Review of The Man Called Flintstone

A lot of fun even if you're not a FLINTSTONES aficionado. Fred Flintstone manages an all expenses paid trip to Paris for him and Wilma in exchange for some wacky spy work. Of course the Rubbles come along for the fun. This feature length version of the TV series retains all the show's charm, shows off a lot of modern stone age gadgetry (there's a particularly creative bird inside Wilma's camera). It's colorful, fast-paced and goofy. It's also laced with a few truly satiric touches...poking fun at airplane hierarchy, misguided doctors, as well as a bit of La dolce vita. Marred perhaps only by the needless inclusion of some dud songs (save for one performed by the inimitable Louis Prima). Alan Reed does the voice of Fred and Mel Blanc is Barney. Harvey Korman and Janet Waldo also provide various voices. A Hanna-Barbera triumph!