flintstones film . Since the original series' run, Fred has appeared in various other cartoon spinoffs, live action adaptations, music videos, video games, and commercials . While the mid-1980s spin-off series The Flintstone Kids depicts Fred as

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672-490: Is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. On July 27, 2021, the complete series was released on Blu-ray. The Blu-ray includes the opening narration and the second-season alternate titles that were not released on the Complete Series DVD. The Herculoids have appeared in various comic books through the years. They appear in issues #1–2 and 4–7 of

728-475: Is a skilled drummer ) perform at a nightclub with his musician friend "Hot Lips Hannigan" where his singing caused teenage girls to swoon over him; on this occasion, he was nicknamed the " Golden Smog ". In another first-season episode, "Girls' Night Out", Fred recorded a demo record at a carnival of the song " Listen to the Rocking Bird ", which ended up making him a teenage singing idol named "Hi Fye". As

784-766: Is alternatively called Space Ghost & Dino Boy to acknowledge the presence of both shows. The Space Ghost segments were seen again in the 1976 series Space Ghost and Frankenstein Jr. (which replaced the Dino Boy segments with the Frankenstein Jr. ones from fellow Hanna-Barbera show Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles ), which aired on NBC from November 27, 1976, to September 4, 1977, after NBC put The Kids From C.A.P.E.R. on hiatus. Space Ghost , along with teenaged sidekicks Jan and Jace and their pet monkey Blip, fight villains in outer space. Usually, Space Ghost's sidekicks would get captured or trapped by

840-520: Is an American Saturday-morning superhero animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions , first broadcast on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 16, 1967, and continued reruns until September 7, 1968. The series was composed of two unrelated segments, Space Ghost and Dino Boy in the Lost Valley . The series was created by Alex Toth and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera . Sometimes, it

896-437: Is friendly, and has a loving heart, who is very devoted to his family and cares a lot about his best friend and next door neighbor Barney Rubble . Fred loses his temper easily and is very impatient, but he seems free of malice and never holds a grudge. Although his loudness irritates the people around him, Fred proves friendly, often going out of his way to help others. Also, although Fred often annoys Wilma with his immaturity, he

952-663: Is known to go to great lengths to please his family and apologize when he goes too far. Other known characters from other programs may also be known to have personalities based on Fred Flintstone including Archie Bunker from All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place (both played by Carroll O'Connor ), George Jefferson from The Jeffersons (played by Sherman Hemsley ), Mel Sharples from Alice (played by Vic Tayback ) and Frank DeFazio from Laverne & Shirley (played by Phil Foster ). Fred's interests include bowling , playing pool , golf , poker and lounging around

1008-627: Is portrayed as a female in a TV show where she is seen being hugged by Zandor. As for Gloop, he appears in "Heroes and Capes" as an enormous creature from the sewers. The Herculoids appear in issue #50 of the comic book New Mutants when Professor X is searching for Magik on a planet in the Shi'ar galaxy. Each show featured two Herculoids episodes. On June 14, 2011, Warner Archive released The Herculoids: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 as part of their Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection . This

1064-652: The Sealab 2021 episode " Hail, Squishface ". Gloop and Gleep make several guest appearances on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law as well. They make cameo appearances in the episodes "Mindless" and "Juror in Court". Zok makes an appearance in "Peanut Puberty" ( Phil Ken Sebben throws a graph chart at him). In the episode "Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs", Tundro fires his energy rocks at Phil Ken Sebben, who forgot to close

1120-659: The Gold Key Comics series Hanna-Barbera Super TV Heroes (1968–69). They appear in issue #3 of the Marvel Comics series TV Stars (1978). Between 1997 and 1999, they appear in issues #5, 9, 13 and 17 of the DC Comics series Cartoon Network Presents . In 2016, the Herculoids play a major role in the DC Comics series Future Quest . This series features characters from various Hanna-Barbera animated series such as Jonny Quest , Space Ghost , Birdman and

1176-852: The Moss Men, the Rock Pygmies , the Worm People and the Vampire Men, amongst others. Dino Boy then meets the caveman Ugh (who saves Dino Boy from a Smilodon when he first arrives) and his pet baby Brontosaurus Bronty who become his friends in the episodes to come. The cartoon also features a woolly mammoth named Tusko whom Ugh would enlist in certain episodes to help him, Dino Boy, and Bronty out. The series came about because of then head of CBS daytime programming, Fred Silverman , had enjoyed superheroes such as Superman and wanted to incorporate classic superhero iconography with

