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Directors: William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Airing date: November 30, 1962
Stars: The Flintstones
Rating: ★★★
Review:
This episode starts with some mysterious wailing in the night, which turns out to be Barney with a toothache. The next day Fred takes Barney to the dentist, but when Fred wants to save the necessary $10 to see a fight, he changes plans.
‘Nuthin’ but the Tooth’ is one of the silliest Flintstones episodes, full of nonsensical cartoon humor and slapstick scenes. Unfortunately, the writers milk the gas gag way too long, and there’s nothing of the more subtle character comedy of other episodes.
The best stone age gag is the parrot who functions as the dentist’s intercom. Notice the rare appearance of the sabretooth cat, so frequently seen during the titles, within an episode itself.
Watch an excerpt from ‘Nuthin’ but the Tooth’ yourself and tell me what you think:
This is The Flintstones Season Three episode 12
To the previous The Flintstones episode: Ladies’ Day
To the next Flintstones episode: High School Fred
‘Nuthin’ but the Tooth’ is available on the Blu-Ray ‘The Flintstones – The Complete Series’ and the DVD-box ‘The Flintstones Season 3’
Director: Raoul Servais
Release Date: 1971
Rating: ★★½
Review:
Operation X-70 is a half silly, half scary short by Belgian film maker Raoul Servais.
It tells about a poisonous gas, which turns people into spiritual beings. The gas is advertised as a ‘clean weapon’, because it doesn’t kill people. When the gas is accidentally bombed on the Benelux (Belgium, Holland and Luxemburg), it turns people into angels.
The film impresses with its weird idea, its dark and gloomy atmosphere, and its anti-war message. However, like Raoul Servais’s earlier film ‘Goldframe’ (1968), the film suffers from an all too present dialogue. In the end the short’s images are more lasting than the film itself is.
Watch ‘Operation X-70’ yourself and tell me what you think:
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