Wind-Up Wilma is a 1981 animated television special and the third of The Flintstone Specials limited-run prime time revival of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The special premiered on NBC on October 4, 1981. ^[1] In the special, Wilma Flintstone is recruited to play on Bedrock's baseball team. ^[2]

Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio, one of the last productions to do so.

Summary

Wilma is a celebrity when she gets a shot at the big leagues and becomes a pitcher for the Bedrock Dodgers after nailing a couple of robbers with a melon at the grocery store; however, she and Fred argue over her ambition to pitch for the team because Fred thinks a woman's place is in the home.

Voice cast

• Henry Corden as Fred Flintstone
• Mel Blanc as Barney Rubble, Dino
• Jean Vander Pyl as Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
• Gay Autterson as Betty Rubble, Traffic Cop
• John Stephenson as Frank Frankenstone
• Julie McWhirter as Hidea Frankenstone
• Jim MacGeorge as Stubby Frankenstone, Cop
• Don Messick as Announcer
• Joe Baker as Mean, Checker
• Paul Winchell as Umpire, Thief, Reporter #1
• Frank Welker as Finrock

Home media

On October 9, 2012, Warner Archive released Wind-Up Wilma on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection, in a release entitled The Flintstones Prime-Time Specials Collection: Volume 2. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com. ^[3]

References

External links

• The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma at IMDb