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1232-577: The hot tub time portal to prehistoric times. In "Evolutionary War", Tara appears on the evolution chart—in between Fred Flintstone and Race Bannon . The Herculoids is mentioned in an episode of The Venture Bros. , where an old "fan letter" of Dr. Venture to the show is discovered. Upon reading, the letter is revealed to be more akin to hate mail ; young Rusty Venture called the Herculoids hippies for not fighting in Vietnam. Tundro and Gloop appear in " 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter ",

1288-436: The pseudonym "Goggles Paisano". Fred's catchphrase is "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!"; Alan Reed , voice actor who provided Fred's voice from 1960 to 1977, reportedly said the inspiration for the phrase came from his mother, who used to say, "A little dab'll do ya," probably borrowed from a Brylcreem commercial. When the script called for a simple yahoo , Alan either asked if he could alter the phrase or he ad-libbed. It inspired, in

1344-445: The 1970s a short-lived fruit drink called "Yabba Dabba Dew" and may or may not have also inspired George Jetson 's similar-sounding catchphrase, "Hooba-dooba-dooba" (or "Hooba-Dooba"). It does, however, become the subject of a song by Hoagy Carmichael which the singer-songwriter performs in one episode of The Flintstones . Fred's ability to carry a tune was quite good in his younger years. One early episode sees Fred (with Barney, who

1400-505: The Cartoon Network and Boomerang incarnations of Super Adventures . The series has also influenced other artists across various media. In common with a number of other action-adventure cartoons from the 1960s, The Herculoids was pulled from reruns in the 1970s due to increased complaints by parents's groups over percieved violence in children's cartoons. Award-winning video game designer David Crane has stated that he enjoyed

1456-538: The Council of Doom. Additionally, they feature cameos from other characters ( The Herculoids , Moby Dick, the Mighty Mightor , and Shazzan ) that would appear in their own Hanna-Barbera series broadcasts on CBS the following (1967–68) season. Space Ghost & Dino Boy were released on multiple VHS tapes in the 1980s put out by Worldvision Home Video and later re-released by GoodTimes Home Video under

1512-505: The Galaxy Trio , Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles , and Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor . They also featured in issues #9–11 of the spin-off title, Future Quest Presents , in a story written by Rob Williams and illustrated by Aaron Lopresti. In 2024, it was announced a Herculoids comic from Dynamite Entertainment is in the works. The first issue will be published in February 2025. Space Ghost (TV series) Space Ghost

1568-575: The Kids Klassics label. The episodes on the VHS tape for Space Ghost were "The Heat Thing", "Zorak", "The Creature King" and the Dino Boy episode "The Worm People". Worldvision released another VHS tape, Space Ghost and Dino Boy: Ghostly Tales ; this contained the episodes "The Robot Master", The Energy Monster", "Hi-Jackers", "The Lure", and "The Schemer". The Dino Boy episodes were "Marooned" and "The Red Ants". These same episodes were released in

1624-662: The Mekkano mechanical men and the Ogs, a strange form of vegetable life." There are eight regular characters who make up the Herculoids: The three humans were the only ones who could communicate in English. The five creature characters of The Herculoids are: After the success of Space Ghost , CBS ' head of daytime programming, Fred Silverman , commissioned Hanna-Barbera to develop three new action-adventure series in

1680-422: The Mighty Mightor, the last two sharing one series . Several episodes of Space Ghost Coast to Coast mention or show the Herculoids. In "Lawsuit", Space Ghost mentions the Herculoids' planet. In the episode "Sequel", he goes to their planet and refers to it as a "rotten hippie monster commune" after they demand he leaves while pelting him with stones. Gloop is featured prominently and is mentioned by name in

1736-482: The UK by The Video Collection. Warner Home Video (via Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment ) released Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 on July 17, 2007. The DVD edition presents the episodes on two double-sided DVDs, but alters the order from the original air-date order. This episode order is also present on Blu-ray and digital sell-throughs. A Blu-ray set of

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1792-511: The animated sitcom The Jetsons . Alan Reed was the original voice artist of Fred (minus the original short pilot where he was voiced by Daws Butler , who also voiced him on a 1973 record) until Reed's death in 1977. Henry Corden occasionally voiced Fred on records throughout the 1960s, and also provided the singing voice for Fred in The Man Called Flintstone . Following Reed's death, Corden officially took over

1848-613: The emerging interest in space travel and the Space Age for the Saturday morning lineup under a broader initiative of "superhero morning" which also included Filmation 's The New Adventures of Superman . The shift towards more action oriented animated formats proved a challenge for Hanna-Barbera as up to that point the studio's Saturday morning output had consisted primarily of short form funny animal comedies such as The Yogi Bear Show and The Huckleberry Hound Show . Many of

