Original subtitles

How's the air up there, girls?

It's getting thin, Fred, just like my patience.

[Fred laughing]

The girls are sure having a ball, aren't they, Barney?

Oh, yeah, yeah, they're having a great time.

What happened?

[both screaming]

[theme music]

honk honk

honk

[blowing whistle]

[siren blaring]

[blowing whistle]

vroom

screech

screech

crash

thud

slam

mwah

[door opens]

(Fred) 'Wilma, I'm home!'

Fred? Oh, my goodness, he's a minute early.

He must have gone through a red light.

'I'm coming through the door, Wilma!'

'I'm sitting down, Wilma.'

Oh, dear.

screech

'Uh, hello, Fred.'

'How did it go at the job today?'

Late with my dinner again, huh, Wilma?

That's the second time this month.

You know I like my plate to be on the table

when I sit down.

I-I'm sorry, Fred.

I work hard all day

and when I get home, what do I get?

You work hard all day?

You, you, you, that's all I hear.

I work hard all day, too, and what do I get?

A lot of yak from you.

'You at least get out every day'

see things, talk to people.

I never get out of this cave.

'If you'd only take me out once in a while--'

Hold it.

Hold it right there!

I got you now.

Never take you out, huh?

How short a memory can you have?

Hm? Um..

Let's see.

I give up. Where did you ever take me?

Okay, okay, I'll tick 'em off for ya.

There was the time I took you to a..

Uh, uh, no. No, that was Barney.

Uh, now, wait a minute, I'm still ticking 'em.

And there was a, uh..

Hm..

There was a..

Uh, let me see now. Uh..

Hm..

I don't hear anymore ticking, Fred.

- Maybe your clock stopped. - "Maybe your clock stopped."

Droll, very droll.

I know I took you someplace.

Uh-huh, I got it.

- 'Boulder Beach.' - Boulder Beach?

Oh, come now, Fred.

'How could you avoid taking your wife on your honeymoon?'

'But if there was a way'

'I know you would have thought of it.'

'I'm surprised you didn't take your pal, Barney'

instead of me.

We spent most of our honeymoon

at the Boulder Beach bowling alley.

Okay, okay

now you've done it.

Done what, Fred?

You got me all upset. I can't eat my dinner.

- 'Okay, I'll throw it out.' - Hey, come back with that.

I'll, uh, I'll eat it out on the front stoop.

Boulder Beach. Hm..

They had a great set of bowling alleys there.

Gee, I hate to have words with Fred.

Neither of us mean what we say when we're mad.

I have a bad day on the job and I take it out on poor Wilma.

- Hiya, Fred. - Barney!

Was so lonesome over on my stoop..

Uh, do you mind?

Be my guest, Barney-boy.

My stoop is your stoop.

Well, we wouldn't be out here unless we was both stupes.

[Fred laughs]

Well, uh, what was it this time, Fred?

Oh, you know, the, uh

you-never-take-me-anyplace routine.

[chuckles] What did you and Betty ding-a-ling about?

'Same thing. I-I think they got a point.'

Yeah, I guess so.

Say, Fred, I've got an idea.

Not the Foreign Legion again.

- No. - Good.

They turned me down last year. Flatfeet.

Fred, let's take the girls out tonight.

Eh, that's not a bad idea.

We take 'em out and we don't have to eat

out here on the stoop so often.

'Yeah, someplace real nice, huh?'

Right, so they'll remember it.

Yeah, but, uh, where?

If they only played pool, it would be no problem.

- Uh, I got it, Fred! - Yeah, what?

How about taking the girls to the ball game?

The ball game?

I'm surprised at you, Barney.

Well, it was just a suggestion.

And it's a dumb suggestion

because the ball team is playing out of town all this week.

Oh, yeah.

Well, uh, l-l-let's brainstorm this, Fred.

Yeah, w-w-we'll come up with something.

- Barney! - What is it, Fred?

This is so big, it scares me.

It's not a brainstorm, it's a regular tycoon.

Well, w-w-what is it, Fred? I'm, I'm all ears.

Wait, don't rush me.

