The Flintstones (TV Series)

The Rock Quarry Story (1961)

John Stephenson: Rock Quarry

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Quotes 

• 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.