Gazoo's Antimatter Arrival in Bedrock

[@patfromamboy]

I’m 61 and I just found out Harvey Korman did Gazoo’s voice.

[@TomOwensUAP]

Yep. I'm often told of events like this... and it is one of the reasons its good to share history of everything on Social Media. Thank you for checking in today.

[@Leonard-ub8rw]

62 and just found out

[@elijahvincent985]

...."it's Hed-L-ey."

[@TomOwensUAP]

@@elijahvincent985 Chuckle. [His] mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. Great comment, thank you for checking in.

[@sandyd753]

Whoa, I'm 58, and if I ever knew that, I forgot. I love Harvey korman!

[@kingbeef66]

He's like something out of the Jetsons. All in all, he's Hanna Barbera's version of the Beyonder and Mister Mxyzptlk.

[@alanstrong55]

Gazoo rescued Fred and Barney a few times.

[@TomOwensUAP]

He did... but was it ever from a mess that Gazoo didn't create for them? If so, can you describe the situation or episode?

[@northuniroyal643]

"Humor him, he may be dangerous." bahahahaha

[@TomOwensUAP]

It is funny, yes, in a disconcerting way.

[@xxlCortez]

Based on his invention, Fred was right.

[@superstarultra28]

I love Gazoo so much.

[@TomOwensUAP]

Anything that humbles or inspires humans to learn more. Here's Gazoo admonishing Fred and Carl Sagan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHWQdmZtrbp4Z5I

[@eliaspuppet9973]

Before the fairly oddparents there was THE GREAT GAZOO

[@TomOwensUAP]

A recent comment exchange in which a modern human ignores the video's antimatter question to opine that Gazoo should have been kinder and thanked Fred & Barney (beyond the amenities mentioned at 1:11) for their help in freeing him from the space-time ship is interesting. Interesting because it feeds into the all too common habit of humans failing to acknowledge their faults and seeking to pass blame elsewhere... such as to their wives, Satan, demons or "aliens". While Gazoo is most definitely an imperfect being... full of ego and lacking patience... so too is Fred Flintstone and we see that clearly in the "Bamm-Bamm is an Extraterrestrial Gift" clip here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKnMdp6lhsyEh80 Question: In Gazoo's attempts to teach humans key lessons... is he ever kind or supportive to a human who has improved its behavior? If so, in which episode at which time stamp? Sincere and true answers will be made available in the comments to follow.

[@morgandouglas5485]

I remember this scene as a kid

[@TomOwensUAP]

As the clip shows, it was an important event.

[@LindaMerchant-pm8vn]

Barney always is digging Fred does nothing

[@TomOwensUAP]

Only one shovel.... but Fred is bossy, yes.

[@Sailorsega]

Fred let Gazoo out of that contraption, though.

[@GunCollector007]

Good ol days

[@TomOwensUAP]

Back then... it was a lot of fun to watch writers and directors carefully trick an often arrogant and resistant audience into learning.

[@planetZ999]

A change of clothes to add to his flare with words

[@TomOwensUAP]

Yep.

[@kacmac2340]

1:58-For me it's a Woolly Mammoth (or another species of Mammoth).

[@TomOwensUAP]

I'd have to agree with you. The cartoon image has the head and tusks of a Mammoth... not a Mastodon.

[@Codyjrt]

Tanna is also the name of an island in the South Pacific near Australia. What was the name of the movie you showed with Tanna the alien?

[@TomOwensUAP]

Cody, Plan 9 from Outer Space.

[@Codyjrt]

@@TomOwensUAP thanks!

[@davedee6745]

Thousands of years more advanced than us and they can't even drive/fly their own vehicles. 🤨

[@TomOwensUAP]

That is a valid point of consideration for those who remain skeptical of the claims being made in Congressional hearings regarding crashed and recovered craft and biological entities. 1. Could an EBE have become sick from earlier encounters with atomic weapons detonations in 1945 and 1946? 2. Could an external influence have forced the meeting ahead of schedule? 3. Could the crashes have been purely fabricated mental images and memories placed into human minds and records as a test to see what the reaction would be from the planet's religious leaders... many of whom don't understand the origins of their religions? We do have a precedent for a drip feed approach with Disclosure.... and that is the impact to fundamentalist Christianity from the discovery of the Essene scrolls in the caves above Khirbet Qumran circa 1947 to 1952... which is timed very close to the Kenneth Arnold and Roswell events of 1947 through the Washington DC UFO Flap of Summer 1952. As reported by John Marco Allegro... it took a very long time for the scrolls to be translated and published for a lay audience to read and digest. Robert Eisenman, in apparent frustration, once labelled this the "go-slow approach." Let me know if you need a citation to a reference to explain any of the above.

[@bettyschultz663]

3:19 I know that guy is the whale in Boiler Room (2000).

[@TomOwensUAP]

That's excellent attention to detail. Yes, actor Peter Maloney portrayed Dr Flynn in K-PAX and Dr Jacobs in Boiler Room. He's had a long film and television career, which started in 1968, and he even taught at Julliard.

[@ftenzer]

I must and want to be relocated to an uninhabited but inhabitable planet in order to turn that planet into a kind, compassionate society but, I cannot afford a spaceship that travels faster than the speed of light in order so that I can go to that planet thus, I want a spaceship to come and pick me up! There is a lot wrong with Planet Earth!

