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Fred and Barney Meet The Thing(TV show/series, 1979)

11min per episode | Genres: Kids & Family, Animation

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 26 episodes

Fred and Barney Meet The ThingRating: 2.8/5 (with 3 votes)
Fred and Barney Meet the Thing is an American animated package show and a spin-off of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired on NBC from September 8, 1979, to December 1, 1979. Despite the show's title, the two segments remained separate and did not crossover with one another. The characters of Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble and Thing were only featured together during the opening title sequence and in brief bumpers between segments. For the 1979–80 season, the series was expanded to a 90-minute timeslot with the addition of The New Shmoo episodes and broadcast under the new title Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track, one of their last productions to do so. ()
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About Fred and Barney Meet The Thing

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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Fred and Barney Meet The Thing Seasons and Episodes

09/08/1979Season 1 - 26 episodes
#1 | 09/08/1979The Picnic Panic
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.
#2 | 09/08/1979Bigfoot Meets the Thing
Benjy and his friends confront a real Bigfoot while on a ski trip at North Woods Ski Lodge.
#3 | 09/15/1979Junkyard Hijinks
Benjy and his friends decide to transform the Yancy Street Gang's junkyard into a playground for the neighborhood children.
#4 | 09/15/1979Gone Away Gulch
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.
#5 | 09/22/1979Circus Stampede
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.
#6 | 09/22/1979The Thing and the Queen
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.
#7 | 09/29/1979Carnival Caper
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.
#8 | 09/29/1979The Thing Blanks Out
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.
#9 | 10/06/1979The Thing Meets the Clunk
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.
#10 | 10/06/1979Beach Party Crashers
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.
#11 | 10/13/1979Decepto the Great
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.
#12 | 10/13/1979The Thing's the Play
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.
#13 | 10/20/1979Double Trouble for the Thing
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.
#14 | 10/20/1979To Thing or Not to Thing
#15 | 10/27/1979The Big Bike Race
Benjy enters a cross country bike race because the winner gets to escort the Race Queen to the dance.
#16 | 10/27/1979The Thing and the Treasure Hunt
#17 | 11/03/1979Out to Launch
Benjy and his friends are going to a ship launching but the world's greatest demolition expert intends to ruin the day.
#18 | 11/03/1979The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing
The Yancy Street Gang decides to steal Benjy's ring, causing no end of trouble for The Thing.
#19 | 11/10/1979A Hot Air Affair at the Fair
#20 | 11/10/1979The Thing Goes to the Dogs
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.
#21 | 11/17/1979The Thing Goes Camping
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.
#22 | 11/17/1979Dude Ranch Rodeo
#23 | 11/24/1979Photo Finish
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.
#24 | 11/24/1979Lights, Action, Thing!
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.
#25 | 12/01/1979The Thing and the Captain's Ghost
The Yancy Street Gang dares Ben and his friends to stay on a haunted ship for a night.
#26 | 12/01/1979The Thing and the Absent-Minded Inventor
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.

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 3 languages: English (EN), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/08/1979
Last episode released on: 12/01/1979
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A Coisa"
"The Thing"

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