"Arthur Quarry's Dance Class" is the sixteenth episode of the first season of the original series, The Flintstones. It aired on January 13, 1961.
Synopsis[]
In order to go to dance classes in secret, Fred and Barney join a volunteer fire department.
Plot[]
A wealthy childhood friend bestows gratis to Wilma four tickets to "the swankiest social event of the year"- a dance at the Rockadero Tilton, but Fred and Barney both refuse to go thereto, because neither of them knows how to dance- and both are too ashamed of this fact to admit it to the wives. Yet, Fred and Barney are determined to learn dancing technique, and when a book with foot diagrams is not particularly helpful, the pair decide to enroll at Arthur Quarry's Dancing School.
With only a week to go until the Rockadero Tilton's event, Fred and Barney are required to enlist in a "crash course" of four lessons per every evening. In order to excuse themselves from home without revealing their dance tutelage to Wilma and Betty, the husbands join Joe Rockhead's Volunteer Fire Department, which is really a ploy for the males of Bedrock to regularly leave their homes for leisurely purposes.
Whenever the fire bell rings- always at 7:30 P.M., the intrepid volunteer firefighters leave their houses to battle non-existent blazes (Bedrock's buildings are all built from stone and cannot burn). Fred and Barney use their Volunteer Fire Department membership to enable them to attend dance class without Wilma and Betty's knowledge, intending to surprise the women with their newly acquired talent on the Rockadero Tilton dance floor.
However, Wilma and Betty are suspicious and summon the Volunteer Fire Department- minus Fred and Barney- on the pretense of a real fire. They demand, with threat of revealing the deceptive nature of Rockhead's civic mindedness, to know the true whereabouts of Fred and Barney. Rockhead divulges Flintstone and Rubble's location, and Wilma and Betty replace the ravishing dancing teachers to surprise Fred and Barney at Arthur Quarry's School. Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty go to the Rockadero Tilton dance, where Fred and Barney "trip the light fantastic" with an unvarying two-step.
Characters[]
- Mailman (only appearance)
- Wilma Flintstone
- Betty Rubble
- Gussie Gotsrock (only time mentioned)
- Beardlsey Gotsrock III (only time mentioned)
- Fred Flintstone
- Barney Rubble
- Dino
- Dance class manager (only appearance)
- Joe Rockhead
- Ms. Gravel (only appearance)
- Ms. Pitchblend (only appearance)
Locations[]
Bedrock[]
- Flintstone home
- Rubble home
- Arthur Quarry Dance School (only appearance)
- Joe Rockhead's Volunteer Fire Department (only appearance)
- Rockadero Tilton (only appearance)
Objects[]
- Rock Bell Phone
- How to Dance with Diagrams (only appearance)
Animals[]
- Triceratops (as a mail cart)
- Snorkasaurus
- Bird (as a record player)
- Stegosaurus (as a fire truck)
Vehicles[]
Cast[]
Notes/Trivia[]
- The Arthur Quarry dance class is a spoof of the dance studio chains of Arthur Murray.
- This is the first time that Mel Blanc gave Barney Rubble a deep chuckle American with a deep chuckle American accent.
Errors[]
- None known.
| Season 1 of The Flintstones |
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| "The Flagstones" • "The Flintstone Flyer" • "Hot Lips Hannigan" • "The Swimming Pool" • "No Help Wanted" • "The Split Personality" • "The Monster from the Tar Pits" • "The Babysitters" • "At the Races" • "The Engagement Ring" • "Hollyrock, Here I Come" • "The Golf Champion" • "The Sweepstakes Ticket" • "The Drive-In" • "The Prowler" • "The Girls' Night Out" • "Arthur Quarry's Dance Class" • "The Big Bank Robbery" • "The Snorkasaurus Hunter" • "The Hot Piano" • "The Hypnotist" • "Love Letters on the Rocks" • "The Tycoon" • "The Astra' Nuts" • "The Long, Long Weekend" • "In the Dough" • "The Good Scout" • "Rooms for Rent" • "Fred Flintstone: Before and After" |