I YABBA-DABBA DO!
A film review by Ken Johnson
Copyright 1993 Ken Johnson
1:32, not rated, Animated/Comedy, 1993, Made-for-American-Television Director: William Hanna Voices of: Henry Corden, Jean Vander Pyl, Megan Mullally, Frank Welker, B. J. Ward, Jerry Houser, Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Fred Flintstone (voice of Henry Corden) loses all of his money on a bet. Pebbles (voice of Megan Mullally) and Bamm-Bamm (voice of Jerry Houser) have grown up and are planning to get married. Fred has to find a way of getting back his money and paying for Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm's wedding.
I YABBA-DABBA DO! is the first in a series of Flintstones films being made for the ABC television network. It aired on Sunday, February 7 and will probably be repeated soon. I used to watch "The Flintstones" as a child and was expecting a very good movie. I YABBA-DABBA DO! didn't make all of my expectations, but it is still fun to watch. I will now look forward to the next Flintstones movie. On a scale of zero to five, I give I YABBA-DABBA DO! a four.
I YABBA-DABBA DO! is well-animated. It is not as well animated as a Disney film, but is much better than "Batman: The Animated Series". Fans of animation will probably enjoy watching this film for the animation alone.
The voice of Wilma Flintstone is done by Jean Vander Pyl, who did Wilma on the television show "The Flintstones" but Alan Reed, who used to do the voice for Fred Flintstone is no longer doing it and it is now done by Henry Corden. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (of Hanna-Barbera) have brief voice cameos as themselves in this film.
I YABBA-DABBA DO! is well-written. Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble are great and I think will amuse the young and old alike (at least those that were fans of "The Flintstones"). The writers did a good job of making Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm older. Unfortunately the script has some slow spots in it. Some of the comedy in this film is aimed at adult viewers to keep them entertained. There is also a lot of slapstick humor that will entertain both adults and children.
-------- Ken Johnson blj@mithrandir.cs.unh.edu
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