Hi-Fye - LISTEN TO THE ROCKIN' BIRD - 1960 !

Fred Flintstone as Hi-Fye. Duke Mitchell is doing the singing, though Alan Reed was Fred's speaking voice. The musicians included guys from Count Basie's Orchestra. www.ModCollectibles.com

[@jmjacknife]

no, Thats my dad Duke Mitchell singing.. they did this for Joe and Bill.. (hanna Barbera) on a day off..it was a combination of the Count Basie band and the Tonight show guys with the charts written by trumpeter Pete Ruggalo... thanks to "whoever" for posting it..its always great t hear dad... even as Fred! All the Very Best JM \

[@slickmic6113]

Jeffrey Mitchell your dad has a fantastic voice!!!

[@bowlersinger]

@Jeffrey Mitchell, your dad also sang "When The Saints Go Marching In" on the "Hot Lips Hannigan" episode!

[@bowlersinger]

@@slickmic6113 he had anyway. The multi-talented Duke Mitchell (born Dominic Miceli) passed away in 1981.

[@raybori6808]

I always thought that was Mel Torme

[@ront533]

Your Pops is a LEGEND in my life for this!!! OMG!!! AND I QAS A KID MUSICIAN AND SINGER????? PLEASE!!!!!! AMAZZING VOCALS!!! Bless your family!

[@MaggillaKutz71]

I love the way his voice changes when he sings, as a kid I loved this episode

[@jeffreymitchell7362]

Thats my dad,, Duke Mitchell changing the voice!

[@JoshMaxPower]

So does Michael J. Fox's in "Back To The Future" and Fat Albert when he sings/speaks. :) "Good times."

[@TheSmoothLife]

Nah, I was mad at Wilma. She was HATIN on Fred and called him a square and he lost his shine. She was goaltending!

[@1ighth34rt3d]

In another episode.. Wilma has a ex

[@mysticgirl916]

You mean like... four corners?

[@1ighth34rt3d]

@@mysticgirl916 ye

[@sha11235]

She did that because he was becoming too famous. It did seem mean, but then you wouldn't have the real character anymore.

[@boryontotheleader2328]

It's one of those true instances that wives don't like it when their husband's are having fun without them

[@williamosirian4506]

Why can't music be like this anymore!? The Flintstones forever!

[@DS-me1ui]

Because it stinks

[@cjg9454]

@@DS-me1ui as opposed to what? Cardi b? Kanye ? 😂😂thanks for the laugh

[@frankreynolds445]

I like this song. It is awesome but I also 60 years later like Techno, Death Metal and Underground Rap.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

I agree

[@vincentfranklin17]

As a jazz buff and a classic Flintstone fan, I love this!

[@mookeychase0907]

+Vincent Franklin Yeah man this joint is official they said some of Count Bassie's orchestra played the music. Duke Mitchell sang it this joint is dope lol...

[@vincentfranklin17]

It's swingin", man!

[@coolhat8517]

+Vincent Franklin .....ya love this. Do you happen to know if there is a full version of this anywhere? ...preferably Fred's first version done at the amusement park...."Who's that walkin' down the street........" xD so cool!!

[@vincentfranklin17]

Cool hat, I wish I knew where there was one! Who's the bird wit" the 2/4 beat..

[@jeffreymitchell7362]

@@coolhat8517 No... that was the complete version (My father Duke Mitchell sang it)... and I was at the vocal session when I was 12 years old!

[@jaypeaze9121]

Lol I remember watching this as a kid..the crowd wasn't feeling that joint but I thought it was a HIT! LOL

[@itsjemmabond]

Actually, from what I remember, the crowd DID love it. They turned on him because Wilma spread rumours about her husband.

[@mdmcdd1117]

His haircut is hilarious 🤣

[@lauravazquezgonzalez8207]

@@mdmcdd1117 Probably was inspires in Buddy Holly or Cliff Richards!! 😎

[@nostalgiadad7137]

@@itsjemmabond yep. Wilmas selfish ass started a rumor about him being a square.

