The Flintstones (TV Series)

Ventriloquist Barney (1963)

Jean Vander Pyl: Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone

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Quotes 

• 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.

• [after Barney tricks Fred into thinking Pebbles spoke using his ventriloquism] 

  Fred Flintstone : Imagine talking at her age! Wilma, we got a genius in the family. At this rate, in no time at all, she'll be leaving for college.

  Wilma Flintstone : Really? Then I'd better start dinner. I don't like saying goodbye on an empty stomach.

• [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?