A Flintstones Christmas Carol.

 

                                       A Flintstones Christmas Carol.

Fred is cast as Ebenezer Scrooge in a stage adaption of the story, but is 

acting a bit stingy in real-life. The one Flintstones Christmas special that 

delivers, it is really a amazing and award winning movie, the animation 

is spot on just like there T.V. show that I never missed when I was a kid. 

So, with that, lets get to the story shall we:

The Bedrock Community Players is mounting A Christmas Carol, and all 

of the town's citizens are either planning to attend or be involved in the 

production: Barney Rubble is playing Bob Cragit, with Betty as Mrs. 

Cragit and his son Bamm-Bamm as Tiny Tim; Mr. Slate is Jacob 

Marbley; Wilma Flintstone is serving as the stage manager, while her 

daughter Pebbles plays Martha Cragit; even Dino has a role, playing the 

Cragit's family pet. It is Fred, though, who has landed the leading role 

of Ebonezer Scrooge. Unfortunately, he has let his role go to his head, 

thinking himself a star and spending all of his time rehearsing his lines 

rather than focusing on his job or family. On Christmas Eve, in his rush 

to get to work, Fred forgets that he must take Pebbles to "cave care", 

and later to pick her up from cave care. When Fred arrives at the theater, 

he discovers a furious Wilma, who breaks down in tears as she tells Fred 

about his mistake.

The play finally begins with narrator Charles Brickens reading the 

opening lines, and after a momentary bout of stage fright, Fred enters. 

The play proceeds as normal. As the second act opens, Wilma and Betty 

discover that Garnet, the woman playing the Ghost of Christmas Past, 

has contracted the "Bedrock Bug," a flu-like illness. As stage manager, 

Wilma is left to play the part herself. During the next scene, at Fezziwig's 

Christmas party, Betty informs Wilma that Maggie has come down with 

the Bedrock Bug as well; Wilma dons her costume and plays Belle. The 

third act begins with the hooded figure of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to 

Come appearing before Scrooge; he shows the elderly man an 

abandoned gravestone marked with the words "EBONEZER SCROOGE." 

The scene shifts to Scrooge's bedchamber—he is alive, and he discovers 

that it is Christmas morning. He recruits a passing boy (played by the 

same child who Fred entrusted with his presents) to purchase a prize 

"Turkeysaurus" and have it sent to the Cragits for a feast. Scrooge 

prepares to go out and explore the city on Christmas morning; along the 

way, he meets Wilma, who has taken on the role of one of the members 

of the Piltdown Charitable Foundation, as the original actor has caught 

the Bedrock Bug. Fred acts as if the woman is Belle (much to narrator 

Brickens's frustration, as the ad-libbing is not in his script), and begs for 

both her and Wilma's forgiveness, admitting his recent selfishness and 

promising that he has changed his attitudes. Wilma reluctantly plays 

along.

The play ends with the narrator informing the audience of the permanent 

change in the elderly man. Bamm-Bamm forgets his line "God bless us, 

everyone!," leaving Pebbles to make the declaration herself. When the 

curtain falls, the company drops Fred and scolds him "for being such a 

Scrooge." Fred apologizes, informing Wilma that he has finally realized 

that his friends and family, rather than his role in the production, are 

what matter most. As the company begins to depart, the Ghost of 

Christmas Yet to Come takes off his hood, revealing himself as Dino, who 

took the part after the regular actor Philo came down with the Bedrock 

Bug.

A changed Fred says that when the Flintstones get home, he's going to 

make dinner. Unfortunately, however, after he says this, he comes down 

with the flu, and Wilma decides to make dinner, since Fred is no longer 

capable of doing it.