1 00:00:04,488 --> 00:00:06,458 Hey, Mable! Look who's comin'. 2 00:00:06,529 --> 00:00:09,999 Oh, gee! It's Hoagy Carmichael. 3 00:00:10,073 --> 00:00:11,776 It's worth it. Hello, Mr. Carmichael. 4 00:00:11,846 --> 00:00:14,949 Hello, kids. Nice day, isn't it? 5 00:00:15,023 --> 00:00:16,959 [piano music] 6 00:00:21,143 --> 00:00:23,913 Could it be love 7 00:00:23,985 --> 00:00:28,222 That makes me feel the way I do 8 00:00:28,299 --> 00:00:31,336 This fuzzy-wuzzyness 9 00:00:31,410 --> 00:00:33,812 This ring-a-ding 10 00:00:33,884 --> 00:00:36,153 This ring-a-ding-a-ling 11 00:00:36,225 --> 00:00:38,893 You say this is an original song? 12 00:00:38,967 --> 00:00:40,503 If it ain't, I'll eat it. 13 00:00:40,572 --> 00:00:43,943 (male 'You might find the little pieces easier to chew.' 14 00:00:47,762 --> 00:00:49,698 [theme song] 15 00:01:00,939 --> 00:01:02,874 [whistling] 16 00:01:02,946 --> 00:01:04,281 [siren wailing] 17 00:01:06,591 --> 00:01:07,559 vroom 18 00:01:14,918 --> 00:01:16,153 screech 19 00:01:18,998 --> 00:01:21,433 [music continues] 20 00:01:21,505 --> 00:01:22,607 bam 21 00:01:26,890 --> 00:01:27,825 slam 22 00:01:45,116 --> 00:01:47,318 [door slams] 23 00:01:47,390 --> 00:01:48,992 Is that you, Fred? 24 00:01:49,061 --> 00:01:51,163 [snarling] 25 00:01:51,235 --> 00:01:52,803 Make yourself comfortable, dear. 26 00:01:52,874 --> 00:01:54,876 Dinner will be ready in a few minutes. 27 00:01:54,947 --> 00:01:56,382 [snarling] 28 00:01:56,452 --> 00:02:00,189 (Wilma) 'Oh, I'm so glad you're in a happy mood.' 29 00:02:00,265 --> 00:02:02,834 'I wanna show you something funny, Fred.' 30 00:02:02,907 --> 00:02:04,242 Yeah, what? 31 00:02:04,312 --> 00:02:07,882 I'm going to show you how you look when you come home. 32 00:02:07,957 --> 00:02:10,759 Wilma, this is no time for games. 33 00:02:10,833 --> 00:02:11,934 'Watch, Fred.' 34 00:02:12,003 --> 00:02:12,937 [door slams] 35 00:02:13,005 --> 00:02:14,775 [snarling] 36 00:02:14,846 --> 00:02:16,248 [mumbling] 37 00:02:19,795 --> 00:02:21,664 [snarling] 38 00:02:23,373 --> 00:02:25,442 Ha ha ha. 39 00:02:25,514 --> 00:02:27,382 Isn't that funny, Fred? 40 00:02:27,453 --> 00:02:28,821 I ain't laughin'. 41 00:02:28,891 --> 00:02:31,026 'That's because you're an old grouch.' 42 00:02:31,098 --> 00:02:34,501 Now, Fred, at least today you should be in a good mood. 43 00:02:34,576 --> 00:02:38,280 'And what's this day got that all the other days haven't got?' 44 00:02:38,354 --> 00:02:40,456 - It's payday. - Payday? 45 00:02:40,528 --> 00:02:42,064 You mean crumb day? 46 00:02:42,134 --> 00:02:44,136 A day they throw me a few crumbs 47 00:02:44,208 --> 00:02:46,177 for working like a slave all week? 48 00:02:46,248 --> 00:02:48,549 Barney works just as hard as you do 49 00:02:48,622 --> 00:02:50,924 but he always comes home cheerful. 50 00:02:50,996 --> 00:02:54,200 This is what Barney greeted Betty with last night. 51 00:02:54,273 --> 00:02:56,875 - What is it? - It's a poem he wrote. 52 00:02:56,948 --> 00:03:00,018 A poem? Why the little sneak. 53 00:03:00,092 --> 00:03:02,494 He just did it to make me look bad. 54 00:03:02,567 --> 00:03:05,403 I got a good mind to break it over his head. 55 00:03:05,477 --> 00:03:07,880 'Just sit quietly and listen.' 56 00:03:07,951 --> 00:03:10,987 Okay, I'll listen. Then I'll break it over his head. 57 00:03:11,061 --> 00:03:14,798 It says, "To my darling Betty 58 00:03:14,874 --> 00:03:17,343 "The day you said that you'd be mine 59 00:03:17,415 --> 00:03:19,517 "I made a vow we'd never part. 60 00:03:19,588 --> 00:03:22,592 "And though I leave for work each day at nine 61 00:03:22,666 --> 00:03:25,668 I take you with me in my heart." 62 00:03:25,742 --> 00:03:29,179 Next time he'll go to work with a lump on his head. 63 00:03:29,253 --> 00:03:31,089 There's more, listen. 64 00:03:31,159 --> 00:03:34,029 "You're on my mind the whole day through. 65 00:03:34,103 --> 00:03:37,073 "And when I hear those five bells chime 66 00:03:37,147 --> 00:03:39,548 "I know that soon I'll be with you. 67 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:42,590 Except when I work overtime." 68 00:03:42,664 --> 00:03:44,766 Now, isn't that a sweet thought? 69 00:03:44,838 --> 00:03:48,008 Yeah, it gets me right here. 70 00:03:48,082 --> 00:03:49,316 Yuck! 71 00:03:49,386 --> 00:03:52,255 'And I'm gonna do something about it right now.' 72 00:03:52,329 --> 00:03:53,931 What're you gonna do, Fred? 73 00:03:54,001 --> 00:03:56,436 Right next door, I'm gonna scoop 74 00:03:56,508 --> 00:03:58,611 and pop that Barney on the snoop. 