The Engagement Ring

"The Engagement Ring" is the ninth episode of The Flinstones season one. It aired on November 25, 1960 on ABC. It was written by Warren Foster, Michael Maltese, and Arthur Phillips, the creators of the show, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joe Barbera, the co-founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

When Barney buys an engagement ring for Betty, and asks Fred to hold it for him for safekeeping, Wilma finds it and assumes it's for her. Fred decides to then buy Wilma her own ring, but doesn't have the money, so he forces Barney to enter a boxing match to win 500 dollars.

Characters
In order of appearance:

Mentioned characters are in italics


 * Fred Flintstone (Alan Reed)
 * Wilma Flintstone (Jean Vander Pyl)
 * Barney Rubble (Mel Blanc)
 * Garbage man
 * Betty Rubble (Bea Benaderet)
 * Jeweler (Frank Nelson)
 * Mr. Slate (Bill Thompson)
 * Mr. Slate's son
 * Mr. Slate's daughter
 * Mrs. Slate
 * Edna Boulder
 * Egbert Boulder
 * The Champ
 * The Champ's manager

Locations

 * Bedrock
 * Flintstone house
 * Buddy Buddy Credit Jewelers
 * Supermarket

Objects

 * Engagement rings

Vehicles

 * Rubblemobile

Behind the scenes

 * Fred and Barney babysat Egbert in "The Babysitters".
 * The Mr. Slate in this episode is not the same character as Fred's boss; for one thing, the latter could easily afford a toaster.
 * Fred's middle initial is "F."