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Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing

Fred and Barney Meet The Thing

★ 6.0•1979•1 Seasons•ANIME
FamilyAnimation

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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Top Cast

Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc

Henry Corden

Henry Corden

Marilyn Schreffler

Marilyn Schreffler

Art Metrano

Art Metrano

Episodes

The Picnic Panic

1. The Picnic Panic

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.

Aired: 9/8/1979
Bigfoot Meets the Thing

2. Bigfoot Meets the Thing

60m

Benjy and his friends confront a real Bigfoot while on a ski trip at North Woods Ski Lodge.

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Aired: 9/8/1979
Junkyard Hijinks

3. Junkyard Hijinks

60m

Benjy and his friends decide to transform the Yancy Street Gang's junkyard into a playground for the neighborhood children.

Aired: 9/15/1979
Gone Away Gulch

4. Gone Away Gulch

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.

Aired: 9/15/1979
Circus Stampede

5. Circus Stampede

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.

Aired: 9/22/1979
The Thing and the Queen

6. The Thing and the Queen

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.

Aired: 9/22/1979
Carnival Caper

7. Carnival Caper

60m

Benjy and his friends visit a local carnival and, after stopping a runaway ferris wheel and fixing it, The Thing is offered a job at the carnival by its owner.

Aired: 9/29/1979
The Thing Blanks Out

8. The Thing Blanks Out

60m

Benjy and his friends enjoy a trip aboard Ronald's father's yacht; Thing saves the group from crashing into a downed drawbridge, but then he is stricken with amnesia following the closing drawbridge's impact on his head.

Aired: 9/29/1979
The Thing Meets the Clunk

9. The Thing Meets the Clunk

60m

Dr. Quimby introduces his latest invention – a robot called Clunk who is programmed to do good – however, the robot malfunctions, goes out-of-control and causes trouble for The Thing.

Aired: 10/6/1979
Beach Party Crashers

10. Beach Party Crashers

60m

Benjy attends a beachside surf party with Kelly, Betty, Ronald and Miss Twilly, but the Yancy Street Gang are up to their old tricks as they crash the party and sabotage a volleyball game.

Aired: 10/6/1979
Decepto the Great

11. Decepto the Great

60m

A magician, Decepto the Great, performs his magic show at the high school fair, but Benjy discovers Decepto is stealing from the school kids and it's up to The Thing to stop him from escaping town.

Aired: 10/13/1979
The Thing's the Play

12. The Thing's the Play

60m

Betty studies with acting teacher Ferdinand Bestmore so she can audition for a TV crew coming to Centerville High School to shoot a commercial; however, Bestmore confuses Betty with an old actress he once discovered and whom she resembles so he kidnaps her.

Aired: 10/13/1979
Double Trouble for the Thing

13. Double Trouble for the Thing

60m

An evil scientist named Danton Blackwood creates a robot Thing to commit crime to make the citizens believe The Thing has gone bad, but which also lands the real Thing in jail.

Aired: 10/20/1979
To Thing or Not to Thing

14. To Thing or Not to Thing

60m

No overview available.

Aired: 10/20/1979
The Big Bike Race

15. The Big Bike Race

60m

Benjy enters a cross country bike race because the winner gets to escort the Race Queen to the dance.

Aired: 10/27/1979
The Thing and the Treasure Hunt

16. The Thing and the Treasure Hunt

60m

No overview available.

Aired: 10/27/1979
Out to Launch

17. Out to Launch

60m

Benjy and his friends are going to a ship launching but the world's greatest demolition expert intends to ruin the day.

Aired: 11/3/1979
The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing

18. The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing

60m

The Yancy Street Gang decides to steal Benjy's ring, causing no end of trouble for The Thing.

Aired: 11/3/1979
A Hot Air Affair at the Fair

19. A Hot Air Affair at the Fair

60m

No overview available.

Aired: 11/10/1979
The Thing Goes to the Dogs

20. The Thing Goes to the Dogs

60m

Ronald has entered his dog Countess in the Centerville Dog Show, but chaos ensues when Countess is dognapped by the troublesome Yancy Street Gang and it's up to The Thing to rescue her.

Aired: 11/10/1979
The Thing Goes Camping

21. The Thing Goes Camping

60m

Benjy, his friends and Miss Twilly go on a camping trip as part of a special school project which is anything but relaxing with a bear running loose at their campsite and a big storm triggering a landslide that threatened the entire camp.

Aired: 11/17/1979
Dude Ranch Rodeo

22. Dude Ranch Rodeo

60m

No overview available.

Aired: 11/17/1979
Photo Finish

23. Photo Finish

60m

Benjy accompanies his friends to the Centerville Zoo which is sponsoring a photo contest and the Yancy Street Gang resorts to their usual dirty tactics to win.

Aired: 11/24/1979
Lights, Action, Thing!

24. Lights, Action, Thing!

60m

Ronald and Betty are hired to appear in a movie currently filming at a local lake, but problems occur when a mechanical octopus monster (controlled by an angry stuntman) attacks the set, trying to sabotage the entire production.

Aired: 11/24/1979
The Thing and the Captain's Ghost

25. The Thing and the Captain's Ghost

60m

The Yancy Street Gang dares Ben and his friends to stay on a haunted ship for a night.

Aired: 12/1/1979
The Thing and the Absent-Minded Inventor

26. The Thing and the Absent-Minded Inventor

60m

Benjy and his friends attend Centerville's annual inventors show where they meet the absent-minded Fenwick Twilly (Miss Twilly's uncle) who unveils his gigantic vacuum cleaner Supervac, which sucks everything in sight and destroys all the other inventions during its rampage.

Aired: 12/1/1979