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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.

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  • Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
  • Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
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  • 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.
  • Fred and Barney Meet the Thing was an hourlong omnibus show on NBC in 1979–80. Contrary to the show's title, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble did not actually meet the Thing, except in short bumper sketches. Later, the Shmoo was added to the ensemble.
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  • 3600.0
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  • United States
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show name
  • Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
Preceded By
  • The New Fred and Barney Show
Title
  • Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
Num episodes
  • 13(xsd:integer)
First Aired
  • 1979-09-08(xsd:date)
Distributor
  • Warner Bros. Television Distribution
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  • 298650(xsd:integer)
Last Aired
  • 1979-12-01(xsd:date)
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  • Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo
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  • Fred and Barney Meet the Thing was an hourlong omnibus show on NBC in 1979–80. Contrary to the show's title, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble did not actually meet the Thing, except in short bumper sketches. Later, the Shmoo was added to the ensemble. The first half of the program was a rerun from The New Fred and Barney Show. The second half featured a teenage version of Benjamin Grimm alias the Thing from The Fantastic Four. This version of the Thing was not a permanently mutated adult, but a nerdy high school student who joined his rings together while intoning, "Thing ring, do your 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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