Cave Kids

Cave Kids

Genre	Adventure Comedy Fantasy Preschool Children's television series
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
Release
Original network	Syndication
Original release	September 29 (1996-09-29) – November 17, 1996 (1996-11-17)
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, and a spin-off of The Flintstones. The show aired in syndication on public television stations^[1]^[2] from September 29 to November 17, 1996, with reruns available until 1999.^[3]

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Overview

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
Cave Kids at The Big Cartoon DataBase

Hanna-Barbera

Original productions

1950s debuts	The Ruff and Reddy Show (1957–1960) The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958–1961) The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959–1961)
1960s debuts	The Flintstones (1960–1966) The Yogi Bear Show (1961–1962) Top Cat (1961–1962) The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series (1962–1963) The Jetsons (1962–1987) The Magilla Gorilla Show (1963–1967) Jonny Quest (1964–1965) The Peter Potamus Show (1964–1966) The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show (1965–1968) Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles (1966–1968) Space Ghost and Dino Boy (1966–1968) The Space Kidettes (1966–1967) Birdman and the Galaxy Trio (1967–1969) The Herculoids (1967–1968) Shazzan (1967–1969) Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor (1967–1969) Fantastic Four (1967–1968) Samson & Goliath (1967–1968) The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968–1970) The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–1969) The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–1969) Wacky Races (1968–1970) The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969–1971) Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–1971) Cattanooga Cats (1969–1971) Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1978)
1970s debuts	Where's Huddles? (1970) Josie and the Pussycats (1970–1971) The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971–1972) Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971–1972) The Funky Phantom (1971–1972) The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972) Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972–1974) The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972–1973) The Roman Holidays (1972) Sealab 2020 (1972) The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1974) Speed Buggy (1973) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids (1973) Yogi's Gang (1973) Super Friends (1973–1974) Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–1975) Inch High, Private Eye (1973–1974) Jeannie (1973–1975) The Addams Family (1973) Hong Kong Phooey (1974) Devlin (1974) These Are the Days (1974–1975) Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974–1975) Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (1974–1975) The New Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show (1975–1977) The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–1977) Clue Club (1976–1977) Jabberjaw (1976–1978) Taggart's Treasure (1976) Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977–1978) Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977–1979) CB Bears (1977–1978) The Skatebirds (1977–1978) The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–1978) The All New Popeye Hour (1978–1983) Yogi's Space Race (1978–1979) Challenge of the Super Friends (1978) The New Fred and Barney Show (1979) Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979) Casper and the Angels (1979–1980) The New Shmoo (1979) Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1980) The World's Greatest SuperFriends (1979–1980) Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980)
1980s debuts	The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–1982) The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980–1982) Space Stars (1981–1982) The Kwicky Koala Show (1981–1982) Trollkins (1981–1982) The Smurfs (1981–1989) The Flintstone Funnies (1982–1984) The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–1983) Jokebook (1982) The Gary Coleman Show (1982) Shirt Tales (1982) Pac-Man (1982) The New Scooby Doo Mysteries (1983–1985) The Biskitts (1983–1985) Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984–1985) Paw Paws (1985–1986) Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985–1988) Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985–1986) The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985–1986) The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985–1992) The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987) Pound Puppies (1986–1987) The Flintstone Kids (1986–1987) A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1991) The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988) The New Yogi Bear Show (1988) Fantastic Max (1988) The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989) Paddington Bear (1989)
1990s debuts	Tom & Jerry Kids (1990–1994) The Pirates of Dark Water (1991–1993) Yo Yogi! (1991) Fish Police (1992) The Addams Family (1992) Droopy, Master Detective (1993–1994) The New Adventures of Captain Planet (1993–1996) SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993–1994) 2 Stupid Dogs (1993–1995) Dumb and Dumber (1995–1996) Cave Kids (1996) The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996–1997)

Cartoon Network
productions

The Moxy Show (1993–1995)
What a Cartoon! (1995–1997)
Dexter's Laboratory (1996–1997)
Johnny Bravo (1997–2002)
Cow and Chicken (1997–1999)
I Am Weasel (1997–2000)
The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2002)

