The Best Episodes Written By Larry Markes

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.5/10(4 votes)

   #1 - Rosey the Robot

   S1:E19/23/1962

   When the automatic food preparer malfunctions, Jane Jetson tests a used robot maid on the night George brings his boss home to dinner.

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   6.4/10(5 votes)

   #2 - Take Me Out to the Ball Game

   S2:E324/27/1962

   Fred is chosen by PeeWee League players (including Arnold and Mr. Slate's son) to umpire a playoff game. His troubles mount when he must call the game honestly despite the pressures from friends, employers, and big league baseball scouts, who are observing Fred in action.

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   Writer:Larry Markes

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   6.2/10(5 votes)

   #3 - The Missing Bus

   S2:E39/29/1961

   Receiving a pay cut after thirteen years at the quarry, Fred decides to quit and become a bus driver. With Barney as co-pilot, Fred delivers fifty kids to school, a nerve-shattering experience. Not wanting to let the job get the better of him, he dutifully picks them up again but mis-delivers them home.

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   6.2/10(5 votes)

   #4 - Flintstone of Prinstone

   S2:E811/3/1961

   Determined to rise above manual labor, Fred attends night class at Prinstone University and is drafted as a quarterback on the varsity team. But during the big game against Shale U., and exhausted Fred creates problems when he confuses his football signals with his accounting course figures.

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   Writer:Larry Markes

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   6.2/10(5 votes)

   #5 - Alvin Brickrock Presents

   S2:E410/6/1961

   When his neighbors' domestic fights suddenly end with the disappearance of the wife, Fred suspects Alvin Brickrock of foul play. After reading a detective magazine, he becomes convinced that Brickrock is really Albert Bonehart, wife-murderer.

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   6.2/10(5 votes)

   #6 - This is Your Lifesaver

   S2:E253/9/1962

   Fred and Barney encounter the penniless J. Montague Gypsum, who is threatening to jump from a bridge. Fred takes the man home and learns too late how responsible he is for the life he saved.

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   6.2/10(5 votes)

   #7 - Divided We Sail

   S2:E294/6/1962

   Fred receives a ticket to a television game show that offers big prizes, but succumbs to stage fright before the show. Barney subs for him and wins a house boat, which Fred then tries to claim as his.

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   5.5/10(2 votes)

   #8 - The Good Little Scouts

   S1:E610/28/1962

   The only way George can get a vacation out of Mr. Spacely is to accompany Space Cub Troop #54 on their camping trip on the moon. George proceeds to get lost, but is rescued by Mr. Spacely's son, Arthur.

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