[@raukris1307]

​@@itsjemmabond Yep. Wilma and Betty spread the word that Fred aka "Hi-Fi" was "square."

[@slickmic6113]

I never knew Fred at such a great voice and can sing scat and Barney sure was tearing up those drums!!!!

[@derekwilkinson6920]

I hate horns. Give me a nice long Richie Blackmore Guitar Solo any day.

[@TheFitnessTutor]

This shlt still goes hard in 2022! Word up!!

[@DS-me1ui]

No, it stinks

[@christopherphillips8027]

One of my favorite Flintstone episodes. I still love this cartoon to this day.

[@Neezy74]

Fred be ROCKIN!!

[@griffihn]

over 50 years since this song came out and yet, it still sounds better than just about anything these days. this is truly an "oldie but goldie"

[@stephenholloway6893]

What's funny was that both Wilma and Betty despite being on the tour still wanted to go out when Fred and Barney got home.

[@HUTINAK]

This is not an analogy to Elvis but Mel Torme; The Velvet Fog

[@mookeychase0907]

I wish I could dance like Hi-Fye!

[@sha11235]

+mookeychase0907 It's sort of like his bowling.

[@charlespeakjr6337]

Dude that delivers my Chinese food is a dead-ringer for Hi-Fye.😆😆

[@kawboy14]

​@@charlespeakjr6337 Chop chop, Hop Sing, hurry up with my egg roll...😡

[@sha11235]

I always loved Fred getting an alias.

[@jamesm.3967]

Dude on the trumpet is supposed to be Dizzy Gillespie. 2021 still watching The Flintstones everyday 4 p.m..

[@Sheri451]

I just watch this one last night on Boomerang. I sure do wish they'd put other season episodes on there. I LOVE ALL The Flintstones episodes.

[@ddavis7281]

I ❤ the flintstones bring back memories 😍🥰

[@TralfazConstruction]

Ah, the Friday nights of my youth. My memories of The Flintstones in that era are more like snapshots with a short video clip thrown in here and there.

[@Ghostimo]

These cartoons were much better than the shit we have today. I still watch The Flintstones in 2017!

[@blackatheistmillionaire1636]

Shantanu. You do? What channel still plays them?

[@pamelareed4977]

@@blackatheistmillionaire1636 Amazon prime

[@slickmic6113]

Shantanu s you said it all my friend

[@HeShoeTooBig]

i know it's always popular to say "things in the past were better than now hurp derp" But seriously, if you're saying cartoons in the last 5-10 years, even the last 2 years, are bad, then you're 1005 not actually watching any of these new cartoons. Gravity Falls, Adventure time, Rick and Morty, Avatar. There's at least 20-30 from the early 2000's I could name that were great. The Flintstones is a classic, yes, but let's not pretend it was the peak of cartoons and everything is so terrible now. I actually sat down and watched an episode of some random cartoon called the Loud Family and it was actually pretty funny. I saw previews and rolled my eyes, but after actually watching it, it was actually okay. I grew up in the 90's and love those cartoons more than anything, but even I can admit those were not the best of the best (with the exception of Rugrats and Ed Edd n Eddy of course). But every decade has it's top tier cartoons. But the 2000's and 2010's have had way more top tier cartoons than any previous decades in history. Things like the Flintstones, Scooby Doo, the Jetsons, they're the few cartoons that were great in those eras but they were surrounded by a ton of crappy cartoons that no one remembers or talks about. When you think about cartoons of the past, you only think about the classic hits and compare that with all the cartoons of today. if compared everything of the past with everything of today, you'll see a dramatic improvement. There's over-saturation, yes, but a lot of it is great quality.

[@charlespeakjr6337]

Still hoping that Seth MacFarlane come out with his update of The Flintstones.

[@cyberdragonessmaster]

This is one of the episodes that made me not like Wilma fred was doing well but when she decided she couldn't take it she ruined it for him I was like what a jerk

[@MetalHeadbanger7]

Yeah this was made during the time that 'wives ruin everything' gag was a big thing.

[@michaelanderson2881]

Alice Kramden did that to Ralph just about every episode.

