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American animated children's television series

Cave Kids
GenreAdventure
Comedy
Preschool
Fantasy
Based on
The Flintstones
by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Directed byMarija Miletic Daïl (art)
Voices ofAria Noelle Curzon
Christine Cavanaugh
E.G. Daily
Frank Welker
Theme music composerBill Burnett
Opening theme"Cave Kids"
Ending theme"Cave Kids" (instrumental)
ComposerGuy Moon
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producerSherry Gunther
ProducerMarija Miletic Daïl
Running time22 minutes
Production companyHanna-Barbera Cartoons
Original release
NetworkSyndication
ReleaseSeptember 29 (1996-09-29) –
November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17)
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Cave Kids (also known as Cave Kids Adventures or Cave Kids: Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm) is an American animated preschool television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and a spin-off of The Flintstones. The show was syndicated to public television stations[1][2] by Warner Bros. Television from September 29 to November 17, 1996, with reruns available until 1999.[3][4] It is also Hanna-Barbera's final television series produced before being acquired by Time Warner. The show also aired reruns on Boomerang and MeTV Toons.

Premise

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The series follows the adventures of Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble as prehistoric pre-schoolers with Dino, the Flintstone family's pet dinosaur, as their babysitter. While Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm speak in baby-talk gibberish to adults, they could communicate normally with each other, a la Rugrats (another show that Bamm-Bamm's voice actresses, Cavanaugh and Daily worked on).[5]

Unlike the original 1960s Flintstones series and its spin-off incarnations featuring the kids and their parents in slapstick comedy adventures, this show focused more on educational values and lessons for children, with each episode also concluding with a music video relating to the episode's theme, using often-altered footage from the episode. Another thing worth noting is that Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm and Dino were the only established characters to appear in the show. Every other character from the television series was completely absent.

An earlier Cave Kids effort was published by Golden Press, both as a Little Golden Books in 1963, and also as a Gold Key Comics series spanning 16 issues from 1963 through 1967.[6]

Voice cast

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Episodes

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No.TitleOriginal release date
1"Beanstalk Blues"September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29)[7]
2"China Challenge"October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06)
3"Soap Bubble Dreams"October 13, 1996 (1996-10-13)
4"Sand Castle Surprise"October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20)
5"Kiss and Spell"October 27, 1996 (1996-10-27)
6"Of Mice and Moon"November 3, 1996 (1996-11-03)
7"Color Me Cave Kid"November 10, 1996 (1996-11-10)
8"Cave Kid Christmas"November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17)

Merchandising

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Album

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A sing-along album, Cave Kids Sing-Along, was released on cassette tape and CD by Kid Rhino on February 4, 1997. The album featured seven songs performed by Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, including five from the series. The package also contained a full-color booklet with lyrics to all the songs.

Track listing
  1. "Cave Kids Theme"
  2. "The Cave Kid Crawl"
  3. "The Woman in the Moon"
  4. "Little Is Just Right for Me"
  5. "Sharing"
  6. "Hand in Hand"
  7. "Being a Friend"

Home media

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On June 10, 1997, Warner Home Video released three separate Cave Kids titles on videocassette: "Watch Us Grow", "At Play" and "Make New Friends", with each 44-minute cassette featuring two episodes and a music video.

Title Release date Episodes
"Watch Us Grow" June 10, 1997
  • Kiss and Spell
  • Beanstalk Blues
"At Play" June 10, 1997
  • Sand Castle Surprise
  • Soap Bubble Dreams
"Make New Friends" June 10, 1997
  • China Challenge
  • Of Mice and Moon

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Cave Kids airing on KQED (page 381)". The San Francisco Examiner. October 13, 1996.
  2. ↑ "The Dispatch from Moline, Illinois on December 22, 1996 · 126". December 22, 1996.
  3. ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 212–214. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  4. ↑ "Cave Kids airing on Nebraska ETV Network (page 206)". Omaha World-Herald. September 12, 1999.
  5. ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 333–344. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  6. ↑ Wells, John (2015). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-64. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 978-1605490458.
  7. ↑ "Cave Kids airing on KUED (page 174)". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 29, 1996.
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