Fred's Second Car
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
- Distributor
- Columbia/Screen Gems
Synopsis
Fred buys a "confiscated" car at a police auction, and he's chased by crooks who suspect that the car contains a hidden stash of stolen jewels. (It does.)
Teaser Sequence: Fred, Barney and Dino are being chased by Big Sparkle, Herman and Linko. Big Sparkle tells them to shoot at them as Barney says "That's funny, it's beginning to hail?" Fred says "That's not hail and it's not funny. they're shooting at us?" Dino barks and teases Big Sparkle, Herman and Linko until he gets hit with a gun rock and faints. Big Sparkle tells Herman to try and run them off the road. Fred makes a turn and goes through a bridge, losing Big Sparkle, Herman and Linko.
Teaser Sequence: Fred, Barney and Dino are being chased by Big Sparkle, Herman and Linko. Big Sparkle tells them to shoot at them as Barney says "That's funny, it's beginning to hail?" Fred says "That's not hail and it's not funny. they're shooting at us?" Dino barks and teases Big Sparkle, Herman and Linko until he gets hit with a gun rock and faints. Big Sparkle tells Herman to try and run them off the road. Fred makes a turn and goes through a bridge, losing Big Sparkle, Herman and Linko.
Characters
Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles, Barney Rubble, Betty Rubble, Bamm-Bamm, Dino, Hoppy, Big Sparkle, Herman, Linko, Auction Cop, Man on Bus, Stoolie Pigeon, Charlie, Egg Monkey
Credits
Directing
- Director
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Producing
- Producer
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Writing
- Writer
- Rance Howard
Voices
- Voice
- Alan Reed (Fred), Jean Vander Pyl (Wilma, Pebbles), Mel Blanc (Barney, Dino, Herman), Gerry Johnson (Betty), Don Messick (Bamm-Bamm, Hoppy, Auction Cop), Henry Corden (Big Sparkle, Stoolie Pigeon, Charlie), Doug Young (Egg Monkey, Linko)
Music
- Music
- Hoyt S. Curtin
- Theme Song, Meet The Flintstones, Music
- Hoyt S. Curtin
- Theme Song, Meet The Flintstones, Lyrics
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
Animation
- Animation Director
- Charles Nichols, Charles A. Nichols
- Animator
- John Gentiella, Larry Silverman, Art Davis
- Layouts
- Dick Bickenbach, Jack Huber, Don Sheppard
Art Department
- Backgrounds
- Richard H. Thomas
Camera
- Camera
- Frank Paiker, Norman Stainback, Roy Wade, Charles Flekal
Editing
- Editor
- Greg Watson, Milton Krear
Sound
- Sound Direction
- Buddy Meyers
Production Management
- Production Supervision
- Howard Hanson
Crew
- Story Director
- Paul Fennell
Production notes
Recorded on 7-2-64.
Reviews
Fred's Second Car
People may debate with me which episode of the Flintstones is their best, but on many levels, this one, "Fred's Second Car" ranks #1 above all of them. For the first time (in 1965) in a TV cartoon, comedy and slapstick is replaced with a very serious dramatic story, and it is no spoof or parody; it is a true serious drama that has true suspense where Fred and Barney's life is at stake. And to underline it, Hoyt Curtin's dramatic music score (that I call "Life or Death") is used during a 5-minute scene which Fred & Barney is chased by the gangsters and almost run off the road. Fred & Barney buy a "confisticated" car once used by a rubbed-out gangster at a police auction, not knowing that a rival gangster is after the same car. What makes this such a very scary episode is not only the chase scene and the boys trapped at the gangster's hide-out, but a brief scene which the gangsters follow the boys to their house and while parked just a few houses away, spot Fred and Barney's families, allowing them to be at risk of danger. What is also noteworthy is that Ron Howard's father Rance wrote this episode.