75 00:03:58,683 --> 00:04:01,351 (Wilma) 'Don't you dare lay a hand on him, Fred.' 76 00:04:01,425 --> 00:04:03,127 'Oh, hello, Betty.' 77 00:04:03,198 --> 00:04:05,300 What's the matter with him, Wilma? 78 00:04:05,370 --> 00:04:08,674 I don't think Fred appreciates poetry. 79 00:04:08,749 --> 00:04:10,016 [hammering] 80 00:04:10,086 --> 00:04:11,354 There, that's finished. 81 00:04:11,424 --> 00:04:13,393 All I gotta do is sign it. 82 00:04:13,465 --> 00:04:14,632 [hammering] 83 00:04:14,701 --> 00:04:16,536 [door slams] 84 00:04:16,608 --> 00:04:19,044 Oh, hello, pal. Come on in. 85 00:04:19,116 --> 00:04:20,950 You mean ex-pal? 86 00:04:21,021 --> 00:04:23,023 (Barney) 'Why, uh, what did I do, Fred?' 87 00:04:23,095 --> 00:04:25,164 You wrote a poem for Betty, that's what. 88 00:04:25,236 --> 00:04:27,170 Why should that make you mad, Fred? 89 00:04:27,242 --> 00:04:29,545 Because every time you do something nice for Betty 90 00:04:29,617 --> 00:04:31,952 Wilma expects me to do the same. 91 00:04:32,024 --> 00:04:35,194 Wilma? Expects you to do something nice for Betty too? 92 00:04:35,269 --> 00:04:36,403 No, you lug head. 93 00:04:36,472 --> 00:04:38,774 She expects me to do something nice for her! 94 00:04:38,847 --> 00:04:41,383 What's the idea writing poems, anyway? 95 00:04:41,455 --> 00:04:43,457 Why don't you act like a normal husband? 96 00:04:43,528 --> 00:04:44,762 Oh, I can't help it. 97 00:04:44,832 --> 00:04:46,835 When I get the urge to write poems 98 00:04:46,907 --> 00:04:49,175 I just gotta sit down and write 'em. 99 00:04:49,247 --> 00:04:51,215 In fact, I stayed up all last night 100 00:04:51,287 --> 00:04:53,623 'writing the words for a song about you, Fred.' 101 00:04:53,694 --> 00:04:54,829 About me? 102 00:04:54,899 --> 00:04:57,168 Yeah, about something you always say, Fred. 103 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,776 Like, I just finished signin' it when you come in. 104 00:04:59,848 --> 00:05:01,817 Would you like me to read it? 105 00:05:01,888 --> 00:05:04,258 Go ahead, I'm in a rotten mood anyway. 106 00:05:06,135 --> 00:05:08,905 So help me, if I find Fred picking on Barney 107 00:05:08,978 --> 00:05:11,247 I'll really give him a piece of my mind. 108 00:05:11,319 --> 00:05:12,753 I hope he isn't. 109 00:05:12,823 --> 00:05:15,626 Barney's very sensitive about his poetry. 110 00:05:15,700 --> 00:05:18,336 [comical music] 111 00:05:18,409 --> 00:05:21,177 [inaudible] 112 00:05:21,250 --> 00:05:25,555 - Did you see what I saw? - Yes, but I don't believe it. 113 00:05:25,632 --> 00:05:28,835 Maybe Fred likes Barney's poetry, after all. 114 00:05:28,909 --> 00:05:30,845 But I don't believe that either. 115 00:05:32,186 --> 00:05:34,322 Well, how do you like it, pal? 116 00:05:34,393 --> 00:05:36,629 You stayed up all night to write that? 117 00:05:36,701 --> 00:05:39,204 Yeah. Sounds pretty good, huh, Fred? 118 00:05:39,276 --> 00:05:41,878 - You wanna know what I think? - Oh sure, Fred. 119 00:05:41,951 --> 00:05:43,953 I think you shoulda stayed in bed. 120 00:05:44,025 --> 00:05:46,595 You make better sounds when you snore. 121 00:05:46,667 --> 00:05:48,902 Next time you can't sleep, think of a way 122 00:05:48,974 --> 00:05:50,577 we can make some money. 123 00:05:50,646 --> 00:05:52,815 (Fred) 'Writing songs, bah ha ha.' 124 00:05:52,887 --> 00:05:56,391 Think of the do-re-mi. 125 00:05:56,466 --> 00:05:59,869 Think of the do-re-mi, writin' songs. 126 00:05:59,943 --> 00:06:01,978 Hey, that's it, Barney. 127 00:06:02,050 --> 00:06:03,384 Oh, what's it, Fred? 128 00:06:03,454 --> 00:06:05,389 'We can make a fortune writin' songs.' 129 00:06:05,461 --> 00:06:07,230 Yeah, but Fred, we don't know nothin' 130 00:06:07,301 --> 00:06:08,468 about the songwritin' business. 131 00:06:08,538 --> 00:06:11,508 Are you kiddin'? Did I ever do anything 132 00:06:11,581 --> 00:06:14,118 unless I knew exactly what I was doing. 133 00:06:14,190 --> 00:06:16,159 Well, yeah, Fred. How about the time-- 134 00:06:16,229 --> 00:06:18,165 Don't be a wise guy. 135 00:06:18,237 --> 00:06:20,939 Are you interested in gettin' rich or startin' an argument? 136 00:06:21,012 --> 00:06:23,681 But, even if we did write the words, Fred 137 00:06:23,754 --> 00:06:25,489 we don't know nothin' about writin' music. 138 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,697 You can leave that minor detail to the senior partner, me. 139 00:06:29,774 --> 00:06:31,242 You're gonna write the music, Fred? 140 00:06:31,312 --> 00:06:32,680 No, Barney, I'm not. 141 00:06:32,750 --> 00:06:34,718 We're gonna have it written for us. 142 00:06:34,790 --> 00:06:37,726 Didn't you ever see those ads in the magazines? 