1904-467: The end of the closing credits, Fred puts the Flintstones housecat "Baby Puss" outside; the cat however jumps back inside and puts Fred out who begins to knock on the door of his house and starts yelling "Wilma", to open the door. According to the original series' third-season episode "The Birthday Party" (originally aired April 5, 1963), Fred's birthday is February 2. Fred's address has varied through

1960-435: The family live in their homely cave in the town of Bedrock. His best friend is his next door neighbor, Barney , who has a wife named Betty . Fred lives in the fictional prehistoric town of Bedrock , a world where dinosaurs coexist with modernized cavepeople and the cavepeople enjoy "primitive" versions of modern conveniences such as telephones , automobiles , and washing machines . Fred's trademark catchphrase yell

2016-779: The film Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon . Igoo, Gloop and Gleep make cameo appearances in Space Jam: A New Legacy . They are among the Warner Bros. 3000 Server-Verse inhabitants that watch the basketball game between the Tune Squad and the Goon Squad. Igoo appeared in the HBO Max series Jellystone! episode "Jelly Wrestle Rumble" as a wrestler. Zandor and Gleep appeared in the season 2 episode "Bleep!". Gleep

2072-684: The fourth-season episode "Bedrock Hillbillies", the feud is ended when Fred helps rescue Pebbles and a Hatrock baby, only to start up again when Fred makes the same joke as his ancestor. The Hatrocks later appear in the follow-up fifth-season episode "The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes", where they visit Bedrock. The last of the Camp Mastodon Arkanstone Flintstones was Fred's great-great-granduncle Zeke Flintstone who lived to 102. Other relatives of Fred include: Rocco Rockbottom "Rocky/Stony" Flintstone, Fred's grandfather, who

2128-400: The house. Fred has won championships with his bowling skills; in one episode, he goes so far as to take ballet lessons in order to improve his game (hence his trademark bowling delivery). The nickname of "Twinkletoes" stuck with him when Fred attended a local university and became eligible to play on their football team, and it became his call sign . Fred is also an excellent golfer. Fred is

2184-520: The idea of an adult animated parody talk show using the Space Ghost character to Cartoon Network . Voice actors George Lowe , C. Martin Croker , and Andy Merrill joined the project, which Cartoon Network would soon air as Space Ghost Coast to Coast . The series premiered on April 15, 1994, and originally ended on December 17, 1999. The series was revived on May 7, 2001, and was moved to

2240-1122: The live show Hanna-Barbera Gala Celebrity Nite at the Wonderland Sydney amusement park in Australia. Jeff Bergman voiced Fred in the fourth episode of The New Show and Flintstones/Jetsons: Timewarp and performed the character throughout the 1990s and 2000s for various Cartoon Network and Boomerang commercials and bumpers, and voiced him in The Flintstones: On the Rocks , his guest appearance in Johnny Bravo , some episodes of Family Guy , and The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! . James Arnold Taylor voiced Fred in commercials following Corden's death, up until 2011, as well as his guest appearance in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy . Taylor returned to voice Fred in 2016 for

2296-421: The new Adult Swim late-night programming block on September 2 of that year, where new episodes premiered until April 12, 2004. Two final seasons were released on GameTap from 2006 to 2008. 10 seasons, 108 episodes aired. The show gained spin-offs in the form of The Brak Show (2000–2007) and Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000–2015), and has been cited as inspiration for a variety of Adult Swim programming in

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2352-545: The role until his retirement in 2000, although he continued to voice him in Post Pebbles commercials until his death in 2005. Corden voiced Fred's father and mother in The Flintstone Kids , while young Fred was voiced by both Lennie Weinrib and Scott Menville at different points. Australian voice actor Keith Scott provided Fred's voice in various commercials throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and

2408-414: The same vein for the 1967–68 fall schedule consisting of The Herculoids , Shazzan , and Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor . After its initial run, The Herculoids was featured in several anthology wheel series produced by Hanna-Barbera including Hanna–Barbera's World of Super Adventure , Space Stars (for which 11 additional episodes were created), Power Zone on Cartoon Network , and both

2464-689: The scripts for Space Ghost and future action adventure shows would be written by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears . Brainstorming sessions for the series would typically involve Silverman and William Hanna throwing out character descriptions and concepts while Joseph Barbera and Alex Toth translating them as rough sketches and doodles. With the exception of the final two half-hour shows (the "Council of Doom" episodes), each episode featured two Space Ghost segments with one Dino Boy segment between them. The final two half-hour shows only feature Space Ghost as he takes on

2520-589: The second-season episode "Divided We Sail" is "geological engineer". During the original series' third season, Wilma gives birth to the couple's daughter, Pebbles. Years later, when Pebbles is a teenager, Fred and Barney join the Bedrock police force for a time as part-time police officers . Eventually, Fred becomes a grandfather to the adult Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm's twins, Chip and Roxy. Fred's family grew again in A Flintstone Family Christmas , when he and Wilma adopted an orphaned caveboy named Stony, and despite

