The Flintstones (TV Series)
The Twitch (1962)
Alan Reed: Fred Flintstone
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Quotes
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Betty Rubble : Oh, there's Fred. What does he say?
Wilma Flintstone : We haven't discussed it. He's been working so hard lately, all I hear is three things, "What a day, I'm beat," and "What's for dinner?"
[Fred comes in the house, exhausted]
Fred Flintstone : Oh, boy. What a day. I am beat. Wilma, what's for dinner? I'm starving.
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Fred Flintstone : What's for dinner?
Wilma Flintstone : [to Betty] How would a trained seal be?
Fred Flintstone : Wilma, I've told you a hundred times, no new recipes.
Wilma Flintstone : [giggles] It's not for you, Fred. It's for the Ladies Auxiliary.
Fred Flintstone : Well, they can get their own dinner.
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Barney Rubble : I thought you were going to tell Wilma the truth, Fred.
Fred Flintstone : I was.
Barney Rubble : So what happened?
Fred Flintstone : She hit me with a fast "I told you so" and I was obliged to defend myself with the Rock Roll story.
Barney Rubble : Oh, that's terrible. What are you gonna do?
Fred Flintstone : The honorable thing, of course. Sneak out of town.
Barney Rubble : And leave Wilma holding the bag? Fred, you wouldn't.
Fred Flintstone : No, no, I guess not. She can come with me.
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Wilma Flintstone : Gee, Betty, are you as excited as I am?
Betty Rubble : And how. Oh, the show's a complete sellout thanks to Fred.
Fred Flintstone : Think nothing of it, girls. No trouble.
[chuckles]
Fred Flintstone : All it took was...
Barney Rubble : Some crying, begging, and pleading.
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Wilma Flintstone : Hi, Fred. Well, I told you so.
Fred Flintstone : You told me what?
Wilma Flintstone : That you can't hire a star for $35.00.
Fred Flintstone : You're dead sure I failed today, aren't you, Wilma?
Wilma Flintstone : Fred, even you can't do the impossible.
Fred Flintstone : [sarcastically] Oh, your confidence in me is very touching.
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[Sam Stone offers Fred Mr. Chips, a chimpanzee, to be his act]
Fred Flintstone : Gee, I don't know what to say, Sammy.
Sam : Say it's charity, sweetheart, when you get a big star who'll work for peanuts, salary wise.
Fred Flintstone : Well, uh, uh, uh, what's his act?
Sam : Uh, he's a method actor, Fred. Strictly method.
Barney Rubble : Hey, what's that mean?
Sam : Give us some method acting, Chips, baby.
[Mr. Chips scratches under his arm and yawns]
Barney Rubble : Hey, those method actors sure can act.
[laughs]
Barney Rubble : He's... He's got me thinking he's a chimpanzee.
Fred Flintstone : He IS a chimpanzee! And his act would make my wife look like a monkey!
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Barney Rubble : Well, gee, Fred, uh, what are you gonna tell Wilma?
Fred Flintstone : The truth, what else?
Barney Rubble : What you usually tell her, a story.
Fred Flintstone : No, Barney, no. I'm simply going to walk in and say, "Wilma, I did my best, but I failed. I did not get an act for your show."
Barney Rubble : Are you sure you want to do that?
Fred Flintstone : Of course. What can she do? Sue me?
Barney Rubble : No, but don't say I didn't tell you so when Wilma says, "I told you so."