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|season= [[The Flintstones episode list|5]]
  
|season= [[The Flintstones episode list|5]]
 
|episode= 133
  
|episode= 133
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|production_number = P-132
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|airdate= January 22, [[1965]]
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|airdate= {{US}} January 22, [[1965]] ([[ABC]])
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|animator= Lou Kachivas<br>Lou Zukor<br>Rudy Cataldi
  
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|recording_date = July 16, 1964
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|writer= Alan Dinehart<br>Herbert Finn
  
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|animator= Lou Kachivas<br/>Lou Zukor<br/>Rudy Cataldi
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|layout=Dick Bickenbach<br>Lance Nolley<br>Don Jurwich
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|background=Rene Garcia<br>Phil Lewis<br>Don Watson
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|writer= Alan Dinehart<br/>Herbert Finn
 
|previous="''[[Time Machine]]''"
  
|previous="''[[Time Machine]]''"
 
|next="''[[Moonlight and Maintenance]]''"
  
|next="''[[Moonlight and Maintenance]]''"
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}}"'''The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes'''" is the nineteenth episode of the [[The Flintstones episode list|fifth season]] of [[The Flintstones (TV series)|''The Flintstones'']]. It aired on January 22, [[1965]].
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}}"'''''The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes'''''" is the nineteenth episode of the [[The Flintstones episode list|fifth season]] of the original series, [[The Flintstones (TV series)|''The Flintstones'']]. It aired on January 22, [[1965]].
   
 
==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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The Hatrocks have declared a truce with the Flintstones and come to Bedrock and Flintstone home territory to visit, and Fred does not dare to offend his irritating guests, whose extended stay is crowding the Flintstones out of their own house, not to mention skyrocketing Fred's food bill.
  
The Hatrocks have declared a truce with the Flintstones and come to Bedrock and Flintstone home territory to visit, and Fred does not dare to offend his irritating guests, whose extended stay is crowding the Flintstones out of their own house, not to mention skyrocketing Fred's food bill.
   
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Fred asks the Gruesomes to scare the irritating Hatrocks into leaving his property, but the Hatrocks are anything but frightened by the Gruesomes. Fred's last hope involves bombarding the Hatrocks' ears with detested "bug music". The backwoods Hatrocks cannot abide the Beatles-like singing of Flintstones, Rubbles, and Gruesomes, and depart Fred's abode in haste to attend Bedrock's World's Fair.
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Fred asks the Gruesomes to scare the irritating Hatrocks into leaving his property, but the Hatrocks are anything but frightened by the Gruesomes. Fred's last hope involves bombarding the Hatrocks' ears with detested "bug music". The backwoods Hatrocks cannot abide the Beatles-like singing of Flintstones, Rubbles, and Gruesomes, and depart Fred's abode in haste to attend Bedrock's World's Fair. However, upon seeing a billboard on the way advertising a concert of bug music by the group The Four Insects, the Hatrocks flee back to [[Arkanstone]] instead.
   
 
==Characters==
  
==Characters==
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*[[Dino]]
  
*[[Dino]]
 
*[[Hoppy]]
  
*[[Hoppy]]
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*Waiter <small>(only appearance)</small>
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*Waiter
  
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*Clem Kadiddlerock (only appearance, no lines)
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*[[Clem Kadiddlerock]] <small>(only appearance, no lines)</small>
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*[[The Four Insects]] <small>(only appearance, disguised by [[The Flintstone Family|the Flintstones]], [[The Rubble Family|Rubbles]] and [[The Gruesome Family|Gruesomes]] with Dino and Hoppy and shown on a billboard)</small>
 
==='''Families'''===
  
==='''Families'''===
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===='''The Hatrocks'''====
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===='''[[The Hatrock Family|The Hatrocks]]'''====
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*Jethro Hatrock
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*[[Jethro Hatrock]] <small>(last appearance)</small>
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*Granny Hatrock
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*[[Granny Hatrock]] <small>(last appearance)</small>
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*Zack Hatrock
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*[[Zack Hatrock]] <small>(last appearance)</small>
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*Slab Hatrock
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*[[Slab Hatrock]] <small>(last appearance)</small>
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*[[Percy]] <small>(last appearance)</small>
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*Percy Hatrock
  
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*Porker
  
 
===='''[[The Gruesomes Family|The Gruesomes]]'''====
  
===='''[[The Gruesomes Family|The Gruesomes]]'''====
 
*[[Weirdly Gruesome]]
  
*[[Weirdly Gruesome]]
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*Creepella Gruesome
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*[[Creepella Gruesome]]
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*Gobby Gruesome
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*[[Gobby Gruesome]]
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*[[Occy]] <small>(last appearance)</small>
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*Occy
  
