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Summary: Christmas Carol Krazy
Comment: I Love the story of the Christmas Carol and what a better way to see it than with the "Flintstones"!! If you have not seen this version of " A Christmas Carol" you should. It is true Hannah-Barbera fun! I would recommend this to all!
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Summary: Brings back happy memories and is safe, cute, fun
Comment: Okay, so the Spongebob's of today have cornered the market. But us "oldies" can enjoy some of those 30-minute cartoon specials that aired when the days were short, it was dark way before 5pm and when we knew the holidays were fast approaching. My dad, the enormous "set hog", would sigh, pull himself out of his laz-y-boy and head to the garage while my brother and I would watch any of those seasonal cartoons, this being one of them.
It's emotional dribble as Fred works part-time as a Santa at a department store to make extra dough for his family's Christmas. I don't remember him singing "Dino, the Dinosaur" when I saw it on TV, but he does in the video version. It's corny but touching.
On Christmas Eve, he is approached by a couple of elves whom he believe are tricking him. Once Santa's sleigh takes flight, he realizes he is really being hijacked to the North Pole to do an ailing Santa's bidding -- delivering gifts to the entire world in one night.
It's magic from that point on. The ending is the most touching, when Fred forgets his own family's gifts in the sleigh...but you'll have to watch to see what happens, and how Fred is rewarded for his kindness and generosity.
Love it! Will share it with my new daughter this year, and I will pray that she loves sharing my happy memories with me as she grows from an infant to a....gulp...teenager.
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Summary: Good!
Comment: I really like the Flintstones and I saw this Flintstones Christmas cartoon and I thought it was good and I want to say that this is on DVD, I don't know which season it's from but it is in one of the complete season DVD boxsets. Like I stated before this paticular Christmas cartoon is actually an episode from the original series and the plot is that Fred is working as a department store Santa and some elves come in insisting that Fred needs to help deliver toys because Santa Claus is to ill with a bad cold to continue so he and Barney set off to deliver the toys. There is a similar Flintstones Christmas special that wasn't an episode from the show that also had Fred and Barney doing Santa's toy deliveries but in that one it is because he fell off of Fred's roof and hurt his foot and some reviewers seem to have mistaken that one for this one but anyway I think both Christmas cartoons are good and I want to see the one where Santa fell off Fred's roof get to DVD!
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Summary: Classic Christmas Episode Of The Much Loved Cartoon Family
Comment: I can never remember a time when I didn't love "The Flintstones", the classic Hanna Barbera animated series that sailed into our living rooms in 1960 and has never left it or our hearts since. The brain child of Joseph Barbera and William Hanna the series which originally ran in prime time from 1960 until 1966 was in so many ways years ahead of its time and had a charm and creativity about it that has won successive generations of fans all over the world. The characters, identifiable situations and the often adult humour really made this a landmark series that adults could enjoy as much as children.
Here we have the Christmas episode from Season Five of "The Flintstones", which was originally called simply "Christmas Flintstone". For the special video release of this holiday episode it was given its present title "How the Flinstones Saved Christmas". It is one of my favourites from the series and has a warm seasonal theme to it that makes it treasured viewing at this time of year. Apparently poor old Fred is facing the age old problem faced by most of us at Christmas in that he needs some extra money to be able to buy all his presents. Out walking with friend Barney Rubble Fred sees a sign in the window of Macy Rock Department Store asking for additional help in the lead up to Christmas. Fred gets a job with the store and he finds himself first placed in the wrapping department however the big kid comes out in Fred and he ends up spending all his time in the toy department which gets him fired. However the store have a crisis when their Santa is sick and so Fred gets his job back to play Santa for the week before Christmas. Fred is such an un expected success in the role earning the love of all the children and their parents, that word gets back to the real Santa about the great job he is doing. After closing time on Christmas Eve just as he finishes work Fred is visited by two of Santa's elves who explain that Santa wants a big favour from Fred as he is very ill with the flu and cannot make his appointed rounds that night. Fred is whisked away to the North Pole by the elves in their sleigh and there Santa asks Fred to take his place to make sure all the presents are delivered on time to the children all over the world. After his initial fears Fred finds he loves the role and we see him delivering gifts in many different countries all over the globe. At the end of the night with all the deliveries done the elves drop Fred back at his home however Fred suddenly realises once they have gone that all his own presents for his family were left by mistake in the sleigh and so he prepares to join his family inside the house with sadly no presents for Christmas. However there is a big surprise in store for Fred as he discovers that Santa realising that Fred had no presents for his own family, had got out of his sick bed for this one special delivery to Bedrock to make sure the Flintstones also had a happy Christmas.
This wonderful yuletide episode of "The Flintstones", is always essential Christmas Eve viewing in my home. It really contains everything that made "The Flinstones", such special viewing when I was growing up. Some of the animation created by Hanna Barbera for this episode,in particular the beautiful scenes depicting Fred delivering the presents to all different parts of the world is quite stunning and Fred's numerous musical moments in this episode and especially when he sings in the various languages of the countries he is visiting will be sure to move you with the holiday spirit. An extra special moment that I love in particular is the episodes conclusion when for one moment it looks like after all the good work Fred has done that it will be a bleak Christmas for his family with no presents. The nice surprise that occurs here and the joyful Christmas greeting to all viewers by the Flinstones themselves makes for very heart warming viewing not seen often nowadays on our networks.
"How the Flintstones Saved Christmas", is really classic Christmas televison from the golden age of such programs in the 1960's. Other cartoon series may have run longer but "The Flintstones", will always have a special place in the heart of this viewer and in countless others as well I'm sure. This excellent Christmas episode also reminds us that at this important time of the year giving and making others happy is the best thing you can do and that it will come back to reward us in so many other ways. Treat yourself to a screening of "How the Flintstones Saved Christmas", this festive season, it will be sure to bring back lots of memories to you as it never fails to do for me.
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Summary: Family Fun With Fred!
Comment: This is the traditional Hanna Barbera Christmas classic with the Classic Stoneage family everyone knows and can sing to.Fred is looking for an extra job to get some extra money for the Holidays and presents so he starts to work for Macy Rock. There he discovers he doesn't have many talents and eventualy gets himself fired.
But then a stroke of luck has the store Santa calling in sick. Putting on the beard and the suite he found his calling. He loves children and singing to them and even shows a lesson or two.
One more stroke of luck. Santa Clause hismelf is sick and asks Fred to take over for one night and he does.
It also has a cute ending. This is real fun for the whole family. Check it out with the whole family!
