The Good Scout

The Good Scout
Fred, Barney, and the scouts use their tent as a makeshift parachute to avoid waterfall drop.
Production number	P-26
Premiere date	March 24, 1961
Starring	Alan Reed Mel Blanc Jean Vander Pyl Bea Benaderet Lucille Bliss
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Warren Foster
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"The Good Scout" is the twenty-sixth episode of The Flintstones season one. It aired on March 24, 1961 on ABC. It was written by Warren Foster, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Fred volunteers as a scoutmaster for the Saber-toothed Tiger Patrol, but it's the boys who lead the way.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Fred Flintstone	Alan Reed
Bus driver	Unavailable
Wilma Flintstone	Jean Vander Pyl
Dino	Mel Blanc
Barney Rubble	Mel Blanc
Betty Rubble	Bea Benaderet
Hugo	Lucille Bliss
Daniel Boondoogle
Sheep	N/A
Doctor Headstone
Sabertooth bear	Mel Blanc

Organizations

• Saber-toothed Tiger Patrol

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Bedrock
      • Pebble Street
      • Flintstone residence
      • Rubble residence

Objects

• Cigarette
• Radio

Vehicles

• Flintmobile

Production

Filming

The cast was recorded on November 12, 1960.

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: March 24, 1961 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• Out of all the boys, only Hugo is identified by name.
• Daniel Boondoogle is a parody of Daniel Boone.

Errors

• When Fred spoke to Hugo, who was first identified as the blonde boy, the black-haired boy responded.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • March 16, 2004: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete First 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.
  • May 23, 2017: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete First Season (Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection edition) on DVD.
  • December 12, 2017: Warner Home Video releases Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection 4-Pack 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.
• In Australia:
  • March 2, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete First Season on DVD.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • November 7, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete First Season on DVD.