The Flintstones (TV Series)

The Beauty Contest (1961)

Alan Reed: Fred Flintstone

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• [after Slate had just asked Fred to vote for his daughter, Bessie, in the Beauty Contest] 

  Fred Flintstone : Oh, boy. Well, I'll take a look at Bessie's picture. Maybe...

  [looks at Bessie's picture and is greatly shocked] 

  Fred Flintstone : Oh, no! Yeech!

• Barney Rubble : And then Big Louie said he promised Cookie she was going to win. Oh, I-I-I'm scared of that guy, Fred. We better vote for Cookie or I'm going to get it. Uh, what do you say, Fred?

  Fred Flintstone : Well, I say I never heard of such abject cringing in all my life. I'm ashamed of you, Barney. It's up to us citizens to resist a guy like Big Louie. We can't let that element force us. We can't compromise our integrity. We got to stand up and defy him. We give in to intimidation once, and we're lost. Barney, my boy, we have a job to do, and we'll do it. Right?

  Barney Rubble : Right, Fred. We'll vote for whoever we want.

  Fred Flintstone : Right. And we want to vote for Bessie.

  Barney Rubble : Bessie? Who's Bessie?

  Fred Flintstone : My boss's daughter.

  Barney Rubble : Your boss's daughter? You mean, you'd... you'd let me get knocked off so you could get in good with your boss?

  Fred Flintstone : Oh, the way you say it, Barney, sounds bad.

  Barney Rubble : Okay, you got another way of saying it?

  Fred Flintstone : Uh, no, but I sure wish I had.

• Fred Flintstone : Oh, Wilma! I'm home! Sweetheart, was there any mail for me today?

  Wilma Flintstone : [Angrily]  No, just a phone call.

  Fred Flintstone : Oh, who from?

  Wilma Flintstone : Some girl.

  Fred Flintstone : [Realizing he's in trouble]  Some girl?

  Wilma Flintstone : Her measurements are 45-23-34.

  Fred Flintstone : That's some girl, all right.