Directors: William Hanna & Joseph Barbera
Airing Date: February 17, 1961
Stars: The Flintstones
Rating: ★★★
The plot of this episode gets in motion when Wilma discovers an old love letter from Fred in a box full of memories. When Fred discovers his own poem in the drawer, he thinks it’s by somebody else, and suspects that Wilma has a secret lover.
What follows is a classic comedy of errors, also involving roller skates, a watch, and a private eye with a funny walk and the voice reminiscent of that of Tony Curtis as a millionaire in ‘Some Like It Hot’ (1959). Fred’s dramatic stances are priceless.
The episode is further uplifted by some amusing prehistory gags: a giant dinosaur from ‘Mastodon Motor Inc.’ full of cars on its back, a photo camera with a little bird drawing a picture in it, and a taxi you have to walk yourself. We also discover that Fred’s job, which already had been depicted in ‘The Snorkasaurus Hunter’, is being a “dino-operator”.
Watch ‘Love Letters on the Rocks’ yourself and tell me what you think:
‘Love Letters on the Rocks’ is released on the DVD-set ‘The Flintstones: The Complete First Season’
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June 18, 2020 at 04:38
moviemovieblogblogii
It’s funny how many of these silly episodes I remember. “Eyes so black…like fryin’ pans?” The early years were definitely the best, before they got into childbirth and gimmicky stuff like The Great Gazoo and The Gruesomes.
June 20, 2020 at 14:05
Gijs Grob
That’s why I’ll stick to the first season here (although I must admit I’ve never seen any of these later episodes with those characters…).