Alvin Brickrock Presents

Fred thinks his new neighbor Alvin Brickrock has done away with his wife.

One of the best of Season 2. Brickrock is a spot on parody of Alfred Hitchcock. Fred convinces Barney that Mrs. Brickrock's body is in a trunk left in his house. Brickrock does admit the trunk is "for her body". See the episode to see what that means.

I agree with Jimmy. Having grown up on the FLINTSTONES, this episode has to be one of the best of Season 2, and for that matter, possibly the entire series. It's a very clever take-off on Alfred Hitchcock, and with all the spooky stuff thrown in for us big kids at heart.

Elliot Field plays the voice of Brickrock, and is just hilarious. I think even Hitch himself would have been impressed. Fred and Wilma have a strange new neighbor, and right away there are suspicions. Brickrock is a rather mysterious guy... and what happened to his wife? The big question surrounds a trunk, and just what's inside. Scared to death Fred recruits Barney to do a little detective work.

Interestingly, this story may have been inspired by an episode of Hitchcock's classic tv show, all about a man (played by David Wayne), who kills his wife and stuffs her in the trunk of his car. Creative writing by Larry Markes, who wrote six episodes for the show, best known for writing the DEAN MARTIN CELEBRITY ROAST series.

There's not much background on Elliot Field, except to say he did a lot of voice work on other classic cartoon series, such as QUICK DRAW MCGRAW and the INCREDIBLE HULK. His impersonation of Hitchcock is the whole show.

10 Plus Stars. SEASON 2 remastered color dvd box set. You may want to get the box set for this single episode.

A decent episode but not loaded with big laughs. Memorable for it's only ok impression of Alfred Hitchcock by Elliott Field. Anytime he got a mention or a parody in a TV show was always fun. Alfred Hitchcock was extremely popular in the '60s.

I thought a big highlight were Barney's comical reactions and quips to crazy situations Fred put him in. The man eating combination fish / bird was another highlight that was somewhat funny.

The episode wasn't totally flat. The writing was fairly snappy and witty. But, it never seemed to click to produce big laughs. Only mildly funny scenes. Might have been better if they'd found a funnier Alfred Hitchcock impersonator.