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  • 1979-09-08T04:00:00Z on NBC
  • 11m
  • 1d 2h (26 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Animation, Family, Superhero
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.

26 episodes

Series Premiere

1979-09-08T04:00:00Z

1x01 The Picnic Panic

Series Premiere

1x01 The Picnic Panic

  • 1979-09-08T04:00:00Z1h

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.

1979-09-08T04:00:00Z

1x02 Bigfoot Meets the Thing

1x02 Bigfoot Meets the Thing

  • 1979-09-08T04:00:00Z1h

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

1979-09-15T04:00:00Z

1x03 Junkyard Hijinks

1x03 Junkyard Hijinks

  • 1979-09-15T04:00:00Z1h

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

1979-09-15T04:00:00Z

1x04 Gone Away Gulch

1x04 Gone Away Gulch

  • 1979-09-15T04:00:00Z1h

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.

1979-09-22T04:00:00Z

1x05 Circus Stampede

1x05 Circus Stampede

  • 1979-09-22T04:00:00Z1h

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.

1979-09-22T04:00:00Z

1x06 The Thing and the Queen

1x06 The Thing and the Queen

  • 1979-09-22T04:00:00Z1h

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.

1979-09-29T04:00:00Z

1x07 Carnival Caper

1x07 Carnival Caper

  • 1979-09-29T04:00:00Z1h

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.

1979-09-29T04:00:00Z

1x08 The Thing Blanks Out

1x08 The Thing Blanks Out

  • 1979-09-29T04:00:00Z1h

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.

1979-10-06T04:00:00Z

1x09 The Thing Meets the Clunk

1x09 The Thing Meets the Clunk

  • 1979-10-06T04:00:00Z1h

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.

1979-10-06T04:00:00Z

1x10 Beach Party Crashers

1x10 Beach Party Crashers

  • 1979-10-06T04:00:00Z1h

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.

1979-10-13T04:00:00Z

1x11 Decepto the Great

1x11 Decepto the Great

  • 1979-10-13T04:00:00Z1h

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.

1979-10-13T04:00:00Z

1x12 The Thing's the Play

1x12 The Thing's the Play

  • 1979-10-13T04:00:00Z1h

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.

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.

1979-10-20T04:00:00Z

1x14 To Thing or Not to Thing

1x14 To Thing or Not to Thing

  • 1979-10-20T04:00:00Z1h

1979-10-27T04:00:00Z

1x15 The Big Bike Race

1x15 The Big Bike Race

  • 1979-10-27T04:00:00Z1h

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

1979-11-03T05:00:00Z

1x17 Out to Launch

1x17 Out to Launch

  • 1979-11-03T05:00:00Z1h

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

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

1x20 The Thing Goes to the Dogs

  • 1979-11-10T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1979-11-17T05:00:00Z

1x21 The Thing Goes Camping

1x21 The Thing Goes Camping

  • 1979-11-17T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1979-11-17T05:00:00Z

1x22 Dude Ranch Rodeo

1x22 Dude Ranch Rodeo

  • 1979-11-17T05:00:00Z1h

1979-11-24T05:00:00Z

1x23 Photo Finish

1x23 Photo Finish

  • 1979-11-24T05:00:00Z1h

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.

1979-11-24T05:00:00Z

1x24 Lights, Action, Thing!

1x24 Lights, Action, Thing!

  • 1979-11-24T05:00:00Z1h

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.

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

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.

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