Wind-Up Wilma is a 1981 animated television special and the third of The Flintstone Specials limited-run prime time revival of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The special premiered on NBC on October 4, 1981. In the special, Wilma Flintstone is recruited to play on Bedrock's baseball team.
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.
Summary
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; however, she and Fred argue over her ambition to pitch for the team because Fred thinks a woman's place is in the home.
Voice cast
Henry Corden as Fred Flintstone
Mel Blanc as Barney Rubble, Dino
Jean Vander Pyl as Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
Gay Autterson as Betty Rubble, Traffic Cop
John Stephenson as Frank Frankenstone
Julie McWhirter as Hidea Frankenstone
Jim MacGeorge as Stubby Frankenstone, Cop
Don Messick as Announcer
Joe Baker as Mean, Checker
Paul Winchell as Umpire, Thief, Reporter #1
Frank Welker as Finrock
Home media
On October 9, 2012, Warner Archive released Wind-Up Wilma on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection, in a release entitled The Flintstones Prime-Time Specials Collection: Volume 2. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com.