The Tycoon

The Tycoon is an episode of The Flintstones.
Unlike previous and later episodes, this one begins at the end, with Fred Flintstone coming home, and being berated by Wilma Flintstone and the Rubbles for the way they claim he treated them earlier in the day. The events leading up to this are then recounted.
J.L Gottrocks, a wealthy entrepreneur, abruptly quits his position, having decided to mingle with the simple folks of Bedrock. His two right hand men go looking for him, and see Fred working in the gravel pit. Despite realizing their mistake, they convince Fred to substitute for Gottrocks until they find him. 
Back at the Flintstones' house, Wilma gets a call from her sick mother, who tells her she's feeling better, and Wilma won't have to pay her a visit. Wilma calls Fred's company, where his boss (not yet Mr. Slate, but Mr. Boulder) tells her he took a leave of absence, but didn't say where he was going. Wilma and the Rubbles set out to find out what he's up to. They learn that "Fred" has been seen playing pinball, and mentioning "battleaxe" and "liver and hair curlers." Gottrocks is eventually found at an ice cream parlor, but refuses to come along when Barney mistakes him for Fred. He body slams Barney, and continues on his way. Meanwhile, Fred, stressed out from pretending to be Gottrocks, leaves abruptly, with the men in pursuit. They trap Gottrocks in an ashcan, mistaking him for Fred, whereupon he fires them.
Fred finally comes home, and the ending scene is the same as the episode's opening sequence.
==Trivia==
*This was the only episode to have a narrator, voiced by John Stephenson.
*The scene of the narrator introducing Bedrock's butcher, baker, and pizza pie maker is a takeoff on the nursery rhyme "Rub a Dub-Dub, Three Men in a Tub."
*This is one of the very few episodes in which Fred doesn't say, "Yabba Dabba Doo!"
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