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The Best Episodes of The Flintstones

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The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Flintstones Season 1 Episode 1 - The Flintstone Flyer
    7.0/10(9 votes)

    #1 - The Flintstone Flyer

    S1:E1

    Fred fakes illness so he and Barney can get out of taking their wives to the opera. Using prehistoric helicopter as a means of escape, the two of them join their bowling team for a night of fun. They almost get away with their scheme, until loose-lipped Barney gives away their night's activities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Flintstones Season 1 Episode 19 - The Hot Piano
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #2 - The Hot Piano

    S1:E19

    To commemorate his tenth wedding anniversary (which he only remembers because it falls on ""Trash Day""), Fred wants to buy Wilma a Stoneway piano. He finds a hot deal--ultimately too hot--from a shady, cash-only businessman named 88 Fingers Louie.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Flintstones Season 3 Episode 23 - The Blessed Event
    7.0/10(5 votes)

    #3 - The Blessed Event

    S3:E23

    Wilma is still pregnant and Fred is trying to be calm. This shatters when the docter tells him the blessed event could happen any day now.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Flintstones Season 4 Episode 3 - Little Bamm-Bamm
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Little Bamm-Bamm

    S4:E3

    Betty and Barney discover a foundling named Bamm-Bamm on their doorstep and become smitten with the child. They set out to adopt him, but discover that the Welfare Bureau has promised the boy to wealthy Pronto Berger, who is being represented by attorney Perry Masonry. When Berger learns that his wife is pregnant, however, the Rubbles are free to adopt the baby.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  5. The Flintstones Season 4 Episode 7 - Glue for Two
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Glue for Two

    S4:E7

    Fred's formula for a new soft drink, which he hopes will make him rich, instead acts as a kind of glue. Not only does Fred get stuck to Barney, but both of them become affixed to Barney's bowling ball.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Tony Benedict

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  6. The Flintstones Season 1 Episode 2 - Hot Lips Hannigan
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #6 - Hot Lips Hannigan

    S1:E2

    Believing he has made Wilma and Betty disappear through magic, Fred capitalizes on his newfound freedom by taking Barney to a nightclub, the Rockland, where an old friend, trumpeter Hot Lips Hannigan, is performing. The jazz is cool until the wives show up to teach their wayward husbands a lesson.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  7. The Flintstones Season 1 Episode 3 - The Swimming Pool
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #7 - The Swimming Pool

    S1:E3

    Fred and Barney jointly build a swimming pool, but Barney hogs the pool time, angering Fred. To get even, Fred hires a pal to pose as a police officer and break up one of his neighbor's pool parties.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  8. The Flintstones Season 1 Episode 28 - Fred Flintstone: Before and After
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #8 - Fred Flintstone: Before and After

    S1:E28

    Fred agrees to appear in a before-and-after weight reduction commercial, but is humiliated to learn that he is the before example. An offer of $1,000 if he can drop twenty-five pounds in a month fails miserably, as does every other diet plan, until an overeaters group takes him on as a challenge.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  9. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 23 - The Happy Household
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #9 - The Happy Household

    S2:E23

    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.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  10. The Flintstones Season 2 Episode 32 - Take Me Out to the Ball Game
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #10 - Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    S2:E32

    Fred is chosen by PeeWee League players (including Arnold and Mr. Slate's son) to umpire a playoff game. His troubles mount when he must call the game honestly despite the pressures from friends, employers, and big league baseball scouts, who are observing Fred in action.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Larry Markes

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  11. The Flintstones Season 3 Episode 13 - High School Fred
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #11 - High School Fred

    S3:E13

    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.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  12. The Flintstones Season 3 Episode 15 - Flash Gun Freddie
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Flash Gun Freddie

    S3:E15

    Fred convinces Barney to buy an instant Polarock camera and the two go into the photo business. When they mistakenly snap the pictures of two escaping bank robbers, they are able to sell the photos and recoup Barney's money.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Flintstones Season 3 Episode 24 - Carry On, Nurse Fred
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Carry On, Nurse Fred

    S3:E24

    Fatherhood has already made Fred resolute in his effort to acquire serenity, but his will power is put to the test by the formidable Nurse Frightenshale, who is sent by Wilma's mother to take care of the Flintstones' cave.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  14. The Flintstones Season 3 Episode 28 - The Birthday Party
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #14 - The Birthday Party

