Fred and Barney Meet The Thing(1979)
Overview
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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Season 1
26 episodes • 1979Avg: 5.8Golden Era
Season 1
26 episodes • 1979Avg: 5.8Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Picnic Panic | Sep 8, 1979 | 5.0 |
| 2 | Bigfoot Meets the Thing | Sep 8, 1979 | 5.0 |
| 3 | Junkyard Hijinks | Sep 15, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 4 | Gone Away Gulch | Sep 15, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 5 | Circus Stampede | Sep 22, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 6 | The Thing and the Queen | Sep 22, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 7 | Carnival Caper | Sep 29, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 8 | The Thing Blanks Out | Sep 29, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 9 | The Thing Meets the Clunk | Oct 6, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 10 | Beach Party Crashers | Oct 6, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 11 | Decepto the Great | Oct 13, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 12 | The Thing's the Play | Oct 13, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 13 | Double Trouble for the Thing | Oct 20, 1979 | 5.0 |
| 14 | To Thing or Not to Thing | Oct 20, 1979 | 5.0 |
| 15 | The Big Bike Race | Oct 27, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 16 | The Thing and the Treasure Hunt | Oct 27, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 17 | Out to Launch | Nov 3, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 18 | The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing | Nov 3, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 19 | A Hot Air Affair at the Fair | Nov 10, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Thing Goes to the Dogs | Nov 10, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 21 | The Thing Goes Camping | Nov 17, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 22 | Dude Ranch Rodeo | Nov 17, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 23 | Photo Finish | Nov 24, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Lights, Action, Thing! | Nov 24, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 25 | The Thing and the Captain's Ghost | Dec 1, 1979 | 6.0 |
| 26 | The Thing and the Absent-Minded Inventor | Dec 1, 1979 | 6.0 |
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