Founders

Amusement attractions

Comics

Hanna-Barbera Beyond

Other media

See also

Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This?
Bedrock
Bedrock City theme park
Flintstone House
Flintstones Chewable Vitamins
Pebbles cereal
Hanna-Barbera
The Jetsons
The Honeymooners

Category

v t e Former Cartoon Network original programming
1990s debuts	ToonHeads (1992–2003) The Moxy Show (1993–95) Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994–2001) What a Cartoon! (1995–97) Cartoon Planet (1995–98; 2012–14) Dexter's Laboratory (1996–2003) Big Bag (1996–98) The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996–97) Cave Kids (1996) The Tex Avery Show (1996–2002) The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor (1996–98) Johnny Bravo (1997–2004) Cow and Chicken (1997–99) I Am Weasel (1997–2000) The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2005) Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999–2009) Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002) Mike, Lu & Og (1999–2001)
2000s debuts	The Bob Clampett Show (2000–01) Sheep in the Big City (2000–02) Time Squad (2001–03) Samurai Jack (2001–04) Grim & Evil (2001–03) Justice League (2001–04) The Popeye Show (2001–03) Baby Looney Tunes (2002–05) Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? (2002–03) Codename: Kids Next Door (2002–08) What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–06) The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2003–07) Evil Con Carne (2003–04) Teen Titans (2003–06) Duck Dodgers (2003–05) Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–05) Megas XLR (2004–05) Justice League Unlimited (2004–06) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (2004–09) The Batman (2004–06) Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (2004–06) Krypto the Superdog (2005–06) The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (2005–06) Camp Lazlo (2005–08) Firehouse Tales (2005–06) My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005–08) Ben 10 (2005–08) Squirrel Boy (2006–07) Ellen's Acres (2006–07) Class of 3000 (2006–08) Out of Jimmy's Head (2007–08) Chowder (2007–10) Transformers: Animated (2007–09) Chop Socky Chooks (2008–10) Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–10) The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (2008–10) The Secret Saturdays (2008–10) Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008–11) The Othersiders (2009) BrainRush (2009) Destroy Build Destroy (2009–11) Bobb'e Says (2009) Dude, What Would Happen (2009–11)
2010s debuts	Adventure Time (2010–18) Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–12) Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–13) Generator Rex (2010–13) Unnatural History (2010) Mad (2010–13) Regular Show (2010–17) Sym-Bionic Titan (2010–11) Tower Prep (2010) Robotomy (2010–11) Young Justice (2010–13) The Problem Solverz (2011–13) The Amazing World of Gumball (2011–19) The Looney Tunes Show (2011–14) ThunderCats (2011–12) Secret Mountain Fort Awesome (2011–12) Level Up (2012–13) Green Lantern: The Animated Series (2012–13) Dragons (2012–14) Ben 10: Omniverse (2012–14) Incredible Crew (2013) Beware the Batman (2013) Uncle Grandpa (2013–17) Steven Universe (2013–19) Mixels (2014–16) The Tom and Jerry Show (2014–16) Clarence (2014–18) Over the Garden Wall (2014) We Bare Bears (2015–19) Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production (2015–16) Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (2015–16) Long Live the Royals (2015) Bunnicula (2016) The Powerpuff Girls (2016–19) Mighty Magiswords (2016–19) Justice League Action (2016–18) Ben 10 (2017–21) OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (2017–19) Unikitty! (2017–20) Apple & Onion (2018–21) DC Super Hero Girls (2019–21) Victor and Valentino (2019–22) Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart (2019–20) Infinity Train (2019–20) Steven Universe Future (2019–20)
2020s debuts	ThunderCats Roar (2020) Elliott from Earth (2021) The Fungies! (2021) Tig n' Seek (2021) Jellystone! (2021)
See also	Current original series Cartoon Network Studios (co-productions, films) Warner Bros. Animation

