A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994) (TV)

Director:

Joanna Romersa

Writers:

Charles Dickens (book)
Glenn Leopold (written by)

Release Date:

21 November 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Fred is cast as Ebenezer Scrooge in a stage adaption of the story, but is acting a bit stingy in real life. |

Plot Keywords:

Holiday In Title | Modern Stone Age Humor | Christmas | The Flintstones | Ghost

Cast

Henry Corden	...	Fred Flintstone (voice)
Jean Vander Pyl	...	Wilma Flintstone (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Barney Rubble / Dino (voice)
B.J. Ward	...	Betty Rubble (voice)
Russi Taylor	...	Pebbles Flintstone (voice)
Don Messick	...	Bamm-Bamm Rubble / Joe Rockhead (voice)
John Stephenson	...	Mr. Slate (voice)
Marsha Clark	...	Maggie Magma / Miss Feldspar (voice)
Will Ryan	...	Nephew Ned (voice)
Brian Cummings	...	Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
René Le Vant	...	Philo Quartz (voice) (as Rene Levant)
John Rhys-Davies	...	Charles Brickens (voice) (as John Rhys Davies)
Joan Gerber	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Joanie Gerber)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Howard Morris	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Jan Rabson	...	Additional Voices (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rip Taylor	...	Venus Flytrap / Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Joanna Romersa

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Charles Dickens		book "A Christmas Carol"
Glenn Leopold		written by

Produced by
Joseph Barbera	....	executive producer
William Hanna	....	executive producer
Gordon Kent	....	supervising producer
Buzz Potamkin	....	executive producer
Joanna Romersa	....	producer

Original Music by
Steven Bernstein		(as Steve Bernstein)

Casting by
Kris Zimmerman

Production Management
Bill Dennis	....	production supervisor: overseas
Debby Hindman	....	pre-production manager
Joe Mazzuca	....	executive in charge of production
John Forrest Niss	....	executive in charge of post-production
Jerry Smith	....	production supervisor: overseas
Catherine Winder	....	executive in charge of production

Art Department
John Dorman	....	storyboard artist
Jun Falkenstein	....	storyboard artist
Dana Granger	....	design assistant (as Dana Jo Granger)
Kirk Hanson	....	storyboard artist
Eddy Houchins	....	storyboard artist (as William Edwards)
Bob Nesler	....	storyboard artist (as Robert Nesler)
Floyd Norman	....	storyboard artist
David Reed	....	storyboard artist
Scott Shaw	....	storyboard artist
Donna Zeller	....	design assistant

Sound Department
James L. Aicholtz	....	sound engineer (as James Aicholtz)
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer (as Jim Ashwill)
Chuck Britz	....	sound engineer
Ed Collins	....	supervising recording engineer (as Edwin Collins)
Kay Douglas	....	track reader
Robert Edmondson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley recordist
Jim Hearn	....	track reader (as James Hearn)
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist (as Gary Hecker)
Carol Iverson	....	track reader
Kerry Iverson	....	track reader
Gordon Kent	....	recording director
Sherry Klein	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Preston Oliver	....	sound engineer

Animation Department
Peter Alvarado	....	character designer (as Pete Alvarado)
Frank Andrina	....	animation director
Joe Binggeli	....	background artist (as Joseph Binggeli)
Bonnie Callahan	....	background artist
Kimberly Conte	....	ink and paint artist
Audrey Covello	....	ink and paint artist
Martin Crossley	....	xerographer
Chris Cuddington	....	overseas animation director
Jun Falkenstein	....	character designer
Etsuko Fujioka	....	ink and paint artist
Al Gmuer	....	background supervisor
Jonathon E. Goley	....	background artist (as Jonathon Goley)
Beth Goodwin	....	animation checker
Karen Greslie	....	color stylist
Kirk Hanson	....	character designer
Lori Hanson	....	ink and paint artist
Virginia Hawes	....	layout designer
Eddy Houchins	....	animation director (as William Edwards)
Christine Kingsland	....	ink and paint artist
Tapani Knuutila	....	overseas layout director
Alison Leopold	....	ink and paint supervisor
Jerry Loveland	....	background artist
Tim Maloney	....	background artist
Mike Moon	....	layout designer
Bob Nesler	....	animation director (as Robert Nesler)
Lew Ott	....	character designer (as Lewis Ott)
Meling Pabian	....	ink and paint artist
Catherine Peterson	....	animation checker
Andrew Phillipson	....	background artist (as Andy Phillipson)
Jo Anne Plein	....	ink and paint artist
Bill Proctor	....	layout designer
Nelda Ridley	....	ink and paint artist
Craig Robertson	....	background artist
Leonard Robledo	....	background artist
Ron Roesch	....	background artist (as Ronald Roesch)
Ron Roesch	....	layout designer (as Ronald Roesch)
Tony Sgroi	....	character designer
Jim Stenstrum	....	character designer (as James Stenstrum)
Lydia Swayne	....	ink and paint artist
Michael Takamoto	....	character designer
Patricia Torocsik	....	ink and paint artist
Carl Urbano	....	animation director
Richard Wilson	....	xerographer
Allen Wilzbach	....	animation director
Star Wirth	....	xerographer

Editorial Department
Tim Clark	....	on-line editor
William E. DeBoer	....	negative consultant (as William DeBoer Jr.)
Tom Gleason	....	supervising film editor
Scott Ostrowsky	....	telecine

Music Department
Bodie Chandler	....	director of music production
Tom Lavin	....	music editor
Julie Bernstein	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Sandy Benenati	....	production assistant
Brian Cole	....	production assistant
Duke Heberlein	....	production assistant
Jeff Holder	....	creative executive
Gordon Kent	....	story editor
Maureen Massarella	....	production assistant
Valerie Menk	....	production assistant
Linda Moore	....	production assistant
Cindi Lyn Peltier	....	talent coordinator
Jason Butler Rote	....	unit production coordinator
Steve Shedd	....	production assistant
Brooke Williams	....	international production coordinator
Tom Wogatzke	....	title designer
Jill Ziegenhagen	....	talent coordinator

Production Companies

• Hanna-Barbera Productions

Distributors

• Turner Program Services (TPS) (1994) (USA) (TV)
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
• Turner Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1996) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Fil-Cartoons  animation

Also Known As:

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:L

Company:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Trivia:

Philo Quartz originated in the TV series "The Flintstone Kids" (1986). This special marks his first and only appearance as an adult.

Quotes:

Barney Rubble, Dino:There's more to life than just acting, you know.
Fred Flintstone:Not to an actor.
Barney Rubble, Dino:Yeah, well, in case you haven't noticed, tomorrow's Christmas, I've got to go home and wrap presents.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: A Christmas Carol (#2.17)" (2009)

Yabba Dabba Ho

Bart Simpson once put it best when he said that TV writers have been milking the 'Christmas Carol' goat for years. Nearly every established animated franchise (as well as some sitcoms and soaps) have cut and pasted Charles Dickens' novel over the years, from Mickey Mouse to Mr. Magoo.

The Flintstones manage to do it a little bit better though, by giving the story a meta-fictional edge, much like Scrooged. Fred is busy preparing for his role as Ebenezer Scrooge for the Bedrock Community Theatre, so much so that he's been neglecting his own friends and family in order to boost his performance. The line between fantasy and reality blurs as Fred/Scrooge is scared straight by the three ghosts,

A very good Xmas Special, though I'm still not sure how the holiday is exists in the prehistoric era, or how a 19th century novel manages to exist either. Either way, it certainly worth watching.