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*Schneider
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*[[Schneider]]
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*Uncle Ghastly
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*[[Uncle Ghastly]] <small>(last appearance)</small>
 
==Locations==
  
==Locations==
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*[[Bedrock]]
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==='''[[Bedrock]]'''===
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**Flintstone home
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*[[Flintstone home]]
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**Tombstone Manor
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*Tombstone Manor
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**Dinosaur's Club Cafe (only appearance)
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*Dinosaur's Club Cafe <small>(only appearance)</small>
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==='''Other'''===
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*Arkanstone (mentioned)
  
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*[[Arkanstone]] <small>(last appearance)</small>
 
==Objects==
  
==Objects==
 
*Helmets
  
*Helmets
 
*Slingshot rifles
  
*Slingshot rifles
 
*TV
  
*TV
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*Brontosaurus burgers
  
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*Grape juice (mentioned)
  
 
*Radio
  
*Radio
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*Baseball
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*Baseball glove
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*[[Rock Bell Phone]]
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==='''Plants'''===
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*[[Plantasaurus|Man-Eating Plant]]
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*Crab Grass
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==='''Food'''===
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*Bronto-Burgers
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*Bronto-Steaks
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*Pterodactyl Drumsticks
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*Spaghetti
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*Corn
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*Grape juice <small>(mentioned)</small>
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*Lettuce <small>(only mentioned)</small>
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==Animals==
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*[[Snorkasaurus]]
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*[[Hopparoo]]
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*[[Pigasaurus]]
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*[[Turtlesaurus]]
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*[[Octopusaurus]]
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*[[Brontosaurus]] <small>(as Bronto-Burgers and Bronto-Steaks)</small>
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*[[Spidersaurus]]
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*[[Gatorsaurus]]
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*[[Turtlesaurus]]
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*[[Pterodactyl]] <small>(as Pterodactyl Drumsticks)</small>
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==Vehicles==
  
==Vehicles==
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*Hatrock's family trailer (only appearance)
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*Hatrock's family trailer <small>(only appearance)</small>
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==Media==
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*''The Fights'' <small>(club fight broadcast, mentioned)</small>
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==Songs==
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* "[[She Said, Yeah Yeah Yeah]]"
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==Events==
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*World's Fair
   
 
==Cast==
  
==Cast==
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|-
  
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! [[Jean Vander Pyl]]
  
! [[Jean Vander Pyl]]
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| [[Wilma Flintstone]]<br />[[Pebbles Flintstone]]
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| [[Wilma Flintstone]]<br />[[Pebbles Flintstone]]<br>[[Creepella Gruesome]]
 
|-
  
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! [[Mel Blanc]]
  
! [[Mel Blanc]]
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| [[Barney Rubble]]<br />[[Dino]]<br />Zack Hatrock
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| [[Barney Rubble]]<br />[[Dino]]<br />[[Zack Hatrock]]
 
|-
  
|-
 
! [[Gerry Johnson]]
  
! [[Gerry Johnson]]
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| [[Betty Rubble]]<br />Granny Hatrock
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| [[Betty Rubble]]<br />[[Granny Hatrock]]
 
|-
  
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! [[Don Messick]]
  
! [[Don Messick]]
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| [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]]<br />Telegram Delivery Boy<br />[[Hoppy]]<br />Turtle<br />Gobby
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| [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]]<br />Telegram Delivery Boy<br />[[Hoppy]]<br />Turtlesaurus<br />[[Gobby Gruesome]]
 
|-
  
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! [[Howard Morris]]
  
! [[Howard Morris]]
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| Jethro Hatrock<br />Weidly Gruesome<br />Slab Hatrock<br />Waiter<br />Percy Hatrock
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| [[Jethro Hatrock]]<br />[[Weirdly Gruesome]]<br />[[Slab Hatrock]]<br />Waiter<br />[[Percy]]
 
|}
  
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==Notes/Trivia==
  
==Notes/Trivia==
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*This is the second and final appearances of both the Hatrocks and the Gruesomes.
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*This episode marked the second and final appearance of [[The Hatrock Family|the Hatrocks]].
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*Clem Kadiddlerock is a spoof of Clem Kadiddlehopper, whose name is based upon a Red Skelton character.
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*Clem Kadiddlerock is a [[The Flintstones lexicon|spoof]] of Clem Kadiddlehopper, whose name is based upon a [[Wikipedia:Red Skelton|Red Skelton]] character.
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==='''Allusions'''===
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*Although the Four Insects and their "bug" music are supposed to be a parody of the Beatles, the style of guitar playing is actually surf guitar.
  
