The BEST episodes of The Flintstones
Every episode of The Flintstones ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Flintstones!
The Flintstones is about a modern stone-age family, set in the prehistoric times. There's Fred, the meat-loving, bowling-playing fat man, Wilma, his wife who loves to cook and Pebbles, their cute baby daughter. Their next door neighbors are Barney, Fred's best friend, Betty, Barney's wife who always loves to hang out with Wilma, and their baby son Bamm-Bamm who is incredibly strong. The two families risk prehistoric danger or wild antics as they struggle to live normal lives.
#1 - Arthur Quarry's Dance Class
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/13/1961
Fred and Barney sign up for dance lessons at Arthur Quarry's so that they do not humiliate themselves at the charity ball. Their excuse that they have joined the volunteer fire department falls apart when Betty and Wilma realize that the all-stone town of Bedrock is fire proof. The wives then suspect that their husbands are slipping out to meet other women.
#2 - Hollyrock, Here I Come
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1960
Wilma and Betty win a trip to Hollyrock from a television contest. Finding themselves lonely and bored, Fred and Barney take vacations from work and follow them out. When Wilma is "discovered," Fred muscles his own way into the world of television to bring her back.
#3 - Curtain Call at Bedrock
Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1966
Fred refuses to play the lead in the PTA show, "Romeorock and Julietstone," opposite Wilma, so she casts Barney instead. Feigning the mumps, Barney (who is terrible in the part) drops out, forcing Fred to take over. But then laryngitis causes Wilma to drop out, so Barney rushes back in, now playing Julietstone!
#4 - The Long, Long, Long Weekend
Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/21/1966
Gazoo takes Fred on a trip to the twenty-first century, including a stop at Slate Rock and Gravel Company, where Fred learns that the interest on a $4.00 loan he took from Mr. Slate comes to more than $23-million! Upon returning to the Stone Age, Fred vows to repay the loan immediately.
#5 - The Stonefinger Caper
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1965
A hackneyed spy movie turns serious when the villainous Stonefinger and his henchmen suddenly come to life and begin to menace Fred and Barney. It takes the magical powers of Gazoo to get the situation straightened out.
#6 - Circus Business
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1965
Hoping once again to strike it rich, Fred buys a circus. When the performers quit, Fred must put a show on himself with the help of Barney, Dino, and Hoppy, which he does successfully - so much that the performers return, and the former owner buys the big top back. To prove he is cured of get-rich-quick schemes, Fred passes up a chance to buy an oil well, which of course pays off.
#7 - Superstone
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 2/26/1965
When costumed television hero Superstone cancels out of a personal appearance, Fred is hired to take his place. Criminals, meanwhile, plan to steal the box office receipts and frame Fred for it. With Barney's help, Fred manages to catch the crooks and prove his innocence.
#8 - Moonlight and Maintenance
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/29/1965
Tired of household chores, Fred moves his family to the fully automated Bedrock Towers, taking on the job of building custodian to help pay the rent. Problems result from the discovery that his own apartment is in the sub-basement, while his daytime boss, Mr. Slate, occupies the penthouse.
#9 - Time Machine
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/15/1965
While at the World's Fair, the Flintstones and the Rubbles laughingly step into a time machine, which they believe to be a hoax. But before long, they are transported to Ancient (but to them, future) Rome, Arthurian England, on board the ship of Christopher Columbus, and to Colonial America to meet Ben Franklin.
#10 - Fred's Flying Lesson
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/1/1965
When Fred wins free flying lessons in a Lodge raffle, he dreams of starting a new career as an airplane pilot. Things do not go that smoothly, however, and when Fred is thrown out of the place over an army base, he has to talk co-pilot Barney and the plane down by radio.
#11 - High School Fred
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1962
An efficiency expert hired by Mr. Slate informs Fred that he will be fired unless he gets a high school diploma. Slate offers to send Fred to school, and Wilma mistakenly assumes that Fred is being groomed for an executive position.
