''Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo'' is an American

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package show and a spin-off of ''

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'' produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired on

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from December 8, 1979 to November 15, 1980. The 90-minute show is a repackaging of episodes from '' Fred and Barney Meet the Thing'' combined with the addition of '' The New Shmoo'' episodes (which was originally broadcast as a stand-alone half-hour series). The series contained the following three segments: *''

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'' (a revival of ''The Flintstones'') – one episode, 30 minutes *'' The Thing'' (based on the

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superhero

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) – two episodes, 11 minutes each *'' The New Shmoo'' (based on the ''

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'' comic strip character

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) – one episode, 30 minutes Despite the show's title, the three segments remained separate and did not crossover with one another. The characters of

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, Barney Rubble,

and

were only featured together in brief bumpers between segments, and the original half-hour episodes of ''The 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 of ''

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''. During the series' initial run, a television special called ''The Harlem Globetrotters Meet Snow White'' (also produced by Hanna-Barbera) was shown in four parts on ''Fred 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. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a

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, one of their last productions to do so.

Voice cast

''The New Fred and Barney Show''

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* Mel Blanc as Barney Rubble, Dino * Gay Autterson as

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* Don Messick as Bamm-Bamm Rubble * John Stephenson as Mr. Slate

''The Thing''

*Wayne Norton as Benjy Grimm *Joe Baker as The Thing *Noelle North as Kelly Harkness *

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as Betty Harkness, Miss Twilly *

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as Ronald Radford *

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as Spike *Michael Sheehan as Turkey * John Stephenson as Dr. Harkness, Stretch

''The New Shmoo''

* Frank Welker as

*Dolores Cantu-Primo as Nita * Bill Idelson as Mickey * Chuck McCann as Billy Joe

References

External links

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''Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo''
at the

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