2007-01-15 15:50:25 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
yup :O)
2007-01-15 15:52:59 · answer #1 · answered by poshbaby24 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Great Gazoo is a character from The Flintstones animated series. He first appeared on the show on October 29th, 1965. He has many similarities to Mr. Mxyzptlk of the Superman comics, and may have been inspired by him. He is a tiny, green, floating alien, voiced by Harvey Korman, having been exiled to Earth from his home planet Zetox as punishment for having invented a weapon of immense destructive power, and was discovered by Fred and Barney when his flying saucer crashed. His invention was a button which would destroy the universe if pressed, though he insists he made it on a whim with no intent of using it.
Gazoo often appears before Fred and Barney in random, often inopportune moments. He refers to Fred and Barney as "dum-dums" and constantly causes problems for them. Even when he attempts to help Fred and Barney out, he usually ends up causing even more trouble. The only people who are able to see him are Fred, Barney, and the children (because they believe in him). A running gag is that Fred argues with Gazoo while Wilma believes that he's talking to himself. Also, whenever Pebbles says "Gazoo," Wilma thinks she is sneezing.
Because Gazoo was introduced into the show midway through the final season and is considered quite an absurd character, being a futuristic alien that appears in the middle of the Stone Age, he is often cited by fans and critics of the show as being an example of the fact that the show had "jumped the shark." Indeed, the show was cancelled shortly after his first appearance, although it cannot be said that Gazoo contributed in any way to the series' conclusion.
The story arc regarding Gazoo's trying to return home was never resolved due to the cancellation of the original series, and the character did not appear (nor was he referred to) in the immediate series follow-up The Man Called Flintstone or any of the later spin-off TV series or animated movies, rendering him effectively dropped from continuity. Apart from the original TV series, he appeared in a Fruity Pebbles cereal commercial as part of a promotion for a contest where consumers would have to try and find boxes of all-orange cereal pieces, and more recently has become the mascot for Marshmallow Mania Pebbles cereal. He also had a part in the second live-action movie, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, where he was played by Alan Cumming. Charlton Comics also published a short-lived comic book focusing on the character in the mid-1970s.
2007-01-16 00:03:46 · answer #2 · answered by bgirl79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-01-15 23:53:34 · answer #3 · answered by rkd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not often. I think it was usually just to prove a point to Fred so he could learn the moral of the episode.
2007-01-15 23:53:08 · answer #4 · answered by AxMan_12 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i think he did, occasionally.....I think kazoo, was more of a Morality fairy than anything.....you know like the good angel and bad devil that you see on different shows, Fred's just happened to be a green alien from the future......
2007-01-15 23:56:08 · answer #5 · answered by Mintjulip 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought he only granted Barney Wishes.
2007-01-15 23:53:21 · answer #6 · answered by PrettyEskimo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey that movie was on AMC today. I thought he just observed but I guess I didnt pay that close attention. I know he helped them out throught the movie to get out of situations.
2007-01-15 23:54:38 · answer #7 · answered by ehrlich 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Great Kazoo, yes he did
2007-01-15 23:53:32 · answer #8 · answered by Bombshell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gazoo. No wishes granted, though he came in handy sometimes.
2007-01-15 23:57:58 · answer #9 · answered by da_hammerhead 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! His name was Kazoo and he also hooked up Barney as well!
2007-01-15 23:53:48 · answer #10 · answered by matty441 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, his name was Kazoo, I think
2007-01-15 23:53:23 · answer #11 · answered by gdwtchofnth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