Take Me Out to the Ball Game

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
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Production number P-59[1]
Premiere date April 20, 1962
Starring Alan Reed
Mel Blanc
Jean Vander Pyl
Hal Smith
John Stephenson
Don Messick
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s) Larry Markes
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
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"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is the thirty-second episode of The Flintstones season two, and the sixtieth overall. It aired on April 20, 1962 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.

Fred unwillingly becomes a referee of a Little League umpire and tries prepare them for an upcoming game.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

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Production

Development

Filming

The cast was recorded on January 15, 1962.[1]

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: April 27, 1962 on ABC

Behind the scenes

  • As per the episode title, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is an early-20th century Tin Pan Alley song traditionally sung during the seventh-inning stretch of a baseball game.
  • The title may have also been an allusion to the 1949 Frank Sinatra film of the same name.

Errors

  • Fred is reading aloud from the book on how to be an umpire and comes to the line "continued next page" but then turns the page backwards to the previous page.

Critical reception

In other languages

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Home availability

References

  1. ^ a b Adams, T.R. (November 1994). The Flintstones: A Modern Stone Age Phenomenon, page 160. Turner Publishing. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
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