“Flintstones, meet the Flintstones, they’re a modern stone-age family.” Thus opens the catchy theme of the primetime series that boldly went where no animated show had gone before, into the record books as the first adult-targeted cartoon and longest-running series of its genre. The family shenanigans of Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty and their children were fresh and groundbreaking for the day. The notion of a “modern” cave society using dinosaurs, stone and wood in outrageously inventive ways was the gimmick that kept on giving, similar to the appeal of futuristic sci-fi characters casually using high-tech gadgetry to make life simpler.
Fred and Barney try to find a way to get out of going to the opera with Betty and Wilma so that they
Fred believes that he made Betty and Wilma disappear in a magic trick
Fred and Barney decide to build a swimming pool together
Barney gets a job repossessing furniture
After Fred suffers a blow to the head, he awakes believing that he is a fine gentleman
A movie by Gary Granite becomes the center of attraction for Wilma, Betty and Fred
Wilma turns over the care of her friend's baby to Fred and Barney. Unfortunately their babysitting
In an attempt to get enough money to buy a pool hall, Fred bets his whole check on a horse
Fred is entrusted with holding onto a ring that Barney has bought for Betty, but Wilma finds it and
The whole gang travels to Hollyrock and appear in a TV show
Barney, who is also the president of their golf club, refuses to give Fred a trophy until he pays
The Bedrock gang buy sweepstakes tickets that bring them nothing but grief
Fred and Barney scheme to buy a drive-in restaurant
The news of a prowler in Bedrock prompts the girls to take judo lessons
Fred and Barney treat their wives to a night at the amusement park
Fred and Barney secretly take dance classes
When Fred and Barney discover the stash from a bank robbery, they try to return it and are mistaken
While on a camping trip the Flintstones and Rubbles are bothered by a friendly dinosaur
Fred unknowingly buys a stolen piano
Fred tries his hand at hypnotism and hypnotizes Barney into thinking that he is a dog
Fred determines to find the originator of a love letter addressed to Wilma
Fred switches places with a rich tycoon who looks exactly like him
Fred and Barney are enlisted in the army as astronauts
Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty spend a joint vacation at a seaside resort and end up working there
Fred and Barney agree to take their wives' place in a baking contest when Wilma and Betty catch the
Fred takes up the job of boy scout leader
Wilma and Betty take in musical college students as boarders
Fred does a weight-loss commercial
Fred and Barney encounter unexpected problems when they plan to get rich as songwriters
On a visit to a ranch, "Indians," who are actors in a movie that is filming nearby, chase Fred and
After leaving his job at the quarry, Fred becomes the nervous driver of a school bus
Fred and Barney suspect the worst when a neighbor's wife disappears
Fred and Wilma go on a second honeymoon
Fred tries to impress Wilma by bringing movie star Rock Quarry to dinner but Wilma doesn't recognize
Part-time sleuths Fred and Barney are tricked by a charming female thief and inadvertently help her
Fred attends night classes and is drafted to be a quarterback on the school football team
Fred has to explain poker winnings to Wilma, who thought he was visiting a sick friend
Fred and Barney are sent to charm school in preparation for an ambassador's reception
Beauty contest judges Fred and Barney are pressured to vote for candidates favored by Fred's boss
Fred plans to exploit his knowledge of what costume his boss is wearing to a masquerade ball
To win the annual Field Day events at his lodge outing, Fred discards his regular partner, Barney,
Trouble arises when Fred invites the Rubbles to spend a week at his home
An x-ray from Dino gets mixed up with that of Fred and so everyone thinks that Fred has a Dinopeptic
Psychiatric treatment seems to have cured Fred's gambling fever until he is tempted into a wager
When Wilma is "discovered" by a famous TV producer, Fred quits his job to manage her career
When Wilma returns from a trip to find Fred entertaining a female buyer as a favor to his boss,
Fred thinks that he has found a stash of money and uses it to buy a bowling ball. But Wilma is
After Fred thoughtlessly insults Barney, he stubbornly refuses to apologize, starting a feud between
After enduring one too many of Fred's practical jokes, Barney plots revenge
The guys call out sick so that they can go to a baseball game