The Flintstones (TV Series)

The Rock Quarry Story (1961)

Alan Reed: Fred Flintstone

Quotes 

• [after finding out too late that Gus Schultz was Rock Quarry] 

  Betty Rubble : Wilma, we had Rock Quarry right here, all to ourselves. And he'd still be here except for...

  Wilma Flintstone : Fred and Barney!

  [the wives grab their husbands and carry them outside] 

  Fred Flintstone : Wilma, what are you doing? Put me down!

  Barney Rubble : Hey, what did I do? What did I do?

  [Fred and Barney are thrown into a pool and Betty and Wilma storm back inside] 

  Barney Rubble : Why did the girls throw us in the pool, Fred?

  Fred Flintstone : I don't know, Barn, but something tells me we ought to stay here for a while.

• Fred Flintstone : Hey, Barney, get your bowling ball. We're gonna roll a few games.

  Barney Rubble : Quiet, Fred! I got an important call going here.

  Fred Flintstone : Oh. I'm sorry, Barney. Take your time.

  Barney Rubble : [on the phone]  Oh, excuse me, Joe. Someone just walked in. Uh, like I was saying, Joe, we were driving along, and we come to this boulevard stop, see? But do we stop? We do not. Fred drives right through the stop sign, and pow! Right into another car! Yeah, that's right. He didn't even slow down. Just POW! Right smack into another car!

  [Fred storms over, grabs Barney, and carries him away] 

  Barney Rubble : [still on the phone]  Well, I got to go now. Be seeing you, Joe. My regards to the missus. So long, Joe!

• Rock Quarry : Uh... and what is your name, mister?

  Fred Flintstone : I'm Fred Flintstone, and THIS is my ex-buddy and false friend Barney Rubble.

  Barney Rubble : You went right through the stop sign.

  Fred Flintstone : I'm in the market for a new best friend. Are you gonna be in town long, Gus?

  Barney Rubble : Right through the stop sign! Pow!

  Fred Flintstone : You'll get pow if you don't keep quiet! Sorry, Gus. What were you saying?

  Rock Quarry : Well, I just quit a job, and I could stay here. It seems like a nice, friendly little town.

  Fred Flintstone : Friendly? Gus, I'll show you how friendly it is. You're coming home with me for dinner.

  Barney Rubble : Stop sign. Car. Rrr!

  [crashes two bottles together] 

  Barney Rubble : POW!

  [Fred stares angrily] 

  Barney Rubble : Well, that's the way it happened, Fred.

• Fred Flintstone : You'll like Wilma, Gus. She's a lot of laughs.

  Rock Quarry : You're sure she won't mind?

  Fred Flintstone : Listen, Gus, we've got the continental system in my house. The man is boss. It's my domain, and I am king.

  Barney Rubble : You ought to be, Fred. You've been crowned enough times!

• Barney Rubble : Hey, Fred, Fred! There's a boulevard stop coming up!

  Fred Flintstone : Barney, my eyesight is as good as yours, and I can see that stop sign as plain as you. So I'll ask you to stop being a backseat driver, or I'll...

  [Fred, not paying attention, drives through the stop sign and hits Rock Quarry's car] 

  Fred Flintstone : What's the matter with you, mister? Why don't you put your hand out when you're making a left turn?

  Rock Quarry : A left turn? I was going straight.

  Fred Flintstone : Look, buster, you're at fault, and I can prove it. I got a disinterested witness here, my neighbor and best friend, Barney Rubble. Tell him, Barney buddy. Tell him just how it happened.

  Barney Rubble : You drove through a boulevard stop, Fred, and hit that man's car.

  Fred Flintstone : What did I tell you? Right through the boulevard stop and...

  [realizes what Barney just said] 

  Barney Rubble : And you hit that man's car.

  Fred Flintstone : [chuckles nervously]  I... I don't understand. It... uh... it... uh... it wasn't there yesterday.

  [chuckles] 

  Fred Flintstone : It could happen to anyone.