From season 1 of The Flintstones:
Fred (singing voice of Duke Mitchell) and Barney sit in with Hot Lips Hannigan when a test magic act seems to go awry, enabling the boys to sneak away from Betty & Wilma.
Mitchell holds an infamous place in film history. He & Sammy Petrillo had an act that was derivative of Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis back in the 50's, leading to one feature film, "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla". Mitchell & Petrillo broke up their act before Martin & Lewis did, and Mitchell even had a cameo in Martin & Lewis' "Sailor Beware". Being friends with William Hanna & Joe Barbera got Mitchell the gig as Alan Reed's musical stand-in until being replaced by Reed's eventual successor, Henry Corden.
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