143 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,169 "We write the music to your words." 144 00:06:40,241 --> 00:06:42,109 Oh, yeah, Fred, but uh.. 145 00:06:42,181 --> 00:06:43,849 ...don't they charge a lot? 146 00:06:43,919 --> 00:06:46,788 Charge? Musicians? That's a laugh. 147 00:06:46,862 --> 00:06:50,399 Do you know how many request numbers a musician plays? 148 00:06:50,474 --> 00:06:51,976 Lots of 'em, I guess, Fred. 149 00:06:52,046 --> 00:06:56,184 Right. And we'll simply request a number to go with our words. 150 00:06:56,260 --> 00:06:59,362 If we like it, we'll throw him a tip, you get it? 151 00:06:59,436 --> 00:07:02,472 I get it, Fred. Yeah. And I gotta hand it to you. 152 00:07:02,546 --> 00:07:04,148 You sure know all the angles. 153 00:07:04,219 --> 00:07:06,154 I'll start writin' some words right away. 154 00:07:06,226 --> 00:07:08,628 Hold it, Barney. Hold it! 155 00:07:08,700 --> 00:07:12,537 'Before we put down one line, we're gonna find out everything' 156 00:07:12,613 --> 00:07:15,950 there is to know about writing the words to popular songs. 157 00:07:16,024 --> 00:07:19,561 And I don't care if it takes the rest of the night to learn. 158 00:07:19,636 --> 00:07:22,238 - 'Come on, let's go.' - Uh, where to, Fred? 159 00:07:22,311 --> 00:07:24,947 'To get the necessary information, what else?' 160 00:07:26,992 --> 00:07:28,861 There's only one thing that would make 161 00:07:28,933 --> 00:07:30,668 Fred listen to Barney's poetry. 162 00:07:30,739 --> 00:07:33,341 He must have hit him and Fred is unconscious. 163 00:07:33,414 --> 00:07:34,715 (Fred) 'Wilma!' 164 00:07:34,785 --> 00:07:36,754 'Hey, Wilma!' 165 00:07:36,825 --> 00:07:38,727 No, he's not unconscious. 166 00:07:38,797 --> 00:07:41,801 Hey, you ladies better have dinner together tonight. 167 00:07:41,875 --> 00:07:44,811 Me and my collaborator are going to the library. 168 00:07:44,885 --> 00:07:47,654 Since when did they put them in there? 169 00:07:47,727 --> 00:07:49,462 'Put what in where?' 170 00:07:49,533 --> 00:07:51,667 Pool tables in the library. 171 00:07:51,739 --> 00:07:53,041 [Wilma and Betty laughing] 172 00:07:53,111 --> 00:07:54,579 har har har 173 00:07:54,650 --> 00:07:56,218 Go ahead, laugh. 174 00:07:56,288 --> 00:08:01,025 But remember, he who laughs last, laughs last lad-la.. 175 00:08:01,103 --> 00:08:03,106 He who laughs last, laughs.. 176 00:08:03,177 --> 00:08:05,946 He who, who he, he.. 177 00:08:06,019 --> 00:08:07,821 And don't you forget it! 178 00:08:10,701 --> 00:08:12,236 screech 179 00:08:12,306 --> 00:08:14,875 Well, there it is Barney. 180 00:08:14,948 --> 00:08:17,051 Good ol' public library. 181 00:08:17,122 --> 00:08:18,456 heh heh he 182 00:08:18,526 --> 00:08:20,495 I haven't been here for years. 183 00:08:20,567 --> 00:08:23,237 Hey, let's go in, Fred. I'm anxious to get started. 184 00:08:25,015 --> 00:08:27,183 Good evening, miss. Flintstone's the name. 185 00:08:27,255 --> 00:08:28,824 Fred Flintstone. 186 00:08:28,894 --> 00:08:33,132 Oh, yes. You've come to return the book you took out. 187 00:08:33,209 --> 00:08:35,978 It's a little overdue, you know. 188 00:08:36,051 --> 00:08:39,887 Exactly 11 years and 31 days. 189 00:08:39,963 --> 00:08:42,666 My dear madam, it so happens I brought 190 00:08:42,739 --> 00:08:44,807 that book back the next day. 191 00:08:44,879 --> 00:08:46,614 What was the name of the book? 192 00:08:46,685 --> 00:08:48,220 "How To Improve Your Manners." 193 00:08:48,291 --> 00:08:50,293 And it did me no good at all. 194 00:08:50,364 --> 00:08:53,801 Obviously. Would you like to read it again? 195 00:08:53,875 --> 00:08:56,978 Nah, I want a book on how to write songs. 196 00:08:57,052 --> 00:09:02,124 Oh, we have one called, "There's Loot In Lyrics." 197 00:09:02,203 --> 00:09:04,805 Ho ho hu! Get that title, Barney? 198 00:09:04,877 --> 00:09:08,081 "There's Loot In Lyrics." What did I tell you? 199 00:09:08,155 --> 00:09:11,625 You'll find it on shelf 13. 200 00:09:11,699 --> 00:09:13,969 [mumbling] 201 00:09:16,014 --> 00:09:20,651 He he. Here's the page I've been lookin' for. 202 00:09:20,729 --> 00:09:22,865 "Popular Songs People Prefer." 203 00:09:22,937 --> 00:09:24,205 Mark this down. 204 00:09:24,274 --> 00:09:26,776 "People who like happy love songs, 40 percent." 205 00:09:26,848 --> 00:09:29,651 "People who like sad love songs, 50 percent." 206 00:09:29,725 --> 00:09:32,928 "People who like songs about mother, 4 percent." 