Fred and Barney Meet The Thing(1979)
FamilyAnimation
First Air Date: 1979-09-08
Average Runtime: 11m
Rating: 6.0
Votes: 8
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 26
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.
Keywords
superherobased on comic
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 26E01
The Picnic Panic
Air Date: 1979-09-08
Benjy and his friends attend their high school picnic at the Centerville Picnic Grounds, but when the Yancy Street Ga...
E02
Bigfoot Meets the Thing
Air Date: 1979-09-08
Benjy and his friends confront a real Bigfoot while on a ski trip at North Woods Ski Lodge.
E03
Junkyard Hijinks
Air Date: 1979-09-15
Benjy and his friends decide to transform the Yancy Street Gang's junkyard into a playground for the neighborhood chi...
E04
Gone Away Gulch
Air Date: 1979-09-15
Benjy and his friends visit the town of Gone Away Gulch and, during a storm, the group seeks shelter in a deserted ho...
E05
Circus Stampede
Air Date: 1979-09-22
Benjy and his friends attend the Barney and Baillum Circus where the Yancy Street Gang sets loose a mouse, causing th...
E06
The Thing and the Queen
Air Date: 1979-09-22
When Betty runs for homecoming queen, the Yancy Street Gang (whose friend Sophie is also vying for the same title) re...
E07
Carnival Caper
Air Date: 1979-09-29
Benjy and his friends visit a local carnival and, after stopping a runaway ferris wheel and fixing it, The Thing is o...
E08
The Thing Blanks Out
Air Date: 1979-09-29
Benjy and his friends enjoy a trip aboard Ronald's father's yacht; Thing saves the group from crashing into a downed ...
E09
The Thing Meets the Clunk
Air Date: 1979-10-06
Dr. Quimby introduces his latest invention – a robot called Clunk who is programmed to do good – however, the robot m...
E10
Beach Party Crashers
Air Date: 1979-10-06
Benjy attends a beachside surf party with Kelly, Betty, Ronald and Miss Twilly, but the Yancy Street Gang are up to t...
E11
Decepto the Great
Air Date: 1979-10-13
A magician, Decepto the Great, performs his magic show at the high school fair, but Benjy discovers Decepto is steali...
E12
The Thing's the Play
Air Date: 1979-10-13
Betty studies with acting teacher Ferdinand Bestmore so she can audition for a TV crew coming to Centerville High Sch...
E13
Double Trouble for the Thing
Air Date: 1979-10-20
An evil scientist named Danton Blackwood creates a robot Thing to commit crime to make the citizens believe The Thing...
E14
To Thing or Not to Thing
Air Date: 1979-10-20
No episode overview available.
E15
The Big Bike Race
Air Date: 1979-10-27
Benjy enters a cross country bike race because the winner gets to escort the Race Queen to the dance.
E16
The Thing and the Treasure Hunt
Air Date: 1979-10-27
No episode overview available.
E17
Out to Launch
Air Date: 1979-11-03
Benjy and his friends are going to a ship launching but the world's greatest demolition expert intends to ruin the day.
E18
The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing
Air Date: 1979-11-03
The Yancy Street Gang decides to steal Benjy's ring, causing no end of trouble for The Thing.
E19
A Hot Air Affair at the Fair
Air Date: 1979-11-10
No episode overview available.
E20
The Thing Goes to the Dogs
Air Date: 1979-11-10
Ronald has entered his dog Countess in the Centerville Dog Show, but chaos ensues when Countess is dognapped by the t...
E21
The Thing Goes Camping
Air Date: 1979-11-17
Benjy, his friends and Miss Twilly go on a camping trip as part of a special school project which is anything but rel...
E22
Dude Ranch Rodeo
Air Date: 1979-11-17
No episode overview available.
E23
Photo Finish
Air Date: 1979-11-24
Benjy accompanies his friends to the Centerville Zoo which is sponsoring a photo contest and the Yancy Street Gang re...
E24
Lights, Action, Thing!
Air Date: 1979-11-24
Ronald and Betty are hired to appear in a movie currently filming at a local lake, but problems occur when a mechanic...
E25
The Thing and the Captain's Ghost
Air Date: 1979-12-01
The Yancy Street Gang dares Ben and his friends to stay on a haunted ship for a night.
E26
The Thing and the Absent-Minded Inventor
Air Date: 1979-12-01
Benjy and his friends attend Centerville's annual inventors show where they meet the absent-minded Fenwick Twilly (Mi...
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