The Flintstones

- Season 1

(1960)

The plot of this very brief pilot would be used and expanded upon in one of the early Flintstones episodes, "The Swimming Pool." Fred Flagstone floats in his pool on a tube and his wife Wilma brings his lunch. Barney startles her with his weird scuba-diving gear, which includes a bow and arrow. Barney accidentally shoots Fred's tube with his arrow, Fred sinks into the pool, and Barney rescues Fred's lunch.

Barney has invented something that looks to Fred like a giant egg beater, but it's a flying machine. Fred feigns illness so that he and Barney can get out of "opera night" with the girls and use the Flyer to go bowling instead.

It's Fred's responsibility this time around to assemble an act for Amateur Night at his and Barney's club.

Fred is mad at Barney for calling him stupid. Then Barney decides to build a swimming pool, and Fred talks his neighbor into sharing the pool with the Flintstones.

After causing Barney to get fired, Fred gets his friend a job as a "repo man." But Barney's first repossession case is at the Flintstones' house.

Fred gets hit on the head with a bottle, changing his personality into a sophisticated gentleman.

When movie-makers come to Bedrock, the girls are all excited, but it's Fred who lands a role in the film.

Fred and Barney reluctantly agree to babysit a neighbor's baby.

Fred wants to buy his friend's pool hall. He intends to finance the purchase by betting a week's paycheck at the dinosaur races.

In order to get BACK the money, Fred has Barney do boxing.

Wilma and Betty win an all-expenses-paid trip to Hollyrock, which gets even better when Wilma is offered a part in a show.

When Barney, in his official capacity, cites Fred for violation of the rules and strips Fred of a club championship he won, Fred declares war on his old friend.

Fred buys a sweepstakes ticket and decides to share it with Barney and give it to him for safekeeping; then Fred decides he can't trust his old pal.

Fred and Barney buy a drive-in without telling Wilma and Betty.

A burglar is on the loose in Bedrock. Betty and Wilma take judo classes from Mr Hashimoto, and Fred decides to play a trick on Wilma by disguising himself as a prowler.

Fred records a record in an amusement-park booth and by mistake leaves it behind. When the record is found and played on the airwaves, it becomes a big hit, and Fred's a star.

Fred and Barney are sneaking out at night--to take dance lessons, so they won't embarrass the girls at an upcoming ball.

Fred and Barney are mistaken for the bank robbers when they find the bag of stolen money.

To save money on meat, Fred decides to turn his vacation into a hunting trip, where the Flintstones and Rubbles meet up with a talking dinosaur.

Fred would love to give Wilma a real stunner of an anniversary gift--a baby grand piano--but its cost is way out of his league, until "Eighty-Eight Fingers Louie" offers him a real steal of a deal.

Barney is hypnotized into thinking he is a dog.

Fred finds old love letters to Wilma, and, failing to recognize them as his own, he hires a detective to track down Wilma's "secret lover."

Fred is hired to impersonate a rich business man look-alike temporarily, leading to confusion and friction from his wife and the Rubbles.

Fred and Barney go to a recruitment center by mistake and find themselves signed up for three years of military service.

The Flintstones and the Rubbles are invited to a free vacation at a beach hotel by Fred's old friend the owner. Unaware there is a motive for the generosity.

Wilma's "Flint-Rubble-Double-Bubble Cake" wins a baking contest, but when her sudden illness keeps her from competing at the next level, Fred decides to disguise himself and take his wife's place.

Barney and Fred forsake bowling to become leaders of scout troops.

The Flintstones and the Rubbles rent a spare room in their home to earn extra money, but Fred and Barney aren't happy with their new boarders.

Used without his consent as the "before" picture in a weight-loss pitch, Fred decides to accept the challenge to lose thirty pounds in thirty days when told of the money that can be his.