TV series
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
1979, English, on NBC. Created by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera & Stan Lee.
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.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 26
- Episode length
- 11 min
- Status
- Ended in 1979
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Latest episode
S1 E26: The Thing and the Absent-Minded Inventor
Aired 1 December 1979
Seasons 1
Cast & crew
Details
- First aired
- 8 September 1979
- Last aired
- 1 December 1979
- Network
- NBC
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Type
- Scripted
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What Fred and Barney Meet The Thing is based on
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing is adapted from a comic.
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Fred and Barney Meet The Thing has 1 season and 26 episodes, about 11 minutes each.
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Who created Fred and Barney Meet The Thing?
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing was created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and stars Mel Blanc, Henry Corden, Marilyn Schreffler.
What is Fred and Barney Meet The Thing based on?
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing is adapted from a comic.