The Flintstones

Come on, Fred, make a wish then blow out the candles.

Yeah.

Quiet out there. l gotta get some sleep.

Barney to the rescue.

Fred, you're home early.

Yep, l wanted to catch you before you started cooking.

Wait till you see what l brought home for dinner.

Fred, if you think l'm gonna stuff pheasant at this hour--

-lt's not pheasant and l'll do the cooking. -What did you buy?

A couple of dinosaur steaks, New York cut, two inches thick.

-They look a little stringy to me. -Don't be a wise guy. They're gone.

You must've left them at the butchers.

l tell you l had them when l came right home.

So how could l've....

-What's that? -Barney, barbecuing next door.

How could those steaks disappear? l swear l didn't stop anywhere.

What's he barbecuing?

-Smells like steak. -Yeah.

And l didn't let this bag out of my sight for a sec....

Steak? Did you say steak?

What a sneak! l just put that bag down for a second.

Hi, neighbor. How do you like these?

Couple of dinosaur steaks, two inches thick.

-Makes your mouth water, doesn't it? -lt does, does it?

ls he gonna get a fist full of fingers in that mouth.

-Okay, wise guy. Hand them over. -Hand what over?

-Hey, let go of those steaks. -Okay, neighbor, you asked for it.

l found your steaks right here on the wall.

You owe Barney an apology.

Yeah, say you're sorry and let me have them.

l'm sorry and l'm gonna let you have both of them.

What's that for?

That's for the next thing you do wrong.

lt's ridiculous, that's what it is.

Two grown men acting like a couple of kids.

They haven't spoken to each other for five days.

l'm sick and tired of it.

l told Barney to go right over and make up with Fred.

-What did he say? -He absoIuteIy refused.

So I said, ''I'm going to invite my mother for a few weeks if you don't. ''

Really? What'd he say then?

Hi, Wilma.

l'll call you back, Barney is here now.

-Hello, Barney. -l was just wondering if....

-How's everything, Wilma? -Fine, Barney. l'll go call him.

Fred, a friend of yours is here.

lf his name's Barney, he's no friend of mine.

lt's all right, Wilma. But as long as l'm here...

l'd like the return of some property of mine...

which certain people borrowed...

but obviously don't intend to ever return.

-l'm referring to my ladder, if l may. -Of course, Barney, help yourself.

lf he's no friend of mine, l'm no friend of his.

You did that on purpose!

-So long, neighbor. -Come back, you coward.

Betty, open the front door for a coward!

l'll head him off at the pass.

Help!

Fred, are you all right?

l will be as soon as l get out of this stupid hole...

and lay my hands on you.

That's not a stupid hole. That's gonna be my swimming pool.

l don't care what it's gonna be. l'm gonna sue you for....

-Swimming pool? -That's right.

Oh, boy! Swim parties, barbecues, water polo.

You know, the works.

Too bad we're not friends anymore, neighbor.

Maybe you're not my friend, neighbor, but l'm still yours.

-What do you mean? -Just this.

l'm gonna show you how you can get your pool for nothing.

-l don't get it. -Well, it's simple.

lf you build half a pool...

and somebody gives you the other half free...

Yeah.

...you're getting your half for nothing, right?

But who's giving me the other half free?

Who is your bosom buddy, close pal, and lifelong friend?

-How many guesses do l get? -Barney, you're looking right at him.

See you around, bosom buddy, close pal, and lifelong friend.

Come back here.

-What's that supposed to be? -A diagram of the finished pool.

This is how it works.

Here's your half, and here's my half that you get free...

with a diving board at either end.

You keep saying l get your half free, but it's in your yard.

Well, without my half you only got half a pool, right?

-Yeah, but.... -All right.

Now look at the advantages of owning a pool with somebody else.

You get all the expenses, the chlorine, the filters, the pool toys...

the cranophrane, the phonostein.

-The what? -Cranophrane and the phonostein.

You gotta put it in every week, you know?

-Sure. -And it all costs money.

We own the pool together, we share the cost.

-We do? -And besides all that...

l'm throwing in this little surprise free.

-For me? -For you, buddy.

You're one of the good ones, Fred. l'm ashamed of myself.

Some friendships are written in blood, Barney-boy...

but this one is written in water.

-Water? -Pool water, that is.

That's funny.

Start digging.

-l'm digging, Fred. Look, l'm digging. -All right.

You have to admit one thing...

they've been getting along real great since they started this pool deal.

Why not? Barney is doing all the work.

Four thousand more buckets and the last one in is a hot potato.

Keep up the good work, Barney-boy. You're almost there.

My half isn't even filled yet.

lt's a big job, neighbor.

Okay, at this rate it's gonna take all day.

No, it's not. Relax, Barney. Because l'm gonna help you.

You are?

Yes. l'm gonna get you a bigger bucket.

-How do l look? - Tres chic, sir.

You might say around the world in 80 inches.

Yeah, it is tres chic, all right, even if l say so myself.

You think it's a little tight around the middle?

No. Snug, perhaps, but tight, never.

You have a handsome physique, sir.

Yeah, l know.

Barney should have it filled by now.

Oh, boy, swim parties, barbecues....

-All through, Barney? -Last bucket, Fred.

Last one in is a hot potato.

Wait for me!

Out goes the bad air

In goes the good

-We should have left them in for good. -Don't give me any ideas.

Out goes the bad air

Wilma, when are we going shopping?

As soon as l serve His Majesty's lunch. He's dining at the pool today.

-Where's Barney? -He's trying on his gear.

Gear?

He's gonna practice spearfishing in the pool.

Spearfishing?

l'll be right back. l gotta go feed the fish.

-Where do you want it, Fred? -Set it down where l can reach it.

And remember if you sink...

don't let my best dishes go down with the ship.

-Take me to your leader. -Barney, it's you.

Did my spearfishing outfit scare you?

Out of my wits.

And don't scare Fred, or he'll lose his lunch and my dishes.

Hi, Fred.

-And what are you made up for? -l'm gonna practice spearfishing.

You can't lose. You'll spear them or they'll die laughing.

How does it work? And don't point that thing at me.

-l'm sorry. -lt's loaded.

You're making it awful tough to be good neighbors.

No use wasting the lunch.

Hey, Charlie, how soon till quitting time?