Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979)

Country of Origin: USA
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Format: colour
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CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Executive Producers: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna

SCRIPT
Characters: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee (both uncredited)

VOICES
Gay Autterson (Betty Rubble)
Joe Baker (The Thing)
Mel Blanc (Barney Rubble / Dino)
Henry Corden (Fred Flintstone)
John Erwin (Ronald Redford)
Don Messick (Bamm-Bamm Rubble)
Art Metrano (Spike)
Noelle North (Kelly)
Wayne Norton (Benjy Grimm)
Marilyn Schreffler (Betty / Miss Twilly)
John Stephenson (George Slate)
Jean Vanderpyl (Wilma Flintstone / Pebbles Flintstone)

SUMMARY

An animated anthology show in two halves. The first features the further adventures of cavemen Fred Flintstones and Barney Rubble. In the other half, Ben Grimm, better known as the Thing, one of the superhero team The Fantastic Four, takes part in an experiment to make him human again. But it transforms him into a clumsy teenager and he decides to stay as he is until a proper cure can be found. By bringing two rings together, he can transform back into the Thing if needed to battle the forces of evil.

EPISODES

The Thing Episodes
The Picnic Panic
Bigfoot Meets the Thing
Junkyard Hijinks
Gone Away Gulch
Circus Stampede
The Thing and the Queen
Carnival Caper
The Thing Blanks Out
The Thing Meets the Clunk
Beach Party Crashers
Decepto the Great
The Thing's the Play
Double Trouble For the Thing
To Thing Or Not To Thing
The Big Bike Race
The Thing and the Treasure Hunt
Out To Launch
The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing
A Hot Air Affair At the Fair
The Thing Goes To the Dogs
The Thing Goes Camping
Dude Ranch Rodeo
Photo Finish
Lights, Action, Thing
The Thing and the Captains Ghost
The Thing and the Absent-Minded Inventor

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
The Flintstones (1960)

KEYWORDS

animation, comic into film, flintstones, marvel comics, superheroes, teenagers

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009