I will let you in on the thought process.

I figure we want the girls to have a good time.

- Right? - 'Right.'

And a good time means lots of fun.

- Right? - Right.

Then I thought

"Where can we have fun?"

And all of a sudden the answer comes to me.

- And that is? - 'The funhouse!'

The funhouse? What a mind!

Yeah, yeah, t-the funhouse down at the amusement park.

What do you think, Barney?

That's great, Fred! It's a wonderful idea.

[chuckles] Yeah, yeah.

Hey, get Betty to come over right away.

We'll spring it on them together.

Boy, won't they be surprised!

(both) The funhouse at the amusement park?

Are you two out of your mind?

What do you think we are, a couple of kids?

Uh, Wilma, uh, j-just a minute.

I-I don't know about you

but I'll settle for the amusement park.

But, Betty, the funhouse?

I know, I know

but I never get any further than the supermarket.

Maybe there are people out there

homes, streets.

'I'll never find out unless we go.'

Well, do we go?

- Alright, I guess so. - Swell.

And, Wilma, start packing plenty of sandwiches, eh?

What?

Fred, once, just once

will you try to forget that stomach of yours?

[laughs] Oh, th-that's asking him

to forget an awful lot, Wilma.

[laughing]

It's cracks like that

that gets a guy a fat lip, Barney.

[instrumental music]

How's the air up there, girls?

It's getting thin, Fred, just like my patience.

[Fred laughing]

The girls are sure having a ball, aren't they, Barney?

Oh, yeah, yeah, they're having a great time.

Remember, Betty, you agreed to let the boys take us here.

I'm sorry, Wilma.

I guess I should've known better.

What happened?

snap

[both screaming]

Are you sure this is safe, Barney?

Oh, sure, sure. You'll love it.

[screaming]

(Fred) Here we go again! Hang on!

[Betty and Wilma screaming]

Come on, girls, they got four seats left

on the rocket-to-the-moon ride.

You and Barney go, Fred.

Betty and I will rest here for a few minutes.

(Fred) 'Okay, but you're gonna miss all the fun.'

I know, I haven't had such fun

since I had a tooth pulled.

We better stop before we laugh our way into a hospital.

Hey, hey, Fred, look.

Uh, there's one of those photo machines, huh?

'"Automatic photos.'

Your picture while you wait."

Yeah. Hey.

I think I'll have a picture taken for Wilma.

[chuckles] She's still carrying the one

I took for my high-school graduation.

Uh, put a coin in the slot, Barney.

- I'm ready. - 'Alright.'

(Barney) 'Now, now, keep your eye on the birdie, Fred.'

clank clank

clank clank

(Fred) It's finished.

How about that, Barney?

'Isn't science wonderful?'

Hey, Fred, look over there.

(Fred) '"Make a record of your voice."'

Hey, that gives me an idea, Barney.

We can make a record for the girls

a sort of souvenir of their night out.

Hey, that's a great idea, Fred.

And every time they say we don't take 'em out

we'll play it back to them.

Okay, Barney, put the coin in.

Put the coin in?

Why is it I'm always the one

that puts the coin in things, Fred?

- You bashful or something? - Of course not, Barney.

It's just that I, uh

uh, haven't got any small change.

Yeah, well, this is the sixth time today

'you didn't have any small change.'

(Fred) 'Hey-hey, hey, how about that?'

(Barney) 'Heh-heh, heh. The bird's got a long-play beak.'

[laughing]

Hey, why don't you go first, Barney, you..

- I don't know what to say. - Oh, gee, Fred, I..

I-I don't know what to say, either.

Oh, brother, every customer, the same thing.

They wanna make a record, but they don't know what to say.

How about "Mary Had A Little lamb?"

"Hickory Dickory Dock?" The alphabet, your names?

Come on, fellows, I was taking a bath when you came in.

Well, uh, uh..

Hey, Barney, I got a good idea.

- Yeah? What? - 'I'll sing.'

Oh, no!

(Fred) 'The girls will love it.'

Oh, boy, I'll need more than a bath after this.

- 'Start the record, Barney.' - 'Right.'