207 00:09:33,002 --> 00:09:36,005 Yeah, mother would be a nice idea to write about, Fred. 208 00:09:36,079 --> 00:09:38,781 "Teenagers who like songs with words 209 00:09:38,854 --> 00:09:41,590 like hooba-rooba, tweedle-de-de 210 00:09:41,664 --> 00:09:44,300 et cetera, et cetera, 46 percent." 211 00:09:44,373 --> 00:09:47,876 Gee, Fred, that adds up to 140 percent. 212 00:09:47,951 --> 00:09:49,919 You want to be an arithmetic genius 213 00:09:49,990 --> 00:09:52,092 or a songwritin' genius? 214 00:09:52,164 --> 00:09:53,832 Now, let me think. 215 00:09:53,903 --> 00:09:55,839 [piano music] 216 00:09:57,916 --> 00:10:00,218 - 'I got it!' - Uh, what, Fred? 217 00:10:00,291 --> 00:10:04,796 I got an idea that's gonna rock the musical world. 218 00:10:04,873 --> 00:10:08,109 Our song will have every one of these ideas in it. 219 00:10:08,182 --> 00:10:12,387 That way all the people will like it, all 140 percent. 220 00:10:12,464 --> 00:10:14,832 Come on. Let's go home and get to work. 221 00:10:14,905 --> 00:10:16,907 Gee, Fred, can't we wait 'til tomorrow? 222 00:10:16,978 --> 00:10:18,646 I'm getting awful sleepy. 223 00:10:18,717 --> 00:10:22,521 Barney, people all over are waitin' to sing our song. 224 00:10:22,597 --> 00:10:23,931 Do you wanna disappoint 'em? 225 00:10:24,001 --> 00:10:26,037 Not the whole 140 percent of 'em. 226 00:10:31,191 --> 00:10:33,560 cuckoo cuckoo cuckoo 227 00:10:34,971 --> 00:10:36,805 Fred? 228 00:10:36,876 --> 00:10:39,312 Yawn! Three o'clock in the morning 229 00:10:39,385 --> 00:10:42,354 and those two characters are still at it. 230 00:10:42,428 --> 00:10:45,632 Now I know how Mrs. Gilbert and Sullivan felt. 231 00:10:48,313 --> 00:10:51,050 [snoring] 232 00:10:51,122 --> 00:10:56,027 We gotta get that mother angle in the song someplace. 233 00:10:56,105 --> 00:10:57,440 Let me see there. 234 00:10:57,509 --> 00:11:00,379 Somebody already wrote a song about my mother's eyes 235 00:11:00,453 --> 00:11:03,356 that leaves only her ears, nose, and throat. 236 00:11:03,430 --> 00:11:05,031 How does this sound, Barney? 237 00:11:05,102 --> 00:11:08,438 Mother, you're just like a brother to me. 238 00:11:08,512 --> 00:11:10,914 Nah, that ain't no good. 239 00:11:10,987 --> 00:11:12,389 You got any ideas, Barney? 240 00:11:12,458 --> 00:11:15,028 [snoring] 241 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:17,436 'Barney!' 242 00:11:17,509 --> 00:11:20,411 Oh, I'm sorry, Fred. I was just taking 40 winks. 243 00:11:20,484 --> 00:11:23,187 Well, stop winking and start thinking. 244 00:11:23,260 --> 00:11:25,729 We need a mother angle in the song. 245 00:11:25,801 --> 00:11:28,237 How about, my mother's side used to be orange 246 00:11:28,310 --> 00:11:30,312 but now it's turned to silver. 247 00:11:30,384 --> 00:11:32,186 Hey, that's not bad. 248 00:11:32,256 --> 00:11:36,160 You think of a lot of words that rhyme with orange and silver 249 00:11:36,236 --> 00:11:39,173 and I'll think of some sad ideas about love. 250 00:11:43,392 --> 00:11:46,662 Hey, pop, it's time to rise and shine. 251 00:11:46,736 --> 00:11:51,174 Huh? Why don't you take it this morning, kid? 252 00:11:51,252 --> 00:11:53,321 Gee, you mean it, pop? 253 00:11:53,391 --> 00:11:55,026 Yeah, go ahead. 254 00:11:55,097 --> 00:11:57,432 Thanks, Pop. 255 00:11:57,505 --> 00:12:00,275 Boy, my first big chance. 256 00:12:01,618 --> 00:12:04,821 Cock a doodle dilly doo! 257 00:12:04,895 --> 00:12:07,932 Cock a doodle dilly doo. Heh! 258 00:12:08,006 --> 00:12:10,275 One simple line and he muffs it. 259 00:12:12,085 --> 00:12:15,555 Good heavens! Barney hasn't been to bed at all. 260 00:12:15,630 --> 00:12:17,566 They must still be working. 261 00:12:20,379 --> 00:12:23,348 There you are, Fred. It's finished. 262 00:12:23,422 --> 00:12:26,893 Yabba-Dabba-Doo! We did it! 263 00:12:26,968 --> 00:12:29,369 Wilma! Come on over, Wilma. 264 00:12:29,442 --> 00:12:31,378 I got a surprise for you. 265 00:12:32,986 --> 00:12:34,288 Here it is, girls. 266 00:12:34,358 --> 00:12:36,760 Our first song hit and it's great 267 00:12:36,832 --> 00:12:38,001 isn't it, Barney? 268 00:12:38,070 --> 00:12:40,673 [snoring] 269 00:12:40,745 --> 00:12:43,648 Let's see a little life, collaborator. 270 00:12:43,722 --> 00:12:44,723 Yippeee! 271 00:12:44,791 --> 00:12:46,861 'Into the shower with ya, buddy.' 272 00:12:46,932 --> 00:12:49,768 And then we're off to see the wizard who's gonna write 273 00:12:49,841 --> 00:12:52,344 the music to these beautiful words. 274 00:13:00,142 --> 00:13:02,644 This is the guy we wanna see, Barney. 275 00:13:02,716 --> 00:13:03,783 [knocking on door] 276 00:13:03,853 --> 00:13:07,290 Enter, lovers of music. 