Divided We Sail

Fred wins a ticket to the Prize Is Priced, but gets stage-fright, so Barney goes in his place. Basically it is the Price Is Right. Barney is on the panel opposite an unemployed plumber and a fiesty grandmother, both outstanding Bedrock characters. Listen to the plumber carry on about being unemployed and winning prizes on game shows. Grand moment as well when Wilma and Betty have a mini-catfight over who will get the fur if Barney wins since it was with Fred's ticket. Barney makes a bid be declaring "well, uh, I'll put in my two cents, . . " and that becomes his bid. Oddly enough, he wins and then gets the grand prize; a sailing ship. Usual brilliant social commentary from the Flintstones; all that hype over seahorse power. We haven't changed. Essentially, this cartoon is divided into two separate stories, one with the game show and then the other with the boat. Good Flintstones adventure with a picnic basket snagged on the anchor that gets a sea monster's attention. Interesting that the trailer was disposed of as well. Check out the conversation the cop has with his commander over the phone when Fred runs into another houseboat on the road. The officer tells his cheif the two houseboats collided. "No, I didn't contact the harbor patrol. The houseboats are on wheels. Like houses." Houses on wheels?