The Flintstones: Season 3

1962 · 28 episodes · ★ 6.3

What Season 3 of The Flintstones

Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble are neighbors and best friends in Bedrock, a Stone Age town that resembles American suburbs in the mid-20th century. Fred works in a quarry and lives with Wilma, while Barney is married to Betty. The appliances are prehistoric animals, and the cars, footmobiles, are powered by feet. Dinosaurs live alongside humans. The two friends embark on camping trips, barbecues or bowling nights, and their ideas rarely work out. Their wives deal with the consequences and keep Barney's partnership with Fred going. Fred, meanwhile, clashes with his boss, Mr. Slate, using schemes that usually fail too.

28episodes

Sep 14, 1962premiered

Apr 5, 1963Latest episode

11.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Dino Goes Hollyrock
Sep 14, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.4
Hearing about a talent search for a new animal star to appear in ""The Adventures of Sassie,"" Fred coaches Dino and prepares for an audition. But Dino gets more than he bargained for when he lands the part.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Harvey Bullock · Starring: Herschel Bernardi, Don Messick, Hal Smith, John Stephenson
3x02 Fred's New Boss
Sep 21, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.4
When Barney loses his job, Fred approaches Mr. Slate about hiring his friend for the quarry. He is mortified, however, when Barney lands the position of vice president, and becomes Fred's boss!
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Warren Foster · Starring: Herb Vigran, John Stephenson
3x03 Barney the Invisible
Sep 28, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
In an attempt to cure Barney's hiccups, Fred offers his friend a swig from an experimental soft drink he has formulated. The brew turns Barney invisible, and Fred's elaborate attempts to hide the fact make Wilma wonder about her husband's sanity.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Warren Foster · Starring: Howard McNear, Hal Smith, John Stephenson
3x04 Bowling Ballet
Oct 5, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.4
Fred discovers he is off his game right before the big bowling match. After hearing in a television commercial that rhythm is ""the secret of success in many activities, including bowling,"" he rushes off to the Bedrock Dance Academy to sign up for ballet lessons.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Warren Foster · Starring: Hal Smith, John Stephenson
3x05 The Twitch
Oct 12, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
Wilma is in dither over finding an act for her auxiliary's benefit show until big mouth Fred boasts that he will line up singer Rock Roll, whose hit song is ""The Twitch."" Now committed, Fred has to pull out all the stops to obtain the rock star's participation.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Joanna Lee · Starring: Hal Smith, John Stephenson, Ginny Tyler
3x06 Here's Snow in Your Eyes
Oct 19, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
The Lodge delegates Fred and Barney depart for a convention at Stone Mountain Ski Resort, leaving their disappointed wives at home. The girls congratulate themselves on being so understanding until they become involved in a big diamond theft and beauty contest at the resort.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Joanna Lee · Starring: John Stephenson, Doug Young
3x07 The Buffalo Convention
Oct 26, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
The talking dodo bird that Fred gives Wilma for her birthday turns snitch, informing her that Fred and Barney are plotting to sneak away for a Water Buffalo Convention in Frantic City. Wilma, Betty, and the wives of Bedrock plan a surprise of their own at the convention.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Warren Foster · Starring: Hal Smith, John Stephenson
3x08 The Little Stranger
Nov 2, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
Fred overhears Wilma on the phone mentioning ""a little stranger"" who will shortly be visiting the household. Assuming that Wilma is pregnant, Fred summon his dreaded mother-in-law. But the ""little stranger"" turns out to be Arnold the paperboy.
Directing: William Hanna · Starring: Verna Felton, Don Messick
3x09 Baby Barney
Nov 9, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
With his eye on an inheritance, Fred tells his rich Uncle Tex that he has named his child after him. Fred, of course, has no son, which means that he has to find a baby now that Uncle Tex is coming to visit! Unable to borrow a real baby, desperate Fred cons Barney into playing ""Baby Tex.""
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Warren Foster · Starring: Hal Smith
3x10 Hawaiian Escapade
Nov 16, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
Wilma and Betty enter a television contest and win first prize, a trip for two to Rockiki Beach and a role on the television show ""Hawaiian Spy."" The two families journey to Hawaii, where Fred ends up working as a stunt man on the show.
Directed by William Hanna · Written by Warren Foster · Starring Don Messick, John Stephenson
3x11 Ladies' Day
Nov 23, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
Barney and Fred skip work to go to the ball park, but Barney only has one ticket. The situation gets complicated when Fred dresses up as a women so he can get in free for Ladies' day. After Betty finds lipstick on Barney's handkerchief, the wives are in hot pursuit. Adding to Fred's problems is the fact that Mr. Slate is entertaining a client at the game.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Harvey Bullock · Starring: Don Messick
3x12 Nuttin' But the Tooth
Nov 30, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.4
Barney's loud suffering from a toothache has been keeping the entire neighborhood awake at night, so Fred promises to take him to the dentist the next morning. But having already spent the money for the dentist, Fred has to find a low-cost way to remove his friend's tooth.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Tony Benedict · Starring: Don Messick