277 00:13:07,365 --> 00:13:10,835 Pardon me, we saw your ad in the paper and-- 278 00:13:10,910 --> 00:13:12,879 (Scat) 'Say no more, friend'. 279 00:13:12,949 --> 00:13:16,018 You got pretty words, and you want Scat 280 00:13:16,093 --> 00:13:19,330 to put down the pretty, black dots. 281 00:13:19,404 --> 00:13:20,938 'Hmm?' 282 00:13:21,009 --> 00:13:22,344 What does he mean, Fred? 283 00:13:22,413 --> 00:13:24,616 How should I know? I ain't no musician. 284 00:13:24,688 --> 00:13:27,424 We got the words, but we don't need any black dots 285 00:13:27,497 --> 00:13:29,265 we need music to go with it. 286 00:13:29,335 --> 00:13:31,738 You guarantee that you'll write us a hit? 287 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:35,548 Uh, you, uh, guarantee to pay in.. 288 00:13:35,623 --> 00:13:36,625 '...cash?' 289 00:13:36,693 --> 00:13:37,961 Certainly. 290 00:13:38,031 --> 00:13:41,134 In that case, man, when Scat finishes 291 00:13:41,208 --> 00:13:43,610 puttin' the black dots down 292 00:13:43,683 --> 00:13:45,818 every canary in town 293 00:13:45,890 --> 00:13:47,925 will be strainin' her tonsils 294 00:13:47,996 --> 00:13:50,499 wailing your words. 295 00:13:52,980 --> 00:13:57,084 Boy, that guy Scat sure knows how to write music, Barney. 296 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,629 When he played our song, I got a lump in my throat. 297 00:14:00,704 --> 00:14:03,107 Gee, I don't know. When he played our song 298 00:14:03,179 --> 00:14:05,682 I got a lump in the pit of my stomach. 299 00:14:05,754 --> 00:14:08,056 Nah, you just don't appreciate good melody, Barney. 300 00:14:08,129 --> 00:14:09,664 I'm tellin' you, it's great. 301 00:14:09,733 --> 00:14:11,869 Well, if you say so, Fred. 302 00:14:11,941 --> 00:14:13,276 Where're we going now? 303 00:14:13,345 --> 00:14:16,014 To see Rollin Rockwell, the top music publisher. 304 00:14:16,088 --> 00:14:20,025 And when we're there, let me do the talkin'. 305 00:14:20,101 --> 00:14:22,203 I don't want them to think we're amateurs. 306 00:14:22,275 --> 00:14:24,044 Oh, I won't say a thing, Fred. 307 00:14:26,956 --> 00:14:29,693 May I help you, gentlemen? 308 00:14:29,766 --> 00:14:33,068 We are songwriters, hip songwriters. 309 00:14:33,143 --> 00:14:34,578 I might have known. 310 00:14:34,648 --> 00:14:37,317 Well, plant yourself on that bench against the wall, buddy 311 00:14:37,391 --> 00:14:40,795 and, maybe, Mr. Rockwell will see you in a couple of hours. 312 00:14:40,868 --> 00:14:42,236 Just a minute, lady. 313 00:14:42,307 --> 00:14:45,010 We didn't start in this business yesterday, you know. 314 00:14:45,082 --> 00:14:46,817 (Sally) 'Shut up and sit down!' 315 00:14:46,888 --> 00:14:48,856 Well, let's do what the lady says, Fred. 316 00:14:48,928 --> 00:14:51,297 Well...okay. 317 00:14:51,369 --> 00:14:52,637 (Fred) 'It's lucky for you' 318 00:14:52,707 --> 00:14:54,508 'my collaborator is tired, girlie.' 319 00:14:54,579 --> 00:14:57,349 You can't let 'em push you around in this racket, Barney. 320 00:14:59,194 --> 00:15:01,264 Hey, Mable! Look who's comin'. 321 00:15:01,335 --> 00:15:04,839 Oh, gee! It's Hoagy Carmichael. 322 00:15:04,913 --> 00:15:06,949 Hello, Mr. Carmichael. 323 00:15:07,019 --> 00:15:09,889 Hello, kids. Nice day, isn't it? 324 00:15:09,963 --> 00:15:11,365 Good morning, Sally. 325 00:15:11,434 --> 00:15:13,670 (Sally) 'Oh, good morning, sir.' 326 00:15:13,741 --> 00:15:16,043 I'll let Mr. Rockwell know you're here. 327 00:15:16,116 --> 00:15:17,718 Here comes some character 328 00:15:17,788 --> 00:15:19,590 trying to break into the song business. 329 00:15:19,661 --> 00:15:21,997 Don't let on this is our first song, Barney. 330 00:15:22,068 --> 00:15:23,871 I won't, Fred. 331 00:15:23,942 --> 00:15:25,409 Hi, fellas, may I sit down? 332 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,149 Oh sure, make yourself comfortable. 333 00:15:28,222 --> 00:15:30,158 (Hoagy) 'Thank you. Thank you very much.' 334 00:15:31,969 --> 00:15:34,537 Oh, skin me. 335 00:15:34,609 --> 00:15:36,544 What was that? 336 00:15:36,616 --> 00:15:39,152 I said skin me. Don't you know what that means? 337 00:15:39,225 --> 00:15:43,028 Oh. Oh, yeah. It's just that I haven't heard it for years. 338 00:15:43,104 --> 00:15:45,107 (Fred) 'Well, if you're around like we are' 339 00:15:45,178 --> 00:15:47,680 you hear it a couple of hundred times a day. 340 00:15:47,752 --> 00:15:50,221 Hmm, maybe I better get around a little more. 341 00:15:50,294 --> 00:15:52,263 Do you fellas write songs? 