Barney Rubble Has No Eyes
When I was little, I remember watching The Flintstones and thinking it was really strange that Barney had no eyes. When I say that, I don’t mean that he had black dots for eyes, I mean he had rings where his eyes should be and then skin inside. Why am I explaining this, just take a look if you’ve never noticed:
That is one creepy image, which the makers of the show realized and eventually fixed when they filled the eyes in.
So now they gave Barney black holes in his face, but at least (by cartoon standards) he looks normal now. The strange thing is that Fred and Betty had completely normal eyes, and only Barney and Wilma had black, filled-in circles.
Was it simply just the artists way of giving variety to the people of Bedrock? That would be my guess, but that’s no fun. Maybe Wilma was really Barney’s sister, and Betty was Fred’s sister, so they swapped. Fred invited Barney over one day after work, and introduced him to his sister, Betty. Then, once Betty took one look into his hollow rings of skin above his nose, it was love at first sight.
Oh, one more thing. Ever notice that The Flintstones is really just the cartoon version of The Honeymooners set in a pre-historic era? The characters have the same exact roles, personalities, and even the same types of voices. Oh, except Ed Norton had eyes.
2 years ago
