Bernard "Barney" Rubble, a fictional character in the popular television animated series The Flintstones, is the diminutive blonde-haired caveman husband of Betty Rubble and adoptive father of Bamm-Bamm Rubble. An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from 1960 to 1966 on ABC. A caveman is a popular Stock character based upon Stereotyped concepts of the way in which early prehistoric Humans or Homininans may have looked and Betty Rubble (maiden name McBricker is a Fictional character in the popular Television Animated series The Flintstones, is the Bamm-Bamm the adopted son of Barney and Betty Rubble. He is most famous in his infant form on the long-running Animated series His best friends are his next door neighbors, Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Frederick J "Fred" Flintstone is a Fictional character who originated in the animated Sitcom The Flintstones on Wilma Pebbles Slaghoople Flintstone (maiden name Pebbles or Slaghoople -- see belowis a Fictional character in the popular Television Animated series
Barney lives in the fictional prehistoric city of Bedrock, a world where dinosaurs coexist with barefoot cavemen and the cavemen enjoyed "primitive" versions of modern conveniences such as telephones, automobiles and washing machines. Stone Age Paleolithic See also Paleolithic, Recent African Origin, Early Homo sapiens, Early human migrations "Paleolithic" Bedrock is the fictional Prehistoric city which is home to the characters of the animated Television series For people with the name Barefoot see Barefoot (surname Going barefoot (also barefoot ed) means for a person not to use or Basic principle A traditional landline telephone system also known as "plain old telephone service" (POTS, commonly handles both signaling and audio information A washing machine, or washer, is a machine designed to clean Laundry, such as Clothing, Towels and sheets The term is mostly applied
Barney's personality was based on that of Ed Norton on the 1950s television series The Honeymooners, played by Art Carney. The Honeymooners debuted as a half-hour series on October 1 1955. Arthur William Matthew “Art” Carney ( November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) was an Academy Award - and Emmy Award -winning As such, Barney tended to be much more jovial minded and easygoing than his friend Fred, who was slightly smarter than Barney in some matters and slightly dimmer than him in others. Like Ralph Kramden on The Honeymooners, Fred was constantly on the lookout for get-rich-quick schemes, while Barney, like Norton, found life quite satisfactory as it was but participated in said schemes because Fred was his friend.
Barney's interests included bowling, playing pool, poker, tinkering around in Fred's garage and playing golf, though there were episodes where Barney didn't know how to play golf. Bowling is a Game / Sport in which players attempt to score points by rolling a Bowling ball along a flat surface either into objects called pins Poker is a type of Card game in which players bet on the value of the card combination (" hand " in their possession by placing a bet into He, like Fred, was also a member of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalos lodge and its predecessor in earlier episodes, the Loyal Order of Dinosaurs. He is also a talented pianist and drummer. A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion In the first episode of the original series he was an inventor of a hand-powered helicopter. Though clearly depicted as being in better shape than Fred, he isn't shown to be quite as enthusiastic sportsman as Fred is. This distinction can be attributed to Fred's fondness of food, though Barney is shown to be at least as capable of excessive appetite on a number of occasions.
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Biography
While the mid-1980s spinoff series The Flintstone Kids depicts Barney as a child, the series seems to be mostly apocryphal due to its presenting Barney as a childhood friend of Wilma and Betty (vs. A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing the original series' assertion that they first met as young adults). Still, the series' assertions that Barney had at least one younger brother, Dusty, was a childhood friend of Fred, and was the son of artist Flo Slate Rubble and car dealer Robert "Honest Bob" Rubble might be taken as valid. The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating The original series also suggested in one episode that Barney was the nephew of Fred's boss, Mr. Slate, though subsequent episodes and spinoffs don't seem to support this claim. As a kid Barney worked in "Rock City".
As young adults, Barney and Fred worked as bellhops at a resort, where they first met Wilma and Betty. A bellhop, also bellboy ( or bellman, is a Hotel porter, who helps Patrons with their Luggage while checking in Eventually, Barney married Betty (as Fred did Wilma).
Several episodes and spinoffs suggest that Barney, along with Fred, spent some time in the army early in their marriages.
While the subject of Barney's occupation (or even if he had one) was never given during the original series, subsequent spinoffs suggest Barney went to work at the Slate Rock and Gravel Company quarry alongside Fred at some point after the original series; possibly in some office role. A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or Minerals are extracted An episode of the original series does have a brief scene of Barney working at the Granite Building. When speaking to an upper-crust snob in another episode, Betty declares Barney is in "top-secret" work; but that might have been a cover for a low-level job or unemployment, or perhaps an in-joke meaning that Barney's job was unknown even to the show's writers. In one episode, Barney's boss tells him to "put down his broom," which implies some sort of janitorial works is involved. In a majority of spin-offs and movies, Barney has been portrayed as working in the quarry as a dino-crane operator, alongside Fred.
