The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show - The Complete Series

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I was a little too young to watch the original animated "The Flintstones," which was first run on ABC from 1960-1966. Of course, I was aware of "The Flintstones" and watched it in heavily syndicated reruns. "The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show," the delightful 16 Episode Saturday morning sequel, first ran on CBS in 1971 when I was about five or six years old. THIS show is part of my Saturday morning memories!On "The Flintstones", Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm were babies, and I never cared much for babies or children in shows, even when I was a child. For their own self-titled show, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are teenagers. The title characters are excellently voiced by Sally Struthers ("All In The Family") and Jay North ("Dennis The Menace"). They hang out with a new gang of teenage friends, including The Bronto Bunch Motorcycle Gang, astrologically-inclined Wiggy, hippie Penny, inventor Moonrock, snobby Cindy and Fabian, and Bad Luck Schleprock ("Hi, everybody, miserable day, isn't it... wowsie, wowsie, woo-woo!"). Fred, Barney, Wilma, Betty, and Mr. Slate return, but Dino The Dinasour is noticeably absent. He is replaced here by Bamm-Bamm's pet Snoots and Pebbles' pet elephant Wooley, who, in one episode, flies exactly like Disney's Dumbo.Watching this series again after SO MANY years, I realized that "Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm" plots are basically recycled from "I Love Lucy." It is basically bedlam in Bedrock when Pebbles gets ideas in her head. But Pebbles is enthusiastic, energetic, and good-hearted. She's not scatterbrained like Lucy is, but Bamm-Bamm humorously and truthfully says, "You've got rocks in your head, Pebbles...when Pebbles makes up her mind, it's a state of mind over matter. Pebbles makes up her mind and NOTHING else matters." My most vivid memory of the series is actually the series' BEST episode. In "The Golden Voice," Pebbles discovers that Bamm-Bamm has a beautiful singing voice when he's in the shower. For this episode, he repeatedly sings the phrase, "Don't rock now, because our love has grown stone cold." Outside of the shower, his singing is terrible. Pebbles takes him to see Madame Fortismo, who turns him into a vocal freak sensation. In other memorable episodes, Pebbles gets involved in football and baseball; although she knows absolutely nothing about either sport, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm become Grand Prix race car drivers in order to retrieve a special fuel for Fred and Barney, and chaos reigns when Pebbles becomes honorary mayor of Bedrock for one week.I also seem to recall a TV Special when Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm got married and had a baby of their own. That would make Fred, Barney, Wilma, and Betty grandparents! I don't need to go into that. I hope you love and enjoy "The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm Show" as much as I do!

Firstly i was happy that this dvd was able to play on my region 4 player, as one out of the three dvds I bought did not. Secondly I was very impressed with the artwork on the cover, front and back and inside. Very well done with all the main characters and a lot of support characters appearing. It's a shame they are not going to such effort with the newer releases. To my surprise the Gruesomes also appeared on the inside cover. I had completley forgotten that, as well as their two appearances on The Flintstones, they had a third appearance on The Pebbles and Bamm Show. I havn't gotten up to their episode yet, but am looking forward to it. This was the first time I have seen The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm show since it was on tv in the early 70s. I wasn't dissapointed it was great colourful fun with the five main gang plus a large cast of supporting characters. As well as being the first Flinstones spin off, in my opinion, it was also the the best. They really should loop it in with The Flinstones when they show reruns. When I first saw this show I was about 5 or 6, I only had a very vague memory of watching The Flinstones with my parents. When The Flintstones finally came back to Aussie tv in 1975, six o clock week nights, I remember waiting what seemed like an eternity to see Pebbles and Bamm Bamm appear. It was - Pebbles isn't born until near the end of the 3rd season and Bamm Bamm is introduced in the fourth. But in this delightful show, you don't have to wait.

I’m going to be honest; I bought this DVD solely on the concept alone. Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm as teenagers is pretty novel and some of the episodes aren’t so bad. I’ve heard a lot of people say that Pebbles as well as Bamm-Bamm are out of character in this and to that I say: are they really? I mean in the original Flintstones series, they were babies; not really known for having outgoing personalities.This series gives the two unique personalities exclusive to them. Everyone has a part to play and they all do it exceptionally well. My only regret is that the series doesn’t take the time to further flesh out the characters and their dynamics with one another.My criticisms aside; I think this is a very quaint series that showcases Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm in the next stages of life. A true product of its time in the best way possible. For that alone, I recommend this DVD.