Note he did not work in the quarry with Fred except for one episode.
2007-03-13 17:35:45 · 13 answers · asked by dvd_frns 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Yeah, he was unemployed the whole time
2007-03-13 17:38:28 · answer #1 · answered by ♀♥♂☮Trippy Hippie☮♂♥♀ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Actually, Barney's occupation was left up in the air in the early years of the series, which ran 166 episodes from 1960 through 1966. The folks at Hanna-Barbera, the studio that created the series, say Barney was a TV repossessor in one episode and a geological engineer in another--not your typical white-collar career path, but hey, it's the cartoons. They don't recall him being a short-order cook but admit it's possible. In later years Barney settled into a more comfortable existence working with Fred at the quarry. In one episode he was even made Fred's boss by Mr. Slate, the head honcho.
The problem with settling questions like this is that TV continuity ain't what it could be. In one episode, for example, Mr. Slate's first name was George and in another it was Sam. Once his company was called the Slate Rock and Gravel Company and another time Bedrock Quarry and Gravel. A little disconcerting, especially for hard-core Flintstones viewers, whose grip on reality has to be pretty shaky to start with. I'm sure the people at Hanna-Barbera are suitably chastened and won't let it happen again.
hope this helps!!!
2007-03-14 00:45:57 · answer #2 · answered by sunkissedpei 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
As young adults, Barney and Fred worked as bellhops at a resort ... Barney, along with Fred, spent some time in the army ...While the subject of Barney's occupation (or where he even worked) was never given during the original series.. Barney went to work at the Slate Rock and Gravel Company quarry alongside Fred, at some point after the original series' episodes take place, possibly in some office role. .. Fred inadvertently getting him fired, then helping Barney finding work as a repo man who ended up having to repossess Fred's TV set. .. Barney working at the "Granite Building" {Empire State Building?}. ... Barney helping Fred at a Hamburger joint they had bought. Betty implies that Barney is in "top secret" work but that may merely be a cover for a low level job or unemployment. ...Barney's boss tells him to "put down his broom," which implies some sort of janitorial works is involved. .. perhaps Barney works at a different part of the quarry or at least somewhere very close to it. ... Barney joined Fred as part-time police officers for Bedrock's police force, where they were partnered with the Shmoo (of Li'l Abner fame)
2007-03-14 00:41:48 · answer #3 · answered by --------------- 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They only showed him working in the quarry with fred in 1 episode. But thats what he actually did. That detail just wasnt very important.
2007-03-14 00:40:19 · answer #4 · answered by Tim 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Didn't Barney and Fred work together at the rock quarry or was that only in the movie version?
2007-03-14 00:39:13 · answer #5 · answered by britbrit2639 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Worked at the rock Quarry with good old Fred....
2007-03-14 00:39:59 · answer #6 · answered by nfogey_1981 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He along side Fred Flintstone...
I know he was alway moving rocks arounds...at the yard.
Some how, he always got fired or was unemployed
but in the next show he was working again... his like homer simpson... he just gets up and leaves whenever they feel like.. lol
2007-03-14 01:26:28 · answer #7 · answered by Jamie T 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
He worked with Fred at the rock query
2007-03-14 00:39:03 · answer #8 · answered by talk2bobbie 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He didn't work. He just mooched off Fred. That is why Betty and him were always over their house. They were waiting for their welfare check.
2007-03-14 00:45:02 · answer #9 · answered by Melissa 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If my memory serves me correctly. it never did say. I think he worked in some sort of office.
2007-03-14 00:43:39 · answer #10 · answered by robee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