The Flintstones Page #18

kibble crisis is a thing of the

past when you're living the good

life... the Fibrelife!

208 NEXT EXHIBIT 208

The CARS CHUG past a display of tree trunks, leaves,

bubbling gunk... and those iridescent vegetable pearls

we've come to know... coo-coo berries. Iron bars and

vault-like doors separate the coo-coo berries from the

other items.

ANOTHER PARROT:

Here, gathered from the four

corners of the globe, are the

secret ingredients of Fibrerock...

some common, some rare... all

making life easier for you and

yours!

209 THIRD EXHIBIT 209

The little CARS CHUG into an elegant salon, complete with

runway. There's another PARROT here in front of another

megaphone, but this parrot is chic and flamboyant.

FASHION PARROT:

But does Fibrerock belong only in

the kitchen, the garage, the

workplace? No, no, no, my

darlings!

93.

210 FASHION MODELS ON RUNWAY 210

As each girl struts forward, she shrugs off a bulky

animal fur and tosses it into a garbage can. Underneath

are all kinds of daring and tantalizing fashions woven

in the tell-tale fibre colors. The clothes are a blend

of the future and retro (that is, prehistoric retro).

FASHION PARROT:

Because the clothes of the Stone

Age are as extinct as stones

themselves! Yes, thanks to the

wonder of Fibrerockfibre, the world

of high fashion will be totally

transformed... by Fibre furs...

Fibre frocks... Fibre foundations

and Fibreshoes... it's to die

for!

211 FOURTH EXHIBIT 211

Now, we see a display of Fibrerock props of all kinds -appliances,

toys, tools, etc... all of it upstaged by a

choir consisting of every animal, bird and critter we've

seen in this film. Wilma, Betty, the kids and Dino ooh

and ahh with the other guests as the mechanical animals

all sing in unison -FIBRE

CHOIR (V.O.)

'It's a Fibre World you know,

It's a Fibre World you know,

It's a Fibre World you know --'

CUT TO:

212 INT. BARNEY'S WORKSHOP -NIGHT 212

Fred and Barney are surrounded by books and cartons and

memorabilia. They have their arms around each other and

are singing.

FRED & BARNEY

'Now it's time to do or die, grab

that rock and kick it high, let's

fight, fight, fight for Bedrock

High!'

They break up laughing. Fred chuckles, looks at one of

the many old photographs strewn around.

FRED:

Boy, those were the days, Barney.

Bedrock High winning all those

games... and you and me right in

the middle of it.

94.

213 NEW ANGLE -FAVORING PHOTO 213

The photograph (dots in stone) shows the young Fred and

Barney in their cheerleading costumes. Barney has a

sweater and megaphone; Fred is in a Godzilla-like

"mascot" costume. He's holding the hideously-sculpted

head under his arm.

BARNEY:

Yeah. Too bad we never made the

team.

FRED:

So what? We made the team spirit.

That's just as important...

whatever happened to those

cheerleader costumes?

BARNEY:

You know Betty. She never throws

anything away.

He hauls out an old footlocker, opens it. There they

are.

FRED:

(rummaging in it)

Boy. Talk about memories.

Fred tosses the cheerleader sweater to Barney, who grins,

pulls it on. Fred also starts to get into his old

"uniform," but has to suck his gut in mightily. Finally,

he can zip it up, stern to stem.

FRED:

Back then, we thought a pop quiz

was a big problem. We didn't

know how good we had it. No

problems, no worries...

Saying this, Fred attempts to put on the Godzilla-like

head. He has a hard time sliding it into a hinge rail

behind his neck, an even harder time swinging it down and

forward.

BARNEY:

Speaking of problems and worries,

shouldn't we get on over to

Slate's party?

Fred has finally "clinked" the monster head down into

place. Now, when he talks, the monster's mouth moves in

sync.

(CONTINUED)

95.

213 CONTINUED:
213

FRED:

(echo-y)

What for? So him and all his

fancy friends can look down their

noses at us?

Completely covered in the ferocious-looking suit, Fred

steps over to Barney, stabs an angry claw in his

direction.

FRED:

(echo-y)

All they've been doing is using us,

Barney. And meanwhile -

Now Fred reaches up to take the head off. It sticks for

a moment. Finally he gets it to flip back on its hinge

where it hangs behind his neck like a ski parka hood.

FRED:

(normal voice)

--Meanwhile all the time they

were laughing at us.

BARNEY:

Yeah? When did you notice that?

FRED:

About an hour ago.

BARNEY:

Boy, there's no fooling you, Fred.

Suddenly, with a GROWING CREAKING, CRACKING and TINKLING,

a scale model of Slate City in the corner begins to fall

apart.

Fred and Barney look at each other, startled, then rush

over to the model. It's the interim version we saw

earlier.

214 CLOSER -MODEL 214

The decomposition continues, walls and supports turning

into sand and running down before our eyes. In a Rube

Goldberg-like continuum, the little houses go first,

falling like dominoes...

FRED:

Wha... what's happening?

Barney tries to stop the process, can't.

(CONTINUED)

96.

214 CONTINUED:
214

BARNEY:

I... I don't know... the Fibrerock

it's... it's decomposing... but

this shouldn't happen...

FRED:

Your old models are just fine...

215 ANGLE 215

Indeed, the older models from Barney's tinkering days

are rock solid.

216 BACK TO SCENE 216

BARNEY:

It should be. There's enough

coo-coo berry resin in there to

petrify a brontosaurus -

Suddenly Barney gets it. He looks from the older models

to the now decomposing little Fibresphere with growing

awareness.

BARNEY:

(snapping his fingers)

--The coo-coo berries! Fred,

that's it!

FRED:

What's it?

BARNEY:

Remember I said the Fibrefoam

tasted funny? It was the coo-coo

sap that was missing!

FRED:

But.. why would -

BARNEY:

Why? Because coo-coo berries are

as valuable as goldrock! And

we've had tons of 'em delivered

to the plant since we started...

somebody musta got greedy -

FRED:

--Not 'somebody' --Lava!

BARNEY:

(alarmed)

Fred, that sap acts as a fixative

--it's the glue that holds the

whole formula together --!

(CONTINUED)

97.

216 CONTINUED:
216

FRED:

(with mounting concern)

Then... what's happening here...

BARNEY:

(finishing it)

... Is gonna happen for real in

the real Slate City!

FRED:

Oh no... Barney! Wilma and Betty

--and the kids --they're all

there -

With a final WHIMPER, the little FIBRESPHERE CAVES IN

and then the nearby SLATE NEEDLE CRUMBLES, model story

by model story. Finally the "DISK" on top of the needle

is all that's left, wobbling around like a spun dinner

plate. It finally falls... EXPLODES.

FRED:

(worried)

--B-barney... what do we do?

Barney runs to a locker, grabs a big plunger-powered

flit gun, begins filling it with a red liquid.

BARNEY:

Coo-coo berry sap, Fred! It's

our only chance --their only

chance!

Barney gives it a quick test squirt. Fred nods, and they

rush out of the room. CAMERA PUSHES IN ON the ruins of

the model "Slate City"...

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