Directors: William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Airing Date: December 2, 1960
Stars: The Flintstones
Rating: ★★½
The wives win a trip to Hollyrock with their slogan ‘Mother McGuire’s Meatballs don’t bounce’. Within two days Fred and Barney miss their wives so much they decide to follow them.
Before soon, both Wilma and Fred are asked to star in a new television series called ‘The Frogmouth’. But within a day Fred is overdoing it, and the producer makes him nervous to get rid of him.
‘Hollyrock, Here I Come’ plays on the American myth that anybody can become a star. The best gag of this only moderately funny episode comes from the guy on TV announcing the winning slogan. The timing of this gag is surprisingly sharp for the series, which is generally does not display any fast gags. Another highlight is the great wild-eyed take on Fred when Wilma tells him she won a trip to Hollyrock, and he thinks he can go.
As always the concept of a stone age television is rather puzzling, a mystery that is pushed further by the animated commercial.
Watch ‘Hollyrock, Here I Come’ yourself and tell me what you think:
‘Hollyrock, Here I Come’ is released on the DVD-set ‘The Flintstones: The Complete First Season’
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May 23, 2020 at 02:43
SJC
The funny, hotshot producer talks like Phil Silvers as Sgt.Bilko in “You’ll Never get Rich”. Redone gag frm a current Bugs/Daffy/Elmer short, “Peorson to Bunny”, a PERSON TO PERSON-E.R.Murrow based cartoon, the “taking the bigshot starstruck wanna be down a peg or two, by telling them how many will be watching them” trope, with a dash of “speechlessness”.
May 23, 2020 at 20:28
Gijs Grob
Thanks for the additional info! much appreciated.