| Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy Slapstick Mystery Adventure |
| Based on | |
| Directed by | Ray Patterson George Gordon |
| Voices of | Henry Corden Mel Blanc Jean Vander Pyl Gay Autterson Joe Baker Wayne Norton Marilyn Schreffler Frank Welker Dolores Cantu-Primo |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 17 (59 segments) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer | Art Scott |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | December 8, 1979 (1979-12-08) – November 15, 1980 (1980-11-15) |
| Related | |
Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo is an Americananimated package show and aspin-off ofThe Flintstones produced byHanna-Barbera which aired onNBC from December 8, 1979 to November 15, 1980.[1] The 90-minute show is a repackaging of episodes fromFred and Barney Meet the Thing combined with the addition ofThe New Shmoo episodes (which was originally broadcast as a stand-alone half-hour series).[2]
The series contained the following three segments:
Despite the show's title, the three segments remained separate and did not crossover with one another. The characters ofFred Flintstone,Barney Rubble,Thing andShmoo were only featured together in brief bumpers between segments, and the original half-hour episodes ofThe New Shmoo were now split into two-parters, allowing more mingling and mixing of the program's individual segments. In 1980–81, Shmoo joined Fred and Barney as part-time police officers on the "Bedrock Cops" segments ofThe Flintstone Comedy Show.[3]
During the series' initial run, a television special calledThe Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White (also produced by Hanna-Barbera) was shown in four parts onFred and Barney Meet the Shmoo on four consecutive Saturday mornings (September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 1980), despite having no narrative connection to the show.[4][5]
Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, onlyThe New Fred and Barney Show segments of the show contained alaugh track, one of their last productions to do so.
