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 Hathaways Wesson. Some of the directing was handled by Richard Kinon. The series followed another short-lived ABC series, "Straightaway" starring John Ashley and Brian Kelly as race-car enthusiasts. It preceded the popular cartoon series "The Flintstones". Its principal competition was the Clint Eastwood western series "Rawhide" on CBS. Despite the lack of television success, "The Hathaways" produced a comic book of the chimpanzees in 1962. Latter-day television critics Castleman and Podrazik (1982) have called "The Hathaways" "possibly the worst series ever to air on network TV", criticizing the production, scripts, acting, the "utterly degrading" premise, and the overall "total worthlessness" of