List of The Flintstones Episodes - Season 1 (1960–61)

Fred fakes illness so he and Barney can get out of taking their wives to the opera, as the night coincides with a Bowling Championship. Using Barney's home-made prehistoric helicopter as a means of escape, the two then join their bowling team for the tournament. They almost get away with their scheme, until loose-lipped Barney gives away their night's activities. Note: on this and many other early episodes, Wilma and Betty are depicted as domestically abusive wives. In later episodes this happens only occasionally (those others included Peek a Boo Camera, Buffalo Convention for example); most episodes, though, usually show them as good-natured but a little short-tempered.

Believing he has made Wilma and Betty disappear through magic, Fred capitalizes on his newfound freedom by taking Barney to a nightclub, the Rockland, where an old friend, trumpeter Hot Lips Hannigan, is performing. Fred even sings a song (the Saints). The jazz is cool until the wives show up, under the guise of two "hepp chicks", to teach their wayward husbands a lesson. Note: this is one of two episodes in which Fred has ability to sing. After the start of season two, Fred no longer has such abilities.

First episode produced; incorporated scenes from "The Flagstones" pilot—Fred and Barney build a joint swimming pool in their back yards, leading to fights before Fred's surprise birthday party. Bill Thompson is the police sergeant's voice and Hal Smith does the voice of the grumpy next door neighbor. (A brief snippet of this episode, newly animated, shows up later in a Jetsons episode, "Elroy's Mob"; a classmate of Elroy's watches it on his wristwatch TV, before the teacher catches him at it and confiscates it.)

Fred uses his influence with a business friend to obtain a job for Barney, who becomes a furniture repossessor. To the dismay of both, Barney's first assignment is to repossess Fred's television set! Unwilling to betray his friend, Barney pays off Fred's delinquent television bill with his first paycheck. Hal Smith and Frank Nelson provide several voices. Note: This is the first episode that has no laugh track in recent broadcasts. Also this is the first episode with Dino making an appearance.

After being hit on the head with a bottle, Fred contracts amnesia and becomes an Englishman called "Frederick." A later episode several years later, "Monster Fred," would be slightly based on this episode.

A Hollyrock film company goes on location in Bedrock to film its new feature "The Monster from the Tar Pits," and gullible Fred is enlisted as stand-in for star Gary Granite. But Fred's real problems begin when Wilma and Betty audition for roles in the film and end up going ga-ga upon meeting movie stars Rock Pile and Wednesday Tuesday. Would be reworked several years later in the episode "Son of Rockzilla".

Fred and Barney agree to babysit Wilma's nephew, Egbert, which makes them miss a chance to go and see the fights. A blackout of the event in their area prompts them to bring Egbert with them their friend Joe Rockhead's house so they can watch the fight. Paul Frees and Daws Butler provide several voices.

To finance their dream of opening a pool hall, Fred and Barney visit the dinosaur racetrack where Fred bets his entire paycheck on a long shot. To cover for gambling, Fred pretends to have been beaten by a robber and tells Wilma that he has lost his check. When the longshot pays off, Fred and Barney are initially elated, but they quickly realize their problems are only beginning. Hal Smith provides the voice of Fred's Boss.

Barney decides to surprise Betty with a belated engagement ring, which he gives to Fred for safekeeping. But Wilma discovers the ring and assumes it is a gift for her. Not wanting to shatter her illusions, Fred decides to buy a second ring, but doesn't have the cash. He cons Barney into going several rounds with a boxing champ in order to win a $500 prize. Frank Nelson provides the voice of the "Buddy-Buddy Jewelers" manager; Bill Thompson is a customer.

Wilma and Betty win a trip to Hollyrock from a television contest. Finding themselves lonely and bored, Fred and Barney take vacations from work and follow them out. When Wilma is "discovered," Fred muscles his own way into the world of television to bring her back. Jerry Mann does the voice of the TV director.

Fred's victory in The Loyal Order of Dinosaurs golf tournament is soured when club president Barney withholds his trophy for nonpayment of club dues. Fred retaliates by demanding that Barney return every item he has borrowed over the years. The stalemate continues until Wilma and Betty manage to bring their husbands back together — again. This episode marks the first time, John Stephenson provided voices for The Flintstones; he is The Golf commentator. Joe Rockhead and Left Foot Charlie.

Barney hides the sweepstakes ticket he and Fred have bought in the lining of an old coat, which Betty subsequently gives to a passing hobo. While the boys try to recover the ticket, convinced it is the winning one, Wilma and Betty have their own winning ticket stashed away at the Rubbles' house.

Fed up with their jobs, Fred and Barney secretly plan to buy a drive-in restaurant, but then Fred has to deal with a suspicious Wilma, who wants to know why two young girls (carhops seeking jobs) are calling for him, and what the messages regarding two tons of dino-burger meat mean. This episode contains the song "Burger on a Bun (The Car Hop Song)." Ginny Tyler voices one of the carhops while Nancy Wible voices the other.

