Episode
The Flintstones: Fred Flintstone: Before and After
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- The Flintstones
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 1961-04-07
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Fred Flintstone: Before and After is Episode 28 in Season 1 of The Flintstones. It aired on 1961-04-07. The runtime is 25 min.
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