BCDB: Cartoon Reviews: The Man Called Flintstone

I always remember TV Guide's blurb for this cartoon: "Secret agent movies get a good-natured kidding." Here, "good-natured kidding" means humor on the level of Boffo the Clown at a sub-standard birthday party. Nasty spies get bumped off a moving plane as a throwaway gag, but then we're supposed to care when Fred and Barney are trapped in a rocket that could potentially send them off the planet. And oh, those awful songs--written by the Sherman Bros. at the height of their career after toiling for Mary Poppins. The intended pathos of the song "Teammates" is a little strange when you realize it's being performed by a couple of cavemen. At least Michael Maltese contributed some genuine gags to the "Flintstones" TV series--here, the writing by Harvey Bullock and R.S. Allen merely resembles the cookie-cutter sitcom stuff they later did for "Love, American Style." A very strange one.

Fred and the gang are back at it again. This film is fun and worth a look if you are a fan of the Flinstones. It is like an extended episode of the show. As far as Hanna-Barbera films go , this is probaly one of the best.