With a burglar on the loose in Bedrock, Betty decides to take judo lessons to protect herself. When Wilma wants to take lessons also, Fred ridicules the idea, arguing that one glimpse of a burglar would send her running in fear. To prove his point, Fred poses as the burglar and sneaks into the Rubble household, on the same night a real criminal shows up. Later episode, The Kissing Burglar is loosely based on this episode.

Fred and Barney decide to treat their wives to a night out, at an amusement park. Fred cuts a song at a recording booth as a souvenir but misplaces the record. It is later discovered by a group of teens who pass it along to a DJ, and Fred is suddenly transformed into unwitting rock star "Hi-Fye."

Fred and Barney sign up for dance lessons at Arthur Quarry's so that they do not humiliate themselves at the charity ball. Their excuse that they have joined the volunteer fire department falls apart when Betty and Wilma realize that the all-stone town of Bedrock is fireproof. The wives then suspect that their husbands are slipping out to meet other women.

When Fred discovers a bag containing $86,000, his dreams of being a wealthy man finally seem to be coming true. But the money has been stolen from the bank, so Wilma and Betty force Fred and Barney to return the money to the bank, and unwittingly set them up as the primary suspects! The wives set a trap for the real culprits and Fred ends up saving the day.

Would-be hunter Fred convinces Wilma and the Rubbles to spend their vacation time in the mountains, hunting for snorkasaurus. Fred is successful in his hunt, but he gets more than he bargained for when the wives insist that the snorkasaurus be taken home as their new pet, Dino. Note: While this episode shows how they got Dino, he appeared previously on "Arthur Quarry's Dance Class", which was being made at around the same time but aired first. Also, Dino appeared earlier on "No Help Wanted."

To commemorate his 10th wedding anniversary (which he only remembers because it falls on "Trash Day"), Fred wants to buy Wilma a Stoneway piano. He finds a hot deal—ultimately too hot — from a shady, cash-only businessman named "88 Fingers Louie." Daws Butler provides several voices.

While attempting to demonstrate his skill as a hypnotist to his wife and the Rubbles, Fred manages to hypnotize Barney into thinking that he is a frisky puppy, but is then unable to reverse the trick.

Jealous Fred's discovery of a love poem that was sent to Wilma prompts him to hire Bedrock's top detective, Perry Gunnite (a parody of Peter Gunn), to find out who the home-wrecking poet is. Gunnite's investigation mistakenly points to Barney. Fred plans revenge against his friend until Wilma reminds her husband that he had written the poem himself many years earlier, during their courtship.

When industrial tycoon J.L. Gotrocks decides he wants to rub shoulders with the common people, dead-ringer Fred is hired to fill-in for him in the boardroom. Fred savors his new lifestyle at the country club, but the plan begins to unravel when J.L. demonstrates little tolerance for the common folk. Note: This is the first episode to feature "multiple Freds". A few years later, for example, "King for a Night" would use a similar story line.

Thinking they are undergoing an examination for insurance, Fred and Barney mistakenly sign up for a three-year stint in the Army! After a tearful goodbye from their wives, the guys enter into the service, where they quickly blunder their way into volunteering for the first lunar-landing mission—after being conned by a Sgt Bilko-like NCO.

Fred's old friend Gus Gravel (voiced by Willard Waterman) invites the Flintstones and Rubbles to his seaside hotel for an all-expense-paid vacation. But upon arriving, the foursome finds that the hotel's planned "activities" seem more like work, because the entire hotel staff has quit just prior to their arrival. Gus finally confesses the truth to his four new guests, adding further bad news in that a huge convention is about to arrive, and Gus needs the Flintstones and Rubbles to stay on and work as hotel staff! Note: This is the first time that the club name "Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes" appears; Fred and Barney, who have previously been members of "The Loyal Order of Dinosaurs," are now members of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes.

Wilma and Betty are finalists in a television bake-off, but on the eve of the event, they contract measles. Donning wigs and dresses, Fred and Barney take their places in the contest, but one of the guys' carelessness could jeopardize the win of the grand prize.

Assuming the command of a Boy Scout troop, Fred quickly learns the hazards of a "routine" camping trip. Fred blunders his way through until an overnight flood leaves him and the troop hanging on a tree limb over a treacherous waterfall, hoping a ranger will rescue them. Later, the scouts give him a reward. Lucille Bliss is one of the scouts' voices.

Tired of hearing their husbands complain about finances, Wilma and Betty rent rooms to student musicians. Fred and Barney go along with the arrangement, unaware that their wives are providing the lodging in return for music and dancing lessons. Daws Butler is one of the students.

Fred agrees to appear in a before-and-after weight reduction commercial, but is humiliated to learn that he is the before example. An offer of $1,000 if he can drop 25 lbs. in a month fails miserably, as does every other diet plan, until an overeaters group, "Food Anonymous," takes him on as a challenge. When he finally loses the weight, the overeaters group still will not let him go back to his old ways. Bern Bennett is the emcee's voice.