The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma Wind-Up Wilma is a 1981 animated television special and the third of "The Flintstone Special" limited-run prime time revival of "The Flintstones" produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions which premiered on NBC on October 4, 1981. 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. 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;
The Flintstones Finally, the stone houses of this society are cookie-cutter homes positioned into typical neighborhoods. Over 100 other characters appeared throughout the program. Fred Flintstone physically resembles both the voice actor who played him, Alan Reed, and Jackie Gleason, whose series, "The Honeymooners", inspired "The Flintstones". The voice of Barney Rubble was provided by voice actor Mel Blanc, though five episodes during the second season (the first, second, fifth, sixth, and ninth) employed Hanna-Barbera regular Daws Butler while Blanc was incapacitated by a near-fatal car accident. Blanc was able to return to the series much sooner than expected, by virtue of