#12 - Baby Barney
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1962
With his eye on an inheritance, Fred tells his rich Uncle Tex that he has named his child after him. Fred, of course, has no son, which means that he has to find a baby now that Uncle Tex is coming to visit! Unable to borrow a real baby, desperate Fred cons Barney into playing "Baby Tex."
#13 - The Rock Vegas Story
Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 3/30/1962
Fred and Barney run into old friend Sherman Cobblehead, owner of The Golden Cactus Hotel in Rock Vegas, at an eatery. Cobblehead's casual promise to "take care of" Fred should he ever come to Vegas is misinterpreted as a guarantee that Fred will be a big winner in the casino.
#14 - This Is Your Lifesaver
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/9/1962
Fred and Barney encounter the penniless J. Montague Gypsum, who is threatening to jump from a bridge. Fred takes the man home and learns too late how responsible he is for the life he saved.
#15 - Fred Strikes Out
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/2/1962
Once more, Fred forgets the anniversary of the night he proposed to Wilma. After being chastised by Wilma, he agrees to take her on a date to the movies, but she wants to go on the same night he is supposed to be captaining his bowling team in the bowling alley, Fred tries to do both.
#16 - The Happy Household
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/23/1962
After a squabble about finances, Wilma seeks employment of her own. She applies for an office job at the Bedrock Radio & Television Corporation, but instead becomes the hostess of the "Happy Housewife Show," a situation that makes things less than happy back at the cave.
#17 - Wilma's Vanishing Money
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/26/1962
While searching for a hairpin to fix the toaster, Fred finds a secret stash of cash that has been hidden by Wilma. To teach her a lesson, he uses the money to buy a new bowling ball, unaware that Wilma has been saving up to buy him the same ball as a birthday present.
#18 - The Hypnotist
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1961
While attempting to demonstrate his skill as a hypnotist to his wife and the Rubbles, Fred manages to hypnotize Barney into thinking that he is a frisky puppy, and is then unable to bring him back.
#19 - The Surprise
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/25/1963
The appearance of Barney's nephew, baby Marblehead, causes a rift between him and Fred. Fred just can't understand Barney's devotion to the visiting baby, but his attitude changes when Wilma informs him that they are going to have a baby of their own.
#20 - The Snorkasaurus Hunter
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/27/1961
Would-be hunter Fred convinces Wilma and the Rubbles to spend their vacation time in the mountains, hunting for snorkasaurus. Fred is successful in his hunt, but he gets more than he bargained for when the wives insist that the snorkasaurus be taken home as their new pet, Dino.
#21 - The Kissing Burglar
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/1963
Wilma is charmed by the exploits of the Kissing Burglar, a criminal whose m.o. involves leaving a rose and a kiss for the lady of the house. Her comment that she has nothing worth stealing annoys Fred, who decides to teach her a lesson by posing as the burglar - on the very night the real one shows up.
#22 - Dial 'S' for Suspicion
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1962
A series of strange accidents coupled with Wilma's sudden insistence on having Fred take out a life insurance policy, and her devotion to a murder mystery novel about a wife who bumps off her husband, causes Fred to wonder if his life is in danger.
#23 - Dino Goes Hollyrock
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1962
Hearing about a talent search for a new animal star to appear in "The Adventures of Sassie," Fred coaches Dino and prepares for an audition. But Dino gets more than he bargained for when he lands the part.
#24 - Impractical Joker
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/9/1962
Fed up with Fred's practical jokes, Barney decides to give him a taste of his own medicine. Barney sets up the gag with a stack of five, crisp $100 bills, his prize from the Sudsy-Wudsy jingle contest.
#25 - The Mailman Cometh
Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/23/1962
Fuming that he is the only employee of the quarry not to received a raise in the mail, Fred writes a blistering letter to his boss, Mr. Slate, then Wilma frantically tries to retrieve it after Mr. Slate apologizes for the oversight.