[@arkady714]

I thought the same thing...even as a kid. "Gee, Betty, this is inconvenient for me. Let's ruin Fred's dream and musical career. Then, once our finances are on the skids again, I'll complain and blame him."

[@cyberdragonessmaster]

@@arkady714 I know and this wasn't the only time too

[@arkady714]

@@cyberdragonessmaster Yeah, maybe I took this cartoon show too seriously, even as a kid. But Wilma was never likeable. She whined, nagged and complained an awful lot and spent most of her time telling her husband what was wrong with him. At least in the sitcom that this was based on, The Honeymooners, Alice Kramden saw the good in Ralph and only warned him when he was about to make a fool of himself. Other than that, she had his back. Wilma wanted a mink coat...as if she had someplace to wear it?

[@jimnattress4036]

Great performers!

[@TbirdsOf1965]

@ratpackvegas - Yes, he eventually did take over the speaking voice, as he was already known to the Flintstones producers. Before taking over the speaking voice, he was called in to do singing since Reed couldn't sing, and Corden's voice was similar.

[@xtopheralanfoster3964]

I'm not speaking just as some fan of the show ~ I'm testifying as a MUSICIAN/SINGER & with all sincerity FRED IS SINGING THE "F*CK{!} OUTTA THIS SONG !

[@CoOlTy3000]

Yea! Swing it baby!

[@BrandonKohout]

They don’t call Fred Flintstone "The Golden Smog" for nothing.

[@michaelalford8621]

Golden smog hilarious

[@RemarhBsoul]

Definitely the best episode 😁

[@sha11235]

Hey, where did everybody go? Classic.

[@jameshayden2538]

HEY!!.. Where Did Everybody Go??!!......Lol

[@carlosed-vd7fj]

james hayden go-go-go-go-GO!!

[@chugger74]

"A go go go go GO!!!!!" Love it, Go Freddie!!!

[@RaulRamosRazo]

Como me acuerdo de este episodio cuando lo veía de chavito. Me da un gusto enorme volverlo a ver y escuchar, ¡Que buen Swing tiene el Pedrito!

[@lashistoriasdejorge379]

Como dirían en el episodio, "este tío si entiende a la juventud!" 😂😁

[@2Howl]

fred got his groove on in this episode! My favorite episode. Thanks for posting.

[@raider7782]

One of my favorite songs ever!!!

[@graperonto]

Yeah... they've got two different episodes mixed up here. One was hi-fi and the other was the golden smog (When the Saints Go Marchin' In). I remember these very well.

[@Kaffyboy]

The singer, Duke Mitchell, was partnered with Sammy Petrillo as a cheaper version as Martin and Lewis in 'Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla'. It's a classic movie!

[@hodgepodgebuhgodge3739]

It is December30, 2019 and I just watched "The Flintstones" "Girls Night Out" episode 19. I wish I had DVR'd it.

[@JoshMaxPower]

Everyone on this recording including Duke Mitchell is totally stepping on it, tight as tight can be, energy and electricity through the roof, a master session, probably all in a day's work for these guys who lived in or near Hollywood in the 50s and 60s who did sessions for TV and movies. (Hollyrock!) You can listen to this hundreds of times and still see, in your mind, a bunch of guys and a singer in one room recording this, probably in a just a few takes. And getting paid, going home and on to the next session. And here we are enjoying it 64 years later! YABBA DABBA DOO

[@t.vampiro4800]

Ah-Go go go go go!!! Hahaha i watched this at my grandmas in the late 90s. We were laughing hard at him floating.

[@ahmadrashid970]

Aida Rashid: Remember Wilma got it around that Hi-Fye was a SQUARE ! Lol !

[@mookeychase0907]

+Ahmad Rashid Yeah she put a rumor out on my man Hi Fye...lol

[@ahmadrashid970]

Aida: Big Time ! Lol !

[@thenewyorklife206]

+Ahmad Rashid Well he was a real "4 corners" , man

[@muzikdude1188]

+sha11235 Yeah Wilma was a total bitch in this episode. She couldn't stand seeing Fred succeed at something so she just had to go and fuck it all up for him.

