Love Letters on the Rocks

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Love Letters on the Rocks
Fred's old love letter.png
Fred's old love letter.
Production number P-21[1]
Premiere date February 17, 1961
Starring Alan Reed
Mel Blanc
Jean Vander Pyl
Bea Benaderet
John Stephenson
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s) Arthur Phillips
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
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"Love Letters On the Rocks" is the twenty-first episode of The Flintstones season one. It aired on February 17, 1961 on ABC. It was written by Arthur Phillips, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the show and the co-founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Fred finds a love letter to Wilma, coming to the conclusion that she's cheating on him, so he sends out a private investigator to find out who. If only he could remember that it was his old love letter to her from when they were teens...

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Betty Rubble Bea Benaderet
Wilma Flintstone Jean Vander Pyl
Fred Flintstone Alan Reed
Barney Rubble Mel Blanc
Dino
Mr. Slagheap John Stephenson
Bartender Mel Blanc
Perry Gunnite John Stephenson
Brigette Bea Benaderet
Knuckles Stickazora Unavailable
Knuckles Stickazora's henchmen N/A
Cab driver Mel Blanc


Locations

Objects

  • Roller skates
  • Love letter
  • Fred's watch

Vehicles

Production

Development

Filming

The cast was recorded on September 2, 1960.[1]

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

Behind the scenes

  • It isn't specified if Boulder High is actually in Bedrock or not (although The Flintstone Kids retconned them all living in Bedrock as kids).
  • The character of Peter Gunnite is an allusion to the TV detective Peter Gunn.

Errors

  • Even though Fred is said to have gone to Boulder High in this episode, he had previously mentioned he went to Rockville Center High in "Hot Lips Hannigan."
  • While Fred and Wilma being high school sweethearts is not an error in this episode, it is later made an error in the fourth season episode "Bachelor Daze," which changes the history of Fred and Wilma, so that they met while working at the Honeyrock Hotel.

Legacy

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

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