The House Guest

The House Guest
"Get offa you? You get out of my bed!"
Production number	P-39
Premiere date	December 22, 1961
Starring	Alan Reed Mel Blanc Jean Vander Pyl Bea Benaderet
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Sydney Zelinka
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"The House Guest" is the fourteenth episode of The Flintstones season two, and the forty-second overall. It aired on December 22, 1961 on ABC. It was written by Sydney Zelinka, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

The Rubbles move into the Flintstones' house while their home is being repaired, but Wilma and Betty are concerned that their husbands will start a feud.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Bedrock

Production

Filming

The cast was recorded on May 15, 1961.

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 22, 1961 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• This is one of the few episodes where Wilma and Betty actually fight each other.
• This is one of the few times in which the Flintstones' pet cat Baby Puss appears in an episode of the series.
• In one scene, Fred is standing in the doorway of the bathroom, and next to him is what is clearly not the sink, but rather the edge of the toilet.

Legacy

• In the 1980 movie Rage!, the movie begins with Cal being woken up by his daughter leaving the TV on which is playing this episode of The Flintstones, with the theme song and the opening scene of Fred telling Barney he is driving them to the Quicky Car Wash.

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In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• 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.
• In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
  • June 4, 2007: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete Second Season on DVD.