Episode
The Flintstones: Groom Gloom
Overview
Frustrated that paperboy (and part-time babysitter) Arnold always beats him at table-tennis, Fred has a nightmare in which an older Arnold elopes with his grown-up daughter Pebbles.
Details
- Series
- The Flintstones
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 1963-09-26
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Groom Gloom is Episode 2 in Season 4 of The Flintstones. It aired on 1963-09-26. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 1: Ann-Margrock Presents
Fred and Barney learn that local talent is being sought for the Bedrock Bowl's premiere event, a television special starring Ann-Margrock (voiced by Ann-Margret). The boys go home and prepare for an audition, and are aided by Ann-Margrock herself (whom they fail to recognize), who comes in to the Flintstones' home to use the phone after her car breaks down.
Episode 3: Little Bamm-Bamm
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.
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Episode 4: Dino Disappears
Upset that Fred has forgotten the anniversary of his joining the household, Dino runs away in a sulk. The next morning Fred and Barney seach for him, bringing home a look-alike pet that they assume to be Dino.
Episode 5: Fred's Monkeyshines
After Wilma insists that Fred have his eyes examined, he mistakenly puts on the wrong pair of prescription lenses. As a result of his temporarily faulty eyesight, he ends up taking a performing monkey to the circus, believing it is Pebbles.
Episode 6: The Flintstone Canaries
Fred forms a barbershop quartet to compete on the ""Hum Along With Herman"" television show, and in the process discovers that Barney is a natural lead tenor. The catch is that Barney can sing only when he's in the bathtub.
Episode 7: Glue for Two
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.
Episode 8: Big League Freddie
When Fred's performance for the Bedrock Quarry baseball team flounders, he is replaced by Roger who attracts the attention of Big League scouts, but since he is wearing Fred's uniform, the scouts try to sign up Fred.
Episode 9: Old Lady Betty
To earn enough money to buy Barney a surprise gift, Betty answers an ad for a job which specifies an elderly lady. Disguising herself, Betty gets the job, but discovers that her employers are counterfeiters.
Episode 10: Sleep On, Sweet Fred
Betty and Wilma employ a ""sleep-teaching"" method to try and turn Fred and Barney into perfect spouses. The plan goes awry, and the foursome are ultimately arrested as thieves. After pleading their cases in court, the wives are sentenced by the judge to twenty days of serving their ""victimized spouses"" breakfast in bed.
Episode 11: Kleptomaniac Pebbles
In a jewelry store to buy a birthday gift for Wilma, Fred and Pebbles unknowingly encounter jewel thief Baffles Gravel, who plants a priceless diamond bracelet on Pebbles. After finding the hot ice, Fred and Wilma try to get it back to the store before Pebbles ""crime"" is discovered.
Episode 12: Daddy's Little Beauty
Fred misconstrues an overheard conversation and enters Pebbles in a beauty contest, only to find out that the contest is for somewhat older ""babes"" instead of ""babies."" Overcoming the resistance of the contest coordinator, Fred enters Pebbles anyway, with surprising results.
Episode 13: Daddies Anonymous
Fred and Barney join an exclusive ""fathers club,"" which offers hen-pecked husbands the chance to play poker under the guise of taking their children for afternoon walks. Fred has to do some fancy switching, though, when he rushes home one day with the wrong infant.