The Flintstones (TV Series)

Rip Van Flintstone (1965)

Alan Reed: Fred Flintstone

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Quotes 

• Man : You're a little late for Halloween, aren't ya, buddy?

  Fred Flintstone : You're not Barney.

  Man : Who?

  Fred Flintstone : Barney Rubble. Doesn't he live here?

  Man : [laughs]  That's a hot one. B.J. Rubble the multimillionaire living here? You're a regular comedian, mister.

  Fred Flintstone : Barney Rubble a millionaire?

  Man : Yeah, struck it rich in oil years ago. Mr. Rubble lives way up there on tip of that hill. Calls the estate Sandstone Simeon. Everyone knows about B.J. Rubble the millionaire. You must have been asleep for the last twenty years, pal.

  Fred Flintstone : Gee, maybe he's right. Maybe I *have* been asleep for twenty years, like in that Rip van Winklestone story.

  [starts crying] 

  Fred Flintstone : I've slept my whole life away! My family's gone, my friends disappeared, Barney is rich!

  [stops crying] 

  Fred Flintstone : Barney, *he'll* remember me! I'm his best friend and he'll know where Wilma and Pebbles are!

• Supermarket Clerk : All right, all right, break it up, you kids. Get away from the magazine stand if you're not buying. Out, out, out.

  Boys : All right. Okay.

  [runs away] 

  Supermarket Clerk : [to Fred]  That goes for you, too, buddy. No money, no reading.

  Fred Flintstone : I'm not reading. I'm just looking at the pictures.

  Supermarket Clerk : Oh, great. When you learn to read, I'll really be in trouble, won't I?

• Fred Flintstone : Hey, Wilma, look! It's those new skate bones all the kids are riding. Pretty neat, huh? I've been wanting to try one of these.

  Wilma Flintstone : Put it back, Fred. You'll hurt yourself.

  Fred Flintstone : Are you kidding? Why, I'm a natural born athlete. Watch this.

  [starts riding skate bone] 

  Fred Flintstone : See? Nothing to it. Oh, oh, boy! I can see why the kids get hooked on these things. Sure beats walking.

  Supermarket Clerk : Uh-oh. Here comes one of those adult natural born athletes. This means troubles.

  [Fred accidentally skates into the revolving door and spins out of control] 

  Fred Flintstone : Hey, where am I? What's going on?

  [skates uncontrollably out of revolving door] 

  Fred Flintstone : Yaaa! Wilma!

  Supermarket Clerk : I knew it.

• Supermarket Clerk : One giant Brontosaurus soup bone, 250 grapefruits, one skate bone, plus damage to revolving door. And that'll be $62.52.

  Wilma Flintstone : Next time, I'll do the shopping, okay, Fred?

  Supermarket Clerk : The management would be most grateful, madam.

  Fred Flintstone : Are you insinuating I'm a troublemaker?

  Supermarket Clerk : No, sir, not insinuating. I'M TELLING YOU!

• Mr. Slate : Welcome once again, everybody, to the Slate Construction Annual Picnic for Employees and Guests, given each year through the generosity of the company's beloved president.

  [the employees all cheer] 

  Fred Flintstone : Here we go. First it's a long-winded speech by Slate, then we play some corny games. I HOPE THE FOOD IS BETTER THIS YEAR!

  Wilma Flintstone : Fred!

  Fred Flintstone : Relax, Wilma. Slate'll never know who yelled it.

  Mr. Slate : Starting a little early with the wisecracks, aren't you, Flintstone?

  [Fred's face blushes red] 

  Wilma Flintstone : Oh, he'll never know, will he?