3x13 High School Fred
Dec 7, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.6
An efficiency expert hired by Mr. Slate informs Fred that he will be fired unless he gets a high school diploma. Slate offers to send Fred to school, and Wilma mistakenly assumes that Fred is being groomed for an executive position.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Warren Foster · Starring: Howard Morris, John Stephenson
3x14 Dial S for Suspicion
Dec 14, 1962 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
A series of strange accidents coupled with Wilma's sudden insistence on having Fred take out a life insurance policy, and her devotion to a murder mystery novel about a wife who bumps off her husband, causes Fred to wonder if his life is in danger.
Directed by: William Hanna · Starring: John Stephenson
3x15 Flash Gun Freddie
Dec 21, 1962 · 25 min
Fred convinces Barney to buy an instant Polarock camera and the two go into the photo business. When they mistakenly snap the pictures of two escaping bank robbers, they are able to sell the photos and recoup Barney's money.
Directing: William Hanna · Starring: Howard Morris, John Stephenson
3x16 The Kissing Burglar
Jan 4, 1963 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
Wilma is charmed by the exploits of the Kissing Burglar, a criminal whose m.o. involves leaving a rose and a kiss for the lady of the house. Her comment that she has nothing worth stealing annoys Fred, who decides to teach her a lesson by posing as the burglar--on the very night the real one shows up.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Joanna Lee · Starring: Howard Morris
3x17 Wilma, the Maid
Jan 11, 1963 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
At Wilma's insistence, Fred hires an Italian maid, Gina Lolabrickida, to do the cooking and cleaning, but problems arise when she quits on the night Wilma has promised her to Betty, and Fred brings home Mr. Slate for an authentic Italian dinner.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Harvey Bullock · Starring: John Stephenson
3x18 The Hero
Jan 18, 1963 · 25 min · ★ 6.0
Barney rescues a baby from a runaway carriage, but it is Fred who gets the credit and attention. His feeble attempts to set the record straight finally give way to his enjoyment of the celebrity, until cold shoulders from both Wilma and Dino, and a visit from his own conscience, persuade him to tell the truth.
Directing: William Hanna · Starring: Don Messick
3x19 The Surprise
Jan 25, 1963 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
The appearance of Barney's nephew, baby Marblehead, causes a rift between him and Fred. Fred just can't understand Barney's devotion to the visiting baby, but his attitude changes when Wilma informs him that they are going to have a baby of their own.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Warren Foster
3x20 Mother-In-Law's Visit
Feb 1, 1963 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
With fatherhood impending, Fred promises to become more kind, considerate, and thoughtful. His willingness to change is strechted practically beyond endurance when his mother-in-law shows up to help Wilma during her pregnancy.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Warren Foster · Starring: Verna Felton, Howard Morris
3x21 Foxy Grandma
Feb 8, 1963 · 25 min · ★ 6.4
Fred's inept efforts at housework during Wilma's pregnancy are worse than no efforts at all, so he sets out to hire a housekeeper, ultimately bringing home a bank robber named Grandma Dynamite, who is in need of a hideout.
Directing: William Hanna · Starring: Verna Felton, Don Messick, June Foray
3x22 Fred's New Job
Feb 15, 1963 · 25 min · ★ 6.4
With the baby coming, Fred asks Mr. Slate for a raise. Slate, however, is tired of such demands from expectant fathers, so he plans to head Fred off with ""Operation Cringe.""
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Warren Foster · Starring: Howard Morris, John Stephenson
3x23 The Blessed Event
Feb 22, 1963 · 25 min · ★ 7.0
Wilma is still pregnant and Fred is trying to be calm. This shatters when the docter tells him the blessed event could happen any day now.
Starring: Howard Morris, Don Messick, June Foray
3x24 Carry On, Nurse Fred
Mar 1, 1963 · 25 min · ★ 6.4
Fatherhood has already made Fred resolute in his effort to acquire serenity, but his will power is put to the test by the formidable Nurse Frightenshale, who is sent by Wilma's mother to take care of the Flintstones' cave.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Joanna Lee · Starring: Doug Young
3x25 Ventriloquist Barney
Mar 8, 1963 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
Barney learns how to throw his voice and can't resist having some fun at Fred's expense. He leads Fred to believe that his newborn daughter Pebbles has miraculously learned to talk.
Directing: William Hanna · Starring: Janet Waldo, Doug Young
3x26 The Big Move
Mar 22, 1963 · 25 min · ★ 6.2
Having worked to clean up his own act, Fred now worries that Pebbles will pick up Barney's uncouth ways. Fred moves the family to a ""better"" neighborhood, but quickly realizes that the ""high life"" isn't what it seems.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Harvey Bullock, Joanna Lee · Starring: Howard Morris, Doug Young
3x27 Swedish Visitors
Mar 29, 1963 · 25 min · ★ 6.0
After using the family's vacation money to buy a fur wrap, Wilma devises a scheme to repay the money by renting their home to Swedish musicians.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Harvey Bullock · Starring: Daws Butler, Don Messick, Howard Morris, Owe Thörnqvist
3x28 The Birthday Party Season Finale
Apr 5, 1963 · 25 min
While preparing a surprise birthday party for Fred, Wilma assigns to Barney the task of keeping Fred out of the way and occupied, and Barney is so successful that both he and Fred are missing at party time.
Directing: William Hanna · Writing: Joanna Lee · Starring: Howard Morris, John Stephenson, Doug Young