342 00:15:52,334 --> 00:15:55,070 He he he, you hear that Barney? 343 00:15:55,144 --> 00:15:58,714 He's asking us if we write songs. 344 00:15:58,789 --> 00:16:02,826 Yeah, we write 'em, but only a special kind. 345 00:16:02,902 --> 00:16:05,570 Really, what kind is your specialty? 346 00:16:05,643 --> 00:16:07,946 Hits, buster, just hits. 347 00:16:08,019 --> 00:16:11,121 Oh, you mean that every song you've written has been a hit? 348 00:16:11,195 --> 00:16:13,264 Well, let me put it this way, pal. 349 00:16:13,336 --> 00:16:16,873 We have not written a flop song since we've been in this racket. 350 00:16:16,948 --> 00:16:19,283 Skin me...I-I mean, dig me? 351 00:16:19,355 --> 00:16:21,824 Pardon me, sir. You may go in now. 352 00:16:21,897 --> 00:16:22,964 - Thanks. - Thanks. 353 00:16:23,034 --> 00:16:24,669 Thanks. 354 00:16:24,739 --> 00:16:26,373 Hold it, bub. Hold it. 355 00:16:26,444 --> 00:16:29,514 You seem to be a little ignorant of songwriting etiquette. 356 00:16:29,588 --> 00:16:32,491 In this racket, it's first come first serve. 357 00:16:32,564 --> 00:16:33,999 (Fred) 'Come on, Barney.' 358 00:16:34,069 --> 00:16:36,072 I'm sorry, fellas. 359 00:16:36,143 --> 00:16:39,179 Okay, son, you'll learn the ropes after a while. 360 00:16:39,253 --> 00:16:41,855 And where do you characters think you're going? 361 00:16:41,928 --> 00:16:44,531 Now don't get you curly hair ruffled, lady. 362 00:16:44,603 --> 00:16:47,874 We don't have to be announced. I know my way around. 363 00:16:47,949 --> 00:16:49,450 Follow me, Barney. 364 00:16:51,225 --> 00:16:53,394 Well, of all the nerve! 365 00:16:53,466 --> 00:16:55,668 Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Carmichael. 366 00:16:55,740 --> 00:16:57,241 It's okay, Sally. 367 00:16:57,312 --> 00:17:01,416 Rocky will be glad to see them. They only write hit songs. 368 00:17:01,492 --> 00:17:03,493 How did you two guys get in here? 369 00:17:03,565 --> 00:17:04,667 'I was expecting--' 370 00:17:04,736 --> 00:17:06,670 The luckiest break in your life, huh? 371 00:17:06,742 --> 00:17:08,844 Well, Rocky, baby, you expected right. 372 00:17:08,916 --> 00:17:11,618 We got something to tell you that will make you 373 00:17:11,691 --> 00:17:13,260 the happiest man in town. 374 00:17:13,331 --> 00:17:14,599 My wife left me? 375 00:17:14,668 --> 00:17:17,972 We got the song that's gonna take you out of the bush league 376 00:17:18,045 --> 00:17:20,581 and put you right up there with the big fellas. 377 00:17:20,654 --> 00:17:21,989 And here it is. 378 00:17:22,058 --> 00:17:24,327 Get me a piano player and I'll sing it. 379 00:17:24,399 --> 00:17:25,700 Out, out, out! 380 00:17:25,771 --> 00:17:28,274 You won't need a piano player, you'll need a doctor 381 00:17:28,346 --> 00:17:30,381 if you're not outta here in two seconds. 382 00:17:30,452 --> 00:17:32,488 I'll play for the boys, Mr. Rockwell. 383 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,562 This may be another one of their hits. 384 00:17:34,633 --> 00:17:38,404 You...play for...them? 385 00:17:38,479 --> 00:17:40,413 Oh, give the fellar a break, Rocky. 386 00:17:40,485 --> 00:17:42,854 Let him play. 387 00:17:42,926 --> 00:17:46,162 Do you know who that fellar is? 388 00:17:46,237 --> 00:17:48,172 (Fred) 'So nobody knows him today.' 389 00:17:48,243 --> 00:17:50,278 We were all unknown years ago. 390 00:17:50,350 --> 00:17:53,687 Here, buddy. Playin' this will be your first big break. 391 00:17:53,762 --> 00:17:55,797 Thanks. 392 00:17:55,869 --> 00:17:59,439 You want this allegro, pianissimo, or andante? 393 00:17:59,513 --> 00:18:02,918 Look, I don't want to talk about Italian food, play! 394 00:18:02,993 --> 00:18:05,528 Okay. 395 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,535 [piano music] 396 00:18:12,021 --> 00:18:13,789 Oh, no. 397 00:18:13,860 --> 00:18:16,797 Come on, come on, start playin'. 398 00:18:16,871 --> 00:18:18,572 Okay, here goes. 399 00:18:18,643 --> 00:18:20,578 [piano music] 400 00:18:24,896 --> 00:18:27,666 Could it be love 401 00:18:27,738 --> 00:18:31,942 That makes me feel the way I do 402 00:18:32,019 --> 00:18:35,589 This fuzzy-wuzzyness 403 00:18:35,664 --> 00:18:37,933 This ring-a-ding 404 00:18:38,005 --> 00:18:40,007 This ring-a-ding-a-ling 405 00:18:40,079 --> 00:18:43,549 That keeps on ringing in my head 406 00:18:43,623 --> 00:18:46,927 Since the day you said 407 00:18:47,002 --> 00:18:52,073 That you couldn't live without me 408 00:18:52,151 --> 00:18:55,487 But now you say you can 409 00:18:55,562 --> 00:18:58,432 And so I'll ask my mother 410 00:18:58,506 --> 00:19:01,109 To get