Shinrock A Go-Go

Shinrock A Go-Go
Details
Show	The Flintstones
Season	6
Episode number	152
Production number	P-152
Original airdate	December 3, 1965 (ABC)
Recording Date	July 22, 1965
Crew
Animated by	Kenneth Muse Allen Wilzbach Dick Lundy
Layout	Dick Bickenbach Lance Nolley Walt Clinton
Background	Fernando Montealegre (known as F. Montealegre) Fernando Arce Rene Garcia
Written by	Barry E. Blitzer
Chronology
Previous	"The Masquerade Party"
Next	"Royal Rubble"

"Shinrock A Go-Go" is the twelfth episode of the sixth season and the one hundred and fifty-second overall episode of the original series, The Flintstones. It aired on December 3, 1965.

Synopsis

Fred invents a new dance craze after a bowling ball drops on his foot.

Plot

Fred is aggravated by his family's love of a new rock-music television show, Shinrock, and to his chagrin, he and Barney are asked by Wilma and Betty to obtain in-studio tickets to the television show. To this end, the two husbands- after an accident-prone game of bowling where Fred hurts his foot- visit the Bedrock television station where Shinrock is produced to run their errand.

Fred heatedly decides to confront Shinrock host Jimmy O'Neillstone with his own, unfavorable opinion of the trend in tunes, before Barney (who's starting to get into the tunes himself) drops his bowling ball on Fred's already injured foot, causing an agony-stricken Flintstone to do a funky, new, foot-grabbing "dance". O'Neillstone sees tremendous potential popularity in what he christens as "The Flintstone Frantic" and offers to Fred $100 if Fred will perform the "dance" on live, network television. The result, after Fred accepts O'Neillstone's proposal and considers the size of his audience and the resultant scope of his embarrassment should "The Frantic" be a "flop", is severe "opening-night jitters".

At the crucial moment, Fred is overcome with nervousness, and Barney, in an attempt to calm Fred down, has him sit, not noticing the pin for Fred's shaggy wig is on the chair. Fred sits on the pin, and careens in pain onto the television performance stage, where "dances" on a table, and does a bellyflop onto the floor. O'Neillstone christens this also new dance, "The Flintstone Flop", but Fred balks at further fame for his accidental dancing "talent". In the end, a still-injured Fred chases after Barney for the continuous mishaps, but hits his head on the door, and Barney remarks to Wilma that Fred has created yet another new dance called, "The Flintstone Frenzy".

Characters

• Fred Flintstone
• Wilma Flintstone
• Barney Rubble
• Betty Rubble
• Pebbles Flintstone
• Bamm-Bamm Rubble
• Dino
• Hoppy
• Jimmy O'Neillstone (only appearance)
• The Beau Brummelstones (only appearance)
• Arthur Murrayrock (only appearance, cameo)
• Lyndon Johnstone (only appearance)
• Charles DeGaulstone (only appearance)
• Russian dancers (only appearance)
• Oscar and the Orangutans (only appearance)
• The Wipe-Outs (only appearance, no lines)
• Rocky Weed (only unseen and heard on the radio)

Locations

Bedrock

• Flintstone home
• Bedrock Bowl
• TV studio
• Bedrock A-Go-Go (only appearance)
• Flintstone Dance Studios (only appearance in Fred's dream)

Overseas

• Washingstone D.C. (only appearance in Fred's dream with Washingstone Capital)

Eurock

• Paris (only appearance in Fred's dream with Eiffelrock Tower)
• Russia (only appearance in Fred's dream)

Objects

• TV
• Fred's bowling ball
• The Frantic record album (only appearance in Fred's dream)
• Electric guitar (only appearance)
• Radio
• Dance Your Way to Happiness book (only appearance)

Animals

• Snorkasaurus
• Hopparoo
• Pterodactyls
• Apeasaurus
• Orangutans

Vehicles

• Loggin Continental
• Flintmobile

Songs

• "Laugh, Laugh"

Media

• Shinrock (TV show)
• Bedrock News (radio news broadcast)

Cast

Alan Reed	Fred Flintstone
Jean Vander Pyl	Wilma Flintstone Pebbles Flintstone
Mel Blanc	Barney Rubble Dino
Gerry Johnson	Betty Rubble
Don Messick	Bamm-Bamm Rubble Hoppy
Allan Melvin	Arthur Murrayrock
Jimmy O'Neill	Jimmy O'Neillstone
The Beau Brummels	The Beau Brummelstones

Notes/Trivia

• This is the only episode in which Fred has been a reluctant celebrity.
• Fred mentions Santa Barbararock which it is a spoof of Santa Barbara, California.
• Although their names are not mentioned in Fred's dream, the men he is talking to were real people, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson (Lyndon Johnstone), French premiere Charles DeGaulle (Charles DeGaulstone), and dance instructor Arthur Murray.
  • Arthur Murray, a ballroom dancer and dance instructor of the time, made a cameo in this episode. Fred Flintstone invented a new dance, "the Frantic" and had a dream where Arthur Murrayrock is seen asking for dancing lessons from Fred.
• Note the reference to the Abba Dabba Broadcasting Co., which manages to be both a parody of ABC and Fred's iconic quote and trademark, "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!".
• The instrumentals and vocals on "Laugh, Laugh" are performed by the real The Beau Brummels.
  • The Beau Brummelstones were named after the real-life group, The Beau Brummels.
  • The Beau Brummelstones are, from left to right, Declan Mulligan, Ron Elliott, Ron Meagher and Sal Valentino. On the drums is John Peterson.
• The title of the whole episode is a parody of variety television programs such as Shindig! and Hollywood A Go-Go.
• Jimmy O'Neillstone is a spoof of Jimmy O'Neill.
• The instrumental rock music heard in Fred's dream and the Shinrock theme were provided by The Guiloteens, one of the bands then signed to Hanna Barbera's HBR record label,

Errors

• When you first see the door to Fred's dressing room, it's open. A few seconds later, it's closed, with no one having touched it.
• The stool that Barney puts the pin from Fred's wig on moves from behind him to behind Fred.