A Flintstones Christmas Carol

Baste the turkeysaurus and head over to Bloomingshale's for some last-minute shopping; it's Christmastime in Bedrock. Fred and the gang have more than the usual festive preparations up their prehistoric sleeves, however, as they are staging a production of "The Christmas Carol" with Fred in the role of Scrooge. Things take a frightening turn when--in the classic tradition of method acting--Fred takes his role to heart and becomes a bit humbuggish himself. So preoccupied with his role is he, that he forgets to pick up Pebbles from day care, leaves Christmas shopping off his list of things to do, and belittles the parts played by his friends (such as Barney as Bob Cratchit). When the Bedrock bug (a flu virus) begins to fell cast members, it provides the ideal opportunity for costume maker and stage manager Wilma to take on understudy duties and scare some sense into her self-absorbed husband. And just in time for Christmas Eve. God bless them, every one. (Ages 2 and older.) --Kimberly Heinrichs

Customer Reviews:

Another great one for the Christmas collection!
This is a great classic for your movie collection if you can still find a copy (even on VHS). It really needs to be released on DVD. The storyline of A Christmas Carol follows Dickens original writings fairly well while putting the Flintstones take on it at the same time. A great video and one for your Christmas viewing collection.

--2005-11-30

A Flintstones Christmas Carol Should Be On DVD!
The Flintstones is one of my favorite cartoons and I liked A Flintstones Christmas Carol which has Fred, Wilma and their friends putting on a play of a Christmas Carol and was pretty good and I really want to see this put on DVD!
--2005-10-17

FLINTSTONES VERSION OF THE CLASSIC
The Bedrock gang give their version of the Dickens classic. Fred lands the role of Scrooge in the Bedrock Community Theatre version of the play. Fred throws himself into the role as Scrooge and soon starts having delusions of granduer as he thinks he's on his way to broadway...or Broadrock or something. Anyway Fred starts treating everyone poorly, forgets to do his shopping and to pickup Pebbles. He's only thinking about his rehearsal for his role.

The play goes on with everyone upset at Fred but he, like Scrooge, eventually learns the error of his ways at the end, and gains the true Christmas spirit. This is about what you'd expect from a Hanna Barbera production in terms of animation. While it doesn't have the adult-oriented humor of the 1960's show it's still pretty good in general and worth at least one viewing.
--2005-09-28

A Great Animated Remake of Dicken's Classic!
"A Flintstone's Christmas Carol" is a great remake of the classic novel "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, including that it is Christmas in Bedrock, Fred Flintstone who plays Ebonezer Scrooge, Wilma makes his clothes, Barney Rubble is his stooge, Bamm-Bamm is Tiny Tim, in Bedrock's X-mas play, not so far, and I give this remake of Dicken's classic 5 stars.
--2002-07-16

I liked it
I have this on video and I really enjoy watching it. I think the Flintstone's version of Dicken's classic is really interesting. The "Bedrock Bug" concept is funny too. This is highly recommended. Oh, I also liked the line by Philo, the cop: "You'd better get the stars out of your eyes and watch where you're going."
--2002-02-22

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