The Prowler (The Flintstones)

"The Prowler" is the fourteenth episode of The Flintstones season one. It aired on December 30, 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.

With a prowler going around, Wilma and Betty take judo lessons. Fred tests their training by pretending to be the prowler.

Characters
In order of appearance:


 * Fred Flintstone (Alan Reed)
 * Wilma Flintstone (Jean Vander Pyl)
 * Barney Rubble (Mel Blanc)
 * Betty Rubble (Bea Benaderet)
 * Rockimoto (Mel Blanc)
 * Prowler (Alan Reed)

Locations

 * Bedrock
 * Flintstone house
 * Rubble house
 * Rockimoto Judo

Objects

 * Bedrock Bugle

Vehicles

 * Flintmobile

Behind the scenes

 * Hanna-Barbera were rather insensitive with the Japanese stereotypes.
 * This is the first time the newspaper has been identified by name (if one doesn't already count Sunday News in "The Flintstone Flyer").