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American animated children's television series
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 from September 29 to November 17, 1996, with reruns available until 1999.
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Overview
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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 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).
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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.
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Voice cast
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Episodes
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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
- "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
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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.
VHS Title
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Ep#
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Release Date
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Titles
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Watch Us Grow
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2
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June 10, 1997
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- Kiss and Spell
- Beanstalk Blues
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At Play
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2
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June 10, 1997
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- Sand Castle Surprise
- Soap Bubble Dreams
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Make New Friends
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2
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June 10, 1997
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- China Challenge
- Of Mice and Moon
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See also
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References
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"The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California on October 13, 1996 · 381"
. 13 October 1996.
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"The Dispatch from Moline, Illinois on December 22, 1996 · 126"
. 22 December 1996.
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Perlmutter, David (2018).
The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows
. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 212?214.
ISBN
978-1538103739
.
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Erickson, Hal (2005).
Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003
(2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 333?344.
ISBN
978-1476665993
.
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Wells, John (2015).
American Comic Book Chronicles: 1960-64
. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 156.
ISBN
978-1605490458
.
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"The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah on September 29, 1996 · 174"
. 29 September 1996.
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