The Flintstones (TV Series)

The Gambler (1962)

Alan Reed: Fred Flintstone

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Quotes 

• Fred Flintstone : WILMA!

  Wilma Flintstone : Uh-oh. Something's gone wrong. Yes, Fred?

  Fred Flintstone : Wilma, I had some money stashed away in the holes of my bowling ball. Did you touch it?

  Wilma Flintstone : Oh, yes, Fred, I meant to tell you. The men came and I had to give them some money.

  Fred Flintstone : Oh, boy. ''The men came.'' What men?

  Wilma Flintstone : The men came to repossess the TV set because you haven't been making payments. Just as they were taking it, I happened to remember the money in the bowling ball.

  Fred Flintstone : ''Happened to remember the money in the bowling ball''? And how did you happen to remember something you didn't know about?

  Wilma Flintstone : Uh, I'm thinking, I'm thinking. Um, I was dusting and happened to run across the money.

  Fred Flintstone : [sarcastically]  Well, ain't I the lucky guy? What a good housekeeper I have. She even dusts the holes of my bowling ball.

• [after Wilma buys new furniture] 

  Fred Flintstone : So help me, I'll never bet again. There's a better way. Barney?

  Barney Rubble : Yes, Fred?

  Fred Flintstone : Here's a rag for you and one for me.

  Barney Rubble : Well, uh, what's the rag for, Fred?

  Fred Flintstone : Dusting. What else? We might get lucky and find some money to help pay for all this.

• [Fred wants to cancel his newspaper] 

  Arnold : Uh, you'd like to pay me what you owe me, sir?

  Fred Flintstone : Of course. How much is it?

  Arnold : $22.12

  Fred Flintstone : $22?

  Arnold : That's right, Mr. Flintstone. You haven't paid me for a long time. You kept saying, ''Put it on my bill. Put it on my bill.''

  Fred Flintstone : I didn't know it was so much.

• Betty Rubble : And Fred never has bet again?

  Wilma Flintstone : Never. He's been an ideal husband ever since.

  Fred Flintstone : WILMA!

  Betty Rubble : Your ideal husband is home, Wilma.

  Wilma Flintstone : I didn't say he was perfect. He's ideal as husbands go.

• Wilma Flintstone : Fred, what's going on?

  Fred Flintstone : [chuckles nervously]  Oh. I, uh, I, uh, told Barney I loaned our TV to Arnold's boys' club and good old Barney, he said, and I quote, uh, ''You can have mine until you get yours back.''

  [chuckles] 

  Fred Flintstone : Wasn't that nice of him?

  Wilma Flintstone : Fred Flintstone, you give that set back to Barney.

  Barney Rubble : You heard what the lady said, Fred. You heard it.

  Fred Flintstone : You, Barney, are a false friend.

  Barney Rubble : [leaves with his TV set]  Right, Fred. And we false friends like to watch our TV programs.

• Barney Rubble : A fellow needs a little fun money hidden. You never know what might turn up. A little dough stashed away in the holes of a bowling ball saves a lot of arguing.

  Fred Flintstone : Barney?

  Barney Rubble : Yes, Fred?

  Fred Flintstone : Does Betty do a lot of dusting?

  Barney Rubble : Why, uh, yeah, she's always dusting.

  Fred Flintstone : I'll bet that dough has been dusted right out of that ball.

  Barney Rubble : [looks inside his bowling ball]  Fred, you're right! Betty beat me to it!

• Arnold : I can't play anymore, Mr. Flintstone. You can pay me now.

  Fred Flintstone : I cannot. I don't carry that kind of dough on me. Don't you trust me?

  Arnold : Sure, I trust you, Mr. Flintstone, because you're a real sport and a real sport never welches. He may not pay for his newspapers, but a wager to a real sport is a debt of honor.

  Fred Flintstone : Where do these kids pick up this stuff?