I was one of the lucky kids that went home at lunchtime and watched
The Flintstones (1960-1966) on CFTO. If you grew up with this wonderful Hanna-Barbera series, then you probably love it as much as I do!
There were a handful of unforgettable episodes that leaned towards the strange and the eerie . . .
"Alvin Brickrock Presents"
Fred and Barney grow suspicious of their odd neighbour and decide to investigate. Is Alvin Brickrock actually a wanted killer? And has his wife Agatha become the latest victim?
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". . . did you see some of those spooky crates
and boxes . . . shaped like coffins?" |
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| "Good eeeeeee-va-ning . . . I wonder if I might borrow a shovel?" |
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". . . wanted for questioning in disappearance of
three former wives . . ." |
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"B-b-but Fred, the killer is five foot ten--
Alvin's only four foot ten." |
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| "My dear chap . . . I am an archaeologist." |
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| Careful Fred! That's the legendary man-eating piranhakeet! |
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| "Mrs. Brickrock?" |
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| "Your suspicions are correct--the story had a happy ending." |
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". . . [the piranhakeet] can be trained to
eat wives, too, if necessary." |
"Ten Little Flintstones"
An alien invader creates a squad of duplicate Freds and sends them to gather intelligence. As the robots run amok all over Bedrock, a perplexed Fred Flintstone is left to deal with the consequences.
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| The reports of UFOs over Bedrock are true! |
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| The alien duplicator brings the pre-invasion force to life. |
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| "Attention--this is your leader speaking." |
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"You will mingle with the natives, gathering all necessary
pre-invasion data." |
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| "YABBA. DABBA. DOO." |
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"Oh, it was [Fred] all right--he even
hit me with this sandwich." |
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| This duplicate Fred is a rather unorthodox golfer! |
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"The earthling has discovered us.
We'll have to make a run for it." |
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| "Our ranks have been infiltrated . . ." |
"Monster Fred"
Bowling night is cut short when a head injury leaves Fred thinking he's a kid again. The search for treatment leads to the practice of Len Frankenstone, a mad doctor obsessed with a strange experiment . . .
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| Is this the inevitable outcome of bowling in lane 13? |
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| "711 Monster Drive . . . hey, that's in the neighbourhood!" |
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| "Duuuhhh, where we going, Mommy?" |
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| "Len! Len Frankenstone . . . call the wagon, you have flipped!" |
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| The personality transfer machine gets it's first human subject! |
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| "I'm married to a dinosaurus!" |
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| Each trip to the lab makes the personality predicament worse! |
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| "Oh, no--my electric bill! It's gonna be murder!" |
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Just when he thought his troubles were at an end, Fred
gets his foot run over by a very peculiar motorist! |
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"The name is Dracuslab--Doctor Dracuslab. It was all my fault.
I will take care of you." |
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| "Well, time for another house call." |
"A Haunted House is Not a Home"
To inherit his late uncle's vast estate, Fred must spend one night in his spooky old mansion . . .
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| ". . . there's Uncle Giggles' place." |
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"I will now read the last will and testament
of the late J. Giggles Flintstone." |
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"Should anything happen to Fred Flintstone, then my estate is to
be divided equally among my three faithful servants . . . |
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| ". . . Creepers, the butler . . ." |
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| ". . . Hotrock, the cook . . ." |
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| ". . . and Wormstone, the gardener." |
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| "Hey, that must be a picture of your Uncle." |
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| "Hey Barney! That picture--I saw the eyes move!" |
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| "The alphabet soup's trying to tell us something!" |
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| "Would you care for a piece of bread?" |
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| "Hey, you hear anything, Fred?" |
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The crazy, disembodied laughter that haunts the mansion
inspires hair-raising terror! |
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