Around the fourth season of the original series, Betty and Barney found an abandoned infant on their doorstep, by the name of "Bamm-Bamm. " A court battle ensued between the couple and a wealthy man who also had wanted to adopt Bamm-Bamm. Barney and Betty were successful in their efforts to adopt Bamm-Bamm because the wealthy man gave up (after winning the case) upon learning his wife became pregnant, after which he became a staple character on the series. In the fifth season, the family buys a pet hopparoo (a combination of a kangaroo and dinosaur) named Hoppy. Hoppy is a fictional character on the The Flintstones television series
In other media
In "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" Billy knocks on Barney's door and makes weird noises and faces because he thought they didn't speak English, so Barney hits Billy in the head with a club then Betty asks who it was and Barney says "Proof against evolution. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is an award-winning American Animated television series that originally aired on Cartoon Network. Betty Rubble (maiden name McBricker is a Fictional character in the popular Television Animated series The Flintstones, is the " Barney was smiling the whole time even when he broke the club hitting Billy (at the end of "Modern Primitives / Giant Billy and Mandy All-Out Attack"). This is a list of episodes of the Animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy. He has also appeared in the show in a much earlier episode A Grim Prophecy, where he appeared in Grim's death list. This is a list of episodes of the Animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.
Trivia
- Barney Rubble and Fred Flintstone appear as pitchmen for Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles breakfast cereals. Stephen Andrew Baldwin (born May 12 1966) is an American Actor best known for his role in the 1995 ensemble film The Usual Suspects The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is a 2000 feature film based on Hanna-Barbera 's animated television classic The Flintstones, produced Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles are brands of Breakfast cereal introduced by Post Cereals in 1969, featuring characters from the animated series Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles are brands of Breakfast cereal introduced by Post Cereals in 1969, featuring characters from the animated series A breakfast cereal (often simply called cereal is a packaged food product made from Cereal intended to be consumed as part of a Breakfast. Barney usually tries to trick Fred out of said cereal through various tactics, usually via a disguise.
- Canadian punk rock band Hot Nasties have a song called "Barney Rubble is my Double"; this song has also been covered by another Canadian punk rock band, The Evaporators, on their album Ripple Rock. The Hot Nasties were a punk rock band from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released The Evaporators is a Canadian Indie rock band As of 2007 the band consists of vocalist/keyboardist Nardwuar the Human Serviette, guitarist David Ripple Rock is The Evaporators' ' third album It was released in 2004 in Canada by Mint Records and Nardwuar Records and elsewhere by
- The friendship between Fred and Barney was put to the test in The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones when, in the future, Fred works for Spacely Sprockets and Barney works for the rival company, Cogswell Cogs. The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones is an animated TV movie featuring the first meeting between the characters from two Hanna-Barbera cartoon shows The Flintstones However, there is no reference ever made on The Flintstones that Barney worked for the rival company of where Fred worked, as is stated by one Flintstones website. The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from 1960 to 1966 on ABC.
- In the episode of The Flintstones that copies the story of Rip Van Winkle, Fred dreams that he wakes up in a world where Barney is a millionaire. " Rip Van Winkle " is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist Everyone in the dream refers to him as B. J. Rubble. Therefore we can assume that Barney's middle initial is J. Even though it was a dream, Fred would likely know his best friend's middle initial.
Portrayal
Voice artist Mel Blanc was the principal voice of Barney Rubble, although Daws Butler briefly assumed the role while Blanc recovered from a car wreck. Melvin "Mel" Jerome Blanc ( May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and Comedian Daws Butler ( Charles Dawson Butler; November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was a Voice actor born in Toledo, [1] Since Blanc's death, Frank Welker, Jeff Bergman and Kevin Michael Richardson have all performed the role. Franklin W Welker (born March 12 1946 is an American voice actor. Jeff Bergman (born July 10, 1960) is an American Voice actor who is one of the modern day voices of various classic cartoon characters including Kevin Michael Richardson ( October 25, 1964) is an American voice actor and Actor, one of the most prominent voice actors in the field
In the 1994 live action Flintstones movie, Barney was portrayed by Rick Moranis. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Flintstones is a 1994 live-action film directed by Brian Levant based on the prime time Hanna-Barbera animated television sitcom of Frederick Alan "Rick" Moranis (born April 18, 1953) is a retired Canadian Actor, Comedian and Musician, In the 2000 prequel, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, he was portrayed by Stephen Baldwin. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is a 2000 feature film based on Hanna-Barbera 's animated television classic The Flintstones, produced Stephen Andrew Baldwin (born May 12 1966) is an American Actor best known for his role in the 1995 ensemble film The Usual Suspects
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