A Flintstones' Christmas Carol
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| Directed by: | Joanna Romersa |
| Written by: | Glenn Leopold |
| Release date: | November 21, 1994 |
| Running time: | 1 hour, 9 minutes |
| Characters: | Fred Flintstone |
| Available on: | VHS DVD |
A Flintstones' Christmas Carol is a television special based on the animated series The Flintstones and the book A Christmas Carol.
[edit] Synopsis
When Fred wins the role of Scrooge in the play of A Christmas Carol at the Bedrock Community Theatre, he becomes obsessed with rehearsing lines that he ignores his family and friends. He doesn't hear Wilma tell him to pick up Pebbles from Day care, and he forgets to kiss Pebbles goodbye when he drops her off. At work, Fred runs into the most beautiful girl in Bedrock, Maggie, who is playing Scrooge's love, Belle. It is also implied that Fred and Maggie have been having a relationship behind Wilma's back. Fred soon realizes, after a reminder from Barney, that he forgot to buy his family Christmas gifts, so he runs out and buys them the first things he finds.
At the theatre, a furious Wilma tells Fred that he forgot to pick up Pebbles, but Fred can only think about the show. The start of the show goes smoothly, but the actress who plays the ghost of Christmas Past gets sick from the "Bedrock Bug" and Wilma has to replace her. When Scrooge and Belle's love scene arrives, Fred is thrilled when he sees Maggie and will finally get to kiss her, but is disappointed when he finds out that Maggie has also gotten sick and Wilma had to take her place. Wilma becomes furious when Fred accidentally reveals his secret relationship with Maggie, and refuses to speak to him after the scene.
Fred soon starts living the play and realizes that Christmas isn't about greed, but about happiness and love. He soon apologizes to everyone he was rude to, including Wilma, who is still mad at him for his infidelity, and everyone in Bedrock truly has a very merry Christmas. But then Fred gets the Bedrock Bug. This is further complicated when Wilma tells him that he will recover just in time to attend his mother-in-law's Christmas dinner.
[edit] Cast
- Henry Corden - Fred Flintstone
- Jean Vander Pyl - Wilma Flintstone
- Frank Welker - Barney Rubble, Dino
- B.J. Ward - Betty Rubble
- Russi Taylor - Pebbles Flintstone
- Don Messick - Bamm-Bamm Rubble, Joe Rockhead
- John Stephenson - Mr. Slate
- Marsha Clark - Maggie, Miss Feldspar
- Will Ryan - Ned
- Brian Cummings - Ghost of Christmas Present
- Rene Levant - Philo Quartz
- John Rhys Davis - Charles Brickens
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