Foxy Grandma

Foxy Grandma
Details
Show	The Flintstones
Season	3
Episode number	81
Production number	P-80
Original airdate	February 8, 1963 (ABC)
Recording Date	August 30, 1962
Crew
Animated by	Ed Love Harry Holt Ed Parks
Layout	Dick Bickenbach Lance Nolley Dan Noonan
Background	Curtis D. Perkins
Written by	Herbert Finn
Chronology
Previous	"Mother-in-Law's Visit"
Next	"Fred's New Job"

"Foxy Grandma" is the twenty-first episode of the third season and the eighty-first overall episode of the original series, The Flintstones. It first aired on February 8, 1963.

Synopsis

Fred tries to find a maid so that Wilma doesn't have to do household chores. This turns out to be easier said than done.

Plot

Grandma Dynamite, a TNT-stick-throwing, masked, sexagenarian bank robber, and her burly grandson-accomplice, Sonny, have plundered the First, Second, and Third National Banks and require a place to craftily hide themselves while police are cordoning and probing Bedrock for them. They are ruminating about this situation in a park when they overhear fellow park visitors Fred and Barney's talk about Fred needing a competent housekeeper while Wilma is pregnant. All of the Bedrock Employment Agency's housekeepers have proven unsuitable in service to the Flintstones (Peaches was a glutton who selfishly depleted Fred's food supply from his icebox; Bubbles was too tightly self-scheduled, and Fred and Wilma were not permitted the time that they require to eat Bubbles' cooking) and Wilma will summon the aid of her mother, whom Fred detests unless Fred can find acceptable housewife's help. Grandma Dynamite decides to pose as Flintstone housekeeper "Dinah" and, in the park, approaches and easily convinces Fred to hire her. "Dinah" uses her supply of dynamite to open the stubborn door of the Flintstone icebox explosively, and Wilma questions the sanity of "Dinah" and Fred's judgment in housekeeper selection. "Dinah" and Sonny have planned an excursion to downtown Bedrock to obtain some items, including "lettuce." But Sonny's driver's license is suspended, and Fred offers to transport "Dinah" and her grandson to what he thinks will be the Bedrock Market. However, "Dinah" and Sonny direct Fred to the parking space outside of the Fourth National Bank, where Grandma Dynamite "strikes again," Fred discovers that he is the getaway vehicle for the notorious criminals, with him as their hostage. The three return to the home of Flintstone, where Wilma's mother, Pearl Slaghoople, is contacted and invited by Wilma to house-keep after Wilma observes "Dinah"'s bizarre behavior with the icebox door dynamite blast, single-handedly "throws out the trash" (i.e., the explosive elderly larcenist and her kin) but her suitcase is identical to and is confused with that of Grandma Dynamite. When the police quest for the still-at-large Grandma Dynamite extends to Fred's house, two dedicated constables witness mother-in-law opening what she thinks is her suitcase and finding the bank robbery booty inside. They promptly arrest her, much to Fred's amusement!

Characters

• Fred Flintstone
• Wilma Flintstone
• Barney Rubble
• Betty Rubble
• Dino (mentioned)
• Pearl Slaghoople
• Ms. Keystone (only appearance)
• Bertha (only appearance)
• Bubbles (only appearance)
• Peaches (only appearance)
• Ziegfried (only appearance)
• Grandma Dynamite (only appearance)
• Sonny (only appearance)

Locations

Bedrock

• Flintstone home
• Bedrock Employment Agency (only appearance)
• Bedrock National Forest (in a billboard)

Banks

• Second National Bank of Bedrock (only appearance)
• Third National Bank of Bedrock (only mentioned in a news-slab)
• Fourth National Bank of Bedrock (only appearance)
• Fifth National Bank of Bedrock (only appearance)

Objects

• Icebox
• Morning Pebble, Evening Shale and Daily Blast news-slabs
• Money suitcase (only appearance)
• Rock Bell Phone
• Alarm Clock

Animals

• Stegosaurus (as a Stego-Mower)
• Pterodactyl (as hedge clippers and Pterodactyl Egg Souffle)
• Mammoth (as a kitchen faucet)
• Brontosaurus (as a Bronto-Drumstick)
• Parrotsaurus

Vehicles

• Flintmobile
• Grandma Dynamite's car (only appearance)
• Brick's Armored Car (only appearance)
• Police cars

Cast

Alan Reed	Fred Flintstone 2nd Man
Jean Vander Pyl	Wilma Flintstone Ms. Keystone Bertha
Mel Blanc	Barney Rubble Elephant Parrotsaurus Sonny Cop #1 Cop #2
Bea Benaderet	Betty Rubble Bubbles
Don Messick	Ziegfried Teller Newsboy Radio Voice Man #1
June Foray	Grandma Dynamite Peaches Bank Costumer
Verna Felton	Pearl Slaghoople

Notes/Trivia

• This is the second of the four episodes in the Birth of Pebbles story arc. The other episode featured in the arc was"Mother-in-Law's Visit."
• The elephant is called Egbert, and the radio announcer is called Joe.
• A nearby park is the Bedrock National Forest.

Allusions

• The episode takes its title from an old comic strip Foxy Grandpa which ran in the early part of the 20th century.
• The TV series Guess My Line is from the show What's My Line?.

Errors

• There are two bloopers; in one, Fred's alarm clock goes from 7 a.m. to 5 a.m. In another, Wilma's mouth disappears.