Barney Rubble. ---was: dime (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Dave Wilton]

Several Hanna-Barbera cartoons were modeled after successful live-action TV
shows. "Top Cat," for instance, is an animated version of the "The Phil
Silvers Show" (Sgt. Bilko).


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Fred Flintstone = Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason)
Barney Rubble = Ed Norton (Art Carney)

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> But "Barney Rubble" does seem to make sense.  He's the character in
the
> Flinststones cartoons, and from the little I remember of them, Barney
was
> always getting into trouble.  Or do I remember it wrong?
> Gerald Cohen
>
> Original message from Victor Steinbok, Thu 1/5/2012 12:47 AM:
> <snip>
> To me, this makes about as much sense as the following exchange in, I
> believe, Oceans Eleven:
> "You're in Barney."
> "Say what?"
> "Barney--Barney Rubble... You're in trouble. Get it?"
> "No."
>
> Or something like that...
>
> This is no longer a singular case of "in Barney"
>
> http://goo.gl/F8rWg
> >
> >     <name> pulls a bone shard out of the organ grinder and stabs him
> >     for X damage, shouting "Stick that up yer Khyber, ya chav!".
> >     <name> says "You're in Barney now!" and scrapes all the grease
off
> >     the bottom of his pie oven, then smears it on her for X damage.
> >
>
> http://goo.gl/wMtaq
> > Jabba you're in Barney! Rubble! Trouble!!! (different movie
reference!)
>
> http://goo.gl/YFOVy
> > All of you familiar with the original Getaway will be even more
> > impressed with the sequel. All of you who did not enjoy the
original,
> > well, you're in Barney.
> > ...Barney Rubble. Trouble! Fuckit.
>
> http://goo.gl/vslbu
> > Lesson Learned: If you're in "barney," you're in trouble.
>
> This hidden rhyming euphemism still makes no sense to me. But I hear
> it's popular in London (at least two separate sources suggest this!).
>
> VS-)
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