Flintstone of Prinstone

"Flintstone of Prinstone" is the eighth episode of The Flintstones season two, and the thirty-sixth overall. It aired on November 3, 1961 on ABC. It was written by Larry Markes, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Hoping to advance his job at the quarry, Fred enrolls in a night school in accounting. But finding his class to be tough, Mr. Slate forces a sleepy Fred to join the quarry's football team, not realizing that the sport interfered with Fred’s studies in his youth.

Characters

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Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Bedrock

Filming
The cast was recorded on April 10, 1961.

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 3, 1961 on ABC

Behind the scenes

 * The title refers to Princeton University, a private university located in Princeton, New Jersey and one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.
 * Fred went to Bedrock High School, which it was mistakenly known as Rockville High School, but he never graduated.
 * One of his classmates was Gina Loadabricks, a spoof of Italian actress Gina Lollabrigida.
 * Fred was in the classes of '41, '42, '43, '44, and '45.
 * Mr. Slate is known this time with his first names as either Seymore or Butterfinger Slate.

Errors

 * Fred makes the word "CAT" to which Arnold adds "ACLYSM" to make cataclysm. The scrabble tiles change from shot to shot when the board is shown and their words wouldn't be possible from the varied configurations shown.
 * Furthermore Fred makes the final bogus word "ZARF" by adding his tiles to a "Z" that wasn't there before (at the end of the long vertical word in the center), which it is an actual word, meaning: (especially in the Middle East) a holder, usually ornamental, for a hot coffee cup.
 * The newspaper and yearbook are titled The Rockville Times and Rockville High respectively but mistakenly, however they live in Bedrock.
 * When Arnold goes back to work after the scrabble game, he is holding a stack of papers titled "Bugle". Yet later, Fred and Wilma are shown reading The Rockville Times even though they live in Bedrock.

Home availability

 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * April 28, 1997: First Independent Films releases The Flintstones: Bumper Edition 2 on VHS.
 * June 4, 2007: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete Second Season on DVD.
 * In the United States:
 * December 7, 2004: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete Second Season on DVD.
 * October 28, 2008: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete Series (limited edition) on DVD.
 * November 13, 2012: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete Series (standard edition) on DVD.
 * October 3, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete Second Season (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
 * February 13, 2018: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete Series (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
 * October 27, 2020: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete Series on Blu-ray Disc.