The Man Called Flintstone

Feature-length spin-off from the hit TV series, which would have been called The Flagstones had they stuck with the title of the original pilot. Directed by creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and featuring original voice artists Alan Reed (Fred), Mel Blanc (Barney) and Jean Vander Pyl (Wilma), the cartoon is a spoof of all the films and TV series about spies that emerged during the 1960s. Fred takes over from a lookalike secret agent to pursue the Green Goose and his evil henchmen, the men from SMIRK. The strength of the basic Flintstones concept just about carries this film, though there's still a feeling that what works well for 20 minutes is stretched thin for a feature-length outing. Dated, yes, but great for kids, though it's rarely seen these days.