me someone else 411 00:19:01,181 --> 00:19:05,119 Instead 412 00:19:05,195 --> 00:19:07,797 Leaves you sort of speechless, huh? 413 00:19:07,869 --> 00:19:10,806 [mumbling] 414 00:19:13,120 --> 00:19:15,689 You say this is an original song? 415 00:19:15,761 --> 00:19:17,363 If it ain't, I'll eat it. 416 00:19:17,433 --> 00:19:20,470 (Rockwell) 'You might find the little pieces easier to chew!' 417 00:19:20,544 --> 00:19:21,678 crash 418 00:19:21,748 --> 00:19:24,116 Now get out, out, out! 419 00:19:24,188 --> 00:19:26,090 Before I throw you out. 420 00:19:26,162 --> 00:19:29,832 Okay, but this is the last hit song you'll ever get from us. 421 00:19:29,907 --> 00:19:32,676 Come on, Barney. This guy doesn't know a good song 422 00:19:32,750 --> 00:19:33,885 'when he hears it.' 423 00:19:33,954 --> 00:19:35,322 Okay, Fred. 424 00:19:35,393 --> 00:19:38,396 But after hearing you sing, I think Mr. Rockwell is right. 425 00:19:38,469 --> 00:19:39,736 [groaning] 426 00:19:39,806 --> 00:19:40,908 slam 427 00:19:40,977 --> 00:19:43,079 Looks like they left their briefcase, Rocky. 428 00:19:43,150 --> 00:19:45,586 Good, I'll throw it out the window after them. 429 00:19:45,658 --> 00:19:48,028 Maybe I'll be lucky and hit the big guy. 430 00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:49,601 You're being too hard on 'em. 431 00:19:49,672 --> 00:19:53,976 Just chalk up another chump that was taken by Scat Von Roctoven. 432 00:19:54,053 --> 00:19:55,154 Wait a minute. 433 00:19:55,222 --> 00:19:57,725 Listen to this title. 434 00:19:57,798 --> 00:20:00,534 "Yabba-Dabba-Dabba-Dabba-Doo." 435 00:20:00,606 --> 00:20:03,877 There's the gimmick, that's what they're buyin' today. 436 00:20:03,951 --> 00:20:05,920 And you know who's gonna write the music? 437 00:20:05,992 --> 00:20:07,827 - You are. - Me? 438 00:20:07,898 --> 00:20:11,835 Remember, Mr. Carmichael, you haven't had a hit in five years. 439 00:20:11,911 --> 00:20:14,213 You write while I play golf. 440 00:20:16,693 --> 00:20:20,997 Barney, the next time I get an idea to make a million bucks 441 00:20:21,074 --> 00:20:23,644 sock me right in the kisser, will ya? 442 00:20:23,715 --> 00:20:26,818 Oh, it'll be a pleasure, Fred. Oh, I never felt so humiliated. 443 00:20:26,893 --> 00:20:28,695 (Hoagy) 'Hey, fellas.' 444 00:20:28,766 --> 00:20:30,434 Am I glad you're still here. 445 00:20:30,505 --> 00:20:32,840 Mr. Carmichael, I wanna apologize 446 00:20:32,912 --> 00:20:34,480 for not recognizing you. 447 00:20:34,551 --> 00:20:35,552 Oh, forget it. 448 00:20:35,621 --> 00:20:37,389 I wanna talk to you about-about 449 00:20:37,460 --> 00:20:39,495 this lyric we found in your briefcase. 450 00:20:39,566 --> 00:20:42,436 Gee, I hope you didn't read it. It's not very good. 451 00:20:42,510 --> 00:20:44,145 Mr. Rockwell thinks it is. 452 00:20:44,216 --> 00:20:47,286 I just hope you'll like the melody that I wrote for it. 453 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,996 You...wrote the music for those words? 454 00:20:51,070 --> 00:20:54,775 Music...let's say I put down some pretty black dots. 455 00:20:54,851 --> 00:20:57,887 Yabba-Dabba-Doo! 456 00:21:01,204 --> 00:21:02,972 I can't believe it's true. 457 00:21:03,043 --> 00:21:06,613 Imagine us being invited to the best supper club in town 458 00:21:06,688 --> 00:21:08,490 as Hoagy Carmichael's guests. 459 00:21:08,561 --> 00:21:11,931 And let's not forget who's responsible for that. 460 00:21:12,006 --> 00:21:14,408 If I had not inspired my friend Barney 461 00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:18,117 to write a poem about me, we would all be sittin' home 462 00:21:18,192 --> 00:21:19,994 'twiddlin' our thumbs.' 463 00:21:20,065 --> 00:21:21,666 [instrumental music] 464 00:21:21,737 --> 00:21:23,673 bubble bubble bubble 465 00:21:25,951 --> 00:21:28,487 Ladies and-a gentlemen 466 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:32,530 once more it's my pleasure to play for you 467 00:21:32,606 --> 00:21:37,377 in the wonderful Philtown Hotel in downtown Bedrock. 468 00:21:37,455 --> 00:21:41,193 As I look around and see the wonderful celebrities 469 00:21:41,268 --> 00:21:44,337 and some of them are well known celebrities 470 00:21:44,411 --> 00:21:48,114 I see a wonderful friend of mine-a 471 00:21:48,190 --> 00:21:54,230 a wonderful musician, and a wonderful composer. 472 00:21:54,310 --> 00:21:56,846 Sit down, Fred. 473 00:21:56,918 --> 00:22:02,256 (male 'Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Hoagy Carmichael.' 