[@TomOwensUAP]

I empathize. I state, frequently, that if humans would only humble themselves to participate in a give and take Socratic Exchange... mostly by honestly answering the questions of those who demonstrate superior knowledge and awareness... humans would progress much faster. Instead... they are trapped like crabs in a bucket.

[@fluorite1965]

They should have ieft him where they found him.

[@TomOwensUAP]

But then the human audience wouldn't have learned how ignorant it was.

[@sandyd753]

Idk why i never realized why stewie from family guy always sounded familiar. The great Gazoo sounds like he's Stewie's long lost dad!

[@TomOwensUAP]

I saw this connection too... especially with regard to Stewie's megalomania and plans for World Domination. When I looked... I found that Seth MacFarlane based Stewie's accent on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison, most famous for My Fair Lady. Gazoo is voiced by Harvey Korman... working a tone of arrogance. Other than these similarities I couldn't find many more connections for Joanna Lee's cartoon character that may have been inspired from her work in Plan Nine from Outer Space. If you find more... please let us know.

[@kacmac2340]

If you could change anything in The Great Gazoo (I repeat, ANYTHING), what would you change to make him a better character? ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!! I repeat again. Sorry.

[@TomOwensUAP]

Kac Mac, I think it is a great question. For me, Gazoo is too arrogant and harsh for an advanced lifeform. He still could have taught Fred and Barney the key lessons with a kinder and more dignified style... perhaps more like Clarence in Its a Wonderful Life or Edward Mulhare's angelic John character in the original Battlestar Galactica episode Experiment in Terra. See clips at end of this comment. However, we should recognize that tweaking a trope character's personality in this way is a common technique to echo or foot-stomp an important message without appearing to rip off an earlier work. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKS5oaWFq62pbJo

[@kacmac2340]

@@TomOwensUAP Wow, I'm surprised. Would you just make him a nicer person? And I thought he could use a species change from alien to low-heighted shaman ghost. I was also thinking of removing this thread about Gazoo being visible to babies and animals, or doing something to make this thread have an impact on the plot of the show. I also thought that the season of Gazoo would also be a season with an ongoing plot, with some subplots. You don't want anything like that. I repeat-ANYTHING. Sorry.

[@TomOwensUAP]

@@kacmac2340 all ideas are worth considering... the problem was that Gazoo was initially not well received by many of the show's fans. They saw it as a "jump the shark" tactic.... or like how Georgio Tsoukalos and the History Channel was ridiculed by negative naysayers for featuring paleocontact narratives with Ancient Aliens. As a result, the run of the Flintstones ended in 1966 with the very Season 6 that introduced the Great Gazoo.

[@kacmac2340]

@@TomOwensUAP Ok, So, is a movie with alternate history where Egyptians cohabit with aliens during the construction of the pyramids is a bad idea?

[@TomOwensUAP]

@@kacmac2340 it depends what you mean by "bad idea" as some of us are more interested in sharing hints at actual truth than whatever would be popular with audiences to make money. From the money perspective, it would be hard for me to say if such a film would do well because my interests are very different from the hoi polloi. As for the educational value of such a film, it would depend on how it was done. How familiar are you with ancient Sumerian writings regarding the friendly protecting genius?

[@stevenwagner-rx7ew]

Yabba dabba doo

[@TomOwensUAP]

I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993) ;)

[@brianheise]

Great gazoo solos dbz universe?

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Gazoo reminds me of marvin the martian

[@TomOwensUAP]

Both have a green helmet.

[@sandyd753]

Marvin is cooler, but I like both

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

What was the point of this character? It wasn't to appeal to children, they already had Pebbles, BamBam, and Dino for that.

[@TomOwensUAP]

As the character was introduced by the actress from Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) Joanna Lee in October 1965 with details assimilating multiple UFO sighting reports from earlier that year, some will conclude that Gazoo's ultimate purpose is to lay a foundation supporting current efforts of Disclosure. For the skeptical adult audience not yet ready to explore Earth's Paleocontact events as proposed by Carl Sagan in his 1963 paper "Direct Contact..." Joanna Lee kept her description simpler by stating that Gazoo was "a mirror, reflecting life's vicissitudes, vagaries, ritual magic and dreary reality."

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

@@TomOwensUAP Gazoo was meant to coverup UFO sightings?! Did I read that right? That makes a whole lot of sense considering the dinosaurs being used for various machines. (That was sarcasm, in case you couldn't tell.) First smoking ads in kids cartoons, then Gazoo! I can't help but wonder what seemed more out of place in a child's cartoon.

[@TomOwensUAP]

You didn't read it correctly at all. Go back and look... Not "coverup" but assimilate them and place into Earth's cultural literacy in preparation for Disclosure. The balance of your comment is valid.

[@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639]

@@TomOwensUAP Then... had "The Jetsons" not premiered, yet? Seems like that show would have been a better home for an alien.

[@TomOwensUAP]

@@justincarawan-carawanco.pu1639 your question is a good one. Carl Sagan's 1963 paper suggests PALEOCONTACT... meaning alien contact prior to Earth's recorded history... thus relying on imperfect oral communication to pass down stories of the events You'll eventually see multiple variations to cover this possibility... to include Jetsons Meet the Flintstones. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJepqqaubpKGack

[@monkeycat48]

Tell you what year you’re in 1965 post Cuban missile crisis, turned into full global nuclear annihilation aftermath.🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TomOwensUAP]

How would that explain the extinct Wooly Mammoth?

[@andyoutlaww7494]

0:30

[@TomOwensUAP]

you're not planting potatoes....