Flintstones: Barney doesn’t have dental insurance, so Fred takes him to a good Stone Age dinosaur dentist

In 1960, the great animation duo of William Hanna and Joe Barbera premiered the first half-hour primetime cartoon series, “The Flintstones.” Two years later the only episode of Hanna Barbera Studios DENTAL THEMED, “Nuttin But the Tooth” aired. Two limited edition cells were published from this Flintstones cartoon. Both have been a huge hit with dentists as both editions were completely sold out.

Since the demand for the first two pieces was so high, Amazing Animation (an exclusive distributor of dental-related art) collaborated once again with talented Hanna-Barbera artist Bob Singer on the third and final edition. limited based on this cartoon. “Nuttin ‘But the Tooth” was episode 12 of season 3. The original air date was November 30, 1962.

Here’s the very funny plot synopsis:

When Barney wakes up with a terrible toothache, Betty asks Fred if he would take him to the dentist to have a tooth removed. Along the way, Fred sees a billboard promoting the big fight that night, so Fred has the idea of ​​pulling Barney’s tooth out himself and taking the $ 10.00 to buy side seats for the fight.

Fred’s first attempt is depicted in this limited edition, now classic and out of print, from 1994. “Nuttin But the Tooth” The cell shows Fred about to drive away in his car while Barney is behind the car with a rope tied to his tooth in one. at the end and Fred’s car on the other,

After Barney thwarts this attempt by running after the car as Fred drives away, Fred comes up with another idea, shown in this limited out of stock 2003 cel, “Nuttin But the Tooth II”. In this scene, Fred has the idea to tie one end of the rope around Dino’s neck and then tempt Dino to run away by throwing the cat in front of him.

This plan also backfires when Barney removes the rope and hands it to Fred just before Dino comes out after the cat. This sends Fred bouncing down the street, up and over many hard objects before finally crashing into a tree.

There’s no denying he saw the big fight, Fred suggests a dinosaur dentist pull Barney’s tooth out. This will cost just $ 5.00, which still leaves enough money for a cheap pair of seats for the fight.

This leads them to the only dinosaur dentist in town, Smiley Molar. While Smiley is on the phone receiving his wife’s shopping list, Barney overdoses on gasoline and floats past Fred, just outside the office window. Fred proceeds to chase after him, eventually catching him with a clever lasso, which eventually bumps Barney onto Fred and causes Barney’s tooth to fall out. The cartoon ends with the boys coming to the fight.

The scene in the Smiley Molar dentist’s office forms the basis of the creation of artist Bob Singer and the third limited edition of the Flintstones dental dentistry, “Stone Age Dentistry.” Bob Singer, has worked alongside Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera since the magical days of Hanna-Barbera Animation in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the last of the three artists alive and he continues to create Hanna animation artwork- Barbera for Warner Brothers Studio today. Warner Bros. studio now owns Hanna-Barbera Studios, then separate.

Amazing Animation has worked closely with Bob Singer for years. He has appeared on our booth during the annual dental meetings where we exhibit and has created three other limited edition cells for us: The Jetsons “Space Age Dentistry”, Scooby Doo’s “Bad Bite Clinic” and “Fred’s New Braces.”

Bob is such a great talent that we are privileged to be able to work with him, but most importantly, he is a wonderful human being. We’ve always been huge fans of Bob’s artwork, so it goes without saying that we were very excited when we saw his rendition of the new limited edition “Stone Age Dentistry.”

I think Bob has expertly captured the look of the “Nuttin But the Tooth” cartoon. Even from the very first sketch I could imagine that the three cells hung very well together. I also love the way Bob has portrayed the tools of the Stone Age dentist. Converting from today to the Stone Age was always my favorite part of watching The Flintstones.