WE'LL HAVE A WEIRD OLD TIME - Part 1

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?

". . . did you see some of those spooky crates
and boxes . . . shaped like coffins?"

"Good eeeeeee-va-ning . . . I wonder if I might borrow a shovel?"

". . . wanted for questioning in disappearance of
three former wives . . ."

"B-b-but Fred, the killer is five foot ten--
Alvin's only four  foot ten."

"My dear chap . . . I am an archaeologist."

Careful Fred!  That's the legendary man-eating piranhakeet!

"Mrs. Brickrock?"

"Your suspicions are correct--the story had a happy ending."

". . . [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.

The reports of UFOs over Bedrock are true!

The alien duplicator brings the pre-invasion force to life.

"Attention--this is your leader speaking."

"You will mingle with the natives, gathering all necessary
pre-invasion data."

"YABBA.  DABBA.  DOO."

"Oh, it was [Fred] all right--he even
hit me with this sandwich."

This duplicate Fred is a rather unorthodox golfer!

"The earthling has discovered us.
We'll have to make a run for it."

"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 . . .

Is this the inevitable outcome of bowling in lane 13?

"711 Monster Drive . . . hey, that's in the neighbourhood!"

"Duuuhhh, where we going, Mommy?"

"Len!  Len Frankenstone . . . call the wagon, you have flipped!"

The personality transfer machine gets it's first human subject!

"I'm married to a dinosaurus!"

Each trip to the lab makes the personality predicament worse!

"Oh, no--my electric bill!  It's gonna be murder!"

Just when he thought his troubles were at an end, Fred
gets his foot run over by a very peculiar motorist!

"The name is Dracuslab--Doctor Dracuslab.  It was all my fault.
I will take care of you."

"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 . . .

". . . there's Uncle Giggles' place."

"I will now read the last will and testament
of the late J. Giggles Flintstone."

"Should anything happen to Fred Flintstone, then my estate is to
be divided equally among my three faithful servants . . .

". . . Creepers, the butler . . ."

". . . Hotrock, the cook . . ."

". . . and Wormstone, the gardener."

"Hey, that must be a picture of your Uncle."

"Hey Barney!  That picture--I saw the eyes move!"

"The alphabet soup's trying to tell us something!"

"Would you care for a piece of bread?"

"Hey, you hear anything, Fred?"

The crazy, disembodied laughter that haunts the mansion
inspires hair-raising terror!

Click here for part 2 . . .