[@ahmadrashid970]

Aida Rashid: Lol ! No, let's keep it real... not really Wilma, Hanna-Barbera...the men who created The Flintstones/Fred wanted to keep him working for Mr.Slate...not be the next Elvis ! Wilma was just going by the script.

[@jhovahngibbs4304]

Popped into my head 30 years later 😂

[@sha11235]

Another alias name for Fred in this series. Loved them.

[@agoodday4pi]

Hi-Fye looks like Shemp from the 3 Stooges 🙂

[@kawboy14]

Oh..so you're a wise-guy... Why, I otta... nyuk nyuk nyuk..

[@DarkMsStress]

Scootly Wa Waaahhh...Like... Contact!

[@justinjoseph6966]

Have you heard? Hi-Fye is a SQUARE!🤣

[@sha11235]

He's round too.

[@mysticgirl916]

You mean like.... four corners?

[@matrox]

I was a small kid when this first aired. I bet I saw it on the original air date as I was a Flintstone fan.

[@shoniq75]

Do you hear 'em? Well grab 'em.... NAB "EM!!!

[@PikeBishop65]

Given the time I wonder if Fred was supposed to be parodying Buddy Holly.

[@fredericbarclay7468]

"WILMA,what's that HORRIBLE sound?!? A monster caught in the tarpits?" " Oh,the POOR thing." Fatty Freddie Holly. I 💓💓💓'd this episode!

[@Dragonstorm62190]

Thank you.

[@kensg]

Memories ..LOL

[@pach-sama9980]

Por fin escucho la música completa

[@richardedney6514]

Dude I loved this when I was kid. And I was always curious as to who sang that

[@ishirotanaka]

1:48 *”HEY! WHERE’D EVERYBODY GO?”*

[@Paladin1441]

god i remember this

[@JadeTheWolf1982]

Wow this conversation about HiFi got deep!

[@curtpiazza1688]

Love it! ❤ 😂

[@GREGMCKEE]

I love this song from The Golden Smog..Hi Fye..and its rare to hear it in its entirety unless you have the original Flintstones album...I dont know why Wilma and Betty thought Fred couldnt sing, he was a natural!! And that orchestra, for a cartoon, this is actually a pretty hot arrangement...and the end..."Listen to em rock anyway...YEAH!" Easily one of the high points in the series for me! Hi Fye rocks!!!

[@garygiampa2557]

Hi great cartoon good song

[@sha11235]

I loved "Hey, where did everybody go?"

[@sha11235]

Love all these aliases Fred had, like Hi-Fye and Goggles Pizanno.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

I forgot about Goggles Pizzano! Great name.

[@sleepybillysleeps]

Is there a full version of this song ? I love this song :)

[@SkylerTN]

Fred had an amazing singing voice, until Wilma. That's Hot Lips Hannigan there who introduced Fred as the " Golden Smog" love this song. Tyvm for uploading

[@JBM425]

It is available on Amazon Video for streaming.

[@JadeTheWolf1982]

Have you heard the lowdown on Hi Fye? I hear he is a real square!

[@mysticgirl916]

You mean like... Four Corners? *air-draws square shape*

[@hodgepodgebuhgodge3739]

Yep! Just a flash in the pan. A flavor of the month.

[@phantomthiefjoker939]

1:48 HEY!!!!!!!! Where did everybody go?!?!?!?!?!?! LMAO 😁😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vladimironpetkovic]

footage doesn't belong to the audio...this is mix from episode with ''saints'' songs and ''rocking bird''

[@sallyjace8944]

Awesome 😎😎😎

[@williealston9120]

Mel Torme killed it. Kusty opinion of the singing voice

[@TnseWlms]

The premise was: Fred decides to spend the day with Wilma, Barney and Betty at the amusement park in spite of all being adults. Fred discovers a booth at the amusement park to make a vinyl record of your voice. At first Fred can't think of what to say, but then spontaneously starts singing this song. Just as he is finished Wilma drags him out of the recording booth. Then two talent scouts find the record Fred left in the recording booth and track down the person.

