Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Countdown to Christmas: Fred Flintstone as Santa Claus (Christmas Flintstone, 1964)

From season 5 of The Flintstones:

Fred (Alan Reed) must substitute for Santa Claus when the jolly old elf takes ill. Here's "Christmas Flintstone":

Edit, 11/29/21: Had to change the video. Right now, we have Fred taking a request from a little girl.



12 years later, in the primetime special, A Flintstone Christmas, Fred didn't believe in Santa, but that changed by the end of the show.

This should, regardless of what Cartoon Network/Boomerang suits think to the contrary, bump regular programming Christmas weekend.

Rating: A-.

2 comments:

Goldstar said...

What's truly baffling is how the characters on The Flintstones are celebrating Christmas when the show is set millions of years before the birth of Jesus Christ.

hobbyfan said...

Well, the concept of the show was that it was a satire of modern-day life. You might say that Bedrock really wasn't in B. C., but rather in a hidden section of cartoon America, in order to celebrate the holiday.