    S3:E28

    While preparing a surprise birthday party for Fred, Wilma assigns to Barney the task of keeping Fred out of the way and occupied, and Barney is so successful that both he and Fred are missing at party time.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  15. The Flintstones Season 6 Episode 3 - The Return of Stony Curtis
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #15 - The Return of Stony Curtis

    S6:E3

    Through a publicity contest, Wilma and Betty win movie star Stoney Curtis (voiced by Tony Curtis) as a ""slave boy"" for a day. Jealous Fred works him unmercifully, until Stoney offers him a job as his stand-in for a new movie. Fred quits his job and prepares for life as a star, which, of course, is not all it is cracked up to be.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Harvey Bullock

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  16. The Flintstones Season 6 Episode 6 - Samantha
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Samantha

    S6:E6

    Samantha and Darrin Stephens guest star from television's ""Bewitched"" (voiced by series star Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York). Darrin goes boating, while Samantha joins the Flintstones and the Rubbles for a camping trip, which ends up pitting the men against the women. Aided by Samantha's witchcraft, the women manage to out-do the men at every turn.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Harvey Bullock

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  17. The Flintstones Season 6 Episode 20 - Curtain Call at Bedrock
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #17 - Curtain Call at Bedrock

    S6:E20

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Flintstones Season 6 Episode 24 - Dripper
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #18 - Dripper

    S6:E24

    Performing seal dripper takes a liking to Barney, who soon finds himself involved in a plot to steal the aquatic attraction. The leader of the gang of thieves turns out to be Dripper's trainer, who is tired of the seal getting all the attention.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Flintstones Season 1 Episode 4 - No Help Wanted
    6.2/10(5 votes)

    #19 - No Help Wanted

    S1:E4

    Fred uses his influence with a business friend to obtain a job for Barney, who becomes a furniture repossessor. To the dismay of both, Barney's first assignment is to repossess Fred's television! Unwilling to betray his friend, Barney pays off Fred's delinquent television bill with his first paycheck.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  20. The Flintstones Season 1 Episode 5 - The Split Personality
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #20 - The Split Personality

    S1:E5

    A conk on the head turns Fred into an aristocratic sophisticate, whose behavior manages to disrupt the entire city of Bedrock.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  21. The Flintstones Season 1 Episode 6 - The Monster from the Tar Pits
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #21 - The Monster from the Tar Pits

    S1:E6

    A Hollyrock film company goes on location in Bedrock to film its new feature Monster From The Tar Pits, and gullible Fred is enlisted as stand-in for star Gary Granite. But Fred's real problems begin when Wilma and Betty audition for roles in the film and end up going ga-ga upon meeting movie stars Rock Pile and Wednesday Tuesday.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  22. The Flintstones Season 1 Episode 7 - The Babysitters
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #22 - The Babysitters

    S1:E7

    Roped into babysitting little Egbert, the child of a friend, Fred and Barney take the tot over to the pal Joe Rockhead's house to watch the fights on television. Egbert befriends Joe's pet runtosaurus and dresses the creature up in his baby clothes, which results in chaos when the pet--whom Fred and Barney mistake for the baby--escapes from the house and dashes up a tree.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  23. The Flintstones Season 1 Episode 8 - At the Races
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #23 - At the Races

    S1:E8

    To finance their dream of opening a pool hall, Fred and Barney visit the dinosaur racetrack where Fred bets his entire paycheck on a long shot. He tells Wilma that he has lost his check. When the long shot pays off, Fred and Barney are initially elated, but they quickly realize their problems are only beginning.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Flintstones Season 1 Episode 9 - The Engagement Ring
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #24 - The Engagement Ring

    S1:E9

    Barney decides to surprise Betty with a belated engagement ring, which he gives to Fred for safekeeping. But Wilma discovers the ring and assumes it is a gift for her. Not wanting to shatter her illusions, Fred decides to buy a second ring, but doesn't have the cash. He cons Barney into going several rounds with a boxing champ in order to win a $500 prize.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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  25. The Flintstones Season 1 Episode 10 - Hollyrock, Here I Come
    6.2/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Hollyrock, Here I Come

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:William Hanna
    Writer:Warren Foster

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Flintstone Flyer" is the best rated episode of "The Flintstones". It scored 7/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/30/1960. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Hot Piano".