The Flintstones

- Season 2

(1961)

Fred's latest get-rich-quick scheme is songwriting. He enlists the help of Hoagy Carmichael.

The Flintstones and the Rubbles stay at Fred's rich cousin's ranch while they are away.

Dissatisfied at work, Fred quits the gravel pit and is soon hired to be a school-bus driver. On the first day, he realizes he might have made a mistake.

Fred and Barney have been eavesdropping on a new, mysterious neighbor and his wife. When the man brings over a trunk and asks Fred to keep it for him, Fred suspects the man's wife's body may be inside.

Fred reluctantly takes Wilma on a second honeymoon, but soon discovers that the official who conducted their wedding was never licensed. As a result, Wilma attempts to get Fred to woo her once again.

A movie star tired of his life as an actor, decides to hide out in Bedrock, where he befriends Fred and Barney.

Moonlighting private detectives Fred and Barney are misled by a sexy prospect into a dangerous scheme.

Hoping to advance at the quarry, Fred enrolls in the "Prinstone University" night class in accounting. He finds the classwork tough and even falls asleep on the job. Meanwhile, Mr. Slate wants Fred to join the quarry's football team, not realizing that football interfered with Fred's studies in his youth.

Fred doesn't want Wilma to know that he lied to play poker, so he pretends that his winnings came from a lost wallet--and honest Wilma places an ad for the wallet's "owner."

Wilma and Betty want to attend the socialites' ball thrown by an old friend who married money, but Fred and Barney expect they'll have a lot more fun at the down-to-earth Firemen's Ball.

The Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes organizes a beauty contest, and Fred and Barney are chosen to judge it, against their will, as they anticipate Wilma and Betty's jealousy. They must deal with the girls' displeasure as a parade of contestants come to their houses, and with pressure from various contestants' boosters, including Mr. Slate, who wants his daughter to be chosen, and a gangster who wants them to pick his "Cookie."

The Flintstones and the Rubbles attend a charity masquerade ball to mingle with high society.

Fred thinks the key to winning the competition at the annual picnic is to team with Joe Rockhead instead of best pal Barney.

When the Rubble 's home is flooded. Fred invites his neighbors to stay over his house temporary but Wilma is against the idea thinking Fred and Barney will start bickering.

Barney and the girls fight to keep Fred awake for seventy-two hours without telling him why: they believe that if they let him fall asleep during that time, he'll die.

Fed's old gambling habit has been reawakened.

Wilma meets a TV producer who wants to use her in his next commercial.

Fred needs to entertain a comely client for work, but decides to skip the explanation to Wilma.

Wilma has hidden cash to purchase a gift for Fred: a bowling ball. Fred finds the cash and, believing the money itself to be his gift, takes it and goes to buy the bowling ball. However, back at home, Wilma believes she has been robbed and reports the disappearance of the money to the police. Feeling guilty, Fred wants to return the bowling ball and re-stash the money. Meanwhile, Arnold the newsboy smells something fishy.

Fred and Barney's latest spat results in Barney's decision to sell his house. A rich Texan is very interested in the property, and Fred must come up with a scheme to keep his old buddy as his neighbor.

Barney's plan to put a stop to Fred's practical jokes may backfire.

Fred and Barney call in sick to their bosses in order to see a baseball game on a work day.

Wilma's new cooking show on television is a hit with everyone except Fred, who's anything but a "happy pappy" as he's forced to go without Wilma's home-cooked meals.

There is a championship tournament at Bedrock Bowl and Fred must compete in it, but Wilma wants him to take her out that night. So Fred takes Wilma to a drive-in movie next door to the bowling alley. He manages to sneak in a bowl and return to her quickly. However, Wilma accidentally hurts Fred's thumb and Barney sticks the bowling ball atop Fred's swelling digit, which Fred then can't get out of the ball. Will he be able to get out of his lie to Wilma?

Fred and Barney save a guy named J. Montague Gypsum from throwing himself off the George Washingstone Bridge. In return, Gypsum offers to be their servant for life. But Gypsum is a con man who tries to take over the Flintstone household. Fred tries to come up with a plan whereby Gypsum can save Fred's life so that they can then be even and Gypsum can be sent on his way.

Fred finds a suitor for his live-in mother-in-law who may be a notorious con man.

Fred regrets sending Mr. Slate a nasty letter.

A trip to Rock Vegas reawakens Fred's itch to gamble.

Barney goes on a tv game show on Fred's ticket and wins a house boat.

Wilma intends to donate Fred's old clothes to a rummage sale, but puts the box in Barney's car, leading Fred to believe that Barney stole his clothes and is a kleptomaniac.

Annoyed that Wilma has a crush on Italian actor Roberto Rockellini, Fred tries to win her back by growing a mustache, wearing an ascot, and being charming--and it may be working; now Wilma's getting jealous.

Fred becomes a Little League umpire, but is unprepared for the intensity of the competition among the kids' parents.