The Flintstones (TV Series)
Ventriloquist Barney (1963)
Mel Blanc: Barney Rubble, Dino
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Quotes
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Barney Rubble : [about Pebbles] Hey, uh, how long before she'll be able to talk, Wilma? I mean real sentences.
Wilma Flintstone : Oh, not for a while yet, Barney. Maybe a year.
Barney Rubble : Oh? I was 3 years old before I started to talk.
Wilma Flintstone : Really? You were late.
Barney Rubble : Yeah. My mother thought I'd never talk. Then six months later, she thought I'd never shut up.
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Fred Flintstone : It's a good thing the arena's so close. We don't need the car.
Barney Rubble : Yeah. Boy, this ought to be some match, Fred. That Bronto Crushrock is a terror. Hey, did you ever see him when he gets real mad?
Fred Flintstone : No.
Barney Rubble : Oh, his face gets red.
[Barney's face turns red]
Barney Rubble : His eyes bulge out.
[Barney bulges out his eyes]
Barney Rubble : His nose turns purple.
[Barney's turns his nose purple]
Barney Rubble : Oh, gee, I wish I could describe how horrible he looks.
Fred Flintstone : You're doing fine.
Barney Rubble : [turns his face normal] Oops, Fred, I forgot the tickets. I left them on your TV set.
Fred Flintstone : You left the tickets on the T... Why, you stupid... Oooh!
[Fred's face turns red and his eyes bulges out]
Fred Flintstone : Of all the dumb...
Barney Rubble : Fred, that's it!
Fred Flintstone : That's what?
Barney Rubble : That's how Bronto Crushrock looks when he gets real mad.
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Fred Flintstone : Well, the wrestling match is out for me, Barney. I guess you'll have to go alone.
Barney Rubble : Oh, gee, it's no fun going alone.
Fred Flintstone : I know, but I can't go. It's too late to get another babysitter even if I wanted to.
Barney Rubble : Hey, Fred, why not take Pebbles along?
Fred Flintstone : Take her along?
[Pebbles reacts excitedly]
Barney Rubble : Hey, look. She wants to go.
Fred Flintstone : Barney, I can't take a little girl to a wrestling match.
Barney Rubble : Oh, no, I suppose not. But if it was a boy, you would, huh?
Fred Flintstone : Well, yeah, yeah, if Pebbles was a boy, I'd take her in a minute.
[Pebbles angrily lays back down in her crib]
Barney Rubble : In other words, what you are doing is discriminating against your own daughter because she's a girl.
Fred Flintstone : You are right, Barney! I'm blaming Pebbles for something that ain't her fault.
Barney Rubble : That's very bad child psychology, Fred. She could grow up resenting you.
Fred Flintstone : Yeah, I can't have her hating me the rest of her life, Barney. I have got to take her. Come on, sweetheart. Daddy's taking you bye bye.
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Barney Rubble : It's a good thing you got home before Wilma, huh, Fred?
Fred Flintstone : What do you mean, it's a good thing? Are you suggesting I'm afraid to have Wilma know I took Pebbles to the wrestling match?
Barney Rubble : Well, uh...
Fred Flintstone : Listen, Barney, I am boss in my family. I do what I want when I want.
[Fred walks into the next room]
Barney Rubble : Oh, sure, Fred.
[mimics Wilma's voice]
Barney Rubble : Fred, where have you been?
[Fred rushes back]
Fred Flintstone : Well, Wilma, y-you see, I... I... I...
[Barney laughs]
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[after Barney demonstrates his ventriloquism]
Wilma Flintstone : Barney, that's wonderful. Where'd you learn to do that?
Barney Rubble : Oh, I studied a book on ventriloquism. It's easy. You could do it, Wilma.
Wilma Flintstone : I'm not so sure. Come to think of it, you don't see many women ventriloquists around. I wonder why.
Barney Rubble : Well, um, maybe it's because to be a ventriloquist, you can't move your lips and how many women are there that'll keep their mouths shut?
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Fred Flintstone : [after spinning around on his head for Pebbles] Oh, boy. What a workout.
Barney Rubble : Hey, you're lucky, Fred. She could've asked you to do some back flips.
Fred Flintstone : Quiet! Don't give her any ideas! Pebbles, honey, Daddy's tired now, so...
Barney Rubble : [using his ventriloquism] Daddy, do some back flips.
Fred Flintstone : B-B-B-B-But, Pebbles, sweetheart...
Barney Rubble : Daddy, you said you'd do anything.
Fred Flintstone : Yeah, yeah. Th-That's right, Pebbles.
[Fred notices Pebbles is sleeping and looks suspiciously at Barney]
Fred Flintstone : So you want me to do some back flips, huh? Even if you're asleep?
Barney Rubble : [still using his ventriloquism] Yes, Daddy, or I'll cry.
Fred Flintstone : Well, you ain't the only one who's gonna cry, Pebbles. Barney's gonna cry, too, when I break every bone in his body!
[Barney runs away with Fred chasing after him]
Fred Flintstone : Throw your voice at me, will ya?
Barney Rubble : Oh, now... now... now, don't get sore, Fred. It was just a little joke.
Fred Flintstone : Who's sore? I just wanna congratulate you on being such a good ventriloquist. I just wanna shake your throat!
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Lady : [about Pebbles at the wrestling match] Oh, the idea! Bringing a baby here!
Barney Rubble : [using his ventriloquism] Where'd you ever get that baby stuff? I'm Powerful Pebbles, queen of the midget wrestlers!