Editing The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (section)

==Production and continuation==
''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'' was the first spin-off TV series derived from ''The Flintstones'', following the theatrical film ''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]'' in 1966.<ref name="From Abba to Zoom">{{harvnb|Mansour|2011|p=160}}</ref><ref name="101 TV Shows to See">{{harvnb|Chagollan|Milvy|2017|p=109}}</ref> [[Joe Ruby]] and [[Ken Spears]], creators of ''Scooby-Doo, Where are You!'', served as story editors on ''Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm'', and several individuals wrote episodes for the series, including Joel Kane, [[Woody Kling]], and Howard Morganstern. Executive produced by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]], [[Charles August Nichols|Charles A. Nichols]] served as the director and [[Iwao Takamoto]] was the creative producer and key character designer. The main title theme and musical directors for ''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'' were made by [[Hoyt Curtin]] and [[Ted Nichols]]. [[Elliot Lawrence]] wrote songs for the series, with music arrangements by [[Lanny Meyers]]. The songs were recorded by Regent Sound Studios.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Television Series">{{harvnb|Terrace|1985|p=321}}</ref>

Author Christopher P. Lehman wrote that the success of ''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'' inspired Hanna-Barbera to create ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Hour]]'' in 1972. It combined previously broadcast episodes alongside new cartoons and shorts.<ref name="America Toons In">{{harvnb| Perlmutter|2014|p=152}}</ref> Serving as a continuation, the new series featured newly-produced [[Sketch comedy|vignette]] versions of ''The Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm Show,'' as well as reruns from the 1971-72 season, during each of its sixteen episodes. ''The Flintstone Comedy Hour'' also included musical interludes performed by The Bedrock Rockers, similar to the original series.<ref name="Vietnam Era Cartoons 2">{{harvnb|Lehman|2006|p=172}}</ref><ref name="Vietnam Era Cartoons">{{harvnb|Lehman|2006|p=173}}</ref> ''[[Fred Flintstone and Friends]]'' (1977), a later anthology series compiled for syndication, included reruns of segments from both ''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'' and ''The Flintstone Comedy Hour''.<ref name="Prehistoric Humans" />

''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'' was one of the first shows to use Hanna-Barbera's [[Laugh track#Making their own|limited laugh track]], as they stopped using a full laugh track provided by [[Charley Douglass]] by the fall of 1971.<ref>Iverson, Paul R. (1994), The Advent of the Laugh Track (2nd ed.), [[Hempstead, New York]]: Hofstra University Archives</ref>