Cave Kids

*Cave Kids*
Cave Kids
Genre	Adventure; Comedy; Fantasy;
Based on	The Flintstones; by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
Directed by	Marija Miletic Daïl (art)
Voices of	Aria Noelle Curzon; Christine Cavanaugh; E.G. Daily; Frank Welker
Theme music composer	Bill Burnett
Opening theme	"Cave Kids"
Ending theme	"Cave Kids" (instrumental)
Composer	Guy Moon
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Sherry Gunther
Producer	Marija Miletic Daïl
Running time	22 minutes
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	September 29 –; November 17, 1996
Related
	Dino: Stay Out!; Dino: The Great Egg-Scape; The Flintstones;

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 aired on first run syndication^[1]^[2] from September 29 to November 17, 1996, with reruns available until 1999.^[3]

Premise

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 spoke 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).^[4] 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 and everyone else 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.^[5]

Voice cast

Aria Noelle Curzon as Pebbles Flintstone
- Taylor Gunther as Baby Pebbles
Christine Cavanaugh as Bamm-Bamm Rubble (singing voice provided by E.G. Daily)
Frank Welker as Dino

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"Beanstalk Blues"	September 29, 1996 (1996-09-29)^[6]
Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are watering plants in a garden when their imagination kicks in and they grow a giant beanstalk.
2	"China Challenge"	October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06)
When Pebbles' plate is broken during a dispute with Bamm-Bamm, they head to China in hopes of getting their plate fixed.
3	"Soap Bubble Dreams"	October 13, 1996 (1996-10-13)
Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm go down the drain to recover Dino's collar when it accidentally gets washed down the bathtub while they're giving Dino a bath.
4	"Sand Castle Surprise"	October 20, 1996 (1996-10-20)
Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are at the beach when they go into a world ruled by a King Crab, who happens to have extreme shyness.
5	"Kiss and Spell"	October 27, 1996 (1996-10-27)
A search for Pebbles' lost doll, Gretel, takes Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm to fairytale land where they encounter talking trees, a talking frog, Little Red Riding Hood and Robin Hood.
6	"Of Mice and Moon"	November 3, 1996 (1996-11-03)
Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm visit the Moon and meet with both a Moon mouse and the lady on the Moon.
7	"Color Me Cave Kid"	November 10, 1996 (1996-11-10)
Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm get transported to a world which is ruled by the nasty Katty with his dog Wompus, whose enemy is a colorful French blob named Miss Palette.
8	"Cave Kid Christmas"	November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17)
Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm visit the North Pole and learn that there's more to Christmas than presents; they find a baby Christmas tree and cheer up a grumpy Snowbear.

Merchandising

Album

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

"Cave Kids Theme"
"The Cave Kid Crawl"
"The Woman in the Moon"
"Little Is Just Right for Me"
"Sharing"
"Hand in Hand"
"Being a Friend"

Home media

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.

VHS Title	Ep#	Release Date	Titles
Watch Us Grow	2	June 10, 1997	Kiss and Spell Beanstalk Blues
At Play	2	June 10, 1997	Sand Castle Surprise Soap Bubble Dreams
Make New Friends	2	June 10, 1997	China Challenge Of Mice and Moon

References

^ "The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California on October 13, 1996 · 381". 13 October 1996.
^ "The Dispatch from Moline, Illinois on December 22, 1996 · 126". 22 December 1996.
^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 212–214. ISBN 978-1538103739.
^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 333–344. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^ Wells, John (2015). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-64. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 978-1605490458.
^ "The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah on September 29, 1996 · 174". 29 September 1996.

External links

Cave Kids at IMDb

[1] "The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California on October 13, 1996 · 381". 13 October 1996.

[2] "The Dispatch from Moline, Illinois on December 22, 1996 · 126". 22 December 1996.

[3] Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 212–214. ISBN 978-1538103739.

[4] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 333–344. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[5] Wells, John (2015). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-64. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 978-1605490458.

[6] "The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah on September 29, 1996 · 174". 29 September 1996.

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