474 00:22:02,336 --> 00:22:04,005 [guests applauding] 475 00:22:04,075 --> 00:22:07,077 Thank you. Thank you. 476 00:22:07,151 --> 00:22:10,989 As a wonderful-a special treat tonight 477 00:22:11,064 --> 00:22:15,368 Hoagy has consented to play his latest composition-a for us 478 00:22:15,445 --> 00:22:19,116 entitled "Yabba-Dabba-Dabba-Dabba-Doo." 479 00:22:19,191 --> 00:22:21,160 [applause] 480 00:22:21,230 --> 00:22:22,666 The words to this song 481 00:22:22,736 --> 00:22:24,838 were written by my friend, Barney Rubble 482 00:22:24,909 --> 00:22:27,045 who created the lyrics from a title 483 00:22:27,116 --> 00:22:30,519 suggested by his best friend, Fred Flintstone. 484 00:22:30,594 --> 00:22:34,098 Now, let me do the talkin', Barney. 485 00:22:34,173 --> 00:22:35,941 Sit down, Fred. 486 00:22:37,617 --> 00:22:39,553 [piano music] 487 00:22:42,132 --> 00:22:45,735 Boy do we know how to bust Monte Carlo 488 00:22:45,810 --> 00:22:47,645 And to never be blue 489 00:22:47,716 --> 00:22:50,420 It's a lot like prayin' Just keep a-sayin' 490 00:22:50,493 --> 00:22:52,961 Yabba-Dabba-Dabba-Dabba-Doo 491 00:22:53,034 --> 00:22:54,769 If ya think your sweetie's 492 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:56,042 Left for Tahiti 493 00:22:56,111 --> 00:22:58,279 We can give you a clue 494 00:22:58,351 --> 00:23:00,086 There's no need for cryin' 495 00:23:00,157 --> 00:23:01,625 Roar like a lion 496 00:23:01,695 --> 00:23:03,964 Yabba-Dabba-Dabba-Dabba-Doo 497 00:23:04,037 --> 00:23:06,305 B-A-D-D-A means bad 498 00:23:06,377 --> 00:23:09,147 D-A-B-B-A means good 499 00:23:09,220 --> 00:23:11,722 Oh what magic in a word we've found 500 00:23:11,795 --> 00:23:13,930 By switchin' the letters around 501 00:23:14,002 --> 00:23:17,172 So if someday the bases are loaded 502 00:23:17,246 --> 00:23:19,047 And they're countin' on you 503 00:23:19,118 --> 00:23:22,155 You just can't strike out You fuel up and shout 504 00:23:22,229 --> 00:23:23,563 Yabba-Dabba-Dabba 505 00:23:23,634 --> 00:23:25,035 Yabba-Dabba-Dabba 506 00:23:25,105 --> 00:23:27,540 Yabba-Dabba-Dabba-Dabba-Doo 507 00:23:27,613 --> 00:23:30,115 B-A-D-D-A means bad 508 00:23:30,187 --> 00:23:32,590 D-A-B-B-A means good 509 00:23:32,663 --> 00:23:35,165 Oh what magic in a word we've found 510 00:23:35,238 --> 00:23:38,374 By switchin' the letters around 511 00:23:38,448 --> 00:23:40,384 [music continues] 512 00:23:56,874 --> 00:23:58,810 [music continues] 513 00:24:12,091 --> 00:24:14,460 B-A-D-D-A means bad 514 00:24:14,532 --> 00:24:17,101 D-A-B-B-A means good 515 00:24:17,174 --> 00:24:19,676 Oh what magic in a word we've found 516 00:24:19,749 --> 00:24:22,084 By switchin' the letters around 517 00:24:22,156 --> 00:24:25,259 So if someday the bases are loaded 518 00:24:25,334 --> 00:24:27,402 And they're countin' on you 519 00:24:27,473 --> 00:24:30,810 You just can't strike out You fuel up and shout 520 00:24:30,885 --> 00:24:32,119 Yabba-Dabba-Dabba 521 00:24:32,189 --> 00:24:33,357 Yabba-Dabba-Dabba 522 00:24:33,427 --> 00:24:36,130 Yabba-Dabba-Dabba-Dabba-Doo 523 00:24:36,202 --> 00:24:39,039 Yabba-Dabba-Dabba-Dabba-Doo 524 00:24:41,787 --> 00:24:44,224 [applause] 525 00:24:44,295 --> 00:24:46,798 More. more. Encore! Encore! 526 00:24:46,871 --> 00:24:48,739 [whistling] 527 00:24:48,810 --> 00:24:51,279 Sit down, Fred! 528 00:24:51,351 --> 00:24:55,856 Barney, you will be the first millionaire friend I ever had. 529 00:24:55,933 --> 00:24:57,334 Don't rush it, Fred. 530 00:24:57,405 --> 00:24:59,840 Only one in five thousand published songs 531 00:24:59,912 --> 00:25:01,213 ever make any money. 532 00:25:01,284 --> 00:25:02,953 Just keep writing 'em, Barney 533 00:25:03,023 --> 00:25:04,524 'and maybe someday you'll be lucky.' 534 00:25:04,595 --> 00:25:06,563 Gee, thanks, Mr. Carmichael. 535 00:25:06,635 --> 00:25:08,570 Don't worry about him workin'. 536 00:25:08,641 --> 00:25:12,278 I got a million titles rollin' around in my head. 537 00:25:12,353 --> 00:25:14,988 And as soon as we get home tonight-- 538 00:25:15,062 --> 00:25:17,332 Oh, no, you don't! 539 00:25:17,403 --> 00:25:18,704 [mumbling] 540 00:25:18,774 --> 00:25:20,710 [all laughing] 541 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:26,695 [theme music] 542 00:25:36,632 --> 00:25:38,568 [yawning] 543 00:25:43,020 --> 00:25:44,956 [music continues] 544 00:26:02,416 --> 00:26:03,617 Wilma! 545 00:26:03,687 --> 00:26:06,255 [bash bash bash] 546 00:26:06,328 --> 00:26:08,198 (Fred) 'Wilma!' 547 00:26:09,405 --> 00:26:11,374 'Come on, Wilma, open this door!' 548 00:26:11,446 --> 00:26:12,480 [bash bash bash] 549 00:26:12,549 --> 00:26:14,652 'Wilma!'