Fred and Barney Meet The Thing

1979
Ended
Family · Animation
~11m / ep
1 season
6.0/10

Fred and Barney Meet The Thing is a 60-minute Saturday morning animated package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from September 8, 1979 to December 1, 1979 on NBC. It contained the following segments: ⁕The New Fred and Barney Show ⁕The Thing Despite the title, the two segments remained separate and did not crossover with one another. Fred, Barney and the Thing were only featured together during the show's opening title sequence and in brief bumpers between segments. The unusual combination of a Marvel superhero and The Flintstones was possible because, at this time, Marvel Comics owned the rights to several Hanna-Barbera franchises and were, in fact, publishing comic books based upon them; The Flintstones was one of these. For the 1979-80 season, the series was expanded to ninety-minutes with the addition of The New Shmoo episodes and retitled Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo.

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E1. The Picnic Panic
Sep 8, 1979 · 60m
Benjy and his friends attend their high school picnic at the Centerville Picnic Grounds, but when the Yancy Street Gang shows up at the picnic and causes trouble, The Thing must save the day.
E2. Bigfoot Meets the Thing
Sep 8, 1979 · 60m
Benjy and his friends confront a real Bigfoot while on a ski trip at North Woods Ski Lodge.
E3. Junkyard Hijinks
Sep 15, 1979 · 60m
Benjy and his friends decide to transform the Yancy Street Gang's junkyard into a playground for the neighborhood children.
E4. Gone Away Gulch
Sep 15, 1979 · 60m
Benjy and his friends visit the town of Gone Away Gulch and, during a storm, the group seeks shelter in a deserted hotel haunted by an old prospector.
E5. Circus Stampede
Sep 22, 1979 · 60m
Benjy and his friends attend the Barney and Baillum Circus where the Yancy Street Gang sets loose a mouse, causing the elephants to stampede and all the other animals to escape.
E6. The Thing and the Queen
Sep 22, 1979 · 60m
When Betty runs for homecoming queen, the Yancy Street Gang (whose friend Sophie is also vying for the same title) resorts to their usual dirty tactics as they try to sabotage Betty's campaign.