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*The song that [[The Flintstone Family|the Flintstones]], [[The Rubble Family|the Rubbles]] and [[The Gruesome Family|the Gruesomes]] with [[Dino]] and [[Hoppy]] sing "She Said, Yeah Yeah Yeah" is an obvious takeoff of The Beatles' "She Loves You".
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**Although the Four Insects and their "bug" music are supposed to be a parody of the [[Wikipedia:The Bealtes|Beatles]], the style of guitar playing is actually surf guitar. In fact, the music is actually the backing track of "That Surfin' Craze," the song Jimmy Darrock sings in 'Surfin' Fred.'
 
==='''Errors'''===
  
==='''Errors'''===
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*Fred, Barney, Wilma and Betty are hiding from the Hatrocks when they perform their Bug Music song. They know the Hatrocks will only hear them (over the radio and telephone) but will not actually see them....So why did they bother donning wigs?
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*None known.
  
   
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Latest revision as of 07:38, 3 January 2024

"The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes" is the nineteenth episode of the fifth season of the original series, The Flintstones. It aired on January 22, 1965.

Synopsis

The Flintstones need to get rid of their house guests, the hillbilly Hatrocks, and hope that their creepy and sinister neighbors, the Gruesomes, can be of help.

Plot

The Hatrocks have declared a truce with the Flintstones and come to Bedrock and Flintstone home territory to visit, and Fred does not dare to offend his irritating guests, whose extended stay is crowding the Flintstones out of their own house, not to mention skyrocketing Fred's food bill.

Fred asks the Gruesomes to scare the irritating Hatrocks into leaving his property, but the Hatrocks are anything but frightened by the Gruesomes. Fred's last hope involves bombarding the Hatrocks' ears with detested "bug music". The backwoods Hatrocks cannot abide the Beatles-like singing of Flintstones, Rubbles, and Gruesomes, and depart Fred's abode in haste to attend Bedrock's World's Fair. However, upon seeing a billboard on the way advertising a concert of bug music by the group The Four Insects, the Hatrocks flee back to Arkanstone instead.

Characters

Families

The Hatrocks

The Gruesomes

Locations

Bedrock

Other

Objects

Plants

Food

  • Bronto-Burgers
  • Bronto-Steaks
  • Pterodactyl Drumsticks
  • Spaghetti
  • Corn
  • Grape juice (mentioned)
  • Lettuce (only mentioned)

Animals

Vehicles

  • Hatrock's family trailer (only appearance)

Media

  • The Fights (club fight broadcast, mentioned)

Songs

Events

  • World's Fair

Cast

Alan Reed Fred Flintstone
Ghastly
Porker
Jean Vander Pyl Wilma Flintstone
Pebbles Flintstone
Creepella Gruesome
Mel Blanc Barney Rubble
Dino
Zack Hatrock
Gerry Johnson Betty Rubble
Granny Hatrock
Don Messick Bamm-Bamm Rubble
Telegram Delivery Boy
Hoppy
Turtlesaurus
Gobby Gruesome
Howard Morris Jethro Hatrock
Weirdly Gruesome
Slab Hatrock
Waiter
Percy

Notes/Trivia

  • This episode marked the second and final appearance of the Hatrocks.
  • Clem Kadiddlerock is a spoof of Clem Kadiddlehopper, whose name is based upon a Red Skelton character.

Allusions

  • The song that the Flintstones, the Rubbles and the Gruesomes with Dino and Hoppy sing "She Said, Yeah Yeah Yeah" is an obvious takeoff of The Beatles' "She Loves You".
    • Although the Four Insects and their "bug" music are supposed to be a parody of the Beatles, the style of guitar playing is actually surf guitar. In fact, the music is actually the backing track of "That Surfin' Craze," the song Jimmy Darrock sings in 'Surfin' Fred.'

Errors

  • Fred, Barney, Wilma and Betty are hiding from the Hatrocks when they perform their Bug Music song. They know the Hatrocks will only hear them (over the radio and telephone) but will not actually see them....So why did they bother donning wigs?


Season 5 of The Flintstones
"Hop Happy" • "Monster Fred" • "Itty Bitty Fred" • "Pebbles' Birthday Party" • "Bedrock Rodeo Round-Up" • "Cinderellastone" • "A Haunted House is Not a Home" • "Dr. Sinister" • "The Gruesomes" • "The Most Beautiful Baby in Bedrock" • "Dino and Juliet" • "King for a Night" • "Indianrockolis 500" • "Adobe Dick" • "Christmas Flintstone" • "Fred's Flying Lesson" • "Fred's Second Car" • "Time Machine" • "The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes" • "Moonlight and Maintenance" • "Sheriff for a Day" • "Deep in the Heart of Texarock" • "The Rolls Rock Caper" • "Superstone" • "Fred Meets Hercurock" • "Surfin' Fred"
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