The Flintstones (TV Series)

The Masquerade Ball (1961)

Alan Reed: Fred Flintstone

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Quotes 

• Fred Flintstone : Tell me, boss, I'm on pins and needles! What were you wearing?

  Mr. Rockhead : [Puts on the bird head of the costume that he, unknown to Fred, exchanged with the costumer]  I got it right here.

  Fred Flintstone : Sure, I talked to you, we were standing at the refreshment bar and I was saying...

  [suddenly realizes it was Mr. Rockhead he said all that bad stuff to] 

  Fred Flintstone : Oh boy, what I was saying...

  Mr. Rockhead : I'll refresh your memory... Quote: Vice president of the morons section of the Knucklehead Club.

  [Fred starts to "feel small" as he continues] 

  Mr. Rockhead : Home having dinner before the 5-oclock whistle. Penny Pincher. Shorty. Birdbrain. You were gonna bump me right on the beak! Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera! Well, what have you got to say for yourself?

  Fred Flintstone : [in a high-pitched voice]  Oh boy, me and my big mouth.

• Wilma Flintstone : [while preparing to throw away some leftover bones]  Stop groaning, Fred. It's over and done with, and we'll make the best of it.

  Fred Flintstone : What are you doing with those bones?

  Wilma Flintstone : Oh, you're right, Fred. I should save them for Dino.

  [Dino pants excitedly] 

  Fred Flintstone : Dino? With these tickets to pay for, those bones are gonna be OUR dinner tomorrow.

• Mr. Rockhead : [while selling Fred his leftover tickets]  The tickets are, uh, 25 each. I'll put you down for one.

  Fred Flintstone : 25? Are you kidding? How many you got left?

  Mr. Rockhead : Four.

  Fred Flintstone : I'll take them all. Wilma would like to go to a masquerade ball, and I'll invite a couple of friends.

  Mr. Rockhead : Now you're not doing this just because you need your job and I was thinking of replacing a few men around here, are you?

  Fred Flintstone : Not at all, Mr. Rockhead. I was just telling my pal Barney that we ought to get out and mingle a little more.

  Mr. Rockhead : Well, fine, fine, and don't worry about the money. You won't have to pay for them all at once.

  Fred Flintstone : Why not? Four tickets at 25 each. Here's your buck.

  Mr. Rockhead : [takes the dollar]  Good. I'll accept this as a down payment, and I'll deduct a little each week until the balance of 99 is paid up. It shouldn't take more than a year or two.

  Fred Flintstone : 25 bucks apiece? Ohh!

  [Fred faints] 

  Mr. Rockhead : Flintstone? Flintstone, you better get up or... or I'll dock you for laying down on the job.

• Fred Flintstone : [Fred is at a masquerade party and mistakenly thinks he's talking to the salesman who rented him his costume, when he's actually talking to his boss, Mr. Rockhead]  You would've been rollin' in the aisles laughing, shorty, if you heard me throw in compliments at the President of the Cave Construction Company. Who also is vice president of the moron section of the Bedrock Knucklehead Club.

  [Fred laughs, then continues speaking] 

  Fred Flintstone : And did he fall for it. Boy if he knew how many times i was already home having dinner by the time the five o' clock whistle blew, he'd blow his penny pinching stack.

  Wilma Flintstone : Fred, something tells me you've said enough.

• Fred Flintstone : Here we are Barney boy, costumes. What kind of costume you're going to get?

  Barney Rubble : Well uh, i'm gonna get something that makes me look tall.

  Fred Flintstone : How about another head?

  [Fred starts laughing] 

  Barney Rubble : Another one? What do i need THREE of them for?

  [Both Fred and Barney laugh]