♪ Who's that swinging down the street? ♪

♪ Who's the birdie with the two four beat? ♪

♪ The two beat wails come soft but sweet ♪

♪ Oh listen to the dowdy bird sing ♪

♪ Listen to the rocking bird hey ♪

♪ Listen to the rocking bird ha ♪

♪ The rocking bird is swinging all day long ♪

♪ Ha ha ♪

♪ Listen to the rocking ♪♪

Beats me where they could have gone.

Funny we can't find them. We've been looking for an hour.

I've got a good mind to go home without them.

That's not bad, huh, Barney?

- Play it back once more. - Right, Fred.

♪ Who's that swinging down the street? ♪

♪ Who's the birdie with the two four.. ♪

What's that horrible noise, Wilma?

I don't know.

Maybe some animal is caught in a trap.

Oh, the poor thing.

♪ Hey ♪♪

- Betty, look. - Huh?

(Wilma) 'Fred Flintstone.'

- Oh, hiya, Wilma. - Hiya, Betty.

We've had it, Fred. We're going home.

But we made a record for you.

I'll say you did

the most miserable time on record.

We get one night out

and so these sports take us to an amusement park.

Then they've got the colossal nerve

to leave us sitting on a bench--

While they're having a good time.

Big deal.

Hey, dream stuff, look what I found.

What is it, boy-next-door?

Some cornball cut a side and forgot it.

Hey, just for laughs

let's get the gang together and give it a spin.

Cool, cool, sound the alarm

and we'll meet at my place.

♪ Ha listen to the rocking bird way out ♪

♪ Oh listen to the crazy bird he flips ♪

snap snap

♪ The rocking bird is wailing his last song ♪

♪ Hand me my shooting iron ♪♪

So what's wrong with that?

Nothing, it's the most!

Man, what a beat!

That cat understands us teenagers.

Uh-huh, and so few do.

Okay, worshippers of good music, repeat after me.

We, the teenagers of Bedrock..

(all) We, the teenagers of Bedrock..

...have a new singing idol..

(all) '...have a new singing idol..'

...who understands our problems..

(all) ...who understands our problems..

...and we will be loyal to him forever.

(all) ...and we will be loyal to him forever.

I thought we were going to be loyal forever

to Hot Lips Hannigan.

Oh, that was last week.

Hot Lips is out.

(male #1) 'Colonel, I'm glad you're here.'

'You can put Keen-Teen Record Company on top of the heap.'

- And how's that, sir? - Forget Hot Lips Hannigan.

Forget everybody. Find this new guy and find him fast.

I dubbed some music behind his voice

and this guy is hot, hot, hot. Find him.

We'll put him on personal appearances

'TV shows, the works. We got to cash in fast.'

Don't you fret, sir. I'll get him.

Don't forget, I made a big star

out of that boy from Georgia.

'Eh, uh, what's his name again?'

Never mind. Go, go, go, colonel.

They're fickle record buyers, these teenagers.

Oh, boy, how they fickle. What a business!

Shee!

♪ ...naughty bird is down ♪

♪ The rocking bird is swinging all day long ♪

Say, Fred, isn't that the record you made at the amusement park?

Yeah, how did you get it?

'I didn't, they're playing it on the radio.'

Ah, that's nice.

On the radio?

(man on radio) 'And that's the latest smash hit'

'by that great unknown troubadour.'

'If anyone knows who this singer is'

'please contact the Keen-Teen Record Company immediately.'

I-I-I don't get it.

Hello, Keen-Teen Record Company?

I have that singer you're looking for.

thud

They hung up.

crash

There he is, colonel, there he is.

What do you think? Can we do something with him?

I-I don't know, it won't be easy as with that Georgia boy.

Maybe we can call him The World's Oldest Teenager.

Not bad, not bad.

Now, now, come on, sir, into the next room

'and we'll get you all fixed up.'

What are they doing in there all this time?

The colonel is the best promotion man in the business

ma'am. He's thinking up some kind of gimmick.

- Gimmick? - Yeah, you know?

Something that will catch on with the teenagers.

Okay, boy, come on out.

