The Little Stranger
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| Production number | P-69[1] |
| Premiere date | November 2, 1962 |
| Starring | Alan Reed Mel Blanc Jean Vander Pyl Bea Benaderet Don Messick Verna Felton |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | Herbert Finn |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
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"The Little Stranger" is the eighth episode of The Flintstones season three, and the sixty-eighth episode overall. It aired on November 2, 1962 on ABC. It was written by Herbert Finn, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.
Fred overhears Wilma of "having a little stranger", and while mistaking her for being pregnant, summons his mother-in-law Pearl. However, the "little stranger" turns out to be Arnold the paperboy.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Barney: Hey, how come we're going to the doctor instead of the golf course, Fred? Are you sick?
Fred: Of course, I'm not sick. I'm as fit as a fiddle. But Wilma says I can't play golf until I start acting like a human begin.
Barney: (laughing) Some wives really set impossible tasks for the husbands, don't they?
Characters
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Organizations
- Daily Bugle (mentioned)
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Bedrock
- Flintstone residence
- Doctor's office
- Supermarket
- Bedrock
- United States
Objects
- Daily Bugle newspaper
Vehicles
- Flintmobile (mentioned)
Production
Development
Filming
The cast was recorded on May 9, 1962.[1]
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: November 2, 1962 on ABC
Behind the scenes
- The word "pregnant" was not used throughout this episode due to strict broadcast standards at the time, so implications regarding the topic were instead used.
- Fred says he was called Dizzy Flintstone while playing on his high school football team.
- Fred wants to practice playing ball with Arnold for the future son he thinks he will have. Ultimately, while he never has a son, it is after this episode, that Wilma would eventually be revealed as pregnant with their future daughter, Pebbles, in the season three episode "The Surprise."
- According to Fred, Mr. Slate has four kids.
Errors
- Is Arnold allowed to give special rates himself?
- Fred doesn't know what an X-ray is, which contradicts "The X-Ray Story" from the second season.
- Fred wants to save money by having his mother-in-law act as a nurse when Wilma has her alleged baby, but when they do have a baby, he hates the idea of having his mother-in-law stay. In "Foxy Grandma," he would rather hire a housemaid than call his mother-in-law for help.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
- March 22, 2005: Warner Home Video releases The Flintstones: The Complete Third 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 Third 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:
References
- ^ a b Adams, T.R. (November 1994). The Flintstones: A Modern Stone Age Phenomenon, page 163. Turner Publishing. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
