Monday, 28 September 2026

YOGI BEAR & FRED FLINTSTONE On The BIG SCREEN - And In Comics & LPs...

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First of all, I should point out that these aren't 'book and record' sets, it's just the way I've laid them out.  The records are separate entities from the comicbooks, none of which were released as a pair.  Having said that, as they were manufactured a good many years before DVDs, you'd have thought (I'm tempted to type 'thunk') someone would've come up with the idea to release the LP soundtracks and their equivalent comics together, eh?  Sure seems like a good idea to me.

Speaking of DVDs, I've actually got both movies on disc, having seen Yogi's, not in the cinema, but on TV many years (decades probably) later.  Fred's film I saw in my local cinema (now a Bingo hall), either towards the end of 1972 or sometime in 1973, as the 'support act' for Living Free, the sequel to Born Free.  I went to see it (didn't bother with the main film after the first time) so often that when I took a chum, the manager (Bob Johnstone) let him in for free.

Anyway, I'm glad to have these two double examples of movie merchandise, so I thought I'd share them with you here.  Ain't that considerate of me?  Hello, anybody there?  (And perhaps I should mention that these two films were actually produced for release on the big screen back in the '60s, they weren't TV films pressed into service for a cinematic outing.)  Any of you Crivvies seen either of these two animated productions?  If so, what did you think of them at the time?  Do tell.