"Feudin' and Fussin'" is the twentieth episode of the second season and the forty-eighth overall episode of the original series, The Flintstones. It aired on February 2, 1962.
Synopsis[]
Fred and Barney fight before a golf tournament leading to the Rubbles moving house.
Plot[]
Barney's attempt to learn how to play golf disturbs Fred's sleep, during which Fred has been dreaming of championship in a golf tournament. Irate at Barney for ruining his sweet dream, Fred's patience is limited and when he discovers that he is ten minutes behind schedule to go to the Bedrock Golf Club for a game "on the green" with Charlie Pulmerstone, Fred collects his golf clubs and scurries to his car.
Seconds after Fred's departure from his driveway, his telephone rings and Barney gets the communication from Charlie, who wants to inform Fred that he cannot play golf with Fred on this day. Barney, on foot, chases a hurrying-and-refusing-to-listen Fred all of the way to the golf course to relay Charlie's disappointing news to his eager opponent and Fred blames messenger Rubble for not revealing the unavailability of Charlie before Fred's arrival at the golf tee. Brusquely dismissing Barney as stupid, Fred drives his car back to his home and refuses to allow an again-running Barney to sit in the passenger seat.
When Barney urges atonement from Fred for the abrasive remark, Fred says that he is sorry that Barney is stupid, which is insulting to Barney and the Rubbles decline to join Fred and Wilma for a weekly bridge game. Fred's pride prevents him from saying sorry to Barney "from his heart (and not only) from his mouth." So, for nine days, Fred lives without his best friend, playing gin and badminton with himself quite effectively, until Wilma shows Fred an old photograph album containing childhood and wartime pictures of Fred and Barney and Fred's sentimentality for his life-long pal conquers his insufferable pride.
When he goes to Barney's door, however, he hears that Barney is in the process, through Quickstone Real Estate, of selling the Rubble home to a wealthy Texarockan, Yippee-Aye-O'Rock, for $20,000! Determined to prevent the transaction, Fred disguises himself in a moustache and workman's hat as a Freeway Commission representative to falsely announce to the Texarockan that a road will be built through the Rubbles' for-sale house and O'Rock refuses to buy the property. After O'Rock and Mr. Quickstone have departed the Flintstone-Rubble neighborhood, Fred says sorry wholeheartedly to Barney with a humility that surprises even Fred!
Characters[]
- Fred Flintstone
- Wilma Flintstone
- Barney Rubble
- Betty Rubble
- Tex Yippee-Aye-O'Rock (only appearance)
- Sam Quickstone (only appearance)
- Charlie Pulmerstone (only mentioned)
Locations[]
Bedrock[]
- Flintstone home
- Rubble home
- Bedrock Golf Club
- Quickstone Real Estate Company (only appearance, in a sign)
Objects[]
- Flintstones' TV
- Rock Bell Phone
- Guitar
- Fishing poles
- Drums
- Tuba horn
- Golf clubs
- Golf ball
- Badminton ball
- Badminton racquet
- Golf Hints book (only appearance)
- Bridge cards
- Fred's old photo album
- Rockgyle socks
Food[]
- Chocolate Chip Dinosaur Cookies (only appearance)
- Pterodactyl Drumstick
Animals[]
- Sheepasauruses
- Mammoth (as a faucet)
- Rhinosaurus (as an ironing board)
- Pterodactyl (as a Pterodactyl drumstick)
- Water Buffalo (only mentioned)
Vehicles[]
Cast[]
| Alan Reed | Fred Flintstone |
|---|---|
| Jean Vander Pyl | Wilma Flintstone |
| Mel Blanc | Barney Rubble Elephant Rhinosaurus |
| Bea Benaderet | Betty Rubble |
| John Stephenson | Sam Quickstone |
| Hal Smith | Tex Yippie-Aye-O'Rock |
Notes/Trivia[]
- Tex's last name is Yippee-Aye-O'Rock.
- Barney and Fred were Boy Scouts. They also served in "The War" (presumably the Stone Age equivalent of World War II).
- The only time the Flintstone's basement was mentioned.
Errors[]
- None known.
| Season 2 of The Flintstones |
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| "The Hit Songwriters" • "Droop-Along Flintstone" • "The Missing Bus" • "Alvin Brickrock Presents" • "Fred Flintstone Woos Again" • "The Rock Quarry Story" • "The Soft Touchables" • "Flintstone of Prinstone" • "The Little White Lie" • "Social Climbers" • "The Beauty Contest" • "The Masquerade Ball" • "The Picnic" • "The House Guest" • "The X-Ray Story" • "The Gambler" • "A Star is Almost Born" • "The Entertainer" • "Wilma's Vanishing Money" • "Feudin' and Fussin'" • "Impractical Joker" • "Operation Barney" • "The Happy Household" • "Fred Strikes Out" • "This is Your Lifesaver" • "Trouble-in-Law" • "The Mailman Cometh" • "The Rock Vegas Story" • "Divided We Sail" • "Kleptomaniac Caper" • "Latin Lover" • "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" |