The Flintstones (film) Quotes

The Flintstones (film) is a TV program that first aired in 1970 . The Flintstones ended its run in 1970.

It features Bruce Cohen as producer, David Newman (composer) in charge of musical score, and Dean Cundey as head of cinematography.

The Flintstones (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Flintstones (film) is 91 minutes long. The Flintstones (film) is distributed by Universal Pictures.

The cast includes: John Goodman as Fred Flintstone, Rick Moranis as Barney Rubble, Rosie O'Donnell as Betty Rubble, Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma, Kyle MacLachlan as Cliff Vandercave, Jonathan Winters as Grizzled Man, Elizabeth Taylor as Pearl Slaghoople, Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma Flintstone, Dann Florek as Mr. Slate, Richard Moll as Hoagie, and Irwin Keyes as Joe Rockhead.

The Flintstones (film) Quotes

Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma Flintstone

• (Elizabeth Perkins) "Now, Fred. Don't say anything like what you said when you saw my sister's child."
• (John Goodman) "The kid had a tail. What was I supposed to do? Pretend I didn't notice it?"

• (Elizabeth Perkins) "This has gone far enough. After everything that we've done for you. We took you into our home."
• (Rosie O'Donnell) "Oh, yeah, so you could show off every chance you got. You used to be such nice people but now -- you're just a couple of rich snobs. Hmph."

• (Elizabeth Perkins) "We have scrimped and saved for that money and everytime we get a little bit ahead you have to go blow it on some hair brained scheme."
• (John Goodman) "Now see here, Wilma. In this cave, I am the king. And --"
• (Elizabeth Perkins) "And what? Fred."
• (John Goodman) "And you have every right to know, my queen."

• (Elizabeth Perkins) "You two should be ashamed of yourselves."
• (Elizabeth Taylor) "I got my hands full just being ashamed of him."
• (John Goodman) "You got your hands full when you scratch your neck."

Kyle MacLachlan as Cliff Vandercave

• (Kyle MacLachlan) "Through the miracle of geothermal power, the raw material is elevated to the second stage where our steam powered conveyer belts carry --"
• (Bill) "Steam? He's a mad man."
• (Kyle MacLachlan) "Steam powered conveyer belts, carry the product --"

• (Kyle MacLachlan) "Do you know what we do up here?"
• (John Goodman) "Well me and the guys have always wondered."
• (Kyle MacLachlan) "We interface, Flintstone, we conceptualize, tenderize, prioritize."
• (John Goodman) "When do we eat?"

• (Kyle MacLachlan) "I want you to fire Bernard Rubble."
• (John Goodman) "Done. Wait, fire Barney, why?"
• (Kyle MacLachlan) "Well he scored the lowest on the company aptitude test. He's an imbecile. The company can't afford to have dead weight like him on the payroll."
• (John Goodman) "But Mr. Vandercave, he's got a new kid, a mortgage, I'm his best friend, I can't."
• (Kyle MacLachlan) "Look, Fred, if you don't fire him, I will, and then I'll fire you."

• (Kyle MacLachlan) "Look at those pathetic worms burrowing their lives away. Do you know why I'm up here and they're down there, Miss Stone?"
• (Unnamed) "Because you lied on your résumé?"
• (Kyle MacLachlan) "No. Because I have vision, and right now I have a vision of you and me dripping with coconut oil on a beach in Rockapulco with Mr. Slate's fortune to keep us company."
• (Unnamed) "I'm glad we see eye to eye."
• (Kyle MacLachlan) "And somewhere down there is the ignorant stooge who will make all my schemes come true."

• (Unnamed) "I'm worried, Cliff, I think Mr. Flintstone is smarter than we thought."
• (Kyle MacLachlan) "Ha. He'd have to be to get himself dressed in the morning."

Rick Moranis as Barney Rubble

• (Rick Moranis) "So, Fred, what am I gonna call you now? Boss? Chief?"
• (John Goodman) "No, simply Your Highness will do."

• (Rick Moranis) "You're afraid to tell Wilma, aren't you?"
• (John Goodman) "Afraid? Now let's get this straight, Rubble, I don't need permission from my wife to make a decision. In my cave, I reign supreme, supreme."
• (Rick Moranis) "I won't tell her, Fred."
• (John Goodman) "Thanks pal."

• (Rick Moranis) "It's like a dream come true. A son. Somebody to carry on the proud name of Rubble. 'Think I'll be a good daddy, Fred?"
• (John Goodman) "Well you're bound to find something you're good at."
• (Rick Moranis) "Yeah sure, but --"
• (Rick Moranis) "Hey."

• (Rick Moranis) "You know, Fred, I hear that eatin' too much red meat is bad for you."
• (John Goodman) "What a load of bunk. My father ate it every day of his life and he lived to the ripe old age of thirty-eight."

• (Rick Moranis) "Tell me something, Mr. Vice President, what's a graduated inventory plan? How about supply and demand? Hey Fred, what's two and two?"
• (John Goodman) "-- I didn't come here to talk business. I'm out with my wife. Now get me a clean spoon."

