No Biz Like Show Biz

No Biz Like Show Biz
Details
Show	The Flintstones
Season	6
Episode number	141
Production number	P-142
Original airdate	September 17, 1965 (ABC)
Recording Date	April 13, 1965
Crew
Animated by	Jerry Hathcock Ed Barge
Layout	Dick Bickenbach Jack Huber
Background	Fernando Montealegre (known as F. Montealegre) Fernando Arce Rene Garcia
Written by	Joanna Lee
Chronology
Previous	"Surfin' Fred"
Next	"The House That Fred Built"

"No Biz Like Show Biz" is the first episode of the sixth season and the one hundred and forty-first overall episode of the original series, The Flintstones. It aired on September 17, 1965.

Synopsis

Fred is tired of so many teen stars on television after a football game is canceled due to a teen program. He then dreams that Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm become singing stars, causing more havoc than Fred can handle.

Plot

Fred and Barney are frustrated to find that popular, modern music has either postponed or preempted their favorite sports programming on television. Barney departs Fred's house, and Fred decides to nap. He then wakes up and hears more music, and the source is Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, who have somehow gained the ability to sing.

Psychiatrist Dr. Freudstone, consulted by the Flintstones and Rubbles, believes that Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm learned the tuneful art by watching musical performers on television. Their song of choice: "Let the Sunshine in". In almost no time, they are international celebrities, under the binding-contractual guidance of suave impresario Eppy Brianstone, and Fred and Barney are left at home while Wilma and Betty accompany Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm on tours to New Rock and Eurock.

Fred decides upon drastic action to reclaim his family, and Barney reluctantly concurs. With beatnik glasses and a fake mustache, Fred enters the Hollyrock Palace where Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are singing and pretends to be an education official "apprehending" the babies for truancy, but Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, in Fred's arms, remove his disguise, and Fred flees with Barney and the two tots from the theater.

They are pursued by police officers and by Wilma, Betty, and Brianstone onto a freeway cloverleaf and into a dark tunnel, outside of which they are surrounded by them. Fred awakens, at first relieved that Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are not really capable of song and all he experienced was a nightmare. However, the prospect of fame and fortune quickly provokes Fred to attempt to foster prodigious vocals from the two tots, singing the song the kids sang in his dream.

Characters

• Wilma Flintstone
• Fred Flintstone
• Barney Rubble
• Betty Rubble
• Dino
• Pebbles Flintstone
• Bamm-Bamm Rubble
• Eppy Brianstone (only appearance)
• Professor Freudstone (only appearance)
• Elizabeth (only appearance)
• Ajax House Movers driver (only appearance)
• Danny Hutstone (only appearance)
• Police officers
• Johnny Rockson (only mentioned)

Locations

Bedrock

• Flintstone home

Hollyrock

• Hollyrock Palace (only appearance)

Overseas

• New Rock (mentioned)
• Eurock (mentioned)

Objects

• Record discs
• Golf clubs
• Golf ball
• Contract
• Pebbles' dance costume (only appearance)
• Pebbles' guitar (only appearance)
• Bamm-Bamm's drum set (only appearance)
• The Reporter news-slab

Food

• Sandwiches

Animals

• Snorkasaurus
• Sheepasaurus
• Crabasaurus (as a lawn mower)
• Brontosaurus (as an Ajax House Movers driver)
• Pterodactyl (as a record player)
• Monkeysaurus (as a traffic light)
• Tunasaurus (mentioned)

Vehicles

• Flintmobile

Songs

• Open Up Your Heart (And Let the Sunshine In)
• Roses and Rainbows
• Dance in the Sand
• Monster Jerk

Media

• The Johnny Rockson Show (TV show)

Cast

Alan Reed	Fred Flintstone
Jean Vander Pyl	Wilma Flintstone Pebbles Flintstone Girl #1
Gerry Johnson	Betty Rubble Girl #2
Don Messick	Bamm-Bamm Rubble TV Announcer Disc Jockey Boy #1 Photographer Cop #1 Attendant Professor Freudstone
Mel Blanc	Barney Rubble Dino Driver
Bernard Fox	Eppy Brianstone
Rebecca Page	Pebbles Flintstone (singing voice)
Ricky Page	Bamm-Bamm Rubble (singing voice)

Notes/Trivia

• At the beginning of this episode, Fred and Barney are watching television, which seems to be dominated by dance shows.
• The music playing at the Hollyrock Palace entrance is actually a sped-up version of 'Rise and Shine'.
• Pebbles' new outfit is a green shirt and a white diaper.
• The episode's climactic car chase is one of the most popular scenes in the series.

Allusions

• The British-accented character Eppy Brianstone is a rather obvious parody of The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein.
• The title refers to Irving Berlin's anthem to entertainment "There's No Business Like Show Business".
• The Johnny Rockson Show is a spoof of The Johnny Carson Show.
• Three of the songs heard on the television, "Roses and Rainbows," "Monster Jerk," and "Dance in the Sand," which was a beach-based spoof on "Dancing in the Streets," were actually released by Hanna-Barbera Records' rock and roll division. The singer of "Roses and Rainbows" and "Monster Jerk" is Danny Hutton who would later join Three Dog Night. The singing group of "Dance in the Sand" is The Creations IV.

Errors

• None known.