The Soft Touchables

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The Soft Touchables
Fred and Barney at the Third National Bank.png
Fred and Barney arrive at the Third National Bank.
Production number P-34[1]
Premiere date October 27, 1961
Starring Alan Reed
Mel Blanc
Jean Vander Pyl
Bea Benaderet
Sandra Gould
Daws Butler
John Stephenson
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s) Sydney Zelinka
Arthur Phillips
Director(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
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"The Soft Touchables" is the seventh episode of The Flintstones season two, and the thirty-fifth overall. It aired on October 27, 1961 on ABC. It was written by Sydney Zelinka and Arthur Phillips, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Fred and Barney start a part-time detective agency, but their first client turns out to be a criminal.

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Filming

The cast was recorded on April 9, 1961.[1]

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The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

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Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: October 27, 1961 on ABC

Behind the scenes

  • The title is a spoof to the 1959 television crime series, The Untouchables.
  • This was the first episode that Mel Blanc worked on after his near-fatal car accident, over two months before its airing.

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