Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
Genre	Animation
Directed by	Ray Patterson George Gordon Carl Urbano
Voices of	Henry Corden Mel Blanc Joe Baker Wayne Norton
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Alex Lovy
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	September 8, 1979 – December 1, 1979
Chronology
Preceded by	The New Fred and Barney Show (1979)
Followed by	Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979-1980)
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

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• The New Fred and Barney Show
• The Thing

Despite the title, the two segments remained separate and did not cross over with one another. Fred, Barney and the Thing were only featured together in brief bumpers between segments. The New Fred and Barney Show was a 30-minute Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions as a 1970s series revival of The Flintstones from February 3, 1979 to October 20, 1979 on NBC. The series marked the first time Henry Corden performed the voice of Fred Flintstone... The Thing (Benjamin Jacob Ben Grimm) is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, a founding member of the superhero team The Fantastic Four. ...

For the 1979-1980 season, the series was expanded to ninety-minutes with the addition of The New Shmoo episodes and retitled Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo. This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all three commercial television networks on Saturday mornings for the season beginning in the fall of 1979 and ending in the spring of 1980. ... The New Shmoo is a 1979 NBC cartoon about a group of teenagers, Mickey, Nita, and Billy Jo, who solve mysteries and crimes with their friend, a Shmoo. ... Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo was a 90-minute Saturday morning animated package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from December 8, 1979 to November 15, 1980 on NBC. It contained the following segments: The New Fred and Barney Show The Thing The New Shmoo The show was a...

The Thing

The first segment, a very loose adaptation of Marvel Comics' character The Thing, consisted of stories following the Thing as a teenager named Benjy Grimm who transforms into the rock-skinned superhero by touching together magic rings and reciting the words "Thing ring, do your thing!" Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... thing, see Thing (disambiguation). ...

The stories centered mostly around Benjy at Centerville High School with his friends Betty and her rich boyfriend Ronald, Kelly (Betty's kid-sister) and teacher Miss Twilly. Kelly was the only person who knew about Benjy's secret.

Twenty six 11-minute episodes of The Thing were produced; 2 shorts aired per show.

Episodes

1. The Picnic Panic / Bigfoot Meets The Thing (September 8, 1979)
2. Junkyard Hijinks / Gone Away Gulch (September 15, 1979)
3. Circus Stampede / The Thing and the Queen (September 22, 1979)
4. Carnival Caper / The Thing Blanks Out (September 29, 1979)
5. The Thing Meets the Clunk / Beach Party Crashers (October 6, 1979)
6. Decepto the Great / The Thing's the Play (October 13, 1979)
7. Double Trouble For The Thing / To Thing or Not To Thing (October 20, 1979)
8. The Big Bike Race / The Thing and the Treasure Hunt (October 27, 1979)
9. Out to Launch / The Day the Ring Didn't do a Thing (November 3, 1979)
10. A Hot Air Affair at the Fair / The Thing Goes to the Dogs (November 10, 1979)
11. The Thing Goes Camping / Dude Ranch Rodeo (November 17, 1979)
12. Photo Finish / Lights, Action, Thing! (November 24, 1979)
13. The Thing and the Captain's Ghost / The Thing and the Absent-Minded Inventor (December 1, 1979)

Voices

• Wayne Norton - Benjy Grimm
• Joe Baker - The Thing
• Noelle North - Kelly
• Marilyn Schreffler - Betty, Miss Twilly
• John Erwin - Ronald Radford
• Art Metrano - Spike
• Michael Sheehan - Turkey
• John Stephenson - Dr. Harkness

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The New Fred and Barney Show

Main article: The New Fred and Barney Show

The "Fred and Barney" half of the show consisted of seven new episodes and reruns of The New Fred and Barney Show, which was a 1970s revival of the original Flintstones series. The New Fred and Barney Show was a 30-minute Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions as a 1970s series revival of The Flintstones from February 3, 1979 to October 20, 1979 on NBC. The series marked the first time Henry Corden performed the voice of Fred Flintstone... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The cast of The Flintstones, from left to right: Betty, Barney, Fred, Wilma and Dino. ...

Episodes

1. Stone Age Werewolf (September 8, 1979)
2. Fred and Barney Meet the Frankenstones (September 15, 1979)
3. Physical Fitness Fred (September 22, 1979)
4. Moonlighters (September 29, 1979)
5. Fred Goes to the Houndasaurs (October 6, 1979)
6. The Bad Luck Genie (October 13, 1979)
7. Dinosaur Country Safari (October 20, 1979)

Voices

• Henry Corden - Fred Flintstone
• Jean Vander Pyl - Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone
• Mel Blanc - Barney Rubble, Dino
• Gay Autterson - Betty Rubble
• Don Messick - Bamm-Bamm Rubble
• John Stephenson - Mr. Slate

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External links

• Fred and Barney Meet the Thing at the Internet Movie Database
• Fred and Barney Meet the Thing @ The Big Cartoon DataBase