Droop Along Flintstone

Fred's rich cousin Tumbleweed asks the Flintstones and Rubbles to stay at his ranch while he is away.

An amusing episode, probably a spoof of the many western shows on at that time. Funny scenes at beginning as Tumbleweed buys a restaurant when they tell him he is not properly dressed. Later at the ranch, Fred and Barney don't realize there is a movie crew filming at a nearby ghost town. They get involved in barroom brawls and are chased by Indians.

Daws Butler and Mel Blanc are both credited as Barney Rubble in IMDb. This had to be Daws Butler though fine tuning the voice from the first episode. With Mel Blanc recovering from his car accident. Mel Blanc I always thought changed up the Barney voice never exactly the same.

This episode has a special place in my heart. When I was a kid in the '60s I had a "The Flintstones" hand crank kids toy movie projector. This was the episode on it. I particularly remember Fred and Barney busting the baby dinosaur bronco and falling off the cliff into the water.

Daws Butler blended in much better as Barney. Amazing improvement from the previous first episode of season 2.