The Flintstones (TV Series)

The Long, Long, Long Weekend (1966)

John Stephenson: Mr. Slate

Quotes 

• [while looking at a picture of Mr. Slate] 

  Fred Flintstone : So that's the company's founder, huh?

  Mr. Slate the 80,000th : Yes, my remote ancestor. I'm George Slate the 80,000th. Of course, I didn't know our founder.

  [chuckles] 

  Mr. Slate the 80,000th : But they say he was a fine, generous man.

  Fred Flintstone : You sure didn't know him.

• Fred Flintstone : Mr. Slate, uh, I know this isn't the time or place, Mr. Slate, but I wonder, Mr. Slate, if I could get a little advance on my salary, Mr. Slate.

  Mr. Slate : An advance? Okay. Come on up to my office.

  Fred Flintstone : Ooh, that rock must have hit him harder than I thought.

  [later, in Mr. Slate's office] 

  Mr. Slate : Here you are, Flintstone. $4.00.

  Fred Flintstone : Thanks, Mr. Slate. This helps me out a lot.

  Mr. Slate : Oh, think nothing of it, Flintstone. There's just, uh, one little formality.

  Fred Flintstone : Huh?

  Mr. Slate : [pulls out a form]  Sign this.

  Fred Flintstone : [signs the form]  Uh-huh.

  Mr. Slate : On the other line, too.

  Fred Flintstone : [signs it]  Huh?

  Mr. Slate : [pulls out another form]  And this.

  [Fred signs the form] 

  Mr. Slate : And at the bottom there.

  Fred Flintstone : [signs it]  What's all this I'm signing, Mr. Slate?

  Mr. Slate : Like I said, it's just a formality. Uh, this one says you agree to pay me 6% interest. Uh, this one is an insurance policy on your life.

  Fred Flintstone : An insurance policy on my life?

  Mr. Slate : Why, sure. If anything happened to you, the grief alone would be enough to bare. You wouldn't want me to lose my money, too.

  Fred Flintstone : Oooh, forget what I said about that rock.

• Fred Flintstone : Tell me, did you ever hear of an employee named, uh, Flintstone?

  Mr. Slate the 80,000th : Flintstone.

  Fred Flintstone : Yeah, Fred Flintstone. He was one of your founder's most valued employees.

  Mr. Slate the 80,000th : Well, I'll look up the records. It'll only take a moment with this computer.

  [George Slate the 80,000th uses his computer to look up Fred and receives a sheet of paper] 

  Mr. Slate the 80,000th : Ah, here we are. Fred Flintstone. Ah, this is interesting

  Fred Flintstone : What does it say?

  Mr. Slate the 80,000th : It says that this fellow Flintstone borrowed $4.00 from the company and never paid it back.

  Fred Flintstone : Really?

  Mr. Slate the 80,000th : And at 6% interest, it now amounts to $23,682,000.

  [Fred gulps] 

  Mr. Slate the 80,000th : And 67 cents. Hey, you wouldn't be related to this deadbeat, would you?

  Fred Flintstone : Who? Who? M-Me? Me?

  [chuckles nervously] 

  Fred Flintstone : I never heard of him. Wilma!

  [runs away] 

  Fred Flintstone : Barney! Betty! Let's get out of here!