Hi, Wilma.

Meet Hi-Fye.

Uh, that's his new name.

This boy will sell like crazy.

Why, the clothes will get the kids

'the glasses will pull in the eggheads'

and the gimmick is sensational.

Sir, show him your gimmick

'Hi-boy.'

♪ Scu-ya-dat da-da-du pow ham ♪

♪ Scu-ba da-ba doo-ba doo-doo pa-da-dow pow ♪

♪ A go go go go go go ♪

♪ Listen to him rock listen to him roll ♪

♪ Listen to the ricky-ticky rocking bird ♪

♪ Do you hear him? ♪

♪ Well grab him nail him ♪

♪ Listen to the rocking bird la-ta-toot ♪

♪ Oh listen to the rocking bird he's above ♪

♪ The rocking bird is swinging all day long ♪

♪ Won't you listen to the rocking bird? ♪

♪ He's a crook ♪

♪ Oh listen to the nutty nutty bird ♪

♪ The rocking bird felt.. ♪♪

Gee, it, it's wonderful of Fred

to make Barney his business manager.

Yeah, it gives us all a chance

to go on the personal-appearance tour.

Uh-huh, huh, we're sure getting out of the house

in a big way, hey, Wilma?

Mm-hmm, just think, we'll see all the sights

visit the big cities, stop at the best places.

Uh-huh, and we'll be traveling first class all the way.

[rattling]

This is terrible, Betty.

First class? It's terrible.

Now I know what a milkshake feels like.

Colonel, do we have to travel like this?

Ma'am, it's the only way

to make the one-night stands we're booked for

but just keep in mind, ma'am

there's no business

like show business.

You are so right.

[instrumental music]

And here he is, you cats

your singing idol

'Hi-Fye!'

[crowd cheering]

♪ Scu-ya-dat da-da-du pow ham ♪

♪ Scu-ba da-ba doo-ba doo-doo pa-da-dow pow ♪

♪ A go go go go go go ♪

♪ Listen to him rock listen to him roll ♪

♪ Listen to the ricky-ticky.. ♪

Go, man, go!

♪ Do you hear him? ♪♪

Yay, Hi-Fye!

Go, go, go!

[crowd cheering]

They must have polished that act with sandpaper.

It's kind of scary, isn't it, Wilma?

Yeah, what do those kids see in him?

Those kids are okay, ma'am.

They're the ones that buy the records

and they have the right to get what they pay their money for.

'They know what they want, too.'

What's that?

Something different all the time.

And, oh, boy, is this different!

I wonder whatever happened to that Georgia boy.

Maybe his legs gave out.

[rattling]

You're our idol, Hi-Fye!

Yeah, you're the greatest!

Sign my autograph book next, will you, Hi?

Look at those kids.

You know, Betty, all this hero-worship

could get Fred conceited.

Oh, no, not good old Fred.

Well, I don't know.

Good old Fred is only good old human.

Oh, he's got a good head on his shoulders.

Did you see that, Wilma? Those are smart kids.

They know real talent when they see it.

Real talent, Fred?

Maybe I am the greatest. Who knows?

What's my opinion against millions of music lovers?

Hm.

But I don't wanna talk about myself.

Why don't you girls talk about me for a while?

That good head on his shoulders

is getting bigger all the time.

[instrumental music]

(male #1) 'Hello. Hello, is that you, colonel?'

How's the tour going, huh?

Uh-uh, uh-huh. Great, great.

Hi-Fye is still hot, huh?

Well, keep it jumping.

We got to get it while the getting's good.

Hey, Tony, Tony, press another half million records

and get them out fast. Hi-Fye is still going strong.

[rattling]

Well, Betty, we've been on the road for two weeks.

How do you like the sights?

The o-only sight I've seen on the whole trip

is the one I see in my mirror.

You're not just kidding.

♪ Scu-ya-dat da-da-du pow ham ♪

♪ Scu-ba da-ba doo-ba doo-doo pa-da-dow pow ♪

♪ A go go go go go go ♪

♪ Listen to him rock listen to him roll ♪

♪ Listen to the ricky-ticky rocking bird ♪

♪ Do you hear him? ♪♪

This is awful, Wilma.