John Goodman as Fred Flintstone

• (John Goodman) "What can I do? I gotta think of something --"
• (John Goodman) "Not now."

• (John Goodman) "I'm only one man."
• (Rick Moranis) "Not from the back."

• (Unnamed) "Can I get you anything? Coffee?"
• (John Goodman) "Sure."
• (Unnamed) "How would you like it?"
• (John Goodman) "In a cup?"
• (Unnamed) "Bold choice, Mr. Flintstone."

• (John Goodman) "I hate to bust your bubble, but if you build houses this small, who's gonna live in them?"

• (John Goodman) "Yabba dabba doo."

• (John Goodman) "Well I'm not going to jail, but it won't be easy finding a new job. What kind of reference is Mr. Slate gonna give me after I destroyed his quarry."
• (Rosie O'Donnell) "Aw Fred, it wasn't your fault, I'm sure Mr. Slate will understand."
• (Dann Florek) "Flint-stoooooooooone."
• (John Goodman) "Sure, now he gets my name right."

• (John Goodman) "Sorry I'm late. Had car trouble, I picked up a nail."
• (Dann Florek) "Thank you for sharing that with us, Mr. Flagstone. May we continue?"

• (John Goodman) "Barney Rubble has been my neighbor, my lodge brother and my best friend since the first time I went through the fifth grade."

• (John Goodman) "Barney, quick, what's my name?"
• (Rick Moranis) "Fred Flintstone."
• (John Goodman) "Don't toy with me, Barn."

• (John Goodman) "We'll make new friends, there's 4,000 other people in this world."

• (John Goodman) "This is my office? This is my chair?"
• (Kyle MacLachlan) "Yeah, not to throw too much at you on your first day but this big thing here is your desk."
• (John Goodman) "My desk?"

• (John Goodman) "I just want my old job back and my old life. Oh and two weeks paid vacation for all the workers in the quarry, an annual cost-of-living increase, and those little packets of ketchup in the lunch room."

• (John Goodman) "Take a memo. Cliff, let's play golf. We can prioritize, conceptualize and tenderize. Executively yours, Fred Fliiii -"
• (Unnamed) "Are there six or seven I's in 'Fliiii; '?"

• (John Goodman) "Hey, Barn, you like your steak rare?"
• (Rick Moranis) "Yeah."
• (John Goodman) "That one's yours."

• (John Goodman) "Miss Stone, I'd like you to meet my wife, Mrs. Flagstone, and our daughter -- uh -- uh -- isn't she beautiful? My family."

Elizabeth Taylor as Pearl Slaghoople

• (Elizabeth Taylor) "Oh, you poor, poor dear. You could have married Elliot Firestone, the man who invented the wheel."
• (Elizabeth Taylor) "Instead you picked Fred Flintstone, the man who invented the excuse."

• (Elizabeth Taylor) "Somebody has to look after my daughter and grandchild, while you're out corrausing with a bunch of neanderthals."
• (John Goodman) "Oh really? Well for your information the lodge no longer accepts neanderthals."
• (Elizabeth Taylor) "He robs your nest egg to bail out that little troll next door, while my daughter has to wash her clothes in the river."
• (John Goodman) "I've got half a mind --."
• (Elizabeth Taylor) "Oh don't flatter yourself."

Richard Moll as Hoagie

• (Richard Moll) "It doesn't get any better than this."

Dann Florek as Mr. Slate

• (Dann Florek) "Gentlemen, please, I can't endorse this modernization if it means laying off all those workers. Some of them have been here since the beginning of time."
• (Kyle MacLachlan) "What if I could quadruple your income?"
• (Dann Florek) "I'll miss them. You were saying?"

Rosie O'Donnell as Betty Rubble

• (Rosie O'Donnell) "Barney, do you have to do everything Fred does?"

• (Unnamed) "Mr. and Mrs. Rubble, this is your little boy."
• (Rosie O'Donnell) "Oh Barney isn't he precious?"
• (John Goodman) "Precious? They'd have been better off with the monkey."
• (Elizabeth Perkins) "Fred."
• (Rosie O'Donnell) "Does he have a name?"
• (Unnamed) "Bamm-Bamm."
• (Rick Moranis) "Is that short for something?"
• (Unnamed) "Bamm-Bamm-Bamm. You're going to have to take it slowly with this one, he doesn't speak yet and is a little skittish around humans, but then again I would be too if I'd been raised by wild Mastadons. Ha ha ha."
• (Barney Rubble, Betty Rubble) "Mastadons?"
• (Unnamed) "Let's not nitpick. A mammal's a mammal."

Jonathan Winters as Grizzled Man

• (Jonathan Winters) "Wait, do you know this guy?"
• (Rick Moranis) "Know him? He used to be my best friend. Heck if it weren't for me, this whole mess probably wouldn't have happened."
• (Jonathan Winters) "Thanks for telling us. We could've made a very big mistake. Hang both of them."

Irwin Keyes as Joe Rockhead

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