Episode
The Flintstones: Sheriff for a Day
Overview
While on a mineral-gathering trip out West, Fred gets appointed sheriff of a ghost town called Rocky Gulch just in time to deal with a rough-and-tumble trio of outlaw brothers who ride into town looking to gun down the local lawman.
Details
- Series
- The Flintstones
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1965-02-05
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Sheriff for a Day is Episode 21 in Season 5 of The Flintstones. It aired on 1965-02-05. The runtime is 25 min.
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The Flintstones and the Rubbles lock horns with cowasaurus rustlers who have been preying on Fred's Uncle Tex's ranch in Texarock.
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Episode 19: The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes
Fred frets a visit from hillbilly cousins with whom older Flintstone relatives feuded a long time ago, but the stay is a pleasant one until the hosts realize the guests aren't leaving any time soon.
Episode 23: The Rolls Rock Caper
Fred and Barney team with debonair detective Aaron Boulder to solve crimes and mysteries.
Episode 18: Time Machine
On a visit to the Bedrock World's Fair, the Flintstones and the Rubbles take a ride in a time machine that sends them into the future with stops at ancient Rome and Arthurian England, and encounters with Christopher Columbus and Ben Franklin.
Episode 24: Superstone
The gang take the kids to a local theater for a personal appearance by a TV superhero. But when the actor resigns, the producers ask Fred to step in so the show can continue.
Episode 17: Fred's Second Car
Fred is in the market for a second car and buys one at a local police auction. But he's unaware that the vehicle contains a fortune in stolen gems and that the jewel thieves who hid them have returned to get them back.
Episode 25: Fred Meets Hercurock
Fred lands a role in an action-movie series playing a hunky Greek hero, but he soon discovers that being a film star isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Episode 16: Fred's Flying Lesson
Fred has his head in the clouds when he wins free flying lessons in a raffle and contemplates a new career as an airplane pilot.
Episode 26: Surfin' Fred
During a vacation at the beach, Fred is bitten by the surfing bug and becomes a big kahuna to the young people hanging 10.
Episode 15: Christmas Flintstone
After Fred takes a job as a department-store Santa, he proves so successful that the real Santa asks Fred to stand in for him and deliver presents on Christmas Eve.
Episode 14: Adobe Dick
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