v t e Former PBS Kids original programming
1960s–1980s debuts	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968–2001) The Electric Company (1971–1977) Zoom (1972–1978) 3-2-1 Contact (1980–1988) Powerhouse (1982–1983) Reading Rainbow (1983–2006) Newton's Apple (1983–1999) Kidsongs (1985–1998)¹ Learn to Read (1987–1988)³ Square One Television (1987–1992) Shining Time Station (1989–1995) Long Ago and Far Away (1989–1993)
1990s debuts	Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991–1995) Mark Kistler's Imagination Station (1991–1998)² Barney & Friends (1992–2010) Lamb Chop's Play-Along (1992–1995) Ghostwriter (1992–1995) Behind the Scenes (1992) Kino's Storytime (1992–1997) In the Mix (1993–2012)³ Gerbert (1993–1997)² Pappyland (1993–1999)¹ The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (1994–1999)¹ Kidsongs (1994–1998)¹ The Magic School Bus (1994–1997) Bill Nye the Science Guy (1994–1998) Globe Trekker (1994–2010) The Huggabug Club (1995–2000)¹ The Puzzle Place (1995–1998) The Big Comfy Couch (1995–2009)¹ Wishbone (1995–2001) Katie and Orbie (1995–1997) Groundling Marsh (1995–1997)¹ The Swamp Critters of Lost Lagoon (1995–1997)¹ Bloopy's Buddies (1996–1998)¹ Kratts' Creatures (1996) Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? (1996–1997) Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996–2000) Tots TV (1996–2002) Arthur (1996–2022) Theodore Tugboat (1996–2002) The Reppies (1996)¹ Cave Kids (1996)¹ Wimzie's House (1997–2001) Salty's Lighthouse (1997–1998)¹ The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (1998–1999) Noddy (1998–2000) Teletubbies (1998–2005) Someday School (1998–2001)¹ Zoom (1999–2005) Zoboomafoo (1999–2001) Adventures with Kanga Roddy (1999–2001)¹ WishARoo Park (1999–2001)¹ Hello Mrs. Cherrywinkle (1999–2001)¹ Redwall (1999–2002)¹ Dragon Tales (1999–2005)
2000s debuts	Between the Lions (2000–2010) The Dooley and Pals Show (2000–2003)¹ Caillou (2000–2010) Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000–2003) Corduroy (2000–2001) Elliot Moose (2000–2001) Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse (2000–2002) George Shrinks (2000–2004) Seven Little Monsters (2000–2004) Timothy Goes to School (2000–2001) Anne of Green Gables (2001–2002) Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (2001–2002) Jay Jay the Jet Plane (2001–2005) DragonflyTV (2002–2008)³ Angelina Ballerina (2002–2006) Liberty's Kids (2002–2003) The Toy Castle (2002–2005)¹ The Berenstain Bears (2003–2004) Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks (2003–2007) Clifford's Puppy Days (2003–2006) Boohbah (2004–2006) Peep and the Big Wide World/Pocoyo (2004–2011)¹ Curiosity Quest (2004–2015)² Thomas & Friends (2004–2017) Maya & Miguel (2004–2007) Postcards from Buster (2004–2012) Bob the Builder (2005–2012) The Shapies (2005–2007)² Danger Rangers (2005–2006)¹ The Zula Patrol (2005–2008)¹ Make Way for Noddy (2005–2007) Signing Time! (2006–2008)¹ It's a Big Big World (2006–2010) Franny's Feet (2006–2010) Wunderkind Little Amadeus (2006)¹ Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman (2006–2010) SeeMore's Playhouse (2006–2008)¹ Design Squad (2007–2012) Super Why! (2007–2016) WordGirl (2007–2015) WordWorld (2007–2011) Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies (2007–2008) Animalia (2007–2008) Biz Kid$ (2008–2017)¹ Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures (2008–2009) Raggs (2008–2009)¹ Martha Speaks (2008–2014) Sid the Science Kid (2008–2013) Lomax, the Hound of Music (2008) The Electric Company (2009–2011) Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps (2009–2010) Dinosaur Train (2009–2020)
2010s debuts	The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010–2018) Peg + Cat (2013–2018) Odd Squad (2014–2022) Bob the Builder (2015) (2015–2018) Mack & Moxy (2016)¹ Ready Jet Go! (2016–2019) Splash and Bubbles (2016–2018) Let's Go Luna! (2018–2022) Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (2019–2022) Clifford the Big Red Dog (2019) (2019–2021)
2020s debuts	Hero Elementary (2020–2022) Elinor Wonders Why (2020–2022)
Current Original series template All programs are distributed by PBS unless where noted. ¹ Distributed by American Public Television (APT). ² Not distributed by PBS or APT. ³ Instructional program.

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