I wanna go home.

Let's talk to the colonel again.

Now, don't worry, ladies.

It'll call itself off any time now.

These kids are tough on singing idols.

One day an idol's on top

the next day the FBI couldn't find him.

'You just be patient, ladies. It's gotta happen.'

I hope so, colonel, I hope so.

[rattling]

Colonel, you said a week ago that we'd be going home

and here we are, still on the road.

I don't understand it, either, ladies.

By rights, Hi-Fye should've burned out a long time ago

but he's hotter than ever.

Only happened once before.

Was a good-looking Georgia boy.

Can't think of his name right now.

Had long sideburns.

I'm sorry, ladies.

This Hi-Fye thing could go on for a long time yet.

'You have my sympathies.'

Thanks loads, colonel.

♪ Pam scu-ba da-ba doo-ba doo-doo pa-da-dow pow ♪

♪ Scu-ya-dat da-da-du pow ham ♪

♪ Scu-ba da-ba doo-ba doo-doo pa-da-dow pow ♪

♪ A go go go go go go ♪

♪ Listen to him rock listen to him roll ♪

♪ Listen to the ricky-ticky rocking bird ♪

♪ Do you hear him? ♪

Wilma, I've had it.

Another week of this will drive me out of my mind.

I've been thinking, Betty, and I've got an idea.

What is it?

We'll start an ugly rumor about Hi-Fye

and the kids will drop him like a hot potato.

- What rumor could be that ugly? - Tsk, well..

There's one thing that's unforgivable to teenagers.

[whispering]

[laughs]

- You think it'll work? - I'm sure it will.

Come on, we'll give it a try.

♪ Oh listen to the rocking bird ♪

- 'Oh, Betty.' - 'Yes, Wilma?'

(Wilma) 'Did you hear the lowdown on Hi-Fye?'

N-no, Wilma, what is it?

Well, I got it from a reliable source.

Hi-Fye is really a square.

No!

You mean, like four corners?

(Wilma) 'That's exactly what I mean.'

Did you hear about Hi-Fye?

[whispering]

[gasps]

Did you hear about Hi-Fye?

[whispering]

You mean..

[gasps] No!

The word's getting around fast.

It's the worst word in the teenage language.

Let's hope it works.

♪ Listen to him rock listen to him rock away ♪♪

Yeah!

Thank you, thank you, all you cats!

Thank you! Thank you, everybody!

Thank you!

Hey, where did everybody go?

Endsville, boss, that's what I said.

Endsville, just like that.

Right, colonel.

Stop the machines, Tony.

Hi-Fye's had it.

It means the end of the line, Hi-Fye.

It's where the track comes together up on the pole.

- But what happened? - Who knows?

These kids don't fool around.

You're in or you're out.

'Besides, you're lucky. You can go home now.'

I've got to start a tour

with a kid that plays the bongos with his feet

while he sings.

Comes from Georgia, I hear.

Feels kind of good to be back home again, huh, Barney?

Yeah, and we're lucky to get our old jobs back.

Well, anyway, the girls won't be giving us anymore of that

I-never-get-out-of-the-house routine.

Oh, no, sir, not after that trip

we took across the country.

(Fred) 'Wilma, I'm home.'

[door opens]

'Boy, that dinner looks good.'

'Brontosaurus stew, my favorite dish.'

[rumbling]

'What? Tonight?'

'Are you out of your mind?'

We are definitely not going out tonight

and that's final!

(Barney) 'Tonight? Nothing doing, Betty.'

'Nothing doing! And that's final!'

Betty was ironing all day.

Say no more, Barney, so was Wilma.

You know, Barney, there's something about ironing all day

that brings out the worst in women.

Yeah, but even the worst is pretty good, huh, Fred?

Yeah, bless their

you-never-take-me-out-anyplac e little hearts.

[laughing]

[theme music]

[yawning]

clink

thud

slam

Wilma!

[banging on door]

Wilma!

Come on, Wilma! Open this door!

Wilma!