The Flintstones (TV Series)

Groom Gloom (1963)

Alan Reed: Fred Flintstone

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Quotes 

• [in Fred's dream, Pebbles and Arnold are leaving to get married] 

  Fred Flintstone : No, no! Pebbles, come back! Wilma, your child is eloping!

  Wilma Flintstone : I'm going after them.

  Fred Flintstone : That's the girl!

  Wilma Flintstone : Maybe they'll give me a lift to the beauty parlor.

• [in his dream, the elderly Fred rushes into a church, hoping to find Arnold and Pebbles] 

  Fred Flintstone : Stop the music! Hold the presses! I demand this wedding be stopped!

  [Fred discovers that the bride and groom are an aged Betty and Barney] 

  Fred Flintstone : Uh, Betty? Barney? Well, what are you doing here?

  Barney Rubble : You tell us, it's your dream.

  Betty Rubble : We're getting married, that's what we're doing.

  Fred Flintstone : But you're already married. You got married 25 years ago.

  Barney Rubble : Well, you can't expect us to remember everything that happened 25 years ago.

• [in his dream, an elderly Fred discovers Pebbles is marrying Arnold] 

  Fred Flintstone : No, sir! She's not marrying Arnold and that's final! F-I-N-L, final!

• Fred Flintstone : Pebbles, sweetheart. Am I glad you're still a baby. Promise me you'll never grow up.

  Wilma Flintstone : Fred! What a silly thing to say.

  Fred Flintstone : Oh, yeah? Just wait 20 years and see if you still think so.

• Fred Flintstone : Where's Pebbles?

  Arnold : She's right here with me, Mr. Flintstone.

  Fred Flintstone : Arnold! Out! Out! Beat it! Give me my daughter and get out of here!

  Arnold : But...

  Fred Flintstone : Anyone who'd fly around with my daughter on an elephant is not welcome here!

  Arnold : [to Wilma]  What's wrong with him?

  Wilma Flintstone : He must've had a bad dream.

  Fred Flintstone : You can say that again.

• Arnold : Have you had enough, Mr. Flintstone?

  Fred Flintstone : No, I haven't. Now, come on. One more game. Double or nothing.

  Arnold : But you've already lost $7.28 plus 80 cents in side bets. That's $8.00.

  Fred Flintstone : I know. I can add, too. Now, let's see. Eight and eight is 18... Okay, Arnold. 18 bucks or nothing. Come on.

• Fred Flintstone : All right, Arnold, if you're here to deliver the paper, let's have it.

  Arnold : Yes, sir.

  [Arnold tosses the paper which hits Fred in the head] 

  Fred Flintstone : Oof! Why, you...

  Barney Rubble : Oh, hold it, Fred. You said, "Let's have it."

  Arnold : I'm sorry, Mr. Flintstone.

  Fred Flintstone : [mimics Arnold]  "I'm sorry, Mr. Flintstone. I'm sorry, Mr. Flintstone."

• [Arnold and Fred are about to play table tennis] 

  Arnold : Ready, Mr. Flintstone?

  Fred Flintstone : Yeah.

  [Arnold serves the ball and it swiftly passes Fred] 

  Barney Rubble : One to nothing.

  Fred Flintstone : Wait a minute, Barney! I wasn't ready!

  Barney Rubble : But Arnold asked you if you was ready and you said, "Yeah."

  Fred Flintstone : Yeah, I said, "Yeah," but I didn't mean, "Yeah, I was ready." I meant, "Yeah, I'm getting... ready to be ready."