[@pamelamays4186]

When Fred jammed.

[@pinkfreud62]

Have you heard that the Bird is the Word?

[@phantomthiefjoker939]

HEY!!!! I remember THIS episode!!!! Especially in 0:20!!!

[@christinevicker9017]

A fun song

[@DanDDirges]

Wilma had start that rumor that Fred was really a square. Like four corners. What a Beeatch. Great song!

[@scv1981]

Twinkle Toes is the best part!

[@GeorgeJansen]

ooh ...im mp3ing this

[@loneshewolf74]

I noticed that when Fred wears glasses his eyes are small and beady just like all the other glasses wearing characters in this video.🤓

[@skaladarrellgodeater1070]

I remember this episode. They call him Freddie P.

[@musicom67]

Many sources say Henry Corden is doing the singing....but upon watching a Duke Mitchell KZbin video, it's definitely either him or an impressionist (Corden?). Of course, Corden took over Alan Reed's role after Reed's death in 1977, but it may also be Corden did the "Saints Go Marching In' episode, and Mitchell did this one.

[@jeffreymitchell7362]

WRONG Musiccom... My dad... Duke Mitchell did this and St's Go Marchin In as a favour to our dear family friends Joe and Bill (Hanna Barbera)

[@alanriley9754]

🎶🔥

[@tombryant2690]

😊 cool 😎😎😎

[@louistenore2185]

for some strange reason a thought it was Bill Haley doing the singing

[@bernie2231]

It's no wonder that Fred snagged Wilma!

[@careditor]

Some real hip cats!

[@mjacobsable]

Nathan Trujillo Or would that be "hep cats"?

[@matrox]

Fred Flinstone the "Golden Smog" as is to Mel Torme's the "Velvet Fog".😂

[@TnseWlms]

Do teenagers today know what "hi-fi" means? Back in the sixties there was a motel near me where the roadside sign listed "HI-FI" as one of the amenities in each room. Later they covered the word HI-FI with duct tape. In the eighties they removed the duct tape and altered the letters in HI-FI to say HBO. In 2010, they once again changed the letters on the sign to say "WI-FI".

[@TbirdsOf1965]

WI-FI is short for Wigh Fidelity, right? Thanks for playing a single one of my videos!

[@Smartboy8877]

I notice that, in the recent past, a lot of "Flintstone" episodes have been uploaded in their entirety. So maybe this one will get uploaded one of these days!

[@MrPetrov12]

Could you please write down the lyrics (or anyone tell me how can i find it on the net)?

[@0x777]

I heard that Hi-Fye is a square. I have it from a reliable source!

[@RunawayTrane]

Fred is that dude

[@jaredhamilton425]

I still don’t understand how Wilma and Betty always said Fred has a frogmouth with a singing voice like that. I guess they’re just tone deaf.

[@brianoneill3044]

The coolest scene

[@littleblackduck3134]

Got 'Hot Lips'Hannigan whaling on the trumpet

[@mutleybird]

Might be a rocksaphone, also known as a sax...

[@George-pu4pv]

Contact!

[@ronaldjohnson8583]

I can't find that no where on youtube I see Duke Mitchell picture but I don't see this song under his name.

[@TbirdsOf1965]

@ronaldjohnson8583 Because he just did the voice FOR the cartoon character. And the cartoon character, Fred, was playing a pop star "Hi Fye". They never credit the actual singers. I just wanted to in my description, as it was important.

[@alanstrong55]

Betty and Wilma spoiled it all.

[@birdinastamiforth7924]

birdie good

[@alanstrong55]

Poor Fred got sabotaged.

[@jordanwilliams1063]

Been trying to find a full version with the studio bit in it from 0:06

[@mutleybird]

I cut this together from 2 episodes, and used the master recording, not from the show audio. (I'm responding from my other KZbin channel).

[@Boogyman4050]

They pulled the post that had the Hi Fy episode. I posted the lyrics on that comment board, but it's gone now