2576-469: The series as a child and that the character of Blobert from the A Boy and His Blob franchise was directly inspired by Gloop and Gleep. Jamaican-American DJ DJ Kool Herc at one time employed a backing band which also drew its name from the show, fictionalized versions of which appear in the Netflix period series The Get Down . Roughly contemporaneous to their own series premiere, the Herculoids made

2632-621: The series progressed, however, his voice became worse and worse (even during his success as a singer, Wilma was never impressed by Fred's voice), eventually to the point that a temporary maid the Flintstones hired quit rather than having to hear Fred sing. (Alan Reed himself was not a good singer; in instances where he was expected to sing well, a stand-in—usually Henry Corden from 1965 onward—would be used.) Due to his impulsive and short-tempered behavior and stubborn and somewhat selfish nature, Fred seems to be accident-prone. Even his most innocent and mundane actions often cause widespread confusion. At

2688-514: The series was released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (under the Warner Archive Collection label), on October 13, 2020. The release is a two-disc set containing all 20 episodes. The TV series was adapted into a comic strip by Dan Spiegle , distributed by Gold Key Comics . He has also appeared in comics published by Marvel Comics , Comico and Archie Comics . In 2016, Space Ghost and his allies and Dino Boy played

2744-512: The series' run, with addresses given for the Flintstone residence including, 201 Cobblestone Lane (October 21, 1960 - "No Help Wanted" episode), 345 Cave Stone Road, 39 Stone Canyon Way, and 1313 Cobblestone Way. Fred's address was cited as "35 Cobblestone Rd" in the 1961 episode "The X-Ray Story". George O'Hanlon originally auditioned for the role of Fred Flintstone. He later went on to voice George Jetson , another Hanna-Barbera character in

2800-678: The villains, and Space Ghost would have to defeat the villains and save the day. His enemies included Zorak , Brak and his brother Sisto, the Creature King, the Black Widow/Spider Woman, Moltar, and Metallus. Voice cast Dino Boy is a young boy called Todd who parachuted out of a crashing plane with his parents still on board. He lands in an unknown South American valley where dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals, and cavemen have somehow survived extinction and now live alongside some strange creatures and various tribes like

2856-411: The years since its debut. In a 2014 interview, Eric André spoke about the show's influence on The Eric Andre Show , saying, "Before we started shooting, I rented as many seasons I could get my hands on and did a Space Ghost marathon by myself in my house, just so I could absorb as much Space Ghost as I could." Space Ghost proved considerably popular on its initial run and is credited with spurring

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2912-505: Was a Camp Mastodon veteran of Air Force Stone World War One; Uncle Giggles Flintstone, a rich, eccentric practical joker whose jokes drive Fred into a mad rage; James Hardrock, Edna's father; Uncle Tex Hardrock, Fred's rich Texan uncle; Tumbleweed and Mary Lou Jim, Fred's rich Texan cousins. Fred's personality was based on those of early television's Ralph Kramden of The Honeymooners and Chester A. Riley of The Life of Riley , both roles held at various times by Jackie Gleason . (Riley

2968-417: Was in the original, he was played by British actor Mark Addy . Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were pitchmen for Winston cigarettes, the show's sponsor at the time. In one ad, Fred and Barney saw the men working hard at the quarry and decided to retire out of sight for a smoke break. After extolling the virtues of their favorite brand, Fred lit up and delivered the catch phrase: " Winston tastes good like

3024-415: Was more closely associated with William Bendix , who originated the role, though Gleason replaced Bendix due to a contract dispute for The Life of Riley's first season on television.) Much like Ralph, Fred tends to be loud-mouthed, aggressive, temperamental and constantly scheming ways to improve his family's working class lot in life, often with unintended results. Also like Ralph, despite his harshness, he

3080-474: Was provided by Italian voice actor Carlo Bonomi . Stephen Root was planned to voice Fred Flintstone in the scrapped FOX series Bedrock . In the first live-action film, The Flintstones , Fred was played by John Goodman , who also provided his voice for the film's pinball adaptation . In the prequel film, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas , in which Fred is portrayed as younger than he

3136-599: Was published in May 2024. According to Comicscored.com , the Space Ghost series received a "Very Good" rating, with a Comicscore Index of 85 based on 94 ratings from critics. A manga adaptation by Kentaro Nakajo was serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday by Shogakukan in 1967. The manga was compiled into one volume. In 1994, nearly three decades after the finale of the original series, Mike Lazzo pitched

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