The House That Fred Built

The House That Fred Built
Details
Show	The Flintstones
Season	6
Episode number	142
Production number	P-141
Original airdate	September 24, 1965 (ABC)
Recording Date	March 2, 1965
Crew
Animated by	Jerry Hathcock Kenneth Muse
Layout	Dick Bickenbach
Background	Fernando Montealegre (known as F. Montealegre) Fernando Arce Rene Garcia
Written by	Joanna Lee
Chronology
Previous	"No Biz Like Show Biz"
Next	"The Return of Stony Curtis"

"The House That Fred Built" is the second episode of the sixth season and the one hundred and forty-second overall episode of the original series, The Flintstones. It aired on September 24, 1965.

Synopsis

Wilma receives a letter from her mother, seemingly stating that she's coming to live with them, but Fred immediately tries to find her a home to move into, away from him.

Plot

News of Wilma's mother coming to Bedrock in rather a permanent way has Fred desperate to find a home for his foul-tempered mother-in-law, as far from him as possible. While en route with Barney to Bedrock's golf course, Fred discovers an unkempt but adaptable house for sale and "bargains" with the real estate agent responsible for the site so that Fred buys building and property for $100, which includes water right purchase.

Fred expects to have no difficulty at renovating the dilapidated domicile, but the hired carpenter and plumber, both unionized and non-working at a $20-per-hour rate, unjustifiably ascend Fred's expense account. So, Fred and Barney themselves toil in improvements to the house. Wilma and Betty assume the worst (i.e., infidelity) when their mates constantly leave home to secretly labor on the problematic abode.

After their wives follow them to the site, Fred and Barney have no choice but to talk about Fred's plan to accommodate Wilma's mother in the rendered-presentable house. Wilma and Betty assist in the task. No sooner is the work completed then the artesian well on top of which the house is situated deluges it with water.

The house must be transported to a better location, and while in the act of wheeling it to the Flintstones' yard, Fred and Barney lose control of the structure, which tumbles down a ravine. Fred is in tears when he calculates his sum loss in Operation Mother-in-Law's House to be $1000- and it is also learned that Wilma's mother was never intending to reside with the Flintstones after all!, but rather Wilma's sister and her husband (Wilma's mother's original letter had mentioned her plans to move in with her "favorite son-in-law"...and she didn't mean Fred.)

Characters

• Fred Flintstone
• Wilma Flintstone
• Barney Rubble
• Betty Rubble
• Pebbles Flintstone
• Bamm-Bamm Rubble
• Dino
• Pearl Slaghoople
• Alex (only appearance)
• Marvin (only appearance)
• Rocky (only appearance)
• Stoney (only appearance)
• Tessie (only appearance, no lines)

Locations

Bedrock

• Flintstone home
• Bedrock Golf Course
• Stoney Acres (only appearance)

Objects

• Flintstones' TV
• Paste bucket (only appearance)
• Paste brush (only appearance)
• Wallpaper (only appearance)
• Golf clubs
• Flowers
• Hammers
• Brooms
• Buckets
• Bill of Sale (only appearance)
• Rock Bell Phone

Food

• Roast Brontosaurus
• Chocolate cake slice (only appearance)

Animals

• Snorkasaurus
• Mammoth
• Monkeysaurus (as a dishwasher)
• Stegosaurus (as a Stego-Mower)
• Brontosaurus (as a Roast Brontosaurus)
• Sawfish (as a saw)
• Pelicansaurus

Vehicles

• Loggin Continental
• Pearl Slaghoople's motorcycle (only appearance)

Media

• The Fights (club fight broadcast)

Cast

Alan Reed	Fred Flintstone
Jean Vander Pyl	Wilma Flintstone Pebbles Flintstone
Mel Blanc	Barney Rubble Dino Alex
Gerry Johnson	Betty Rubble
Sam Edwards	Mailman Agent Marvin
Don Messick	Bamm-Bamm Rubble Monkey Announcer Painter Bird
Janet Waldo	Pearl Slaghoople

Notes/Trivia

• The Flintstones' house number is 201.
• The title refers to the children's poem and repetition game, The House That Jack Built.

Errors

• None known.