Mr. Slate

Mr. Slate was Fred Flintstone's Boss down at the quarry. You may remember him as the bespecticled fellow in the stone manager's office, usually shouting orders onto a bird's beak phone. (and then usually the bird looked at the camera and said "it's a living" or something... heh heh... yeah not that funny, really) Anyway, You may also remember his large overbearing wife with the bad posh accent who demanded a lavish lifestyle on a quarry manager's salary. Not terribly villainous, but definitely nasty and the closest Fred ever got to a nemesis. Frankly I'm more curious about Gazoo and Shmoo. Remember Shmoo?! What the heck was he???? Now I've got the heebie-jeebies!