Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979– )

Stars:

Gay Autterson, Joe Baker, Mel Blanc

Cast

Credited cast:
Gay Autterson	...	Betty Rubble (voice)
Joe Baker	...	The Thing (voice)
Mel Blanc	...	Barney Rubble (voice)
Delores Cantú	...	Nita (voice) (as Dolores Cantu-Primo)
Henry Corden	...	Fred Flintstone (voice)
John Erwin	...	Ronald Redford (voice)
Bill Idelson	...	Mickey (voice)
Chuck McCann	...	Billy Joe (voice)
Don Messick	...	Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voice)
Art Metrano	...	Spike (voice)
Noelle North	...	Kelly (voice)
Wayne Norton	...	Benjy Grimm (voice)
Marilyn Schreffler	...	Betty (voice)
John Stephenson	...	Mr. Slate (1979) (voice)
Jean Vander Pyl	...	Wilma Flintstone (voice) (as Jean Vanderpyl)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

dinosaur as dog | modern stone age humor | character name in title

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Genres:

Animation | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 December 1979 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hanna-Barbera Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Spun-off from The New Shmoo (1979)

User Reviews

Shmoo on you!

This was, without question, the most unexpected cartoon series of all time. Fred and Barney had been out to pasture since "The Flintstones", but their nadir was to come when some genius decided to parter them with a long-forgotten peripheral character from the "Lil' Abner" comics of the late 40s/early 50's...this strangely phallic entity called a "Shmoo". What exactly a Shmoo *IS* has been a topic of debate for decades...a bowling pin with legs and whiskers? A walking bartlett pear? Nobody knows for certain, but the bigger mystery is how it ended up in the stone age and chumming about with the Flintstones.

Ill-conceived, flatly animated series exemplary of how badly Saturday morning fare had run out of steam during the 70s.