Episode
The Flintstones: No Biz Like Show Biz
Overview
Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm develop remarkable musical talent, which is exploited by teen impresario Eppy Brianstone. Soon the tots have no time to their fathers, which prompt Fred and Barney to kidnap them. After a frightening police chase, Fred awakens and realizes the whole episode has been a dream.
Details
- Series
- The Flintstones
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1965-09-17
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
No Biz Like Show Biz is Episode 1 in Season 6 of The Flintstones. It aired on 1965-09-17. The runtime is 25 min.
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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.
Episode 4: Disorder in the Court
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Episode 5: Circus Business
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.
Episode 6: Samantha
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.
Episode 7: The Great Gazoo
Fred and Barney discover a visitor from another planet, the two-foot high, green Gazoo, who becomes their servant. An evening out at an expensive restaurant, supposedly with Gazoo treating, becomes a nightmare as the alien disappears, leaving the Flintstones and the Rubbles to wash dishes to pay for the food.
Episode 8: Rip Van Flintstone
Bored by his company picnic, Fred slips away to take a nap, and awakens twenty years later to discover that Barney has become millionaire B.J. Rubble, and that Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm have gotten married. Upon entering Wilma who is now living alone through Barney's largesse, Fred really awakens and realizes it was all a dream.
Episode 9: The Gravelberry Pie King
When Fred is fired by Mr. Slate for fronting the other employees' list of grievances, he turns to pastry entrepreneur by selling Wilma's gravelberry pies. But soon the couple realize they are spending more in ingredients than they are making in profit. Ultimately, Wilma recoups the losses by selling the recipe to a supermarket tycoon.
Episode 10: The Stonefinger Caper
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.
Episode 11: The Masquerade Party
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Episode 12: Shinrock-A-Go-Go
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