"The Flintstones" The Astra' Nuts (TV Episode 1961) Poster

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8/10
Another mix up
kellielulu4 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This mix up gets Fred and Barney joining the Army for three years! After Wilma and Betty send them to the wrong address for an insurance physical. What unfolds is basic training and limited visits home. The plot makes it look like they will have to stay for three years! We of course know they won't. They are not very good at anything they are assigned to. This is no surprise but it is funny. Wilma and Betty get letters from them. They are proud but miss the guys.

Without much skill as soldiers they are talked into a special assignment . Going to the moon! As it turns out they think they have landed but alas they crashed back on earth! Wilma and Betty see a report about on television and race to stop it . Fred and Barney are disappointed they didn't make it but the general tells them it's a success this is the first time they were able to get a rocket off the ground! They can have anything in return. Wilma and Betty insist they be allowed out of the Army . The guys agree and they are honorably discharged.

Wilma and Betty take charge and the boys realize they left the man's army but are now in the woman's army. But they like it!

A fun episode and interesting how a little thing like the wrong directions gets them into a big predicament.
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In The Army Now
Jimmy_the_Gent414 November 2021
Wilma takes out an insurance policy on Fred and sends him to take a physical exam.

A funny episode. Fred is sent to the wrong address and Barney comes along. They wind up in an Army Recruitment Center and sign up for 3 years. Funniest scenes are when their sergeant (a take off on Phil Silvers and Sgt. Bilko) gets them to volunteer for launch into space.
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10/10
Went after big laughs and succeeded.
vitoscotti1 February 2023
After the story setup the episode got hilarious with some funny bits all linked to Fred (Alan Reed) and Barney's (Mel Blanc) stupidity. Lots of big laughs. The reflex test seems used a lot but is always funny. Of course it's dinosaurs ridden in the cavalry not horses. I liked how common sense was totally abandoned for the good of comedy. Alan Reed as the rocket scientist with a thick Russian accent was one of his best many terrific voices. Jerry Mann's voices all resemble the Phil Silvers Snorkasaurus he did earlier in season one. The animation seems to be changing a little as the series goes on. Fred and Barney seem to be drawn slightly differently. A great episode.
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